poker dreams do come true - flopping quad aces and getting action

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Comical hand from a $33 two table SNG on stars. Not sure it has a lot of strategic discussion value but I know you're gonna like it anyway. We all wish this would happen, but it only rarely does...

It's the first round, second hand. I'm in the SB with A9o. A couple limp and four take the flop for no raise.

Flop is A A A. Doink! Checked around.

Turn is a nine. D'oh! I wanted something that might hit someone else. Checked again to late position, who bets 40. Only I call.

River is an eight. I bet 120. He raises 120 more. I reraise 120 more. He reraises 160 more. I raise 440 more. He goes all-in and I call. He flips over KK and I take the pot.

The only significant strategic aspect of this hand is that he would have won the pot had he raised with his KK because I would not have called a raise from the SB with A9o.

It don't get much sweeter than that.

al