Sunday, August 15, 2010

Worst hand wins

Was playing a friendly .10/.25 game with friends on Friday night and it was one of those games where the worst hand came out on top most of the time.

1) I was short, down to $8 from the initial $20, and I 3-bet all-in into a 3 handed pot, trying to buy it, with 65o (6-5 offsuit). I was called by 77 and proceeded to flop a 6 and river another.

2) Against the same opponent, I flopped top-pair with KJ on J93 board, he 3-bet all-in and I called. He turned over T8o and turned a 7 for his straight.

3) The button was playing aggressive and raising with super strong and super weak hands alike. He 3-bet to $5 pre-flop. The SB, who is generally tight passive, called, and I called from the BB with 5s7s. The original raiser folded. The flop came As5c7d, SB checked, I checked, the button moved in for $28, the SB snap called for his stack and I practically beat him to the pot. I knew by his call pre-flop that the SB hit his A, and was not likely to have AA (would've re-raised PF) or A5 or A7 (too big a raise PF to call there). Most likely was A[KQJT], and it would've been a long shot for 55 or 77, albeit possible. Button turns over KK, SB has AJ. I fade their outs and win an $80 pot.

There were good hands that held up too, on occasion. In the end, we all had a good time, and when playing with these guys, that's all that matters.

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