Sigh, it was Level 19 stuff.
Rised with 78. Twerpers called in the BB.
Flop 3 10 Q. Check bet call.
Turn 5. Check bet call.
River 4. Check all-in. Call. With KQ!
KQ! The same hand TV's Tikay opened shoved 12x with at the final table. That's 12x, not 1.2x!
Tonight's much-in-demand £10 rebuy attracted a field of...
Any guesses?
This hand really helped my tourney :-)
Was in the BB and I think I should probably play this even out of position against the amount of Chompy raises i had observed in the last hour and how tight i was playing that night.
Q high and 2 clubs from what I remember, I thought it was a 6 and a 3 on the flop but really could be very wrong there
I was trying to control the pot and keep it small while out of posiiton so checked. You bet out what i though seemed to be a quite honest bet. So though my kicker was good but didnt want to go big with one pair against another large stack.
Turn brought the third club (10 i thought) which i though if i had just hit the flush i 60 % check here so that seemed correct. But with a redraw to the Queen flush and top pair it seemed i should still be good. I honestly was not sure you bet here - I thought you checked behind. but could also be wrong there
Then the river i thought was a brick maybe the straight was possible but after i check i dont think you can shove the straight in case i have the flush - which is definately close to my possible hands.
That and the famous hellmuth read meant i had to call the shove. All that said it is probably chompy out of all the luton players i struggle most with when im not setting about blowing a huge stack by making slim calls with marginal hands (Just like the real Phil)
I dont think the play is bad by chompy though as i am unlikey to call off my tournament here and i have played the hand very passively. For myself I think the right river play following my earlier play is the check call.
Sadly did not make it up today as the rain was pouring when i was about to start the 40 mile drive - i decided to play maidenhead but that went quite well once i settled and played sensible in the cash.
But near cert for wednesday night
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