Posted by Junelli 10:18 AM
I just wrote a post about the big hand I won with KK.

Unfortunately, that was the end of my good fortune, as I ran into "cooler hands" the rest of the night. Here are some of my big losses:

I misplayed the first one. Lemme know what you think.

I have 46s in the SB. There is a raise to $20 and there are 5 callers including me. The pot is $100 before the flop.

The flop is 235 giving me the nut straight. The preflop raiser leads out for $100. **Aside, the preflop raiser is an experienced player who is a regular at the Top Hat. He is tricky, aggressive, and can play any two cards. He also bluffs on a regular basis.

Everyone folds around to me, and I decide to raise because there are 2 spades on the board.

I raise him $150, making it $250 straight.

He takes a good amount of time scratching his head but ultimately calls the raise. The pot is now $600.

The turn is a 7 spades, putting 3 spades on the board.

I'm first to act. What would you do? Remember that this is a good player, who is aggressive and tricky. He is also playing incredibly loose tonight and is stuck in the game pretty good. We both have a lot of chips. I have him covered, but he has about $600 more.

Back to the question. You're out of position now. What do you do? Should I check, and let him make a big bet and possibly take the pot away from me? Should I lead out?

I decide to lead out with a bet of about half the pot. I bet $225. Again he hems and haws for minute and then says, "well I guess it's time to go home." He goes all-in.

Now I have to call $375 more into a $1,400 pot. Sick.

Would you fold or call? It was a tough decision for me, but it basically boiled down to whether or not I believed he had the flush already. I thought back about his actions: he had raised preflop from early position and had come out firing on the flop. He also called my raise on the flop, but clearly didn't like it.

I put him on an overpair like AA, KK, QQ, JJ and 1 spade. Therefore, he could have a backdoor draw to a big flush along with his overpair. Of course he could also have made the flush already.

I think about it and decide that he doesn't have it yet.

I call.

He turns over Ks Qs and I lose a huge pot.

"Nice turn card dealer. You cockroach."


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A little while later I have KJ against a board of J83 with 2 clubs. The worst player at the table (who is incredibly loose and agressive, and has $2,500 in chips), bets $100.

I know my hand is the best, so I move all-in for $300.

He calls with 3c 6c. A pair and a flush draw.

I'm ahead, but he has enough outs to where I can't insure it yet.

I offered to deal it twice (2 turns and 2 rivers).

He accepts and hits his flush on both rivers. I lose the entire pot.

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I hold 24 against a board of 248. I move all-in for $175 and get called by 2 players.

The turn is a 4 giving me a full house.

The other player had 84 giving him a bigger full house.

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I hold AT against a flop of T52.

The other player has a set of 5's.

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I flop 2 pair with 86 against a board of T86. 3 of us smooth call a $30 bet on the flop. The turn is a 2, and the bettor leads out for $150, putting me all-in.

I call, and he turns over T2. He hit his kicker on the turn.

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The final nail in the coffin came when I had only $60 left, and was dealt AKs in early position.

I move all-in and get called by 4 players.

The board is rags, and I never connect. Someone with 78 wins the hand.

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"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."

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