Stangest overpair I've ever played.

[Malcom Reynolds]

This reminds me of a hand I just read in Poker Essays III on page 188. It's a 30/60 game at the Bellagio, and goes like this.

Malmuth has A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. EP raises, MP calls, Hero 3-bets, button calls, BB calls, EP calls, MP calls.

Flop (15 SB, 5 players): K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

EP checks, MP checks, <font color="red">Hero checks</font>, button checks.

I'm not going to rehash all of what Malmuth says, but here are the interesting things about the hand. He comments that if he bets, pretty much everyone will be calling correctly at this point as the pot is huge. What we notice is that in this hand, he has top overpair on an uncoordinated board. A bet is unlikely to protect his hand, and this is probably as safe as you can ask for, for a situation to give a free card. No overcards can come. So unpaired hands are drawing extremely thin, and paired hands have only 3 to 5 outs, and if someone hits two pair, the hero has a possible redraw to better two pair. What he is hoping to do here is induce someone to bet the turn, so that he can raise to protect his hand.

This is a big contrast to your hand, where most turn cards that come are scare cards.

Here's the rest of the hand, if anyone is interested:

Turn is a blank, 7.5 BB. EP checks, MP checks, Hero bets, button calls, BB raises, EP folds, MP folds, Hero 3-bets, button folds, BB calls.

River is a blank, 14.5 BB. BB checks, Hero checks.

BB has A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Hero takes it down.