The Power Of Darth Vader/ How I DO Love PP $25NL!

[DerFleischmeister]

This is not a suckout/ bad beat whine-fest, but I had had a TERRIBLE night last night in a live $3/6 limit game due to the most disgusting display of suckouts I had seen in a long time. Then, along comes this hand...

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (10 handed)

BB ($25.75)
UTG ($21.27)
UTG+1 ($44.90)
UTG+2 ($26.35)
MP1 ($40.55)
MP2 ($26.53)
MP3 ($8.40)
DerFleisch ($48.60)
Button ($31.50)
SB ($23.50)

Preflop: DerFleisch is CO with 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $1</font>, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls $1, DerFleisch calls $1, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls $0.50.

I know, I know...cold-calling with pocket 4s is a bad idea, but there had been a min-raise almost every hand, so it really meant nothing, and I had position.

Flop: ($4.25) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>

BAM.

<font color="CC3333">BB bets $8</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP3 calls $7.40 (All-In), <font color="CC3333">DerFleisch raises to $16.75</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB raises to $24.75 (All-In)</font>, DerFleisch calls $8.

Turn: ($61.15) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players, 2 all-in)</font>

River: ($61.15) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $61.15

Results in white below: <font color="white">
BB shows 8d Kd (two pair, eights and fours).
MP3 shows Ac 8h (two pair, eights and fours).
DerFleisch shows 4s 4c (four of a kind, fours).
Outcome: DerFleisch wins $61.15. </font>

When the case 4 hit, I thought, "Finally!! I'm the riverER, instead of the riverEE!", as I thought for sure after the BB All-In that I was up against a higher set (the way I see it, if I don't lose a big chunk of money to set over set, I'm playing too scared) or a straight; either on the flop or definitely when the 5 hit on the turn. But, as it turns out, I didn't even need the case 4.

This only goes to show you (and re-remind myself, as I was still a bit on tilt from last night's live game): Stick to your guns...the fish WILL pay you off eventually.