How I "lost" 5 euros playing Poker !
2 août 2008, 11:09
Yesterday night (on thursday, as it’s 1am right now it should be the day before yesterday) I went to play Poker at Yo’s house.
When I arrived no one had eaten yet and as I had only nibbled some crisps I jumped at the chance ! That’s what I like when you’re at Yo’s house, you always discover new recipes and you enjoy an excellent meal ! :) I forgot the name of what we’ve eaten but it was pork cooked in a mustard based sauce and envelopped in cabbage leaves, that’s delicious, vegetables get all the taste from the sauce it’s greaat !
Well. Afterward we start playing a cash game of poker (no limit texas hold’em), everyone started with 5 euros of chips (but you could buy some more when you lost them if you needed… like Mitch ! haha)… I get crappy hand after crappy hand, like 7 and 2 of different color… So I fold almost everytime but I don’t loose much money (only the blinds) but people start to wonder if I intend to play some hands :P
After a while I start to get some hands, I told myself to play moreof them. I succeed in two or three good hands to reach 12 euros of chips… becoming more confident, maybe too much. After a few turns I get a good hand (or not): King + Queen of spade. I raise a high amount before the flop in order to get as few people on the flop as possible. It’s a success as we are only two to check the flop: the chip leader and me (at this state of the game I may be second in chips).
I get a Queen in the flop but no Spade. That’s where I don’t play as good as I may have… I hesitate two or three seconds and say “All in”. A few seconds later I hear: “Called”. Three hands can beat mine: A pair of queens (which would give him three of a kind), A pair of kings, and Ace and Queen. The most likely he could have is Ace and Queen… and that’s what he got, I lost everything in one hand because I played badly after the flop (no I didnt get a lucky King).
Since I’m asking myself, what should have I done ? “Check” to see what he bets ? Bet a lot to see if he calls or raises ? Anyway I thing he could have trapped me easily and I would have still lost… so if you have any good advice to give me I take it ! :)
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