I need a hug!

[wray]

Noone here knows me really so let me tell you all a little bit about myself.

I'm not a pro and I'm nowhere close to being one. I do consider myself a better than average player. I'm 34 y/o and I live in Memphis.

I've been excited about this years WPO for a while. I played in 3 satellites and finally won my seat into the 500 buy-in NLHE with rebuys tournament. I would rather play in one w/o rebuys but the 500 entry for that has already been played.

I was really focused and psyched up to play. At 12:00 the cards go in the air. Everyone had showed up except the seat to my right (2 seat). I knew there would be some people playing pretty loose because of the rebuys. I slowly built my stack up to 1800 in the first 30 minutes. I made all the right decisions. Then the 2 seat showed up... It was Robert Williamson. He played almost every pot and I think ABOUT every pot he played in he raised. Well I wasn't nervous (like I thought I'd be)and continued to build my stack. In the next 30 minutes RW rebought at least 3 times. There's no doubt he loves to gamble. I continued to build and he rebought a couple more times.

The next thing I knew I had 3500 in chips. RW raised in middle position to 150. (The blinds were 25-50) I looked down and almost wet myself with 2 red A's. I didn't want to raise too much but I sure as heck wasn't limping. I raised it to 300 with 3 people to act after me. One of em called and it got back to RW. He called the 300. The flop came 672 with 2 diamonds. RW checked and I bet 600. The next guy called and RW moved all in for about 1100. I moved all-in behind him and the next guy folded. RW showed me 59 of diamonds for a flush draw and an inside straight draw. The turn came nothing and the river gave him the 8 he was hoping for.

About 10 hands later I called on the button with 10 J of diamonds. Three of us stayed (not RW). The flop came 10 7 4. They both checked and I bet 300. One guy folded and the other asked me if I was slow playing aces again. I told him I wasn't. He asked if pocket jacks were good. I told him I wasn't going to say if that was good or not but I told him that if I was in his position with that flop and pocket jacks I'd call. At that time I was down to 1175 including the 300 I put out there. He raised it to 500. (I'm pretty sure he was supposed to raise to at least 600 but I didn't say anything)I called. The turn came a deuce. He bet 500 (with absolutly no idea I only had 575 left) I thought I had a real good read on the guy and I went all-in for the 575. He looked like he was going to cry when I called. Then he saw he only had to put 75 more in so he called. He turned over A 9. The river gave him the Ace and now I'm out.

I lost 2 big hands and both times they caught it on the river with 3 outs.

My spirit has been crushed.

I will say that RW was an absolute awesome guy. He was as nice as could be and I wish him the best.

[drewjustdrew]

tough breaks. It is tough to play rebuy tourneys with one bullet. The bankrolled people have a very big advantage.

[Jim T]

"I lost 2 big hands and both times they caught it on the river with 3 outs."

Hate to be a stickler, but I think RW had 12 outs.

Both tough losses anyway.

[wray]

You're exactly right...I even knew it when he turned his cards over. I mean well I KNEW he had a flush and a straight draw but as soon as he turned his cards over he told me... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I don't know what I was thinking when I posted that.

[PokerGoblin]

That sucks man, but it sounds like you're a pretty solid player FWIW. I hope it was a good experience for you.

Best of luck

PG

[Nick-Zack]

Sorry about the beats. The advice I would give you and eveyone else is not to talk when you have money in the pot. There is just no upside to carrying on a conversation with money at risk.

[TStoneMBD]

the A9 hand is a beat. you deserved to lose with your aces tho.

[wray]

I'm not sur ehow I deserve to lose with those aces. I was a favorite all the way through. I think after the flop I was still like 57% favorite. Are you saying that because I should have played them different in your opinion? I would love some feedback on how I played it.

I have limped in that situation b4 and got beat. I wanted to bet enough to get people like RW's hand out. I have debated that maybe I should have raised to maybe 600 at that point. I wanted some callers...I just didn't want those people that would typically limp in( once again like RW's hand).

As far as talking during a hand I would normally agree but I just felt so good about playing this guy. Don't get me wrong he was no slouch and maybe he was playing me. But going over and over in my head I still don't think I said anything that cost me that hand. IMHO what cost me that hand was him not knowing my stack size. As soon as I went all-in for 75 more than than his 500 bet he really looked like he was gonna cry.

There was one hand about 1 hour earlier where he I had Q 10. The flop brought Q high. I felt good about that one but checked and everyone else did too. The turn came with a flush draw. I really thought I had the best hand and bet 125 into a pot with about 500 in it. he called and one other guy called.

The river didn't help the flush but it did bring an ace. That's when I was scared. The first guy checked ( a bald guy with the exception of a LONG pony tail. Many people seemed to know him) I don't know why but I thought he had an ace. Anyway the guy that I lost the Bad Beat hand to thought for a while and finally bet 500. The guy with the pony tail folded. I thought about it for a while and something smelled funny. For some reason I wasn't really worried about him having an ace but maybe Q with a higher kicker. I called and he didn't even show his cards.

[bigfishead]

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As far as talking during a hand I would normally agree but I just felt so good about playing this guy. Don't get me wrong he was no slouch and maybe he was playing me. But going over and over in my head I still don't think I said anything that cost me that hand. IMHO what cost me that hand was him not knowing my stack size. As soon as I went all-in for 75 more than than his 500 bet he really looked like he was gonna cry.


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The proper bet would be to have stacked off earlier. the 75 as you can see did absolutely nothing for you. But had you popped him earlier ...90% he folds. He knows your willing to risk your tournament life with this large bet, he cant call.

[bigfishead]

with years at the table you will learn what to say to get the calls you want. And the folds sometimes too. Talk works if you know what/when to say it.