I still haven't had the time to play as much poker as I would like this year, due to work schedules and the fact that I've been sick for the past week or so. Last week, though, I decided to play in a charity tournament on Full Tilt where the tournament fees were donated to the relief effort in Haiti. I figured if I'm going to play poker, it should be for a good cause, right?
My bankroll was too small for even the smallest tournament, but I entered it anyway: a $5 + $5 (basically spending the money I won from the tournament in the previous post). I was doing pretty well, but I could only avoid the idiots for so very long:
BTN: t6835 M = 22.78
Hero (SB): t3098 M = 10.33
BB: t1501 M = 5.00
UTG: t3095 M = 10.32
UTG+1: t8470 M = 28.23
UTG+2: t6920 M = 23.07
MP1: t7929 M = 26.43
MP2: t1975 M = 6.58
CO: t7995 M = 26.65
Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is SB with 5h 5c
4 folds, MP2 calls t200, 2 folds, Hero raises to t3098 all in, BB calls t1301 all in, MP2 calls t1775 all in
Flop: (t5451) 9c 3s 7s
Turn: (t5451) Td
River: (t5451) Qc
Final Pot: t5451
Hero shows 5h 5c (a pair of Fives)
BB shows 6c Ah (Ace Queen high)
MP2 shows Qh 6h (a pair of Queens)
MP2 wins t948
MP2 wins t4503
Yup. That's two players calling all-in with cruddy hands, the worst of which ends up spiking a queen on the river to win the pot. I can't imagine anyone thinking that calling all-in with Q6 suited is a good idea in this situation.
But this is me. I make the right play in the right situation, and get a wrong result. It's frustrating. I take comfort in making the right play, though. That's all I can do. After that, it's all in the fall of the cards.
