Annoying today.  Built up a decent stack early and was playing well.  At the 300-600 level I found aces in the big blind.  I’d been chatting and having a laugh with the dealer and continued to do this having glanced at the hand, to try and not give anything away.  UTG limped, and 3 others limped along, so I raised to 2500, so another 1900 needed to all me.  UTG called, and so did one other.  On a flop of J87 with 2 spades, I bet out 4000, and UTG shipped.  I had about 9k left and I called.  He had a set of 7’s and I busted.

I’m annoyed because in fact I knew he had a set of 7’s instinctively when I called and when I thought thru the hand immediately afterwards pocket 7’s (or maybe 8’s) is the only hand he can possibly have that makes any sense at all in the position.  I had the ace of spades so the flush draw is out of the question, you wouldn’t call the raise with KQs.  With a pocket pair such as QQ or KK he would shove pre-flop, as with jacks, and no other hand, such as J-10, would make the call.  There is therefore no draw on the flop, and no 2-pair hands.  I should have taken the time to think it thru, fold the hand and re-build.

On tbe plus side, this whole thing does make me feel that I am now kind of immersed and thinking about the game again, and that should stand me in better stead today…

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