Yawn
(Crossposted at Steal The Blinds.)I've Discovered The Secret To Winning At Poker . . .
. . . getting good cards.
Seriously.
It's tough to win otherwise.
This afternoon, I was in yet another satellite to the WPT Borgata Poker Open. At least, I thought I was. In reality, I spent two hours playing "Texas Fold'em." Aside from the occasional blind steal, I won just two hands all tourney: once when I tried to steal with K¨/3¨, flopped two pair with 5/5/3, went all-in and wound up winning with a backdoor flush; and another when I won a coin flip holding pocket fours.
I busted out after I misread another player who went all-in preflop. I held A¨/J¨ and figured I had a coin flip; he had A/K instead. If that weren't bad enough, another player holding A/J joined the party, so I was dead to two outs. After I lost that pot, I had less than the big blind and was pretty much toast. (I was officially busted out by another A/K. Man, what is it with that hand??)
I still finished in 58th place out of 246 players.
I wonder how well I could have done if I had a decent hand or two.
(Edited 8/7 12:22 PM to add the Steal The Blinds link.)
posted by Marsh @ 1:33 AM
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