A 'mistake' at a Sit-n-Go Tourney...

[Bcorn's Uncle]

10-seat Sit and Go tourney at an online poker room. 7 people remaining. I have the 2nd biggest chip stack at the table, behind the chip leader.

I get J-J preflop, and the guy before me (who has the smallest chip stack on the table) goes all-in.

I decide to JUST call his all-in. The next 4 people fold, and the final player to act raises all-in.

I put him on a higher pair than me or even A-K, but since I was committed to the pot, I decided to call his raise.

We turn over our cards. The guy before me, who had opened the pot, showed an A-J os.

The guy who raised all-in shows.... 8-3 off suit! ! !

I'm thinking that, at least, even if an Ace shows up, I'll have the chips of the guy who raised with 8-3 os.

Flop : 2-4-5
Turn : A
River : J

The guy after me gets the whole pot with a straight. Just for the record, If he hadn't entered the pot, I would have been saved at the river with a miracle third Jack.

However I was completeley amazed at this. I asked "What was that?" and he only answered "A mistake", probably yelling with excitement behind his monitor.

Needless to say, I went all in with my remaining chips on the very next hand with K-4 spades and lost.

I just wanted to share this with you guys and let off my frustration. I've been playing on line poker for more than 18 months, this has been the worst bad beat I ever had by far.

Oh , in case you wonder, YES, I think (and Hope!!!) it was just a mistake. I hate to think that guy was equipped with any suspicious "predict the flop ,turn and river cards" program running together with his poker software..

Thats all....

You being second in chips tells me that you have already developed a table image because the cards you won with were shown on any hand that went to a showdown with another player.

It is important on a single table tourney to get an early lead but if you got that lead by sucking out with a bad starting hand for the position you played it from against a legitimate good starting hand then you projected a bad table image(very loose or even donkey)to the other players just like the guy with 8 3 off.

Being a single table tourney means that you will likely run into more people hoping to suck out early for the chip advantage so they can either muscle the table,afford to wait for the better hands and hopefully both.

One of the pro's said sometimes you can do everything right and still lose.

Haven't heard any of them say from an early position you should play AA,AK,AQ,AJ (preferably suited)or a pair of 7's or better,and from a mid to late position you should play 7 2 off or better.

[bb28]

I realize you are new but it's considered not good form to comment on such an old thread and this one is from 2006. You probably didn't see the date on it and it happens.

You being second in chips tells me that you have already developed a table image because the cards you won with were shown on any hand that went to a showdown with another player.

It is important on a single table tourney to get an early lead but if you got that lead by sucking out with a bad starting hand for the position you played it from against a legitimate good starting hand then you projected a bad table image(very loose or even donkey)to the other players just like the guy with 8 3 off.

Being a single table tourney means that you will likely run into more people hoping to suck out early for the chip advantage so they can either muscle the table,afford to wait for the better hands and hopefully both.

One of the pro's said sometimes you can do everything right and still lose.

Haven't heard any of them say from an early position you should play AA,AK,AQ,AJ (preferably suited)or a pair of 7's or better,and from a mid to late position you should play 7 2 off or better.

[rshkrn]

not sure what OP is complaining about, you got your chips in godd and that's what poker is all about in the long run!!!

I'd be real happy if someone would make that play, I'd make a note on him and make sure I exploit every move made by the idiot. sure someone with a 7% hand will suck out 7% of the time!!