Going broke … and OK with it

Sometimes you make the right decision and just get the wrong outcome.

In this hand, I had T♥ K♥ in the big blind and checked to see a flop four ways. Blinds were 60-120, so there was 480 in the pot and I had about 1,500.

Flop:
7♥ 2♥ 3♣
SB checks
Hero bets [120]

I bet 120 as a blocking bet, hoping players would call and not raise. If I don't bet here, someone might make a bigger bet, which would deny me odds to chase the flush. But ...

MP1 raises to 360
CO raises to 3,415, and is all in
1 players fold.

Insta-fold, right? I mean, do I want to put my tournament life at stake with this piece of trash.

The answer is yes, mainly because I'm certain that this will be a three-way pot.

These two are nuts. I put them on one crappy pair and figure I have 15 outs — nine hearts, three kings and three tens — to win. Against one player, this would be a bit of a loose — though probably mathematically correct — call.

But if I'm a favorite and I can basically triple up if I win, well, ship 'em.

Hero calls [1,260] [ all-in ]
MP1 calls [775] [ all-in ]
CO shows: 7♠ 6♠
Hero shows: 10♥ K♥
MP1 shows: 7♣ 8♥

Potsize: 6410

Turn: A♣
River: Q♣

I'm dead. Two morons are still alive. But that's OK. I made notes on both of them, and I plan on getting some chips back from them the next time we cross paths.

I ran the numbers on cardplayer.com, and I was exactly 50 percent after the flop. So I invested 1,260 more into a pot that had more than 4,000 in it. Calling off all of your chips with a draw is rarely a good idea. It was in this case.