The Donkey

Tuesday night was league night...as always. I was first out!! Maybe second. Any way, First hand of the night crippled me. with the blinds at 25/25 donkey from the suicide seat (two from the button) makes it 150 to go.

Before I go any further I have to say that his raise ticked me off. Here is why- our tournament structure is similar to the smaller buy in events as the WSOP (they were set up this way because we will be sending some of our players to some of the lower buy in circuit events- same exact structure). Back to the hand- so a raise to 150 (6 times the blind). If you want to raise 6 times the blind that is fine, but....look at your starting chip stack- 2,000 chips!! The raise would have been smarter if we had 10,000 in chips. Not 2,000. Who knows....maybe I don't know what I am talking about.

Typically this player will over raise when he has big hands- pocket pair jacks or higher or big slick. He says he does it because his hand never holds up and he would just rather take the pot right there. WHAT A DUMB PLAY!! Yea, let's see if this makes since- I pick up a monster hand I raise big and win....the blinds! What a moron. I am not saying to limp by any means, but ideally you would want a caller...maybe 2 depending on the situation when you are holding a monster.

I look down in the small blind at pocket sixes. I decide to call in hopes to flop a set. If I miss I am gone. The big blind calls behind me as well. Flop:

Qs 6d Js

Sweet, I hit my set, but i don't like the JQ suited. Two of the hands I put him on were JJ or QQ- not to mention this guy will NEVER lay down a draw. I make a pot sized bet. The BB folds, and the Donk calls. The turn:

10c

I did not like this card. I check. He checks behind. The river:

2d

I check with the intent to call a small bet on the river, and sure enough he fires in a smallish bet. I called. He turns over AcKs. He's got Broadway. He hit his 4 outer on the turn.

After that hand I was just ticked off. He called a pot sized bet with a gut shot. Should I have bet more? Either way...I hate getting sucked out on. Along with every other poker player in the world.

I guess I really shouldn't complain. I was ahead pre-flop, and a HUGE favorite (about 85% to win the hand)on the flop. I'd sure take those odds again. It just didn't work out for me.

I think what really hurt me though was my attitude. I had trouble letting that hand go, and I miss played another one pretty badly. The second one cost me my tournament life though. I wont even get into that one. I'll just tell you it was plain dumb.