Losing concentration can save you money sometimes.


No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed

StacksUTG+1: $98.50
CO: $29.75
BTN: $107.25
SB: $139.25
Hero: $100
UTG: $85.50


Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with A K
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, CO calls, BTN calls, SB raises to $5, Hero calls, UTG calls, CO calls, BTN calls

Flop:($25.50) 5 8 A (5 players)
SB bets $16, Hero folds, UTG folds, CO folds, BTN folds, SB doesn't show hand
Final Pot: $25.50

Somehow I believed that *I* had raised PF and got called by everyone. Rather than SB.

So when I flopped TPTK I was all ready to bet it out when the bet came.
Seeing as how he is an FTRerer that he would be less likely to bet into everyone without the goods (he is an aggressive player, so there's a risk someone will stand up to him).
But I also reasoned that if he had a big hand why not check-raise me (except of course *I* wasn't the pf raiser!!). With pot/stack sizes I decided that either this was going to end all-in or I was folding it here and now... so I laid it down.

Given what SB told me later he had it was a very wise lay down. And my reasoning was almost right, it was just the fact that I'd mis-remembered the pre-flop that was suspect.

On the BR front: I've gone past $3k! Woo hoo! It' s only taken 5 months to make that third grand.... *sigh*