Same club, same tournament on consecutive days. We’re down to the bubble at the final table.<\/p>\n
On the first day, I’m doing OK. Not hugely stacked, but pretty comfortable. A discussion has been brewing about paying a double bubble, but seat 1 is against it, the pot’s too small. Then he loses a chunk and he’s one of the short stacks.<\/p>\n
He’s on the bubble in a hand where action folds to him and he shoves all-in. The small blind re-shoves for somewhere over 20K. I’m in the big blind with about twice that. I’ve got K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. I don’t even think about throwing them away, so you?<\/p>\n I’m up against A<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 6<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and A<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. The board runs out a straight to the nine, and I’m down to around 20K, which doesn’t sound so bad, except blinds are 3K\/6K. I end up out in fifth place and don’t even make the bubble money. If I’d folded the kings I would likely have made second or third at least.<\/p>\n The next day, we’re at to six players and the bubble. A small stack in the middle of the pack goes all-in, one of the chip leaders calls him, and once again, I’m in the big blind with K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. \u00a0I have to think long (well, it felt<\/em> like a long time) and hard about it before I make the call. I could easily be out again, since I’m covered. This time, though, the kings are good, I triple up and end up in the final chop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Same club, same tournament on consecutive days. We’re down to the bubble at the final table. On the first day, I’m doing OK. Not hugely stacked, but pretty comfortable. A discussion has been brewing about paying a double bubble, but … Continue reading