But as Billy V says, you got enough chips to wait this lull out. And he’s right: every ten hands, the blind bets take 1300 chips away from me. At this rate, if I don’t play another pot, I’m out of the tournament in about 320 hands.
So I wait.
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Of the original Houston players, who started with me , two are out. Bert “fell in love” with his pocket jacks and got bounced. And Larry … well, here’s how he described it:
This is shorthand for Larry having the best hand all-in, and then abruptly not having the best hand on a highly improbable higher straight.
Sorry, Larry! Poker can sometimes really suck.
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Just won a big hand on a stone bluff. Started with J 10 hearts, four players limp to the flop. The flop is AQ9, so I am open-ended to the straight. I bet 4000, and get one caller. We check the turn, and then she checks the river. I bet 5000, and she lets it go.
The key to that hand - she announced that this was her second buy-in today, so she was not going to be inclined to be sent home twice, especially since she’d only been at the table for about 20 minutes.
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And then I give a little back to the aggressive guy next to me. I’m playing J7 from the small blind, and we get five limpers because the big blind is a short stack and isn’t ready to go all-in.
Flop is AA8. We all check. The next card is a J, which I think might make me the best hand. Last card is an 8. I bet 1000. One guy calls me, and then aggressive guy raises to 4000. I call and he shows the third 8 that gives him a full house. It was a good bet - low enough to make me call.
At 42,100. Just treading water.
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