Mmmmmmmmm.....implied odds (LC and rampant boastfulness)

[Ghazban]

Granted, I took 7:1 on an 11:1 shot, but I think I got enough after I made my hand to make it +EV [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP ($21.50)
Button ($197)
<font color="#C00000">SB ($391.99)</font>
BB ($144.10)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($532.91)</font>

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $1.
Hero calls $2, MP calls $2, Button calls $2, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($10) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $2</font>, BB calls $2, Hero calls $2, MP folds, Button calls $2.

Turn: ($18) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $15</font>, Hero calls $15, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $44</font>, BB calls $29, <font color="#CC3333">Hero pushes</font>, SB calls, BB folds

River: ($121) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: Big

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has Ah Ad (one pair, aces).
Hero has 7h 8h (straight, eight high).
Outcome: Hero wins $121. </font>