I played a hand where I was successful in checkraising on both the flop and the turn and thought that I would try for the famed third check raise on the river. The attempt failed, but I thought that I would post the hand anyway.

Pokerstars .25/.50 limit hold'em 6 players.

Hero has [Kc] in the Big Blind. Villain has [Qs] UTG.

Preflop: Villain raises to .50, 4 folds, Hero calls .25. (Since I was only against one player I thought that I would disguise the strength of my hands by only calling.)

Flop: [As][7c]. Hero checks, Villain bets .25, Hero raises to .50, Villain calls .25.

I flopped top two pair and decided to check raise.

Turn: [As][7c][2s]. Hero checks, Villain bets .50, Hero raises to 1.00, Villain raises to 1.50, Hero raises to 2.00, Villain calls .50.

For some reason, I had decided that Villain probably had an ace because he had raised preflop, and I decided to check raise again. I thought that it was great that Villain decided to reraise me and I decided to cap. After I capped I remembered that I had check raised Villain twice and I thought why not, I'll try for a third check raise on the river.

River: [As][7c][2s][9h]. Hero checks, Villain checks.

My attempt might have been more successful if I hadn't capped the turn, but I thought that I might as well try for the third check raise. It isn't that often that I even get two check raises in, much less a third.

Nice try, but you lost him when ya capped the turn. Forget the testicle pumping and lust lead that river...............not that you don't know that already.

NH