[Josh W]

I was playing in a fairly tough (especially for LA standards) 15-30 a couple nights ago. The game is full of fairly tight aggressive players. There is no other game going (well, a 25-50 that I'm on the list for), and I'm just going to put in 2 more hours, and any other casino that I'd consider playing at is 20 miles away. Because of the fairly predictable nature of my opponents, I still hold a small edge.

But the game is getting worse and worse with time. Raise and take the blinds, or get called by the BB, and a flop bet wins it. Chop 3 hands in a row, then pay time. Blech.

So, to keep from being too predictable, I raise UTG+1 w/ 53s. I feel that there is only about a 15% chance of this hand going to showdown, and if it does, it's tremendous advertising. I'll expand on this later if somebody would like.

Well, both blinds call. They are both moderately straightforward, and two of the looser (although by no means "loose") players at the table.

Flop comes 944, two spades. Checked to me, I bet, thinking I'll take it down here, and QJ and the like will surely fold. Well, they both call. Bummer.

Turn is an offsuit deuce. SB checks, BB bets.

Here I quickly thought that he may have decided "I'll bet the turn if no A or K comes, to push him off of AK". That's not an uncommon move at all. So I pause for a second (as if I had AA, pretending to think to myself "pop him here or on the river?"). SB mucks, and BB threebets.

Bummeroonie.

Maybe that word has two "r"'s. Dunno.

The hand that I was most afraid of here was 22. But with a plethora of potential outs, I call.

River brings the 8s, completing my flush (the ever popular 98543 flush). BB doesn't look even a tiny bit fazed....no concern by him at all, as he fires out.

I just call.

Comments? Results to follow...but I'm wondering...is it always necessary to post results?

Josh