It took a couple of weekends to do it, but we qualified at the last minute for tonight's National League of Poker monthly Senior championship. And for a change of pace, we will break down every hand we played in the tournament!
:02 IN: BLINDS: 15/30
IN THE POCKET: Qh-As
We have the button as dealer, in the second hand of the night. We folded the first one as small blind when a player went all-in for 1,000. He wound up holding A-Q, and split a pot of more than 3,000. Now this stereotypical online pusher goes all-in again, ahead of us!
We wonder for a moment what's going on -- then conclude he can't possibly have something huge two hands in a row. This must be a "reputation" bluff. So we choose to call, putting us all-in right off the bat. Everyone else folds.
Only one problem: our opponent isn't bluffing. He shows A-K.
ON THE FLOP: 10c-10s-8s
We want a queen! A lovely queen!
ON THE TURN: 2s
Far, far away -- but now with three spades showing, we have a chance to hit a nut flush on the river. (Our opponent has no spades at all.)
ON THE RIVER: 3c
We miss. We're out. We write, "Sigh......" then "very good."
Be honest now -- would you have folded what we had, in that position? We didn't. And as a result, we finish #1,027 out of 1,047 players. That hurts.
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