In the Carbon Poker offices, its pretty safe to say that our Queen of Hearts isn’t the best poker player. The best way to describe Tina’s usual play is ‘luck box’.
That being said in the second of the Heads Up with the Queen bonus matches Tina showed a new side to her game. Her opponent in this round K1n9K0n9 almost predicted his own fate. As he folded an early hand he said to Tina “I bet you had a big pair”, in classic Tina fashion she replied “look at my pic”. That was a pretty clear tell that she had a big pair.
Unfortunately for K1n9K0n9 that wasn’t the last of her big pairs. Despite getting Tina on the rails she somehow managed to fight back (K1n9K0n9 might be able to help with the details…. I’m guessing there was some luck involved) She finished the game off with the biggest pair, yes even bigger than her pair, pocket rockets.
So congratulations this round go to Tina, and commiserations to K1n9K0n9. It was a well played game, he just couldn’t quite get the result he was looking for.
Its now up to mcfc1984 to restore balance to the force and take Tina down in the last of the Heads Up with the Queen matches.
Shane @ Carbon Poker
Ok, here are some of the details you wanted to hear Shane. Better late than never. At first I was doing ok. I managed to collect about two thirds of the chips in the first level by picking up several small pots. But then she started slapping me in my face with her big pair and left me behind with a short stack. After a while, I managed to regain control over her big pair and was able to build my stack up a bit. But by then, the blinds had grown (not just the blinds) and the game started to turn into a crapshoot, which she eventually won. Although I lost, it had fun playing against her and for once I was glad to be dominated. She can dominate me and kick my ass with her big pair anytime.