It may have been Super Bowl XLV to many people, but the dream was A-A for 1,414 players in tonight's National League of Poker Weekly Championship. We qualified for this big-bucks game for the second time in three weeks -- but what could we do with it?
:04 IN: We have 6-K of spades. The flop is 4-A-6 (no spades), and we offer a probing bet of 60. Two players call. The turn is a 4, and everyone checks. The river is a 2, and we bet 60 again. A woman calls - and shows 7-7 to top our two pair.
"Couldn't run you off," we write her in chat.
"You could have," she answers. But with an Ace sitting out there, it really wouldn't have been wise.
:06 IN: We have 3-A. The flop is 8-5-3, and we call an initial bet of 30 - but an all-in raise runs us off. (A player making 9's and 8's would have had us topped.)
:24 IN: We have A-10 of diamonds, and choose to limp. The flop is 3-7-A (no diamonds) and we're ready for action - but a player across the table bets 1,340, which would put us all-in. We smell at least two pair and fold. The opponent shows 7-6! "Aaaargh," we write.
:25 IN: On the very next hand we have A-8. The flop is 3-8-7, and when a player bets the minimum 100 we double in a raise. The turn is a doctor-ordered A, and we go all-in with 290 left. A player calls with a mere K-7, and we wind up climbing to 1,680.
:29 IN: We have K-10 of clubs - and when a player raises to 520, we dare to call. A flop of Q-4-4 (no clubs) runs us off when the raiser bets big again. Too bad for us; Q-4 follow to give several players a full house.
At the half-hour break we have 1,260 -- in the middle of the pack, with 745 players left.
:34 IN: We have J-A in the big blind. Two players stair-step the bet from 100 to 400, and we call it. The flop is 2-Q-2, and we're forced to fold when an opponent goes all-in. A-9 follow, giving a player with A-9 a two-pair winner.
:35 IN: We have A-Q of hearts in the very next hand, as small blind. A player raises to 500, and we feel forced to push all-in with 860 left. A second player pushes all-in as well -- and we both wind up being eliminated when the board shows 2-K-6-7-7, with only one heart showing. The winner had pocket tens.
Final result: 687th place -- a Miami Dolphin-level finish in this past season.
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