I think up until today, I had never folded KK pre-flop, in an online tournament. However, when you've walked into aces holding KK about a bazilion (slight sarcasm) times in the last week, this is exactly what happens. Of course this time, I couldn't have been more wrong. I try not to be results oriented, but it just gnaws at you when it could have just propeled you in a huge way. This is from yesterday's 750K on FT:
I mean, 100% of the time in this situation in the past, I'm re-raising from my position. If the dude has aces, so be it, I am playing to win. That's how I usually handle this.....but the UTG dude had not played a hand since I got moved to this table, and I let the "he's got aces" thought get the best of me. Again, as I stated up front, I have been walking into aces in unusual high frequency as of late, which I'm sure played into this mess. So I flatted his initial raise, looking to see if I flop a set, and at least seeing what his action on the flop would be. However, the dopey BB decided to shove, and UTG insta-snap shoved. My gut told me it was an isolation move, given that the BB had proved to be loose/maniac kind of player.
But then the freaking 'he has aces' vibe came back, and I folded like a little girl after running out my clock. I basically froze up....how retarded is that? If you buy into the whole Fulltilt RNG 'inner works', then who knows what would have flopped on the board had I called. But clearly, based on their pre-flop holdings, I over analzed this situation, let the current 'current' influence my thoughts, which led to huge feeling of uncertainty, and ultimately came up with a bad decision. (fancy way of saying I royally suck)
My finish below:
2BA
3 comments:
And if you'd gone all in, you would have been up against Aces, right? Or someone who went all in with A-K or A-rag and an Ace hits on the flop?
Gawd, this is what sucks so bad about poker.
LOL. Folding KK preflop is tough. I don't know that I could do it.
Thanks for the linkage. I'm getting you up on my blog now.
bayne would probably fold there too.
at least you still cashed!
Post a Comment