The other night Im at a NL tourney with 4 other players left. Top 3 place in the $$$ and I'm low chip, but the 2 guys ahead of me in chip count arent too far ahead. Chip leader and #2 guy have dominating chip counts compared to the rest of us.
anyway, i pick up 6h6c in the BB. The other two short-stacked guys fold, #2 guy calls and chip leader raises from the SB. I call and #2 folds.
Flop comes off-suit K,6,Q
I'm putting the other guy at high pair now, or at the very least thinking he paired up Qs...although he couldve just been trying to buy my blinds pre-flop. In any case, Im fairly certain I have him beat and (in my misguided greed) don't raise him when he bets a moderate amount so as not to scare him off.
Turn comes K
My first reaction is, "this is great! hopefully he has trips now to my boat!" he ponders his next move for a little while and I get to thinking about the other possible combinations...Quads...higher full house...etc...
he takes me all-in, which to him doesnt really even make a dent in his chip count. if i win this I have a good chance of at least placing in the $$$...what to do?
I folded.
felt like such a puss too...
Without knowing what kind of chip counts we are looking at, Im not sure if anyone could give you a definate right answer this question. But Im going to give it a go.
Considering you called his raise, and called his flop bet, I would say you didnt have much left, so I would have called. There are a couple reasons, (1) you are already crippled, so why not take a stand now with all that money out there. (2) If he was chip leader, he was probably bullying you around, knowing it wouldnt hurt his stack. Im sure he had something, maybe AA, AK, AQ, Im sure he had 2 pair or trips, but if he had KK, KQ, or QQ, he would probably check the turn, making it look like the K scared him, and hope that he could trap you for the rest of your chips. If he had quads or a big boat, he wouldnt bet into you, not wanting a call, he would try to bait you in (check or small bet). But if you were really low on chips and he thought you were pot commited, he might have bet to put you all in, but then again, I personally would try to trap.
Im not saying you played it wrong, and maybe you had more chips that I am imagining, but I would have made my stand right there.
If you were wrong, then chalk it up to a learning experience, and if you were right to fold, then nice laydown. Im guessing he didnt show?
Nope he didn't show..but I could swear I saw him smirk when i folded! in retrospect I definitely agree with you. that ended up being my last best chance to make a significant stand. i was desperately trying to outlast the other 2 players and shot myself in the foot by being way too passive.
you're right though...definite learning experience.
The next time I was the BB I went all-in pre-flop hoping to steal one but my short stack didnt scare anyone off. game over.
Without knowing the blinds, chip amounts its hard to realy say. but this is a must call. He sounds like a typical table bully , and hes making a move trying to buy the pot. Being shortstacked like you say, you have to call here.
