Not me, my sister! My sister Angela, got engaged yesterday, which is super exciting. She and her boyfriend have a house together and have been dating since, I think, the beginning of time, so I am glad that they are finally getting married!
In poker news, it has been an interesting few days. On Friday, we decided to drive to Foxwoods so that I could play the 12:00 p.n. $500 tourney on Saturday morning. The worst players ever. I was super card dead. After the first break, two hours in, I picked up a few hands, and was able to push. One situation, I had 66 utg, with 11x the bb and it took me a few seconds to make a decision, but I ultimately folded. Technically, I was out of position with a marginal pair, and because the blinds were so high, I believe it was the right decisioon to fold. A few hands later, in the cut off, I picked up 88. I noticed that the guy in first pos limped, however he was uncertain whether he should limp or fold pre-flop. A player behind him limped also (blinds are 300/600 w 100 ante). I decide to push, which is absolutely the right play. Now, the player utg who limped says, "You cannot always have a hand." I pushed three times in the course of 2 hours- haha. So he decides to CALL 40% of his chips with K10 dd, but tells me before hand, this is probably a bad call. Please don't say that, please don't ever say that- I cannot win if you inform me that it is a bad call. LOL. Then, when he sees my 88s, he informs me "I knew it." His idiocy was laughable. So, of course, that was my tournament exit. But I do believe I played very well.
The night before, in the cash game, I earned 80$. I was earning $200, but then the following hand occurred. I had Q2 hh in the cutoff. I limped, because there were five people in the pot. Flop comes out 5 6 8 with two hearts. First guy bets 20, I call and the button calls. Turn is 4 of hearts. Original guy checks, I bet 50, the guy behind calls and original bettor calls. River is 3h. Instantly, I thought that counterfeited my flush to the Ah, then I realized I had a straight flush! So the original bettor pushes for his last $60, I min raise, and the guy behind folds and shows his two pair. I turn over my hand and say, straight flush and the guy who was all in, says me too. HAHAHA. He hit a two outer on the river, because he had a straight on the turn with an open ended straight flush draw. It wasn't even that bad of a beat because it only cost me $60. So I finished with profit of $80.
After the tourney, Jon and I left around 4 p.m. because we did not want to get home super late. We returned at 8ish. I decided to play 10$ r on stars, which I finished 380/1600, of course I got two outed when I flopped trips and he hit his pair on river for a full house. Other than that, it was a great tourney.
Sunday, we went to the club after Mother's Day. Jon played cash and I played the tournament. I got out 4th by not trusting my read. I knew that the player on my right was making a move on me. I did not let go of my fear. I held on to it, said I know you are making a move and mucked second pair, which I knew was good. He told me later it was a move. I was disappointed in myself for not trusting my read, so unfortunate for me.
The moral of the story is: always trust your read, that is the difference between a good player and a great player, a break even player and a profitable player.
More later!
Good luck and peace,
Lucky C.
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