Ok, I am usually an advocate of playing my sets fast, but this seemed like the perfect situation to just sit back and enjoy the ride. It's a 3 way pot I basically have the nuts and I don't really see the need to scare away any of the takers. The PFR is an uber aggro maniac his stats - vp$ip:53 / pfr:5 / total agg:4.30. I figured this was one of those rare occasisons to let them do the betting for you so I became a pro calling station. I suppose the place to make my stand would be the turn since my prime target is the big stack UTG.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) from (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
MP3 ($97)
CO ($99.55)
Hero ($95.70)
SB ($0.60)
BB ($102.20)
UTG ($171.96)
UTG+1 ($40.86)
UTG+2 ($42.02)
MP1 ($60.29)
MP2 ($125.95)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 8
, 8
. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG raises to $4,
1 fold, UTG+2 calls $4,
4 folds, Hero calls $4, SB (poster) calls $0.10 (All-In),
1 fold.
Flop: ($13.60) 8
, 5
, 4
(4 players, 1 all-in)
UTG bets $11, UTG+2 calls $11, Hero calls $11.
Turn: ($46.60) 4
(4 players, 1 all-in)
UTG bets $26, UTG+2 calls $26, Hero calls $26.
River: ($124.60) 9
(4 players, 1 all-in)
UTG checks,
UTG+2 bets $1, Hero calls $54.70 (All-In), UTG folds, UTG+2 calls $0.02 (All-In).
Final Pot: $180.32
Just an unoffical side note about the hand. I did lose the hand when UTG+2 turns over 99 on the river, but I figured I screwed up because if I had gotten UTG+1 to call off my stack I wouldn't have lost money. Anyways, just another notch in my 5+ buyin downswing.
Thoughts and comments appreciated.
-Moose: braces himself for "this made baby jesus cry" comments