A break away

[peterbirks]

Having set fire this morning to nigh on $300 at $5-$10 (note, not so annoyed, because I really was unlucky, and I was only playing one table, and I didn't make any reall errors of judgement in a long long session), I decided to pop up to Gutshot to see messrs Lloyd, Young, Gryko, Demis Hassibis, Tony Dobson and Allan Engel, none of whom I have seen for a while. The Youngster was not only late arriving, but then managed to be the first out of the last 18 in the long long freezeout (day 3 of 3, 90 minute clocks). His A8 in the BB was quite enough for a reraise against a button stealer. Unfortunately button stealer had QQ, and good night.









I then lapsesd when I saw Mr Young eating some cheesecake. Bloody nice it was, too. Why is it that I can't do anything that gives me pleasure without suffering unfortunate consequences? Another extra 15 minutes at the gym, tomorrow, methinks.

Comments

[andy-ward-uk.livejournal.com]

"His A8 in the BB was quite enough for a reraise against a button stealer."

Or was it ? From the look of the chip stacks at the time, the button is not committed after his raise. I would say he's most unlikely to call the reraise with a worse hand than A8.

Which means that the reraise is effectively a bluff. Which isn't to say it was wrong, but I think "A8 ... was quite enough" is at least misleading.

Personally I always double-check myself before making a marginal play with A7-A9. It's very vulnerable to being called by exactly those hands which are beating it, and those hands only.

Andy.

Gutshot

[ribmeister.livejournal.com]

I'm old good friends with Tony Dobson. Only ever had the priviledge of heading down to the gutshot one weekend. 'Twas a 10 Rebuy NLH tournament, won it off a tenner ;-), left never to be seen again. Mark Wraith invited me down, he won't make that mistake again. After I left I was told people said I looked like "Russian Mafia". Also played a sit and go there, won that also. They're a bit shit down at the Gutshot aren't they? ;-) 100% record.