Glad someone dug up this old thread.
I played in the June 20th 1500 buyin WSOP tourney again.
This was my 3rd straight year I was ready for another deep run this year and was primed to get into the money.
This year was even better because we started with 4500 chips instead of 3000.
I was in seat 3, the table had a mixture of older players and young internet types, so it was well balanced.
Started at 12:00 pm on Saturday.
At 12:15, I am in middle position when the player under the gun min raises to 100(blinds are 25-50) This move always makes me su ious.
the next player folds, I look down at my cards and low and behold, pocket kings.
Well, I raise to 400.......it folds around to the original min raiser, he just calls( I was expecting a reraise) The Flop: 3c 8h Q h, this flop looks great for me, except the two hearts. The guy checks, I bet 900, a large bet, but I wanted to discourage a flush draw from calling, and would be happy to just take down the pot right now.
He moves all in for all of his 4500 chips.
WTF???
Did he slow play aces? Is he on a flush draw with AK? Did he flop a set?
All these questions go into my thought process.
I do not want to call and be the first donkey walking out of this tourney after 15 mins. I looked forward to this for a whole year.
I go into the tank for a full min, the I actually call clock on myself. When it gets down to 20 secs, I do the pussified move and fold.
The guy, a middle aged man in a Harley teeshirt shows JJ.
I should have doubled up against this moron, but now I have pissed away almost a 1/3 of my starting stack with the winning hand....I am on major TILT..
Any other tourney, I call, any cash game, I call, but since it was this tourney, I over think the situation, thinking that any player would not risk his whole stack this early in this big tourney on a draw or on an under pair.
I am now short stack at table and can not really try to outplay anyone now, so I have to try to get a big hand now, it never comes, and I last about 3 more hours before losing my last 1200 when I flop a set of 5s, and the big stack catches a wheel on the turn to knock me out.
What a donkey I am.