I played in the Islands deep stack tournament last night. I was roaring along during the first hour. I made a couple of good plays and a really good call when I put a player on a missed flush draw. We start with 20,000 and I had 36,000 right before the dinner break when my K-K ran into 8-8. 8-8 raised to 700 (blinds of 100-200). With 3 callers between him and me I had to raise. I made it 2700 to go and he called. All others folded. The flop was 8-3-2 with 2 spades. He checked and I bet 6000. He thought for a minute and called. The flop was a jack I think. He checked again & completely not thinking at all about why he had called my flop bet, I went all-in. Having flopped his set of 8s he called immediately and I was down to less than 10,000 just like that. ICK!! I am a terrible player!!
After the dinner break, I played no hands until the same guy raised to 800 and I went all-in with 7-7. He had a huge stack full of my chips so naturally he called with his J-10 suited in hearts. It wasn't a bad call, but good golly, the board was 8-9-9. I flopped 2 pair and he flopped an open-ender, so it wouldn't have made any difference in the long run. The ending would have been the same. The turn was a 3rd nine, giving me a full house. Did the dealer really have to put a 10 on the river? I don't think so. I need a 2-week break now. Help!
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Those were some really bad breaks, I probably would have played it the same way. You just can't lay down kings with that board, there are too many hands that he could call with, including pocket pair's 4, 5, 6, or 7 figuring you missed and only one overcard plus the obvious pair overpairs of 9,10,J, Q. If you stop firing now you just give up too much advantage that you probably enjoy 90% of the time. Face it, he hit a long shot 2 outer on you. The other hand was heinous as well, with him drawing mostly to his 3 outer jack. Just bad luck, no need to take a break, just try to get luckier or hope the opponents don't.
Reflecting on your latest comment on my blog, I agree with you. There is no way either of those two hands should be in it with you. The ultimate problems with the 2/20 spread game are:
1. No preflop raise will keep a committed donk out of the hand.
2. You cannot protect your hand when you do get a favorable flop, say 7 high with your queens, or a set with a flush draw. Once you get a couple of callers the pot is laying sweet odds.
3. The players at the moose are mostly just gamblers, not poker players. They call with trash hoping for a big score. Most of them lose their stacks eventually. In the meantime, you pay the price.
4. If you really raise, say 20 preflop....everyone just folds and you win $5 in blinds or less and waste your big hand.
5. I think that ultimately you have to play the game with a big bankroll, say 4 or 5 big buyins, around $1000, and treat it as a loose 3/6 game. Be prepared for wide fluctuations (variance).
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