Hi Pokerworld !

Welcome for another round of the great poker madness while I show you now some new self-experienced boards in my special hands categorie, like I’ve promised earlier.

I was playing some Sit and Go NL Hold’em ( $3 / 27 players) at PokerStars. I was playing very good, making the right decisions and winning the coin-flips on the right moments. So I easily made the final table and after busting some other donkaments, we were left with 5 players and I was the stackleader with a chipcount of $ 10,235.

I woke up then with pocket 7’s, blinds were $300/$600 with an ante of $50, and I decided to make a small min-raise to $ 1250 , which I regretted afterwards while I should have raised more there with that hand. The button folded and the SB pushed all-in for a total of $3,590, which left me with a decision after the BB folded. That’s why I should have raised more, making this decision much easier. But seeing that player making loose, absurd moves earlier in the tourney and regarding my hand and stack (still being left with a decent stack if I lost), I decided to gamble as I expected a coin-flip (50%-50%). Probably he had two overcards or maybe even one or a smaller pair, but then he turned over Pocket Rockets (=Aces) and I was left with only 20% chance of winning the pot.

So after the flop came   , I was only left with a little 13% winning chance , which stayed that way after the turn but then the river was magical and sick at the same time, namely the beautiful giving me the low straight and a stack of $ 14,675, but more important eliminates the man with the bullets.

A few hands later I sat on the button with J7 suited, a stack of $ 10,200 and only 4 players left. The blinds were still $300/$600 with an ante of $ 50 when under the gun player ‘misseri’ (no mercy for him) pushed his low stack of $1,462 all-in. I was sort of steaming after a unlucky loss in a big pot against ‘Wilmus’ and decided to call. Nevertheless I knew my hand has a more than decent chance against a lot of hands and I couldn’t let him take the blinds with his low stack, so I took the benefit of it and hoped to bust him out. After the blinds folded and he turned over the American Airlines (=Aces) ,  I immediately knew I was in bad shape with my 19% chance of winning.

After the flop , I only had a chance of 15% but yet I pretty liked that board with a gutshot straight draw. Definitely after the turn , which turned my gutshot into an open ender and gave me 18%. The river was just perfect for me , and we were down to three players. Do I really need to say that I did won that SnG ? Yeah, I was lucky twice against the Aces but I really deserved that victory and we all need some luck from time to time , no ? I guess the 7 is the magical and necessary card if you want to crack the Bullets (=Aces).

Well, I hope you saw the new Poll I made on the left side of my blog! Please vote as quick as possible because I’ll take your advice into account when I’ll finish my list further and further. I can say that my top-10 is already a fact! The names aren’t of course between those of the poll but you could give your opinion about them in a few weeks when I’m reaching to the last Ten. For now you can help the Pro’s in this poll to rank as high as possible and as close to the divine Ten. My favorite of those is clearly Patrik Antonius so you must vote if you’ve another favorite.

Cheers,

J.M.