From: jacob@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jacob Jin)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Hold Em Tourney at the Oaks!
Date: 27 Dec 1992 07:19:51 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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Okay. I entered the PostXmas Hold 'Em Tournament at the Oaks
Club in emeryville. $210 Buy-in for $500 in chips, no
re buys. Pays Top Four: 50, 25, 15, 10. 

Ended up being 76 players at 7 tables. Blinds started at
10-20, doubling every 25 minutes. After the blinds went
to 40-80 there was a break at which point there were five
tables remaining. During this time I did some MAJOR
sucking out incl: Raising 6-8suited under the gun and
hitting the spade draw with a gut shot. Hurt a KQsuited
who had flopped top pair with a runnerrunner flush draw
Stuff like that. Called an all-in bet when I was in the big blind
(since it was only a couple more chips). I had 10-2off. 
Flop came 10-10-3. Gee. Did the same thing with A2off vs
AK, flop came 8-8-2. 

But here's the story. A player nicknamed Hercules(no idea
why), who is, I think, a decent player, was in a 5-way
pot preflop and on the button. Flop comes J-7-2 with
two diamonds. Check. Check. Check. Bet. Hercules calls.
First checker raises. Everyone folds except Hercules.
Turn: Jack of Hearts. First guy reaches for his chips
then looks over at Hercules. Check. Hercules fires.
First guy calls. (Now, hm, who do you think has
what?) Next card comes, a Six of Spades. No help. First
guy checks, Hercules fires, first guy calls. Hercules
calls out "Ace High." (was shooting for the diamond
flush) first guy turns over pocket 7s. At this point
Hercules is nearly all in, and the blinds are at
160-320. There are a mere 3 tables left and judging
from the stacks at all other tables, I'm about in
3rd place. Okay, at some point I lose a bit of
ground on cheese: K10off(Be very afraid...) but
not because of kicker problems, but because of
23suited. Live by the cheese, die by the cheese. So
finally it's down to 2 tables and we are playing
a 3-6 game in lime chips. After the K10 I'm no
longer a favorite. 

We condense yet further to two tables. One of the
first hands, Hercules goes all in with two
chips. Next guy raises. Three callers, all
of them all in as well. Three different
pots. Flop comes J-J-10. Turn: 10. River: Blank.
Hercules turns over A-10. The other hands
were: QQ, AK, KK, AKsuited. So he gains
some ground.     

After those fellows disappear, I use A9 to put
another guy all in and he leaves. At last we are
down to the last table.

I'm not real happy with the situation. During the
3-6 round I call a raise in the big blind with
76off figuring I have no competition. I was
right, but still hit nothing. Hercules continues  
to build, "stealing" blinds(but with good
hands) and then flopping a set of queens and
going all in on the turn. Of course he
wins. 

The blinds go up to 6-12 as I'm in the little
blind. I call with Q7 clubs. one club
on the flop, bye bye Q7. 

There are nine players at the table as the blinds
bear down on me and I get AK under the gun.
Pump. Everyone folds until Hercules who is in
the small blind and he makes in enough to put me
all in. Flop comes 10-4-3 all off suit and although
I know I'm an underdog, assuming he would reraise
with any pocket pair and AK only, he seals any
doubt by turning over pocket 10s.     

End of story. Although I did some major sucking
out, I couldn't help but be bitter that that
one guy didn't put Hercules all in with his
pocket 7s. Would have changed things dramatically. 





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