A counterfeit house

The most memorable hand of Friday night's session was the one where I was dealt cowboys (pocket kings) and flopped a full house of kings full of deuces. I had what I thought was a mortal lock on the hand, but the turn and the river card were the other two deuces left in the deck; that meant the board counterfeited my house. I chopped the pot instead of winning it. If my opponent had had an ace in his hand, I would have lost it, so I guess I should be thankful for small favors :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6      78   21    47        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $8,681,668
2020 balance: $1,750,343
balance: $63,558,353

A counterfeit house

I first used this blog post title on October 29, 2014, back in my cash game days. Here's an excerpt of what I had to say:

Last night, on the final hand of the session, I lost the most money I've ever lost with a full house - $52,697. My problem was that I got there on the turn, and was so convinced I had a lock on the hand that I didn't pay attention to the river card. It paired the board, counterfeiting my full house, but I didn't notice. The board was showing two pairs, a very dangerous situation which I completely missed.

Something somewhat similar happened last night. I didn't make a mistake this time, but still lost the hand. I was dealt pocket threes, flopped a full house of threes full of queens, and shoved. I got one caller, who had flopped trip queens. I was a 77.07% favorite after the flop, and an 84.09% favorite after the turn. Unfortunately, the river card paired the turn card, counterfeiting my full house and giving my opponent a better one. What can I say? I got my money in good.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    30      59   12    41        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    21      59   12    31        0

delta: $-500,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $33,617,500
2018 balance: $236,000
balance: $45,749,260

A counterfeit house

Last night, on the final hand of the session, I lost the most money I've ever lost with a full house - $52,697. My problem was that I got there on the turn, and was so convinced I had a lock on the hand that I didn't pay attention to the river card. It paired the board, counterfeiting my full house, but I didn't notice. The board was showing two pairs, a very dangerous situation which I completely missed. I went all in, got snap called, and that was all she wrote. It's a cardinal sin to make a raise of any kind when your hand has been counterfeited. One thing I realized about my thought process afterwards is that somehow I inverted the places of the three of the kind and the pair; I'd made a full house of deuces full of queens, but somehow thought I'd made queens full of deuces. Inexcusable, but there you have it. The slump continues. At least I only lost one buy in last night instead of two :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 53 hands and saw flop:
 - 7 out of 9 times while in big blind (77%)
 - 6 out of 8 times while in small blind (75%)
 - 22 out of 36 times in other positions (61%)
 - a total of 35 out of 53 (66%)
 Pots won at showdown - 4 of 11 (36%)
 Pots won without showdown - 7

delta: $-50,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,582,644
balance: $9,487,743