Jason Strasser
06-27-2005, 05:19 PM
This isn't a ton of content, but here is a case where stacks were fairly deep in a party super late, and I got simply bitch slapped by Shania.
I think there were something like 3 tables left. I had a very very nice stack of 40k with blinds at 1k/2k, and my opponent had the chip lead (70k ish). My opponent in this hand was interesting. He had the chip lead in the tournament, and loved to call raises from the blinds and lead flops. You know the type. One hand he won a nice pot when he called a minraise with A6o, led an a-high flop, and got it all in vs a terribly played QQ who reraiesd the flop. Other hands he called a raise, led out, and folded to reraises, and sometimes he won uncontested. It just seemed like he put people to the test for their stack if they wanted his blind.
So this hand comes up where I open to 5.4k from MP or something and he calls from the BB. I had AJo. Flop comes Jd 5d 4s. He leads out 6k. Gulp.
A raise here and I stick in my whole stack. If I call, well then he may have a free shot to get to his draw, and there are cards that may kill my action, or put me behind (A, K, Q, J, maybe even a diamond). I did not have the Ad. I was pretty certain there my only play was to push, especially given the fact that I had seen him make a call with a pair of aces no kicker in this spot, so he might look me up with JT or something. I mean, I can't fold, right? Hello Shania, you there? Stay with me.
So I push, he calls with KK, I lose. FU shania.
-Jason
I think there were something like 3 tables left. I had a very very nice stack of 40k with blinds at 1k/2k, and my opponent had the chip lead (70k ish). My opponent in this hand was interesting. He had the chip lead in the tournament, and loved to call raises from the blinds and lead flops. You know the type. One hand he won a nice pot when he called a minraise with A6o, led an a-high flop, and got it all in vs a terribly played QQ who reraiesd the flop. Other hands he called a raise, led out, and folded to reraises, and sometimes he won uncontested. It just seemed like he put people to the test for their stack if they wanted his blind.
So this hand comes up where I open to 5.4k from MP or something and he calls from the BB. I had AJo. Flop comes Jd 5d 4s. He leads out 6k. Gulp.
A raise here and I stick in my whole stack. If I call, well then he may have a free shot to get to his draw, and there are cards that may kill my action, or put me behind (A, K, Q, J, maybe even a diamond). I did not have the Ad. I was pretty certain there my only play was to push, especially given the fact that I had seen him make a call with a pair of aces no kicker in this spot, so he might look me up with JT or something. I mean, I can't fold, right? Hello Shania, you there? Stay with me.
So I push, he calls with KK, I lose. FU shania.
-Jason