Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Why do the Poker Gods do this to me?

So after work one night (or morning considering it was 5 am) I went down to Wheeling with a couple of other dealers. They mostly play blackjack and craps but I was there to play poker. When I got there there were three 1-2 NL tables going and nothing else. Sat down at one with $120 and won the first few hands I saw (AQ, 77...). Got moved to another table and grinded it out for a bit. Was up to about $200 and decided to take a break to go see what was going on upstairs. My buddies were messing around at a blackjack table so I told them I would be up in a minute. On the way down I threw $20 in a $1 slot machine and hit it up to $50. Walked by the Wheel of Fortune game and threw the $50 in it and hit it up to $140 in about 5 spins. Stuck that in my pocket (it was my poker and slot buy-in so I was even there..) and went back to the table.

At this point, the one crazy guy was gone and a couple people had moved spots. I decided to play around to the blinds and caught KQ clubs. Raised to $15 and the guy to my left raised to $30. Everyone else folded and I made the call. Flop was KQJo. Yay! Or so I thought... I checked, and he bet $70. I raised All-in. He made the fastest insta-call I had ever seen and flipped over his pocket Q's... I was just getting ready to push my chips to him and walk back upstairs when the two-outer King hit the river. The guy was shocked, I mumbled something about sorry for his bad luck, and collected the pot. Had over $400 in front of me and should have quit. But no, I stuck around because, like an idiot, I feel bad when I bad-beat someone and want to at least give the appearance that I am staying at the table to give them a chance to get their money back. So when I call a small raise with 10-7 hearts, flop a flush, raise, then get put all in on the flop and make the call, I have to expect the guy to have trips and make his boat on the turn. It's what the Poker Gods do.

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