03-03-2009, 04:14 AM
So I was playing a $1 poker tournament earlier, I was actually doing quite well which was nice since I've been on a poor run as of late. About 150 people left out of maybe 2500 starting, I had just been moved to a new table. A couple of hands in I get KJ, and decided to raise, I was quite short stacked at the time, anyway I make it around 2k, and a guy who's super short stacked shoves all in for 2100, two fold when the table's big stack calls (I had only been at the table for about 15 hands, he must have played about 10 of them, so I wasn't really worried that he might have a huge hand) I call the extra 100 and see a flop. Nothing hits, both check to the river, where he leads out for 2k. Now there's about 9k in the pot, no side pot, so my first thought is clearly King high is not good here, since he has nothing to gain by bluffing me off a hand with a guy all in he was gonna have to showdown anyway. So I fold, and he shows 10 high, the other guy has King high with a 3 kicker... I would have won the pot with my KJ. Winning that would have gave me 20+ big blinds and some breathing space, but instead he basically saves this guy from getting knocked out. I obviously asked, what the hell was that for? He just replied, 'sorry'?
By my reckoning one of two things happened here.
A) This guy is an idiot and had no idea that there was nothing to gain from making me fold, since it was unfuckingbelieably unlikely his 10 high would be the better hand than the guy who was all in.
B) ZOMG COLLUSION IN A $1 TOURNAMENT!!!
I'm gonna go with A.
Anyhoo, couple of hands later, me being pretty short stacked, I shove all in with KJ, he calls with K and a 10 of hearts, and hits running hearts on the turn and river to win with a flush.
By my reckoning one of two things happened here.
A) This guy is an idiot and had no idea that there was nothing to gain from making me fold, since it was unfuckingbelieably unlikely his 10 high would be the better hand than the guy who was all in.
B) ZOMG COLLUSION IN A $1 TOURNAMENT!!!
I'm gonna go with A.
Anyhoo, couple of hands later, me being pretty short stacked, I shove all in with KJ, he calls with K and a 10 of hearts, and hits running hearts on the turn and river to win with a flush.