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Bad play or Bad Luck? JTos v KTos
This hand happened to me just a few hours ago while playing a live tournament.
Tournament details. 108 players, around 68 remaining, average chips stack, around 30k, total chips just over 2mil.
Almost at end of third session, blinds are 1k/2k.
Current chip stack 96K (second in comp and on table)
I'm UTG and have Jd Th. Call 2k
UGT+1 fold
UTG+2 bets 7.5K (chips behind about 24k)
Rest of the table folds. I Call.
Flop - 8s Ah Qh
I check, UTG+2 checks.
Turn - Jh (8s Ah Qh Jh)
I shove
UTG +2 calls, turns over Kh Tc
River - 5 h
UTG+2 takes the pot (and a third of my chips) with a flush Ace high with the king.
Here is the question, how badly did I play this hand?
This is the way I am looking at it. I had just been moved to the table, only seen 3 or 4 hands; UTG+2 had raised and brought the blinds like this twice already. Preflop I call with my JTos as another 5k on top of the 2k I have already put in is not much considering my chip lead. UTG+2 is only on average stack, and from my read so far playing a little over aggressively. I put him on Ace high, mid pairs, or maybe suited connectors.
After the flop I've hit a double straight draw, K or 9, but without hitting I'm happy to check. Since UTG+2 checked as well, I'm thinking he has not hit, due to his aggressive style, so I change my thinking to him having mid pockets, but not the 8s. I'm thinking he is as scared of the ace and the queen as I am. With the Jack on the turn, I've hit my top pair, and I now have a flush draw to go along with my straight draws, and the possible royal flush. I shove thinking to buy the pot from his pockets.
I still cannot decide if I played this hand badly, or just got unlucky (not a bad beat, just running into a better hand).
On a little of a side note, shortly after this hand my Pocket Aces went down to a Runner-runner 4 card flush. After that hand I was never able to recover, finishing in 37th place two sessions later.
Looking for all the opinions I can get
Thanks in advance.
Arkalore.
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