Just a Fun Hand

[Softrock]

No strategy questions here. Just me with one of those hands that come around once a year or less and I debated the appropriateness of posting this but I just coudn't help myself.

Fairly average 40-80 and I'd seen one flop in an hour plus many of the people in the game know me as pretty tight BTF. Then I win two large pots in a row showing AKs and QQ. Next hand I'm in the cutoff with 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and decide I'll try to steal the blinds, so I raise. The SB who is the one guy at the table who's tighter than me, 3-bets. This means a very big hand, QQ or better. I already figure I need a miracle flop and am chastising myself for getting carried away after winning a couple pots.

Dream flop comes of 8 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]6 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. My opponent bets, I raise, he re-raises and I raise once more. SB just calls. Turn is A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. (Please Poker God let him have AA and don't pair the board). SB bets out, I raise, he just calls. River is a complete blank and my opponent bets out again, I raise, he calls. I show, he shows his AA and graciously says "nice hand".

When one plays Holdem well, one is always going to be on the receiving end of unusual beats more often than giving them. This was so much fun that I may have to start playing badly. I see many players who so relish making beats on people that I think that motivates them to play bad hands. The euphoria of this hand gave me a momentary glimpse into their psyche.