I couldn’t put it off any longer!
I’ve been replaying my exit hand over and over in my head since about 5.30pm on Saturday (immediately after I got knocked out first!), and no doubt I’ll continue to beat myself up about it until the next time I play…
But here it is for you guys…
Me: 3h 8c
Eliza: 7d 8d
I ‘think’ it was my big blind and Eliza calls from 2nd position, everyone folds and I ‘check’ (perhaps I should have raised?);
The flop comes 3,7,7
I bet about half the pot with my pair of 3’s and Eliza calls with her trips;
The turn comes a 3!
I bet again and Eliza calls;
The river comes a Queen;
I bet again and Eliza moves all-in…and after a little bit of time I call…..and there you have it, I’m knocked out in 6th place! 33377 against 77733… 
So, I think I could have folded, Andy says I couldn’t and the other players in the ‘green room’ said it was difficult to fold…What do you guys think, HELP needed please!
Anyway, my heat turned out to be a bit of a heat of death according to Andy, apart from last year’s winner Beverley Pace and regular player Deborah Rogers playing, the 3 ‘unknowns’ we were told I was playing against turned out to be Eliza Burnett (Poker Europa magazine editor), India Storrar (regular on Full Tilt and Nik Persuad’s girlfriend! – Nik is number 2 in Europe at the momenty!) and Debi Clark (regular TV tournament player)…The last one was slightly awkward for Andy…Debi is the other half of Bob ‘the butcher’ Clarke who was an old business partner of Andy’s…Let’s just say their split wasn’t exactly amicable which I’m sure made for some interesting action in the green room! But anyway, Debi was really funny at the table nonetheless.
But I s’pose if I want to improve as a player then I’ve gotta play against good players, bring on the Devilfish in Ireland in January!
Lastly though, Eliza did take me and Andy out for dinner along with her boyfriend Az after in South Kensington – It was the least she could do for knocking me out! J Only joking, it was a great end to a nice day – thanks guys.
xxx
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I think that you have to consider the other player on this hand. Is your friend capable of bluffing in this spot? Or is she the type of player that only bets when she has the goods?
If she’s the latter then it was a bad call on your part. If she’s the former then you did what you felt was the right thing. Which is never wrong in poker…unless of course you lose the hand…lol. But then it’s hard to lay down such a hand but if you’re going to become a better player then laying down those hands is exactly what you need to do to step up to the next level.
Good luck to you and I’ll be visiting from time to time.
BB
BB – Thanks for the post…and I hope you visit a little more than ‘from time to time’…!! lol.
This is the thing, it’s the first time I’d ever met Eliza, let alone play against her so to be honest I wasn’t sure what she was upto. But now I know a little more about her and the fact that she’s actually a good player it won’t be happening again…Lesson learnt!
xxx
hmm a tricky one. being she called from second position i would automatically put her on one of two hands anyway a speculation hand looking to hit a flop (suited connectors) or a big pair hoping she will get raised by a person in late position. very hard to put her on AK or a big ace as she wouldve raised from 2nd position not called.
when you hit two pair ur bet was correct in my eyes as u needed to see if two pair was good. but being she called i would have slowed down after this and let her bet into me, as if she checked behind you on the turn you can safely assume ur fullhouse is good. if she bet out then essentially you have the same decision to make as you did by calling her all in anyway. does she have a seven?? so in my view the only thing i wouldve done different is check the turn so you can gain information about her bet/check.
but this is what makes poker such a great game, theres more than one way to skin a cat and no two players play the same game.
Vince