...you're down to heads-up, lady who only min-raises with an A-K or big pair (10s or higher) type hand min-raises you (mind you, both of us only have about 6 BBs at the end of this tourney), and you have A-8, a great hand at this stage. You know you are crushed, but you still decide to see a flop.
Flop comes A-9-5 rainbow, and even though you know your 8 kicker is no good, you still shove in...knowing damn well the lady is going to call you with the better Ace in her hand, although you're really pushing and praying that she has K-K. Of course, she calls, and you see that her A-J is ahead, and you don't catch up...and are crippled. WTG, Donkey!!!
Actually, if it wasn't for the stack sizes, that's a hand I can easily get away from...just one of those things heads-up where blinds get so high that it's less about skill, and more about cards at that point. Guess that's my only complaint about playing in World Tavern Poker - blind levels increase too much too soon, negating the skill factor and making it little more than a game of showdown. Hopefully, in a week and a half at Regionals (Overtyme in Waterford, August 7), the skill factor will be allowed to be greater than the shovefest factor.
3 top 3's in 2 weeks is a nice start to my TOC stack in about 3 months - won't complain too much about that, at all. Nor will I complain about tripling up in the cash game (errrrrr, "side game") at Dino's on Monday, thanks mainly to 2 hands...hopefully I'm playing both next week.
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