I was playing the World Cup of Poker Ontario Qualifier last night. About 450 players and 9 move to the next step.
The play was pretty good with no noticable bad play from anyone, just good solid poker. I was very lucky and got KK 3 times at crusial moments and i was first in chips after about 45 minutes of play. I remained first for about 1 hour and after that, never went below 14. I played well and paid attention all the way.
I was card dead for some time and the blinds were increasing to a point where players were very tught and would go all in if they went at all.
And then this happened: Blinds 3000/6000 ante 600. My stack 36,000. 12 players left and i am 9th at the moment because i did not get any cards for the past two levels. 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th are all within 1000 chips. I'm UTG and i get 66. I know very well that 66 UTG is not a great hand and i'm thinking of folding. I'm also thinking that i could steal the blinds and go up 2 ranks if i go all in. So, i go all in and everyone folds . . . Except the BB with a stack of 104,000 . . . . The thing is, the moment i clicked the bet button, i knew he would call and i knew he would have a better hand . . . I was right, he had 88 and they held. I was out in 12th.
I was extremely disapointed, to say the least. Went out and took a 1 hour walk to cool off.
My biggest mistake was to lose focus for a moment and played a weak hand in a dangerous spot. What is disapointing was that i had been playing so well and made the right calls at the right time except for that fatal error.
I'll put it under the "Learn from you own mistakes" bin and try again on Saturday.
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At least you realized your mistake and are not likely to make the same one again. Some around here would just get on and complain about the guy calling an all-in with 8's and call him a donk.
GL
Well with 12 players remaining .6 to a table so not really a bad play, but the format was to stay alive so you took a shot and paid the price. All ways easy after the hand is played out, what was the right way to go. Don't be down on your self it happens to all of us GL in the future...
It sounds like you have a disease that is quickly and easily becoming known as "Totenbach-ism" :P I've made this mistake alot, playing loose at the wrong times and just running into a hand you didn't expect in the blinds. I did it to myself yesterday in fact in the NBC HU Qualifier on Full Tilt.
I had played extremely good poker from a field of 256 to top 8. Top place gained entry to the next round. Brand new table, 2nd or 3rd hand of the new round. I had no read on this guy and decided to push my pkt 6's on a KJ/Junker board. Push him around I thought. At this point, everyone will be tight. Lo and Behold, He was paired high and I was out. All that properly played poker for nothing.
It leaves a guy disheartened and yet we both realized the same thing. A weak play at the wrong time can crush you. Gl to you in the future, don't pull a *me* again.
Thanks for the feedback my friends, it is appreciated.
Now, i need to write 1000 times "I will not pull a Totenbach again"