The National League of Poker has so many players competing for hours at a time, tonight marked only our second weekly championship appearance there. The last one in December left us in the top half of the field. Tonight? Welllll....
BLINDS: 30/60
IN THE POCKET: Ac-5h
We're in the small blind, having just hit a "Broadway straight" on the turn in the big blind to claim an $1,100 pot. But we don't overplay this, and call. No one raises.
ON THE FLOP: 5-2-5
Three of a kind with top kicker looks very nice. We're first in the order to bet, but decide to be cautious and bet the minimum 60. A player across from us doubles to 120. We call; everyone else bails out.
ON THE TURN: 4
We're a bit concerned now about an oddball straight. We bet 60 again, but our opponent doubles to 120 again. Another call.
ON THE RIVER: K
We hope to persuade our opponent we have something by betting 60 more -- only he responds by going all-in! We're a bit puzzled, and conclude our opponent is bluffing to chase us away.
We call, putting ourselves all-in -- only the opponent has K-5. He bet big because he hit a full house on the river. We're gone in ten minutes, finishing in 1,237th place. (Thankfully, 147 others were below us.)
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