follow up
Seat 1: Fuel55 (30,491)
Seat 2: syndrome187 (20,726)
Seat 3: pvanharibo (28,402) Button
Seat 6: SirFWALGMan (47,964) SB
Seat 7: mclarich (79,037) BB
Seat 8: Donkette (18,380)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mclarich [Qc Ac]
Donkette folds
Fuel55 folds
pvanharibo raises to 3,300
SirFWALGMan calls 2,700
mclarich raises to 16,800
pvanharibo has 15 seconds left to act
pvanharibo has requested TIME
pvanharibo folds
SirFWALGMan has 15 seconds left to act
SirFWALGMan: nice raise folding my pair
SirFWALGMan folds
mclarich wins the pot (10,800)
unlike the QJ hand i wasn't considering how much money was in the pot, but whether i wanted to call for all my chips w/ AQ. i obviously wasn't pot committed, and my only moves were jam or fold. some players could squeeze with anything, and as it turns out he had a small edge w/ his being suited. i thought b/c my raise was on the button he could have been widening my range, and therefore squeezing lighter than if the raise had come from earlier position. in the end i folded, and decided six handed to wait for a better spot to go all in for my tournament life.
thanks to everyone for comments on the QJ hand, both on the previous post and over email.
i played a little early last night and went fairly deep in two tournaments, but toward the end got short and couldn't double up when i needed to. in one hand i got all in w/ AA v. QJo (who called a raise and a re-raise pre) on the flop (J high), only to see another J hit the river. frustrating, but it's poker. i donked out of riverchasers when i overplayed AT, the best hand i'd seen since i started playing. by that point i really didn't feel like playing anyway, and was fine turning on lost and watching an episode of the wire (only on the 4th ep of the 5th season -- i'm savoring it!).
i'm not going to post deets in case people haven't seen last night's ep of lost yet, but omg, i think it may be one of my all time favorite episodes. we finally got some insight into the island and its powers, and i love, love, LOVE how the producers decided to play it out. imo, knowing that there are only two more seasons makes lost a much more powerful show, b/c everything airing this season and next is with a set end goal in mind. no wondering at the end a season whether it's going to be renewed, and no aimless drifting on and on waiting for people to stop watching. after a sophomore slump and a pretty bad first half to season 3, lost is hitting its stride, and i'd be surprised if it lets up before the end of the series. even last week's minor blip is forgiven!
