Sometimes You Gotta Get Lucky

Last Sunday at the 2:00 Jokers tournament, there were 3 of us left - me, Big Daddy (Sean) and Sal (Sal & Rosa). Sal was the overwhelming chip leader, Big Daddy was second and I was a distant third. Big Daddy & I playfully asked Sal to chop 3 ways a couple of times. He ignored us. Big Daddy insisted that he could never win against me & was waiting for me to make a mistake. I indicated that I was waiting for them to make a mistake.

Sal ended up calling a couple of my all-ins and losing. His stack started to dwindle. Big Daddy's stayed about the same. After a while, Sal had fewer chips than me, although not by much. I raised all-in with 6-6 (bad play) and Sal insta-called with A-A. I knocked him out when 4 clubs appeared and I had the 6 of clubs and he had the wrong aces. Icky!! This was super lucky.

Then I raised with A-Q and Big Daddy called. He still had me covered at this point. The flop was A-Q-? and he moved all-in with an A-5. I naturally called and he was down to less than the big blind. I called in the dark and had J-7. I forget what he had but I hit my 7 and it held up and I went from being miserably short-stacked to winning the tournament!! I'd rather be lucky than good, although it helps to be both. Two Sunday tournaments in a row at Jokers. Maybe I'm beginning to figure these guys out!