[DerFleischmeister]

A live home game, 6-handed. A .25/.50 game, with a full kill, but plays like a TAG/ sometimes LAG 2+2 table...in fact, is hosted by a 2+2er. Was over a year ago, when I was still basically clueless about basic limit concepts (yes, I realize I'm leaving myself wide open here, and I don't care.)

-MP is a smart LAG, who has been playing poker for over 20 years, but Hold'em for only about 1½. His one preflop weakness is, he is prone to playing (and often raising) any ace.

-CO is the TAG 2+2er host.

The table was in one of its LAGgish streaks. In a kill pot, I'm dealt 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] on the button. UTG folds, MP (the Kill) raises (he ALWAYS raised PF when he had the Kill, and collected some rather ridiculous kill pot winning streaks, as a result), CO 3-bets, I COLD-CALL 3 (UGH), SB folds, BB folds, MP calls.

Flop: 2 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (9 SB)

MP bets, CO calls, I call.

Now, for the ugly part.

Turn: 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (6 BB)

MP bets, CO raises, I 3-bet (I HAVE A SET...DONKDONKDONKDONK), MP caps, CO calls, I FOLD. (Laugh at me...PLEASE!!)

River: 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (17 BB)

MP bets, CO raises, MP 3-bets, CO calls.

CO shows K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
MP shows A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (there's that Any Ace again), in what would have been basically, for the limit, a 54 BB pot, (assuming I call the turn cap, 3-bet the river, and they both just call), where I 3-bet/folded the best hand, with odds to call.

After that, that table made plays at me for the next two months, and with good reason.


When I post here or play, I always try to check my ego at the door...I find egotism to be -EV.