Bodog King of the Felt $1k freeroll...

[beanfacekilla]

I won a ticket for a $1k freeroll on bodog from placing in 6 tourneys/SNG's in one week. I played it yesterday. Not once, but twice, someone reraised me all in with a flush draw.

The first time, it was a guy who called a standard raise OOP (I was the raiser, I had A-K this time I think), with K-2s. He flopped a flush draw, and checked. I bet the pot, he had about 900 or 1000 chips, and pushes all in to my pot size bet. I had TPTK, so I called, and I had him covered times 3. He rivers it. Ok, I brush it off.

I get a suited ace later (don't remember kicker), flopped top pair again. check to me, I bet the pot, raise all-in, again... Two suited cards. This time for almost all of my chips. Now, I was very committed at this point, the blinds were getting up there, and there were 3 or 4 seeing the flop. I bet the pot. I was strong. This is when the raise all-in, and I call again. Once again, not even a pair, just a suited Q-J, ALL IN for 2700, with the flush draw. He was not committed, I was. I bet the pot, with the best hand. He rivers the flush. I know a flush draw is right about 1:5 odds. This is a losing play in the long run, unless you are getting at least 6:1 pot odds. He was not getting 6:1. Maybe 2:1, I think. It is just straight gambling. And I usually crush people when they do this.

It was a free tourney, but I was very irritated. Maybe I shouldn't have called. I pretty much had a solid instinct both times that they were chasing a flush. I don't now how you get these "gut feelings", but they are usually correct. The first time, it didn't even really hurt my stack, and I recovered very quickly. The second time, it was the end, I was blinded all in, and beaten by a 9-3o.

Any suggestions? I am not scared to call, or get my money in good. I just hate getting luckboxed. Is this a common thing? Will all of you seasoned players do the same thing? I learned the hard way about pushing all in with flush draws... Many MTT's have ended that way, and I don't do it anymore, unless for reasons that make sense, like already ITM and short stacked, maybe a strong suspicion someone is bluffing, again ITM already. I don't gamble my tourney on a flush draw with no pair or anything. Now, TPTK with nut flush draw, that's a little better. Anyways, advice please??? Thanx and peace.

[Assistanc3]

Almost everything you have read in poker books goes out the window in a freeroll when it comes to how your opponents should be playing. maybe they are ahead of the curve against them old timer books by putting their tournament on the line with just a draw.

First suggestion would be not to get irritated

[beanfacekilla]

First suggestion would be not to get irritated

Of course. But I wasn't that bothered. It was free, after all. But I expected better play, since it was restricted to people who placed in 6 or more tourneys for the week. Oh well. Maybe next week.

[Assistanc3]

Second suggestion would be don't expect anything from people you don't know.

I'd imagine you will see many of these $1k freerolls and in due time you will take one down

[Peteyweestro]

He is right Bean, you seem to me to be doing the right things most of the times and so therefore it only a matter of time till the crumbs bounce your way, and when they do you will not even think about how these bad river loses sucked,lol