*** The End ***
Hero calls. Villain starts a speech with "I could be beat . . . . " and Hero is already feeling better. Villain finishes his speech and tables
![Jd :jd: :jd:](/styles/default/pcf/cards/jd.gif)
. Hero tables his aces and drags in all the chips.
Villain had Hero fooled with the turn check raise. Yes, this villain absolutely loves to draw to gut shots in part because of the fun he gets when the hand comes in. It made perfect sense in how he played the street and the smug table read this villain was giving off. So Hero goes into the river totally focused on how much can be gotten from a guy holding a straight looking at a paired and flushing board. The river check raise put Hero back on his heels. Not enough to get a fold, but enough to get Hero to ponder a moment before calling. For what it is worth, Hero was expecting to see AT tabled. Pocket jacks was not even on the radar..
I'd like to say Hero goes on to crush the table and cashes out a big score, but it didn't go that way. Hero's high water mark for the session is this hand (or close enough to it). Hero's profits drained away for hours, without any one remarkable hand. Just a slow bleed mixed in with a few mistakes (trying for Hero calls vs Lags.). Hero ends up cashing for ~$400 on a $60 buy in, yet remembering that at one time it was $1,100+
It was interesting that almost everyone here made a more accurate read on villain's intentions on the turn. Obviously Villain calls a turn shove which would have worked out far better if the board had rivered a 4-card straight that killed the action.
Thanks for the input -=- DrStrange