Another Tuesday Night

Once again the poker play at the Clearwater Legion continues to amaze me. Several of the better players have started coming regularly  and it has improved the whole game. More quality players mean more players to take out the weaker ones. Several hands stand out as the really moments of the night. The first was a good player in the big blind with 2-3 off. It is limped to him and he checks. The flop is 2-3-?. BB makes a big bet to try and take the hand down, but gets one caller. Turn is a 3. He moves all in for the rest of his chips and other guy calls and turns over QQ. No preflop raise and just calls all the way to be drawing to a two outer. You already know that the river was a queen otherwise why would I be blogging about it. The next hand happened late in the tournament. I was the small blind and don't even remember what I had. Several players limp in, so I call for half price. BB checks. Flop is K-K-J. BB makes a huge bet. It is very uncharacteristic of him, so I assume he has a king. Everyone folds to him and he shows pocket aces. So in both cases they have played their hands as badly as possible and end up winning the hand to reinforce that in their heads they have played the hands correct. The funny thing is that if they play their hands that way and lose then they are mad because you sucked out on them. Slow play means slow and painful death so why risk it.When you get that big hand which you don't often, why risk it even more by decreasing your odds. More player means more chances to lose.