hey guys, sorry, no good.
had a really tough starting table - roberto romanello, dave colclough, john tabatabai, jon kalmar, one unknown solid young player and a couple of unknowns who didnt seem too hot.
decided to grind at this table, playing mainly for value, but with expert advice coming in on the text from big brother stu, decided to set it up with one big bluff to destroy my image and hopefully set up some payment later!
after 110 mins of not much change (up to 11k), the perfect spot arrived. john tabatabai (who was playing a vast number of pots) min-raised to 200 in mid position. dave colcloough on his left called. roberto romanello in the SB then made it 850 to go. I decided this was the perfect spot for the image-setting 4-bet. If roberto called or re-shipped i could show down my hand to set up the image i wanted without losing too much. As it happened, it played out perfectly, my 4-bet to 2350 prompting roberto to muck
face up, and me to show down
however, i never really got to use this to my advantage. halfway through the third level i looked down at
under the gun. i limped for 150 from my 10k stack, as did 5 others (including the blinds). the flop came down a beautiful
, into which i lead 700. dave colclough called, with everyone else passing
the turn
looked relatively safe, so i bet 1300. dave raised to 3400, meaning if i called i would have ~5000 behind. two hands are beating me at this point - 7-5h and 7-10. however, i decided that just as likely (if not more so) dave could have
or a turned two pair such as
or
, or perhaps even a very cleverly played
or
. in the situation where i was up against 7-10 or 7-5, i still have ten outs, so my 7k to win 21k looked in good shape against his range, and i shipped.
an insta-call from dave with
and a
river meant i was out
sorry i couldnt do more! i really do believe there is no escaping this hand. does anyone have any suggestions to how i can play it differently? obviously a check on the flop means i could keep it cheaper, but i really think this is a poor way to play it in a six-way pot.