Like all poker hands, strategy depends on the situation, and sometimes all you can do is give it up to luck.
I was playing in a 1,000 person freeroll today. Less than 100 people were left, I had only $1400 in chips, and the blinds were at $400/$800. The table was playing very tight. When
showed up in my hand, I called, thinking that most people would fold with the blinds that high. Three called and the BB checked, which I was happy to see. The flop came
, and I pushed all in. Two people folded, one called, and the BB folded. The caller showed
, and I was ahead in the footrace.
Then the turn card came:
. He hit his two pair, and moved ahead of me in the footrace. The final card was :Ts:. I wound up only missing the
for the royal flush, and busted out of the tournament in 84th place.
Ah well ... top 8% isn't too bad.
