Reminds me of
a hand I watched a friend play some years back - NLHE with 5-10 blinds.
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Note: However much I may know now or THINK I know now I was as green as Kermit back then.
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Everyone at the table had over 500; most had well over 1,000.
Four players limped and my friend limped on the button with 5-4s.
The BB then made it 40 and the four limpers plus my friend called.
The flop came 9 - 3 - 2 rainbow.
The BB made a bet of ~ the pot and all folded to my friend who called.
The Ace came on the turn and my friend won a huge pot - beating AA.
- I probably wouldn't be telling the story otherwise. :-)
Later over dinner I told him I was suprised at his call preflop but was shocked at his call on the flop.
"Didn't you have a pretty good idea that he had AA", I asked him, "and if he did you only had 6 outs".
He replied, "if I didn't think he had AA I wouldn't have called".
I stared at him with what I'm sure was a very confused look on my face until the lightbulb finally flickered.
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Sometimes having some of your outs tainted is exactly what you're looking for.
More importantly . . .
I really love that story !
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