I have to share this with someone ...

... and seeing as I'm alone in the house at the moment, you guys are going to get the full blow by blow account.

I've just won a tournament. It's not my first (actually it's my third) and it's only for $20 ... but it was my best win yet. Mainly because of what I've learned on here.

It was a Sit and Go, winner takes all tournament. I was down to the last couple of bucks on my payroll and had no decent hands all night. I somehow managed to get down to the last two though.

Therefore I was heavily outstacked by about 12,000 chips to 2,000. I managed to figure out that when he simply called my bets or only raised a little, he didn't really much of a hand so I was able to pick up the antes a few times.

The key hand came when I'd managed to claw myself up to about 4,000 chips. I was holding 10d Jd and a 8c 3s 9d on the board. My opponent went all in and I sat there and worked out the odds of me drawing another diamond, a 7 or a Q. Then I figured out the pot odds and called him. The very next card came up a 7. I doubled up and he went totally on tilt.

A few hands later he threw his last 2,000 chips into the middle with only a Q 7 off-suit and I called him with A-5 suited and picked up my $20.

That's made my evening - cheers for the good advice lads. I'm off for a beer!

nice work
keep it up

Originally Posted by MortimerJazz

I was holding 10d Jd and a 8c 3s 9d on the board. My opponent went all in and I sat there and worked out the odds of me drawing another diamond, a 7 or a Q.

Unless there's a typo, a diamond won't help you, you'd need two. And these common draws should just be memorized.. 2sided straight draw 32%, flush draw 36%, flush draw+2sided straight draw 56% etc.

Btw nice how you managed to hang in there.. I still remember how I was once down to $10, and then I recovered and proceeded to turn that $10 into $1700 or so.. so keep it up

yah you don't have a flush draw but your overs are good alot of the time so its a good draw

After all that, I stick a typo in there

Yeah, there were two diamonds on the board which gave me a fair few outs, but it was still nice to be able to sit there and calculate that I was getting value on my call.