There's a moral to this...

Slipwater

I was playing live poker at Mecca Bingo last night (yes, I tagged along with The Wife, who was actually using a dabber for her evening entertainment) and in the first hand was dealt KK.

I was under the gun, so I raised 3x. Fold, fold, fold, fold. I thought I had just picked up the blinds... and turned over my hand... but - unbeknownst to me - the guy to my left had called. So the flop was dealt with my opponent knowing what I held...

K 5 5

Unreal!

He folded like a cheap tent, and I realised I probably missed my chance to clean up in the very first hand of the game!

Moral of the story: FOCUS!

Oh yeah, and probably don't play poker in a bingo hall.

TommyD

Would have been sick if he decided to represent quads.  Were you deep stacked at all?  Cash or tourney?

Slipwater

In Response to Re: There's a moral to this...:

Would have been sick if he decided to represent quads.  Were you deep stacked at all?  Cash or tourney?
Posted by TommyD

Haha - yeah. It was a £3 buy-in tourney that they have every Monday.

...and no, it wasn't a deep-stack. Started with forty big blinds.

shaun09

WHy did you turn your cards over? DO you have to? or was you just showing the players what you had beause you thought all had folded?

Slipwater

In Response to Re: There's a moral to this...:

WHy did you turn your cards over? DO you have to? or was you just showing the players what you had beause you thought all had folded?
Posted by shaun09

I thought everyone had folded.

shaun09

Yes i know that.... that isint my question lol Did you have to show your cards? or was it your choice?

Slipwater

I decided to show my cards, primarily because it was the first hand, and I wanted to show it wasn't just a mad raise.

shaun09

aww ok thank. iv never played live befor so not sure of rules or muck/show