Getting yourself in trouble
I got myself into some trouble with a hand that I played a few days ago. It was a situation where I was in the big blind and the hand folded around to the small blind. He raised my blind, as he had done a few times earlier. I was getting tired of it and decided to make a stand.
Poker Stars $2/$4 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players
Hero (BB): $405.50
UTG: $128.45
MP: $363.75
CO: $87.65
BTN: $242.60
SB: $290.75
Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BB with 3h Th
4 folds, SB raises to $12, Hero calls $8
(I made a very loose call here. As I stated earlier, I was getting tired of the SB raising my blind.)
Flop: ($24.00) 9d Kh Ts (2 players)
SB bets $16, Hero calls $16
(I flopped second pair on a draw heavy board. When the SB led out, I decided that I can’t fold just yet. This could be just a standard continuation bet.)
Turn: ($56.00) 6h (2 players)
SB bets $37.50, Hero calls $37.50
(The turn now gives me a flush draw along with my second pair. After the SB bets out again, I decide that I am probably behind, but that I’ll call and see if I can hit my flush or improve in other ways.)
River: ($131.00) 3d (2 players)
SB bets $80, Hero calls $80
(Well, I hit two pair on the river. I decide that I can’t fold my two pair and call the SB’s river bet.)
Final Pot: $291.00
Hero mucks 3 T
SB shows 9 K (two pair, Kings and Nines)
SB wins $288.00
I ended up losing a big pot here to the SB’s flopped two pair. I got stubborn and decided that I had to defend my blind in this situation. This was just a bad play all together. Calling was a bad situation here and put me in a situation after each street where I felt that I couldn’t get away from my hand. I ended up losing quite a bit of money that I never should have had at risk in the first place.
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