nicky g
10-02-2002, 08:45 AM
this hand took place a long time ago but it still annoys me...
i'd won a place in a £300 (about$500) nl hold'em tourney through a supersatellite. this was a massive game for me as i'd never played highrer than a £10 tourney before. i would have sold my seat as i wasn't confident (i'd come down to the casino thinikng it was a normal cash tourney) but it was forbidden, so i went into the tourney with trepidation.
we started with 3000 chips and blinds of 25-50. early on in the big blind, i found pocket fives. a very solid pro in early position made a standard raise to 250. another very solid agressive pro flat called, and i called the 200, closing the betting. flop came down 5h 9s Qs. these pros knew i had qualified and could see i was something of a newby, so i made a weak bet of 200, hoping this would induce the raiser to put in a big raise. however he flat called. now the other pro who had flat-called made a giant raise of 1500. i had the raise i wanted, but from the wrong player. instead of going all-in like i had meant to, i found myself convinced that he had trip nines. i don't know why, my hardly ever put reads on people, but i became convinced. i'd just read tj's book and that combined with the fact i was facing a massive raise from a recognised pro, with another still to act behind me led me to see monsters everywhere. i laid down the hand, and so did the pre-flop raiser, and that was that. needless to say that was my last decent hand and i got knocked out when i went all in short-stacked with 100 and got beaten by a q (by an a q q flop, just to rub it in!)
it's niggled me for ages; was i right to go with my read or did i just let myself get run over? could he have been betting a draw? did my weak bet and the raiser's mere call induce a bluff or bet from a week hand?
we'll never know but i'd love to know how others rate my fold/ have an idea what might have been going on.
i'd won a place in a £300 (about$500) nl hold'em tourney through a supersatellite. this was a massive game for me as i'd never played highrer than a £10 tourney before. i would have sold my seat as i wasn't confident (i'd come down to the casino thinikng it was a normal cash tourney) but it was forbidden, so i went into the tourney with trepidation.
we started with 3000 chips and blinds of 25-50. early on in the big blind, i found pocket fives. a very solid pro in early position made a standard raise to 250. another very solid agressive pro flat called, and i called the 200, closing the betting. flop came down 5h 9s Qs. these pros knew i had qualified and could see i was something of a newby, so i made a weak bet of 200, hoping this would induce the raiser to put in a big raise. however he flat called. now the other pro who had flat-called made a giant raise of 1500. i had the raise i wanted, but from the wrong player. instead of going all-in like i had meant to, i found myself convinced that he had trip nines. i don't know why, my hardly ever put reads on people, but i became convinced. i'd just read tj's book and that combined with the fact i was facing a massive raise from a recognised pro, with another still to act behind me led me to see monsters everywhere. i laid down the hand, and so did the pre-flop raiser, and that was that. needless to say that was my last decent hand and i got knocked out when i went all in short-stacked with 100 and got beaten by a q (by an a q q flop, just to rub it in!)
it's niggled me for ages; was i right to go with my read or did i just let myself get run over? could he have been betting a draw? did my weak bet and the raiser's mere call induce a bluff or bet from a week hand?
we'll never know but i'd love to know how others rate my fold/ have an idea what might have been going on.