Awful, just awful.

[Pokey]

<font color="blue">I feel like my play here was attrocious, but I'm not 100% sure where I should have played differently. I've been sucking spectacularly at the tables lately. Any help is appreciated.

<font color="red">TAA</font> is the villain in this story: 19% VPIP, 5% PFR, 5.75 AvgAgg mostly on the flop, sneaky bastard with a check-raise statistic of an unheard-of 21%, all over about 100 hands.</font>

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Preflop: Pokey is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, SB <font color="#A500AF">(TAA)</font> completes, <font color="#CC3333">Pokey raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, Button calls, SB <font color="#A500AF">(TAA)</font> calls.

<font color="blue">Spectacular, creative play on my part, raising AKo. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]</font>

Flop: (10 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">TAA bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Pokey raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP2 folds, Button folds, TAA calls.

<font color="blue">Thinning the field with a great drawing hand.</font>

Turn: (8 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">TAA bets</font>, Pokey calls, UTG+1 folds.

<font color="blue">Calling with implied odds and the possibility that <font color="red">TAA</font> is betting overs.</font>

River: (10 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
TAA checks, Pokey checks.

Final Pot: 10 BB

<font color="blue">Is there such a thing as a "crying check"?</font>