Here's a change of pace — today's hand comes not from a mid-to-high buy-in event on the tournament circuit, but rather from a $5 buy-in "kitchen table" no-limit hold'em tournament. It was a game played with friends, some of whom had never played before. Therefore — as this hand shows — it presented some unusual situations not typically encountered in regular tourneys.
The blinds were 100/200 and everyone had around 3,000 in their stacks (quite shallow). A straightforward player limped in from under the gun, then two more also called as the action moved around the table.
It got to me in the cutoff and I looked down at .