Did I play this wrong?
Hand from a recent torunament: 4 people left, pays top three.
PokerStars Game #849226442: Tournament #3392144, Hold'em No Limit -
Level VI (100/200) - 2004/11/11 - 22:18:51 (ET)
Table '3392144 1' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: akstreaker (3072 in chips)
Seat 6: Dillo (2160 in chips)
Seat 7: riptrules (4424 in chips)
Seat 8: Jenn7bo (3844 in chips)
Dillo: posts small blind 100
riptrules: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dillo [Ah 4h]
Jenn7bo: folds
akstreaker: folds
Dillo: calls 100
riptrules: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac 3s 5s]
Dillo: bets 400
riptrules: calls 400
*** TURN *** [Ac 3s 5s] [2d]
Dillo: bets 400
riptrules: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [Ac 3s 5s 2d] [Tc]
Dillo: bets 400
riptrules: raises 600 to 1000
Dillo: raises 160 to 1160 and is all-in
riptrules: calls 160
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dillo: shows [Ah 4h] (a straight, Ace to Five)
riptrules: shows [6d 4s] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
riptrules collected 4320 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4320 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 3s 5s 2d Tc]
Seat 1: akstreaker (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Dillo (small blind) showed [Ah 4h] and lost with a straight,
Ace to Five
Seat 7: riptrules (big blind) showed [6d 4s] and won (4320) with a
straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 8: Jenn7bo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Should I have just called and left with 160 chips? I feel I was pot committed.
PokerStars Game #849226442: Tournament #3392144, Hold'em No Limit -
Level VI (100/200) - 2004/11/11 - 22:18:51 (ET)
Table '3392144 1' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: akstreaker (3072 in chips)
Seat 6: Dillo (2160 in chips)
Seat 7: riptrules (4424 in chips)
Seat 8: Jenn7bo (3844 in chips)
Dillo: posts small blind 100
riptrules: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dillo [Ah 4h]
Jenn7bo: folds
akstreaker: folds
Dillo: calls 100
riptrules: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac 3s 5s]
Dillo: bets 400
riptrules: calls 400
*** TURN *** [Ac 3s 5s] [2d]
Dillo: bets 400
riptrules: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [Ac 3s 5s 2d] [Tc]
Dillo: bets 400
riptrules: raises 600 to 1000
Dillo: raises 160 to 1160 and is all-in
riptrules: calls 160
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dillo: shows [Ah 4h] (a straight, Ace to Five)
riptrules: shows [6d 4s] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
riptrules collected 4320 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4320 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 3s 5s 2d Tc]
Seat 1: akstreaker (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Dillo (small blind) showed [Ah 4h] and lost with a straight,
Ace to Five
Seat 7: riptrules (big blind) showed [6d 4s] and won (4320) with a
straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 8: Jenn7bo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Should I have just called and left with 160 chips? I feel I was pot committed.
Comments
I think this was just unlucky for you - you played it well and so did your opponent. In hindsight, the only thing you could have done differently is to push on the flop (top pair, crappy kicker, but a gutshot str8 draw as well) and hope to drive him out there...but then you wouldn't really have won much either, and you were shortstacked and saw a very strong chance to double up. You just got unlucky - the big blind saw a flop for free, liked it enough to stick around, and caught a better str8 on the turn. It happens.