On 2+2 someone raised the point that Peter's quick call on the flop showed that he wasn't committed to the hand. Also, I have been getting label as a tight player who could only have a big pair in early position. (I have been wondering why I am able to get away with so much in tournaments.)
Here is my response:
This timing is a reasonable point, but I hadn't played with Peter before this and he seemed strong when he called and then weak when he folded.
The funny thing is I'm one of the looser players at the table -- Durrrr, Daniel, and Eli are looser, and Ziig is when he's drunk. I guess that actually puts me in the middle at this particular table. I always open Ax suited in deepstack cash games, so I could have it. I might be afraid of 10-10 from Peter, but not from Durrrr.
I finally went from 40 years of being a LAG to being considered a tight player because of playing a short stack on one of the seasons of highstakes poker. I remember in one season, Mori (the producer) said, "We edited out about ten of your bluffs because it would have been repetitive and they all looked the same." In WPT final tables, I think my stats are the loosest. The first one that I won, I think I raised every hand that hadn't been opened if it got to me after the first few minutes once I realized how tight everyone was playing. (You can only tell by seeing how much I gain after each commercial.)
I simply missed the point that Tom used the Ten in his hand to take Peter off T-T. The other problem is I hadn't played NL with Durrrr in the last year, and I didn't know how capable he was of making these plays. That's why I called Phil and Tuan afterward, and they both said they would fold.
I also didn't go to other things that might have helped me, like even looking at Tom. (There are other things I should have factored in that I don't want to give up.) I spent too much time saying to myself, "I guess Peter somehow didn't have a Deuce," and I didn't think that Tom could have known it when he bet on the turn. I didn't think Peter could fold it so effortlessly.
Barry
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