6 Handed

Before I go into a description of the hand in question I want to boast a little bit... tonight at the Attfield tavern I made 3 perfect reads and about 8 nearly perfect reads... there is no better way to intimidate your opponent than to call out their exact two cards... in a specific hand I put my opponent on KK when the flop was A5Q... I had A3os I called out that he had KK and then thought for about 2 minutes (if I called I was all in)... I asked my opponent if they would show if I folded and they said yes... so I folded and they showed KK... I kicked myself but was still happy to see a perfect read... this player folded to every one of my raises for the rest of the night...

Now to the hand in question... Down to 6 players (out of 45) and I picked up A5os in the BB (the blinds are 2000 and 4000, I had 13 000... an M of about 2)... the button flat called (he only had 11000)... the small blind went all in for a total of 7000... I had to put in 2000 into a pot of 15 000, 7.5 to 1 odds, its an easy call for me... the problem arises when the button goes all in over the top for his last 5 000... the button really had to push all in before he let us act... this play says to me that he is a muppet and I begin to wonder how he made it so far... regardless of his talent his re raise does scream a monster but the fact of the matter is that I have to put 5000 into a 24 000 pot (nearly 5 to 1) whith half my stack already commited... I believe the call is mandatory...

Needless to say the button turns over K10os, the SB has A4os... I immideately start cursing the buttons terrible play in my head, ofcourse the K comes on the river to knock me down to 2000 and all in blind the next hand... I picked up QQ and was furious that I had to pick up my first real hand when im all in blind... I'd rather get 72os and let me go home... I win 4000 and pick up KJos in the next hand and the cut off (the muppet from before) flat called with K7os... the BB had 63os and they checked it down for the cut off to hit a 7 on the river to knock me out... serves me right for not playing pro league like I planned to...

Signing off

Shane