March 8, 2011

“How not to play a big stack” by Vegas Jeff

~100 tables, each Table with 10 players, top two on each table move on to tomorrow’s final round. I was playing superbly, knocked out a few players, dominated the game, bluffed my way into several big pots. Before I knew it, I had over half the chips in play. Kept pushing players to have to play good hands as I kept raising pre flop, I was confident that I’d be moving on… then it comes down to 3 handed… I still had a commanding chip lead over the 2 ladies that remained… I was not wary of their skill as I was concentrating on knocking out the guys on the table.

After a dozen hands or so, the blinds reached 500/1000 with a 100 ante, I was on the small blind, the button folded. I had a K6 off suit… I was tempted to steal the big blind there and push all in… I should have… instead, I limped and let the big blind see the flop… out comes 345 rainbow, I had an open ended straight draw, so I said, fuck it, All in… she INSTA CALLS… Big blind was holding 6 deuce… SIX FUCKING DEUCE… she flopped a straight! Turn and river offered no help, and although I had her covered in chips, it was a huge crush and I was not able to recover. I turned to her and said, “I should have went all in preflop, was doing it all day and wasn’t thinking straight.”

Hindsight is 20/20 of course, that one move cost me a seat in the final round. It was fun, it was a free tournament, and I’m still up, but I really shouldn’t hesitate next time, especially that late in the round, when blinds are high and the pressure is on.

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