OneStuckFish
02-14-2004, 12:40 AM
It could be argued I am the only thing that hurt myself, which may be true, but heres what happened when I forgot about a poker rule:
In a 1 table sit and go with 5 left. Im third in chips with about T2000. The two short stacks at the table have less than T700. UTG I get QQ. I raise the 150 BB to T450. Short stack moves in for 605, Chip leader on button calls. (Chip leader has called off alot of chips in the late rounds). Back around to me, my intention is to raise all in, thinking that both the short stack and the chip leader are holding A-x at best. Hopefully they are holding one ace each and Ill only be up against 2 outs, have a nice stack and be in the money by taking both out or getting the chip leader to fold by moving the rest of my money in. The problem is, I cant reraise all in b/c the short stack only raised his last T205, T95 short of what is needed to reopen the betting round. I am forced to only call and the flop comes with two aces. This is definitely a scare flop to me, I check and the chip leader moves me all in for my last 1,300. I fold the QQ thinking for sure Im beat, and he wins with 66. My thinking was on folding was I was very sure I was beaten...though in hindsight I was wrong, that I had nearly 10 BB's left to move in with, and Id only have to wait 1 more short stacked player out to get in the money. Im still unsure whether I would fold that same hand again. How many people go ahead and call the all in here?
Either way, had I been able to move all in like I wanted, I would have won a nice pot and been in the money... /images/graemlins/wink.gif
In a 1 table sit and go with 5 left. Im third in chips with about T2000. The two short stacks at the table have less than T700. UTG I get QQ. I raise the 150 BB to T450. Short stack moves in for 605, Chip leader on button calls. (Chip leader has called off alot of chips in the late rounds). Back around to me, my intention is to raise all in, thinking that both the short stack and the chip leader are holding A-x at best. Hopefully they are holding one ace each and Ill only be up against 2 outs, have a nice stack and be in the money by taking both out or getting the chip leader to fold by moving the rest of my money in. The problem is, I cant reraise all in b/c the short stack only raised his last T205, T95 short of what is needed to reopen the betting round. I am forced to only call and the flop comes with two aces. This is definitely a scare flop to me, I check and the chip leader moves me all in for my last 1,300. I fold the QQ thinking for sure Im beat, and he wins with 66. My thinking was on folding was I was very sure I was beaten...though in hindsight I was wrong, that I had nearly 10 BB's left to move in with, and Id only have to wait 1 more short stacked player out to get in the money. Im still unsure whether I would fold that same hand again. How many people go ahead and call the all in here?
Either way, had I been able to move all in like I wanted, I would have won a nice pot and been in the money... /images/graemlins/wink.gif