and call. Folds around to Villain who raises to $30 from middle position. Button calls the $30, I call the $30. Analysis: Villain often has a good hand in this spot, like AK, AQ, AJ, KQ, or a pocket pair, but I've also seen him make similar raises with connected or gap hands like QJ, JT, T9, QT, or a suited ace. Villain also C-bets very often when he's the pre-flop raiser.
. I check. Like clockwork, Villain C-bets to $45. Button folds. Pot is now $136. Analysis: I've got $270 behind (6x the C-bet, and 2x the pot). I've got middle pair; I'm ahead of most of Villain's non-pocket pair hands, and if he has an overpair, I have a few outs. I thought his bet sizing might be a little bigger if he had an overpair, so it seemed more like a C-bet he'd make with AK, AQ, KQ, etc. I really don't know what I'd do if I just called and the turn was a K, Q, J, or T. If I raised, Villain could put me on an overpair like 88, 99, or TT, after I called preflop, and might fold hands like 66, 55, or 44. Villain could also put me on a total bluff or semi-bluff (A5, A4, 45) and call me with hands like AK or AQ, thinking he might be ahead or, if not, he's got 6 live outs. So I end up thinking: Raise >> Call > Fold.
for top set.
and the river a 
. Backdoor flush draw to the rescue! I did feel a little dirty after that one.
Yup, the board was 8 9 10. Bottom set folded thinking someone flopped a straight
Great idea for a thread. This is one of my favorite hands evah. There's actually a bit of strategy in my thinking with this hand, which will hopefully add to the story.
Playing 1/3 NL Hold'em, with optional button straddle, at a lively game with cast of regular players. Villain in this hand buys in big, but is a good, seasoned, player, somewhere in between loose aggressive and tight aggressive. I have a similar image. In this game, players are allowed to run boards multiple times if all-in, which many players do, but this Villain has a policy of running it once unless the pot is over $1000.
Effective stacks are around $300 (my stack). Button straddle to $6. I'm in BB with
Pot is $91 with 3 players. Flop is
I go all in. Villain snap-calls. I immediately think he's got an overpair, so I need a 3 or an A. Turns out I was wrong... it was much worse...Villain flips over
Pot is $630, and knowing Villain only runs it once, I don't even try and beg him to run it twice -- I stay silent, resigned to my fate, and start pulling out my wallet for a rebuy, when the turn comes a
Villain is always good-natured, jovial, and has easily played thousands more poker hands in his life than I've played, but even he's a little stung by this bad beat, and he does something I've never, ever, ever, seen him do at a poker game before.... he opens up a Poker Hand Calculator on his phone.
in EP. Got it in (by the turn) on an 8 high flop vs button KK. Flopped a gutter draw, turned a flush draw, rivered a third 8. 5 players saw a flop after a $20 raise pre. 3-4 players saw a turn.
Played
high kicker takes down the pot and the laughter that ensued and the nits anger were priceless!!
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Ouch. I had one of those in a not-my-proudest-meetup-moment during S@P 2016. Holding A873 in what I believe was PLO. Flop 33x, turn 3, river x. Called Ben on all streets, snapped his river shove and said I have the 3. He laughed and said no you don't as he showed the case 3. Flipped my hand and didn't recognize any of my four cards.
I actually laughed out loud at this one. Great line. I'm going to have to try to use that line at the table sometime.
Those make me sick.
I think we've all had one of those moments. I remember my meetup when @PhilLaFond swore he had AQ on an AAQ flop. After getting it all in, he turned over Q4
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