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 The mistake of slow-playing, Boftx, 2. Sep 2003 12:08 | ||
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| This occured in a UB tourney Sun. Blinds were at 50/100, about a 100 players or so left, and my stack size was about 3500 or so at the time putting me inside the top 20. I am sitting in BB, the UTG was close behind me in stack size. I was dealt Ks10s. UTG comes in for a min raise and all others fold to me. I call. I think the UTG is possibly making a bid at stealing the blinds (he had a history of this). Flop comes AQx rainbow with one spade, the A. I bet out knowing UTG would fold unless the flop hit him. UTG calls. I think the UTG is on a pair at best and would have raised if he had the A with a good kicker. Turn is a small spade, I bet, UTG calls. River brings a J, no flush, but the nut straight. I bet, UTG raises pot, I go all-in, UTG calls. UTG shows AQo, and goes out. Was I lucky? Hell yes! I stayed in this hand because I had a very good stack position and could easily afford to see the cards to make 2 different draws at just 1 bet each. After the hand, the UTG said that his mistake was slow-playin his 2 pair. I absolutely agree. Had he raised at any point after the flop I would have folded in a heartbeat, instead he let me play cheap poker and got out drawn. IMO, it is better to win the pot when you can in this tourney situation than risk what happened here. BTW, this hand put me well into the top 10 and from there I went on to finish 3rd. | ||
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