Remember that bit about me winning my coin-flips? Well I didn’t. I lost two of them. With 7K in chips and the blinds 200/400, the button raised into my BB. I looked down at JJ and asked for a count of his stack. He had 3100 so I just shoved. He called, showing big slick and we we’re off to the races. I did the hard work, dodging an Ace or King on the flop but he turned an Ace to double up and reduce me to a short-stack. One of the other players asked me if that meant I was dangerous now. I told him it probably meant I was pot-committed in my SB. Of course I wasn’t – I still had over 3500 but when it got round to me Blind versus Blind the next hand, I shoved with A10. The BB folded and I flashed the Ace for the table, explaining that I wouldn’t be open-shoving with rags…. I swear!

The next hand it got to me on the button with A8. Again I shoved and again, I took down the blinds. So I was back to just over 4K. A round later and the blinds had gone up. I let them pass through me as there was always a raise in front of me and each time I had rags. Finally, I looked down at 44 in the Hijack. With 900 in dead-money out there I wasn’t about to get cute and shoved. The BB made a marginal but I think correct call with A9, muttering something about it being De Wolfe’s favorite hand. I prayed briefly that De Wolfe wasn’t a fan of pocket 5s before my opponent tabled A9. An Ace flopped and I was sent packing. Oh well. GG!

 


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