Verify

Posted by wynn on Dec 29, 2009 in Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

After experiencing one of the worst runs in my life (losing 7 out of 8 sessions), I had a great session last night / this morning.

I played some of my best poker. And I had fun to boot.

Yes, I still took two bad beats at my one per four hours average. But, the total loss was only $50 out of a $1000 stack. After what I went through last week, I cannot complain!

My best hand of the night? Well, it went down something like this:

I raised to only $15 pre-flop from early position and got three callers.

Two of the callers just sat down from a broken game. Two callers had to act before me and the other one after me.

The flop came Jd-10d-9c.

The first player bet $25 into the $60 pot. The second player calls.

I raise to $50.

The player behind me re-raises me another $100.

The other two players fold.

My read is this is a tournament player and he is on a flush draw or a gut shot straight draw.

I like my chances, so I put him all-in.

He calls but does not show.

The turn is 5s.

The river is 7c.

My opponent shows Ad-4d for a busted flush.

I show Q-Q and take down the pot. I had an open-end straight draw and backdoor flush draw on the flop.

What made it special, besides getting paid, was no one at the table put me on Q-Q.

The icing was the table talking about that hand for the next 20 minutes.

I was able to recoup most of my losses for the week in this session.

As I put the chips on the counter to cash out, the cashier says, “verify”.

I love it when they have to verify.