Alice picked pocket aces, both black so she bet $200 on it. Her opponent raised it. Alice then went all in thinking this might make the other player fold but instead the player called and showed his 6-3 diamonds. The flop is A-10-J with one diamond. Alice thought she has this match. The turn is 7 of diamonds. Now Alice became uneasy. One more diamond and she’s going home empty-handed. Finally, the river was revealed. It was 5 of diamonds.
If you played a tight table image all throughout the sit-n-go, then you can make a profitable all in play. An example of this is when you’ve only played 4 hands the whole sit-n-go. You’ll be able to get a few loose raises later in the match. This is true if you’re on or near the bottom. With your tight image, you can go all in and the other players might think that you have a premium hand.
Ben doesn’t like full houses and this is one reason why. He has pocket aces when the flop came with A-K-K. His opponent went all in. Thinking he had the game, he called. To cut the story short, the opponent had pocket Kings. The turn and river didn’t help Ben’s cause with 2 and a 9.
Henry has pocket aces with only five players in a home game. He decided to raise pre-flop. Then someone re-raised him so Henry went all in. The other player called while the rest of the table folded. The other guy opened his A-9 hand. Henry is sure that this is his game when the flop was K-5-3 rainbow. Then the turn was a 9. Henry prayed that river is not another 9. Well, his prayer was unanswered. River was a 9.
This could happen to anyone. There’s a guy who had pocket 8s. The flop was 8-8-J. What he did not know is that another player was holding a pair of Js. Then the both of them slow played, both confident of their hands. The river was a Jack. The opponent called all in and the guy called. The guy proudly opened his hand only to realize he lost to quad Js. The other players consoled the loser.