[Wintermute]

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I play 1000 hands a day, so this was my favorite hand out of 6000 I played last week(I take a day off a week). Of course it didnt win the most, I had much bigger hands, its just the way it played it that I enjoyed. A little history before the hand Villan1 had just lost a big pot when he flopped trip kings and a straight was possible on the turn and he didnt lay down the trip kings to the nut straight even when the nut straight check reraised himself all in. This was about 5 hands before this one so the psychological damage was going to come into play.

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 5d 8c Qc Qd ]
papafagioli calls [$1].
Elanthus folds.
JOEPOPPY folds.
stabone79 folds.
Villan2 calls [$1].
fordtrader folds.
Villan1 calls [$1].
bucnher80 folds.
Hero calls [$0.50].
Strega checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 3c, Ac ]
Hero checks.
Strega checks.
papafagioli checks.
Villan2 checks.
Villan1 bets [$4.75].
Hero calls [$4.75].
Strega folds.
papafagioli folds.
Villan2 calls [$4.75].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
Hero checks.
Villan2 checks.
Villan1 bets [$18.30].
Hero raises [$73.20].
Villan2 calls [$73.20].
Villan1 folds.
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
Hero is all-In.
Villan2 calls [$15.55].
Hero shows [ 5d, 8c, Qc, Qd ] a flush, king high.
Villan2 shows [ 6c, Jc, 6d, Qs ] two pairs, jacks and threes.
Hero wins $212.05 from the main pot with a flush, king high.
There was no qualifying low hand.

When I saw the turn I knew checking was the correct move because if I bet anyone that had been betting would just call me down and it would do nothing. But when I checked I started having second thoughts, why just call? This guy just got crushed by a straight on the turn, why not try and scare him by putting him in the same situation? And of course I went for it. This hand shows that paying attention at the table is very important, and even if I play 4 tables I am always paying attention. It also shows that sometimes a draw is strong enough to push on the turn, but I could be wrong. The turn play is very debatable, some might say, reraise? are you mad? but it was a weird situation that required a weird play. Feel free to critique because maybe it was the wrong move I just want to know, how would you guys have played this?



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I would've folded preflop about 50% of the time, 100% on the flop, and 80% of the time on the turn assuming I got there by calling a pot-sized bet on the flop.

You only like this hand because Villian2 not only didn't wake up with a hand that kicks you hand's ass, but called with a hand that is hopelessly dominated.

Also, don't be so sure you bluffed Villian1 off a hand that you couldn't beat given that river card... if he has anything other than a set or nut diamond draw, then you took an unnecessary risk.

All in all, I think this is a horribly-played hand gone right by the most fortuitous of circumstances... I like to post lucky junk like this at my blog as a joke, but I wouldn't advertise it as an inherently good play. (Unless it's a meta-game thing, about projecting a loose & stupid image to generate action later.)