I can't lay this down.

That said, with Tude coming along on each street the diamond draw is getting pretty good odds. The only hands that beat you that make any sense are [4d] or [4d]. Me thinks you got runner-runnered. Either that or he is a huge donk that slowplayed a set.

well, a few of you got his hand right - [4d]

i was seriously || <---- that close to laying it down on the river. It just didn't seem right that this guy would bluff off his stack against two people on a missed draw.

I think i can safely rule out a set on this board, as almost no one would ever wait this long with this many draws to pounce. that's just ig'nant.

On the other hand, I don't see why anyone would play Jx this way either. I really think the only possible hand he can have is Xd. It wasn't the getting outdrawn the frustrated me here, it was knowing that he had the hand, and still not being able to make the play. of course, that's the one card that can hit where he gets my stack (obviously i don't pay on an ace or a diamond river).

Like a lot of you said, the pots just so big at this point it's hard to let go. but i think this fold is the difference between a regular player and great player. A good player recognizes the likely holdings of his opponents, recognizes the size of the pot, recognizes his opponents range. but a great player knows more than that, and knows that what he's going to be shown if he calls.

What's more, if i had folded and the button called (he tanked for 30 seconds before folding) with a hand like AJ, i would have flipped. That would have been far more devestating to my play for the session that calling and losing. I think that's one more difference between a good winning player, and a great player. the great player can take it in stride, not let the outdraw, the bluff, or the mistake affect his game.