Mary Lou

Posted by wynn on Jan 27, 2010 in Donkeys, Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

Remember the Bob Seger song Mary Lou?

It reminds me of how people play pocket Queens wrong. It goes something like this:

I’m gonna tell you a story ’bout Mary Lou
You know the kind of woman make a fool of you
She make a young man itch
She man an old man faint
The way she took my money was a crying shame
Mary Lou she took my watch and chain
Mary Lou she took my diamond ring
Mary Lou she took the keys to my Cadillac car
Jumped in my kitty and drove off far

I watched one player go broke with Queens last night.

Twice.

Another player raises to $12 in early position and gets seven callers. Including me.

The flop comes 10d-8h-7h.

There is a potential straight on board and a flush draw.

Any player with a straight draw and flush draw has at least 13 outs to make any pocket pair a 40% dog.

This player is first to act and bets $25 into a $100 pot.

She gave anyone on a draw or anyone that is a 4-to-1 dog at least 5-to-1 on their money.

Everyone folds around to me.

I call.

The turn is 2s.

My opponent bets out $50.

“You have pocket Kings or Queens. Feels like Queens. I raise you all-in for another $100,” I say.

She stares me down.

“You have Queens, right?”

“I can’t get away from this hand,” she says.

“Let me help you,” I say.

I show 9h.

She stares at the board. Stares at my 9. Then calls.

I admit I was trying to get her to lay the hand down.

I was on a draw, but confident I would win the hand.

Now, when there is a straight and flush draw on board AND someone calls your hand, how could you call?

I mean, if someone ever called my hand (which still has not happened yet) AND they are playing back at me, I would fold!

Not this lady. She could not get away from a lousy pair.

Truth be told, I needed any 6, 9, 10, Jack, or heart to make my hand. That is 20 outs.

The river? Jack baby.

I turn over the Ten and say “Straight.”

Had she bet $100 or even $50 on the flop, I go away. Probably.

Instead of winning a small pot, she lost a big one.

I am amazed at how people mis-play these hands.

They underplay them at the start then overplay them when a completed hand, like a straight or flush, hits the board.

Big Bob was right. The ladies are trouble, unless they are treated right.