my biggest pot ever, I think

[goofyballer]

Biggle wanted me to post this in the Good Beat section because of the "loose" preflop call, but I maintain that this is simply excellent poker.

Anyone think I should bump up the turn to 40-50 after the MP $17 raise? BB was solid, and MP obviously loved his hand. I guess I thought I'd get river action from both of them so I didn't need to spring my trap yet, but then BB folded...should I have tried to get his money in with more cards to come instead?

I could've sworn I posted this 5 minutes ago, but I can't find it anywhere so maybe I didn't.

PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Hero ($122)
UTG+1 ($212.60)
MP1 ($115.70)
MP2 ($97.10)
MP3 ($32)
CO ($98.50)
Button ($35)
SB ($40.45)
BB ($549.90)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with :6c, :6h.
Hero calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1, MP1 calls $1, MP2 calls $1, MP3 calls $1, 2 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($7) :6s, :3c, :3d (7 players)
SB checks, BB bets $2, Hero calls $2, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $2, MP3 folds, SB folds.

Turn: ($13) :as (3 players)
BB bets $5, Hero calls $5, MP2 raises to $17, BB calls $12, Hero calls $12.

River: ($64) :ts (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets $30, BB folds, Hero raises to $80, MP2 calls $47.10 (All-In).

Final Pot: $221.10

MP2 has Ks 3s; he flopped trips and backed into the nut flush.

[biggle10]

I didn't say anything about the preflop call, but it was a pretty sweet hand.

[rode_dog]

Very nice!

[tdostie@nc]

Biggle wanted me to post this in the Good Beat section because of the "loose" preflop call, but I maintain that this is simply excellent poker.

I concur 100%. If no one has the balls to push you out of the hand preflop than this is why you limp with small pocket pairs. Very nice hand with a huge payout. Congrats.

[puckhead23]

My vote is for excellent poker. You benefited from very favorable circumstances that presented themselves to you. The guy with trips improves to a flush and never saw the boat coming at him. You only were vulnerable to TT or 33, since I don't believe AA is probable in an unraised pot.

I'm curious: Did Biggle want you to play this faster? I'm guessing his point of view is that a full boat can never be the stone cold nuts, and sixes full can become an underfull in a multiway pot pretty fast.

[hiho]

My vote is for excellent poker.

Agreed

[ajdo]

another option would be to min bet on the turn follwing the $17 raise, because the BB already call the $12 more. the guy with K3 raises again maybe not. MP2 maybe smooth calls and BB as well... also not a bad idea to knock out the BB looks as if he hit an Ace on the turn. Make him commit more of his stack to draw that last Ace.

[goofyballer]

Biggle didn't say anything bad about it. Playing it faster on the turn for more extraction (not to try to make anyone fold...I'll take my chances on Ax hitting their two outer) was something I thought of after the hand.

[panhandle88]

Are you not scared of quad threes here at all?

[aj]

Quad 3s? Possible yes, scared never. I'll go broke with my boat to quads everytime.

In fact, I once (almost) did in Vegas very early in my poker life. The hand was actually quite similar. It was, however, 3/6 limit. I limped with pocket fives in late position behind 3 other limpers. Both blinds came in with no raise. Flop was 5,3,3. I checked. One of the original limpers bet and I check raised. Eveyone else cleared out as he and I capped the flop and turn (a blank came on the turn). When he lead into me on the river, the big light bulb went on and I saved a couple of bets by just calling.

Of course, he had quad 3s.

[panhandle88]

Yeah I guess I'll go broke to quads too with a full house. Seems like when I get quads I can never get paid with them. Maybe my eyes bug out and my hair stands straight up lol I don't know.

[snickers99]

Seems like when I get quads I can never get paid with them.

Yeah, you have to hope someone catches a big hand. The best I did was flopped quads, slow-played it and luckily the guy caught the nut full house on the river. It was limit, and online, so it was capped after four bets...but I'll take it!