Robbed by Donkeys
Time for this week’s pub tournament. We manage 10 players this week, so start of with two tables of 5. I’m playing a great game and getting some cards. I’m soon chip lead and get Ac 5c on the button with a couple of limpers in front of me. I limp in also hoping to see a good flop. It comes down with two clubs: Kc 10c. Player before me bets out with a painfully small probe bet, which I easily have the pot odds to call. Turn comes the third club and I have the nuts. Matey-boy bets out and I decide to just make a weak looking call hoping he will bet out again on the river. River comes some low card and matey-boy bets out again with a large bet. I then make a decision that I would later regret in that I just call his bet rather than re-raising him all-in. It was early in the tournament and he’s a nice lad, so I thought I’d give him a break rather than take all his chips - little knowing that he would put me out a few levels later (see below). Anyway, he turns over Qc Jc for second nut flush and I’m way-out chip leader.
A couple of levels later (100/200) and I’m still serious chip leader on the table. I’m on the button and I look down and find pocket Kings. Nice. Now, the player in the BB I know quite well and I know he gets annoyed when someone tries to steal his blinds and he then tends to push with a wide range of hands. I’ve been nicely raising his blinds all evening and I know he’s ripe for the taking. I therefore put in a min-raise knowing that this will look like a weak steal and will almost certainly cause him to commit his remaining stack. Unfortunately the SB is a total donkey and clearly has not been watching the players on either side of him at all so he calls my raise. As expected the BB pushes all-in for this remaining 2,600 chips. I then make what could be considered a small error by just calling the all-in rather than pushing my own stack, assuming the SB will not dream of calling a massive re-raise followed by an insta-call. The SB considers for a while then also calls the BB. Would he have folded to an all-in from me? He was such a donkey that I seriously doubt it. Anyway, flop comes down 10 7 5 rainbow so I then bet out enough to put the SB all-in (1600 more), which he again calls in true donkey fashion. Cards turn over and I’ve read the BB right he called with K9o and I have him dominated. Donkey/SB turns over Q5o. Yes, Q5o! He called a raise, an all-in raise with insta-call and then put himself all-in with Q5o and a pair of 5s after the flop. Anyway, in true donkey fashion the turn comes another 5 and he takes down a large part of my stack and the BB who had been carefully priming all evening. Great!
I’m now rather short stacked as the blinds are 200/400 and we have merged the two tables into a single table of 8 players. I’m on the button and I have KQo so I put in a small raise. All fold round to the lad I let off earlier in the game. He calls my raise. Flop comes K J 9, giving me top pair with a good kicker plus an inside straight draw. The pot is big enough for me and the possible drawing hands are a risk so I push all-in for my remaining 2,000-odd chips. Matey-boy calls me and turns over JTo for second pair and the straight draw - I gave him nothing like good enough odds to call with an gutshot draw. Turn card is an 8, expanding matey-boy to an open-ended straight draw. River comes a 10 and he nabs it with two pair. The donkey derby is in town.
A couple of levels later (100/200) and I’m still serious chip leader on the table. I’m on the button and I look down and find pocket Kings. Nice. Now, the player in the BB I know quite well and I know he gets annoyed when someone tries to steal his blinds and he then tends to push with a wide range of hands. I’ve been nicely raising his blinds all evening and I know he’s ripe for the taking. I therefore put in a min-raise knowing that this will look like a weak steal and will almost certainly cause him to commit his remaining stack. Unfortunately the SB is a total donkey and clearly has not been watching the players on either side of him at all so he calls my raise. As expected the BB pushes all-in for this remaining 2,600 chips. I then make what could be considered a small error by just calling the all-in rather than pushing my own stack, assuming the SB will not dream of calling a massive re-raise followed by an insta-call. The SB considers for a while then also calls the BB. Would he have folded to an all-in from me? He was such a donkey that I seriously doubt it. Anyway, flop comes down 10 7 5 rainbow so I then bet out enough to put the SB all-in (1600 more), which he again calls in true donkey fashion. Cards turn over and I’ve read the BB right he called with K9o and I have him dominated. Donkey/SB turns over Q5o. Yes, Q5o! He called a raise, an all-in raise with insta-call and then put himself all-in with Q5o and a pair of 5s after the flop. Anyway, in true donkey fashion the turn comes another 5 and he takes down a large part of my stack and the BB who had been carefully priming all evening. Great!
I’m now rather short stacked as the blinds are 200/400 and we have merged the two tables into a single table of 8 players. I’m on the button and I have KQo so I put in a small raise. All fold round to the lad I let off earlier in the game. He calls my raise. Flop comes K J 9, giving me top pair with a good kicker plus an inside straight draw. The pot is big enough for me and the possible drawing hands are a risk so I push all-in for my remaining 2,000-odd chips. Matey-boy calls me and turns over JTo for second pair and the straight draw - I gave him nothing like good enough odds to call with an gutshot draw. Turn card is an 8, expanding matey-boy to an open-ended straight draw. River comes a 10 and he nabs it with two pair. The donkey derby is in town.
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