{"id":633,"date":"2013-04-11T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2013-04-11T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:49:48","slug":"you-gotta-have-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"You Gotta Have Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Encore Club $4,000 Guarantee NLHE Freezeout (T7,000)<\/strong><\/p>\n

An early bustout from Encore’s double guarantee last night, but three odd hands.<\/p>\n

I was in HJ with 7<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> at the 50\/100 level and was just about to throw it away when I dropped one of the black chips in after a couple of other limpers. BTN raised to 400, BB called, and everyone else dropped out but me.<\/p>\n

The flop was three hearts, including 6<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> 8<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span>. We checked it around, and a low non-heart hit the turn. BB fired out 1,100, which got called by myself and BTN. 5<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the river completed my straight, and I called an all-in from BB, who showed A<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> A<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>, neither of which was a heart. Fortunately for him, I’d already lost a pot.<\/p>\n

A little bit later, I opened to 400 with K<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Needless to say, the flop was K<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span>. What can you do? I played it down to the river calling bets and lost to the flopped straight and royal flush redraw of J<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Way behind there.<\/p>\n

My last hand hurt. Normally, 10-handed, I wouldn’t look twice at a low pair, but the cost was still only 200. 6<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 6<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and I was in middle position. The flop was once again three hearts, including 6<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span>. He jammed about 5K into the pot all-in, I called for a little less, and he flipped over kings. I don’t remember if he had K<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span>, but even if he did, I was in reasonably good shape. That is, until a king showed on the turn. Then I was in sucky shape.<\/p>\n

\"20130410<\/a><\/p>\n

Thirty minutes (came in near the end of round 1). 126th of 140 entries.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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