I was playing online poker last night. For those of you not familiar with a Double or Nothing tournament, it is a room of ten players where only the last five standing are paid out double what they put in. You start out with $1,500 and I was comfortable with my roughly $1,750 with six players left. On the small blind, I had pocket Aces. There was a player crippled by the last hand going all in with his $20. Good times. I was going to knock him out. It was just me, big blind, and the big spender. Flop comes up 7, 8, J with two diamonds on the board. Still top pair for me but so many opportunities for disaster. Mr. Big Blind goes all in with a $785 bet.
Really? REALLY? A guy in all in and if you're bluffing you could be handing over enough for him to survive one more round. We could have checked our way through so TWO hands could potentially knock him out instead of your flush draw going nowhere, you ass! I decided that it was enough for him to go all in, then he probably has something. Or at least enough to knock out the other guy. I fold my pocket Aces.
So what does the guy have? Pocket Aces. He knocked the guy out. I'm just saying I had enough discipline to check my way to victory. What way this guy thinking? Whooo, I'll double up and then the game is over! Come on, pay attention! Or go into the ring games. Either way, play smarter!
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