Today I was slightly taken aback by the verbal abuse I got at a table for calling the flop and turn. I was holding pocket kings. The board flopped A-7-4. The big stack bet 1200 and I called. The turn was a blank. He bet 1200 again and I called. The river was a K. I had the winning set. One guy calls me a dimwit! Then they go on to say that is so typical of SC. The highest SPOY ranking of the two was around 4500. The other guy was a newbie with nothing to his w/l or SPOY points. I guess they never have been manipulated by a big, or larger stack than them. Either that, or Phil Hellmuth is their idol. We don't always have the best of it, we have to take chances at times. I thought it was the decision to be made at the time. It turned out to be correct. They don't always turn out that way. After all, I was making a play with a premium pair, not a couple of rags. Some people chirp way too much here without much of a profile to back up the chirping. I wouldn't have made the play against one of the top 25 players, but I liked my chances on that particular table. As it turned out, that play earned me a spot in the $2K World Series Weekly. There are times when you have to stick your neck out--that was one that turned out for the better.
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Now come on. Less than 4 blinds??? Most would have just pushed with a suited ace, especially with the blinds just 2 hands away and short stacked. This guy acted like I had just called off 30k with A6 suited...then of course, I would be every name he called me. What is hillarious is he then proceeded to go all in with A3 off then K 10 suited and was gone 4 hands later. There are some flat donkey calls, then there are plays. I never get upset being out played...gettin donked is another story.