Posted by Junelli 3:10 PM
Here's a very interesting hand from Friday night.

The game is $2-$5 PL, and I hold AA in early position. It would be a severe understatement to call this table aggressive. There is approx $7,000 on the table, and pots were regularly over $500, and occassionally $1,000-$1,500. I raise it to $40 preflop, and get 3 callers. The pot is $160 and we see a flop of AT3 all clubs. I have top set but of course no clubs.

Swankowski is to my right and has been playing like an absolute maniac. He would call preflop raises with any two cards, and would fire chips at the pot as often as possible. He has also been chasing flushes and gutshots no matter what the odds. He's sucked out on the river on me no less than 4 times that night and won approx $1,000 (thank goodness I won it back from others).

I check first, and McAndrew also checks. The third player, Son, has also been playing like a maniac. He is into the game at least $2,500 and is playing hyper aggressive to try and get it back. The game was almost out of control.

Son bets the pot, $160, and Swankowski immediately raises the pot making it $960 to me. I hold a set of Aces and it's $960 to me!

I go into the tank for at least 5 minutes. Swank and I are friends and have played together many times. He could easily be in the hand with any two cards. More importantly, he's raised the pot no less than 25 times in the past 2 hours. It's entirely possible that he (1) has made the flush; (2) is chasing the flush; (3) has 2 pair; (4) has top pair like AK, etc. You can see how difficult this decision is for me

While I'm thinking I turn up my hand showing him and the whole table my top set. I ask him if he has the flush, and he tells me yes. I ask him again and again, each time saying, "you wouldn't lie to me would you." He looks me in the eye, and says, "get out, I have the flush."

I believe him, and decide to fold. McAndrew folds a set of 3s.

Meanwhile Son (the other player) goes apeshit that I folded three Aces. He tells me I'm a moron for folding and that he would've called in a second (he's also stuck almost $3,000). Son asks Swank if he can play my Aces, because "Junell's a puss."

Swank: "You wanna play his hand?"

Son: "Yeah, give me his cards, I'll call. I don't give a fuck!"

Swank: "Okay, give him Junell's hand."

Dealer: "You guys can't do that. The hand's dead."

Everyone: "Shut the hell up! They can do whatever they want if they agree. It's a side bet."

Dealer: Okay.

They fish my cards out of the muck. Son goes all in for $1,100. Swank turns over J2 of clubs and has the flush. The board doesn't pair and Son loses $1,100 to Swank.

I'm glad I folded, but still pissed about him calling preflop with J2.

4 Comment(s):

Posted by  Dr Fro, at 10:17 PM, August 22, 2005  

There were more rule broken in that hand than you can shake a stick at.

Nice laydown though.

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Posted by  Junelli, at 1:37 PM, August 23, 2005  

You're right. Obviously I shouldn't have shown my hand before folding. However, it doesn't kill my hand, and I didn't care about the etiquette. I was quite upset about this situation and wasn't the slightest bit concerned about anyone else. Selfish I know.

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Posted by  LAYGO, at 5:34 PM, August 23, 2005  

Not quite as a tough of a laydown, nor did I make the laydown, but I had AsKs last night in Byron's cash game of $.50/$1 NL. I raise $4 UTG, 4-5 callers. Flop comes 2 - 3 - 4, 1 spade, 2 diamonds. SB bets $5, BB calls, when I would normally fold, I call because I don't think SB has anything, I still believe I've got the best hand. Everyone else folds. Turn is Kc. SB bets $10, BB calls, I raise all-in for $37.50. SB folds, BB calls.

The entire time I'm thinking about SB, BB flopped the nuts. He wavered about calling & only did it because of pot odds. Ad5d in a raised pot & flops the straight, flush draw, & grand poohbah, straight flush draw.

Sooooooo mad about that & wishing I had laid down to the $5 flop bet like I normally would've . . .

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Posted by  LAYGO, at 5:35 PM, August 23, 2005  

I typed that, so I could type this:

I know how you feel about weaker hands calling a pre-flop bet . . . nice laydown.

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