Deep in the $250 Freeze on Laddies yesterday, I am 2nd or 3rd chip, & I find
Plenty of good-natured banter on the table. We had been chatting about riffling chips, & the joke was that tikay never had enough chips to riffle - it's tough to riffle 3 chips. By an oddity, I had plenty at this moment, 15k or more, with blinds at 200-400.
I am on the Button, 4 limpers, I have AK. "STEP ASIDE, I NEED CHIPS TO RIFFLE WITH" I type in the Chat-Box, as I Raise.
1 Oppo smooth calls my Raise, "TiltT" from "Borders".
The flop comes a lovely.....
TiltT checks, I bet, he calls. Hmmm....
Turn is a blank.
Tilt T checks, I bet. He Re-Raises all-in! Set? 2 pair? AQ? Strange this, I put a hefty bet in pre-flop, what could he have? I'm trying to get my head round this, do I NEED to take him on for my entire large stack? - I only have one pair, after all, & I have a mountain of chips. The slider bar is ticking towards "10 seconds" & I am wobbling here, what shall I do.....? At that VERY moment, TiltT types in the chat box - "I don't believe you have anything at all, you are bluffing".
Dammit, I am in 2 minds, 2 seconds left, I call. he flips over
.....!
Truth is, I may well have called anyway, I'm just not sure, I only had 1 pair, I had plenty of chips, & had no need to gamble recklessly in slow structure comp. But his message in the text box caught me at exactly the moment I was dithering "shall I, shan't I?".
Nice play Mr TiltT, you sure suckered me in. I think I fell for the oldest speech play trick in the book. Damn!
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