WCOOP #7

Meh. Played the $215 Fixed Limit Hold ‘Em WCOOP event today. Full ring limit hold ’em is a boring and stupid game. I was running pretty well the first few hours, which in limit hold ’em just means your AK or QJ or whatever connects and some other guy has a pair too and he calls you down all the way cuz that’s what limit players do. Then I ran into two guys who chased gutshots (which I think isn’t that bad in FLHE), one made running trips, the other hit the gutterball, and I was done. I think I screwed this hand up at almost every opportunity:

PokerStars Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind t200 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

UTG+1 (t4990)
MP1 (t4590)
MP2 (t3740)
MP3 (t9770)
CO (t1905)
Hero (t5225)
SB (t6985)
BB (t3875)
UTG (t2790)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ah, Jc.
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero calls, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (6 SB, t1200) As, 2c, Td (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: (5 BB, t2000) 4h (4 players)
UTG bets, MP2 calls, CO folds, Hero folds.

River: (7 BB, t2800) Js (2 players)
UTG bets, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 9 BB (t3600)

UTG was a pretty tight player who showed up with AQs the last time he limped UTG. Even with position, AJ is a bad hand for a multiway pot. I’m pretty sure raising and folding are both better than limping along pre-flop.

I can probably fold the flop safely, though I’m getting almost the right odds to chase a 3-outer, especially if you consider implied. But I’m not guaranteed a winner even if the J hits. But I guess flop is OK.

Turn is definitely a fold, but if I’m going to fold turn I should probably just fold flop, and if I’m going to fold flop, I should probably just fold pre-flop. And of course right after I fold the J hits and I would have sucked out on AQ. Bummah.