Runner Runner....That freakin hurt!!

I hosted the second of our season II league tourneys Friday night. We had 14 on the roster to play, but then had 19 show up. I was impressed that we actually got most all of our players there on time. We were able to start just 5 minutes past the posted start time.

Not a ton of action for the first round. I did loose a few chips when I flopped 2 pair and my opponent flopped the straight. It was a pretty dumb mistake, but I was able to minimize my losses. I wasn’t going to go crazy betting with straight possibilities out there. I knew I could get those chips back later…which I did.

I am pretty happy with my play for the night, even though I didn’t get much play in the tournament. My finish in the tourney was awful. I went out 14th out of 19 players. I can honestly say that I got WAY unlucky to bust out though. Check this out:

My final hand of the tourney:
A tight player (who had played maybe 5 hands all night) came in from early position for a three times the big blind raise. It folds all the way around to me, in the big blind. I look down at 9d9c. I thought about re-raising for a minute, but a good re-raise would have pretty much pot committed me. I didn’t want to race for all my chips at that time. I needed to move up the point scale. So, the flop:

7d 9h 10c

I know that I am way ahead. He doesn’t have 6, 8 or J, 8. The only hand he could have to dominate me was pocket 10’s. I check with the intent to check raise him for all my chips. He sits and counts his chips down, pulls out a bet, puts it back, counts again, and finally says that he is all in. He has me covered by 100 chips. I am 99% sure that I am WAY ahead. I call.

He turns over A 10. I love it. I have him dominated. I should be somewhere in the 95% range to win the hand. The turn:

Ac

I’m still WAY ahead. The river:

10h

Man, that hurt. This guy just went runner runner for a boat. So I bust out in 14th place. I take a few minutes and walk it off. I just kept seeing that freakin river hitting the table over and over again.

The night wasn’t a total loss though. A little while after I cooled down I joined the cash game that had started up. It was a great game. I felt that I matched up well against the mix of players at the table. I sit down. I fold the first hand. It was something horrible. Second hand I am in the BB there was a raise and a call. I look down at rockets. I re-raise, and get the initial raiser to call me. I end up hitting quads, and the other guy paid me off on the flop and turn. He let it go on the river. After that…the sting of my bad beat in the tourney didn’t hurt quite as bad.

I feel that I did a great job of mixing up my play in the cash game. I got to see lots of flops, and was reading my opponents pretty well. At the end of the night I cashed out for 4 times my buy in. That definitely helped that beating I took in the tourney not hurt quite as bad.