I’ve only busted out my entire buy-in a few times on this run. Every time I did, I felt bad about my prospects throughout the whole hand, only to be proven right. This last bust-out was particularly brutal.
I raise AK0 UTG, and get re-raised the minimum. The SB calls, and I call, hoping to see a flop.
The flop is AK2. I’m happy, but am I? What did he re-raise me with? Does he now have a set? I bet 2/3 the pot to find out. He calls. Now I’m worried, but I think he might just be some donk with AQ or something. I’m also worried that he has QQ or JJ and he just can’t cut them loose.
The turn is a Q, making the board AKQ2. Now if he has AA, KK, or QQ he has me crushed. I’m terrified that he might have queens, so I check. He bets half the pot and I call.
The river is a ten. Now JJ is also way ahead of me, since it has a straight. So is TT. I check hoping that it will check out. He pushes me all in, which is a pot-bet. I think for a long time and hope he has two pair that isn’t as good as mine. I call.
He has AJo, for broadway. I had him demolished until the river. Is this a suck-out, or my own dumb fault for not pushing hard on the flop or the turn, or pre-flop for that matter, where I could have re-raised correctly? Or am I just beating myself up over a freakazoid hand where some dude hit his four outer on the river?
If I hadn’t called that last $3 bet, I would have been up $3 on the hour. Instead I’m even on the hour. Any Jack beat me, as well as all those sets. That call might have been way too loose.
P.S. I should have known. He bet exactly my stack on the river, instead of just pushing all in. I noticed that at the time, but failed to realize what it meant. It meant he didn’t want his bet to look too giant or intimidating. That was the clue that I failed to interpret correctly.
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