So, I broke my own record and bustoed the 1500 pot limit event (that I decided to play at the last minute) on the...fifth hand or so.

The hand: With 3K chips and 25/50 blinds, someone limps in EP and I make it 200 with AK in MP. The big blind, who's an old guy (at least 60) who just got to the table, instantly makes it 350 total chips. If you've ever played poker, you'll know this is a really bad sign, but, obviously, it's impossible to just fold here.

Flop: K63. BB instapots it for 800 or so. When I'm playing my A+ game, I think I can honestly fold here*, but nobody ever actually does. I call, leaving just about a PSB behind both of our stacks.

Turn: spade. Oh well!

Still not feeling bad about it, I just laughed it off and went to grind some sats (which didn't go particularly well, either - but the play was very soft as usual.) I won't be playing tomorrow, but will definitely be putting some time in later this week.

*After thinking about it, I feel like this is a spot where live pros can and do occasionally find folds that the rest of us just don't understand, but aren't actually wrong. Yeah, I do have top top here, but the problem is that live, it's just obvious when somebody has the nuts, and I think making ridiculous folds that are actually good vs. the guy's range (of 1 hand) is a skill that a bunch of us have to get better at.

brad2002tj says

Well, now I don't feel so bad for busting out of the WSOP-C with AK TPTK vs. 666.

06/03/08

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