Tournament 2 – What do you do when you flop bottom 2 pair?

The second tournament I played in Laughlin was a $40 buy in MTT with a $20 add on. You got 2000 starting chips +3000 for the add on. With 15 min blind levels you have work faster then normal.

I paid the add on. Who wouldn't do so? In an add on tournament I always pay it. Here is my thinking of it and its not that I am giving up, or don't believe in my skills, but Au Contraire Mon Frair. I know I will double up, and 10k is much better then 6k don't you agree?

In this tournament Gijane decided to sit close by to watch me play. It was the first time EVER so I was kind of happy. I been playing very well in all my tournaments so it was nice to have that support. At first I though she would get bored. Was I wrong! I barely made it to level 2. I think she had just opened her magazine lol

Blinds were 50/100. I was on the big blind holding 57s. 6 limpers came a long so I checked. The flop 57K rainbow! Flopped bottom 2 pair. With 750 in the pot I make a nice pot size bet of 750. It gets folded to the button where he calls. So I start thinking of what hands he could have called my bet with AK, KK, QQ, or AA? Naaah to many limpers in front of him. He would get them cracked if he did that. Any sane person would raise with those hands to eliminate donkies. KJ, K10, K9 maybe, 77, 55, A7, or A5. Didn't put him on K7 because he would have raised my bet and been more happy to see flop.

I put him on one pair and I have him beat so far.

The Turn is a TEN. I take my time and get my reads. I don't put him on K10 because he's not interested in that card, so I make another pot size bet to get him off the hand. He smooth calls that bet! oh! oh! Was my read wrong? I still think he doesn't have K10.

The River a Jack. Now he sits up and his eyes look like they are going to pop out of their socket. I check to him and he only has 900 so he shoves, and I call. At this point I am pot committed and its 900 to win 7k, and I really want to reaffirm my read more then anything.

He flips his cards over and shows me KJ!! After I throw my cards into the muck I am left with 800 or so.

Went out few hands later with AQs vs K7s when he rivered his flush. =) good times.

I made so many mistakes in this hand I don't even know where to begin, but if you see something else let me know.

1. I should have shoved on the turn. I was 75% favorite to win the pot. It's the tourney and as much as I want to start building chips I should have been happy with taking it down right then.

2. Should have folded to his river bet. I knew I was beat. I wasted 900 chips so I could re-affirm what I already knew? Calling there left me short stacked. 1700 in chips is a descent stack to work with.

3. Lost my patience when I needed it most when I knew I was beat. I should have stayed the course and not got frustrated.

Wince then I been reading a bunch of stuff on how to play bottom 2 pair and most say to get all your money in on the flop, but that hand is so easily counter fitted that a fold is ok. Your only two options are fold or go all in.

Had a WSOP instructor said he never liked playing the blinds because that's were he lost most of his chips. I can see how this hand fits in with that.

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