I Take All The Chips (tourney)

GOOD BEAT

After a pot is raised, then re-raised, AK suited is really not that strong of a hand. But one thing that is often forgotten is the context of the situation. What were the raisers doing prior to the current hand? What style of play do they have? What stage of the tournament is it? Are players trying to gamble early to double-up? In this case, the tournament was only $0.10 so there's a lot of multi-way, all-in situations.

So even after I saw the pot was raised, then re-raised with an all-in, I had no problems with moving all-in as well. I figured I had just as much a chance as anyone to win the pot. Little did I know, however, that I was actually the least favored to win pre-flop. Even against KT! I was just a 7% dog against the other players while the aces were a 62% favorite. You need to know these percentages to be a winning player, which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill.

This huge pot allowed me to finish in 8th place in this tournament.