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Hand replay - 66 (+19.50)
Here is a hand that I am really interested hearing about since it went to showdown and I almost got busted in it.
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$25 NL ($0.10/$0.25), 9 players.
I was in middle position with $21.30 and got 
. It was folded to me and I decided to limp. Again, players folded and player on the button (LenDebt) weakly raised to $0.50. Both blinds folded and I re-raised to $1.50. Button called. With $3.35 in the pot, flop came 
giving me a flopped set. Now, perhaps I made a mistake here because I didn't bet right away. Instead I checked hoping that the button will bet since I knew him to be very aggressive so I hoped he will give me an opportunity to check-raise him. I guess I was a bit lucky to be right at that moment since after my check, LenDebt decided to bet $1.75 which was about half a pot. Here was my chance to fulfill what I originally wanted to do so I raised him only double that amount to $3.50 and now, instead of calling, LenDebt being aggressive as he was re-raised me back to mere $5.25. Having flopped a set and being happy that he actually presented a strong ace to me I re-raised him back to $15.00 now and he decided to go all-in which was additional $4.75 to $19.75 and I of course called (leaving me with $0.05 at that moment 
). So, now that we were both all-in with pot being $42.85 the turn came 
and the river came 
. In the mean time I was starting to feel itchy to see what this guy held in his hand and after the river card he showed me 
, enlightening me that he actually had the top pair but also, for me very dangerous nuts flush draw. Of course, I also had outs to beat his flush if it happened because the board could pair itself and then I would have full house but still, it was kind of strange for me to look at this hand of his and thinking that I barely got out of there with anything, let alone the whole pot. I realize that we were actually 50%-50% before flop and that I was 70%-30% favorite to win the hand when the flop came, but still, seeing that hand in the end kind of gave me a strange feeling. Although I think I played this hand pretty good, I know I saw a lot of times that the hand like LenDebt held won. I know that I was a clear favorite here and that I shouldn't bother too much about it, but I guess that what I was scared the most in the end was: is it now that he will get that 1 in a 3 shot? Cheers...
Post je objavljen 05.03.2007. u 00:40 sati.