We all know how to play certain hands in particular position against different opponents, yet some times for some unknown reason (soon to be explained) we don’t. I’m not preaching on some soap box from afar as the finger is also pointing at me!
Let me set the scene...
I'm in a tournament over an hour into it with well over the average stack. I'm in the BB and have a very tight and aggressive image I also have QQ. The fellow to my left (UTG) limps into the pot (100/200 blinds) he has been limping into and calling small raises in about 75% of all the pot since the beginning then he is followed by two folds and a raise to 800 (AQd) the action folds back round to me and I re-raise to 2800 UTG folds original raiser dwells, counts his chips and decides to go all in for an additional 4975 (this player has raised a few times before in this tourney and has shown good hands but not great hands so I elect to call) leaving myself with just under 4000. Of course he spikes an Ace and takes the pot – standard. I don’t consider myself on tilt as I am happy that I got the Neanderthal to put his balls on the table only to discover that mine were bigger and being held by the lovely ladies Judith and Argine, the Queens of Hearts and Clubs. Anyway half an hour passes by and I have manages to double through when I find myself staring down at Charles and Cesar The two red kings – Cesar is the one with a knife in his back – and then it hits me I feel like I am owed a lot of chips where the ladies have let me down the men will surely stand and be counted so it is time to get greedy, the table has had a raiser neigh on every hand for the last round so I decide to limp expecting a raise. We end up going 3 handed to see the flop me the BB and the Button as there was no raise. The flop decides to give me a flash back to the two ladies which earlier fail to help me along with a suited deuce (QhQd2d) BB checks I figure I have to check as I need to see if the Button has a Q and if he does then he’ll surely raise to push out the flush draws. so the flop ended up being checked, the turn brought a blank (7c) BB checks so I decide to bet (1400 in the pot) and I bet 1800 Button folds and BB re-raises because of the double check with the flush draw present I do not believe he has the Q and I re raise All in only to hear an instant call and Q8os shown leaving me drawing to 2 outs, standard. All I can do is congratulate the player for his well timely check and head back home giving myself a telling off for getting too greedy – if I had pushed preflop then I would still be in but I got greedy
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