Gutsy KK -- The Making of a NL Player

[MagnoliasFM]

2-5 NL at Morongo. Max buy-in is $300; me and villain both have around $600. I am a 17 years old, Party Poker $33 SNG Pro who has visited the new poker room at Morongo a few times this summer for fun, mostly. I'm fairly new to real-life NL hold'em and amazed at how easily and how accurately people can be read in a NL casino game, compared to online. Villain is also a college student. He greatly respects my play and is fairly skilled but a little on the tight side (typical for college students). A couple times in the session I saw him bet with top pair on the flop and then just check it down, afraid to put money in the pot. He thinks I am a young gun like him and makes friendly chatter with me often during the game. I just indulge him mostly.

In MP I raise to $20 with my favorite hand, KK. Everyone folds to the young gun who looks at his cards, shrugs, and says something to the effect of "let's gamble," tossing in 3 chips. The flop comes Q49 offsuit. He checks, and I bet $30, thinking that the hand is over. To my surprise he calls. A rainbow-completing 7 rolls off on the turn and he checks again. I bet $50 and he min-raises to $100.

The first thing that comes to my mind is that he has 77. But my mind races back to before the flop when he said "let's gamble." I felt as if he could not have a pair based on that comment. A suited connector seemed much more likely. I decided that he HAD to have 97 or 47. So I fold, like a good boy.

Or no...for some inexplicable reason I motion all-in for my remaining $500. Inside I feel sick and berate myself for making an amateur mistake of falling in love with my cowboys. Villain does not instantly call and I instantly realize why I instinctually moved all-in there. He might actually fold!

He starts talking to himself like Hamlet and at this point there is no doubt in my mind that he turned 2 pair. I put him on having read Mike Caro's book of tells, and that he is not a high enough level to put me on putting him on that. I reach down deep into my soul and try to pretend like I have QQ, leaning back in my seat and making a sad noise with my tongue. After 10 hours (so it seemed) villain folded, showing 47. He seems proud to have figured out that I had QQ, so I put his mind to ease and show him one of my K's.

Afterwards I start dominating the table as no one believes me and I am able to sell enough nuts to book my first four-figure win at a casino. This was the first time in my life I put all my money into a huge pot knowing that my opponent had a monster and I was dead if he called. I feel as if I've just taken the next step to becoming a real player...the good news is, I turn 18 this week and I don't have to worry about hitting the jackpot anymore (hehe...I got a table share once at commerce when I was 16 and I had to just grab my chips and leave once they asked me for my ID).

Anyways, I'm really looking forward to playing more live NL...I think I've fallen in love!

[fimbulwinter]

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2-5 NL at Morongo. Max buy-in is $300; me and villain both have around $600. I am a 17 years old, Party Poker $33 SNG Pro who has visited the new poker room at Morongo a few times this summer for fun, mostly. I'm fairly new to real-life NL hold'em and amazed at how easily and how accurately people can be read in a NL casino game, compared to online. Villain is also a college student. He greatly respects my play and is fairly skilled but a little on the tight side (typical for college students). A couple times in the session I saw him bet with top pair on the flop and then just check it down, afraid to put money in the pot. He thinks I am a young gun like him and makes friendly chatter with me often during the game. I just indulge him mostly.

In MP I raise to $20 with my favorite hand, KK. Everyone folds to the young gun who looks at his cards, shrugs, and says something to the effect of "let's gamble," tossing in 3 chips. The flop comes Q49 offsuit. He checks, and I bet $30, thinking that the hand is over. To my surprise he calls. A rainbow-completing 7 rolls off on the turn and he checks again. I bet $50 and he min-raises to $100.

The first thing that comes to my mind is that he has 77. But my mind races back to before the flop when he said "let's gamble." I felt as if he could not have a pair based on that comment. A suited connector seemed much more likely. I decided that he HAD to have 97 or 47. So I fold, like a good boy.

Or no...for some inexplicable reason I motion all-in for my remaining $500. Inside I feel sick and berate myself for making an amateur mistake of falling in love with my cowboys. Villain does not instantly call and I instantly realize why I instinctually moved all-in there. He might actually fold!

He starts talking to himself like Hamlet and at this point there is no doubt in my mind that he turned 2 pair. I put him on having read Mike Caro's book of tells, and that he is not a high enough level to put me on putting him on that. I reach down deep into my soul and try to pretend like I have QQ, leaning back in my seat and making a sad noise with my tongue. After 10 hours (so it seemed) villain folded, showing 47. He seems proud to have figured out that I had QQ, so I put his mind to ease and show him one of my K's.

Afterwards I start dominating the table as no one believes me and I am able to sell enough nuts to book my first four-figure win at a casino. This was the first time in my life I put all my money into a huge pot knowing that my opponent had a monster and I was dead if he called. I feel as if I've just taken the next step to becoming a real player...the good news is, I turn 18 this week and I don't have to worry about hitting the jackpot anymore (hehe...I got a table share once at commerce when I was 16 and I had to just grab my chips and leave once they asked me for my ID).

Anyways, I'm really looking forward to playing more live NL...I think I've fallen in love!

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you are truly awesome, i wish i was as awesome as you.

fim

[Yeti]

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He starts talking to himself like Hamlet

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This was my favourite bit.

[fimbulwinter]

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He starts talking to himself like Hamlet

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This was my favourite bit.

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are you a brit/aussie yeti?

fim

[psyduck]

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you're nowhere near drawing dead to his 2 pair

[Dr. StrangeloveX]

Jesus what is with these posts?

[Yeti]

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are you a brit/aussie yeti?

fim

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Yes.

[AZK]

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are you a brit/aussie yeti?

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Damn, took you long enough to realize...

[Psycho21]

If this was a joke, its pretty funny, and if not ... may God have mercy on your soul.

[mgsimpleton]

are you single? PM me when you turn 18, you'll probably be rich by then and i haven't dated anyone quite so awesome in a long time.