Nice Hand Sir. Well Played!

This won't make any "Hand of the Week" list, and I'm too embarassed to post it on 2+2.

Ameristar St Louis - Limit Holdem - 4-8 with a half kill to 6-12. There are "betting lines" on the tables. I had asked the floor about these and he said they are only enforced in NL games.

Its late (actually early am) I'm tired and have been here too long. A terrible player wins two hands in a row and now has the kill button and is also on the button. I decide to play one more round. Lady to my right posts the SB of 2 and I put in the BB of 4. Killer posts the kill blind of 6 on the button.

Preflop - I have 9 7 suited. All fold to the killer, SB puts in 4 more to complete to 6, I put in 2 more to complete to 6. THEN - the dealer asks the kill about his option. Well ---- haven't seen it played like this for a while. He checks.

Flop is 9 7 3 rainbow. SB checks, I check (wanting to checkraise?) and the button checks.

Turn is a 5. I hear someone say check and I bet 12. Dealer and SB both say that she had not acted yet. I had bet out of turn. (This is an old obvious angle shot that has been overused for years) I apologize and say I had not done that on purpose. The dealer pushes my bet back over the betting line towards me. SB now goes into the tank and thinks. I think too; What should I do if she checks? What should I do if she bets? About this time the button folds. Then the SB says "I call" and puts 12 in. Before I realize what had happened, the dealer scoops her bet chips and my bet chips into the pot and puts out the river.

Wait ---- this gets worse.

River comes a 6. Board reads; 9 7 3 5 6. I look at it and see my top two pair are now beat by any 8 for a straight. SB is still first to act. She doesn't bet or check, she says; "I have a straight". Hmmmm. I say; "Well, I check then too." She shows 7 4 for a small straight that I had not even seen. I table my cards ------and----and----my hand is 8 7 instead of 9 7. I have the higher straight.

Dealer pushes me the pot. I play goot. Time to stack chips. Snort


Ha - Ha - Ha. Lessons to be learned from this mess:

1. Don't play when you are tired.
2. Why - if you are about to leave, would you optionally choose to post your BB into a kill pot?
3. Know the rules. I had not inquired about their betting sequence rules with the Kill. This can vary by cardroom.
4. Just bet out on the flop with 2-pair. Checkraise does not work in this situation.
5. Wait for your turn to bet. Make sure that others take their betting action in turn. Make sure that the dealer enforces this.
6. One little error or problem or confusion in a hand sometimes leads to others.
7. If you are confused about the way something is happening in a hand, others may be too.
8. Know what your holecards really are.