I'd a punched this dude in the face....

[PShabi]

.....but I didn't want to bloody up my carpet.

At my home game tonight. Second best player in the game (good friend of mine) is to my left. One of the world's biggest donkeys is right behind him.

My buddy is a good postflop player, but he doesn't understand starting hand values. Meaning he overvalues weak paint a little too much. Not enough to make him suck though. Especially compared to the other dudes.

Anyway, no one is respecting position. I get a few limpers to me in the CO with AQ. I make a nice, standard raise. I get a call from my buddy and the donkey. I think he's the button and donkey is one of the blinds. The limpers fold.

Ace high flop and I bet the pot, which is pretty damn big at this point. Should also note I've got both outstacked and it's a tourney. My buddy goes in the think tank for a bit, but not too intense. I know him. I play him every week. He's got a weaker Ace. He's pot commited if he calls this flop and I'm going in on the turn if he does.

I also know his face when he's gonna call off half his stack on the flop. He's got the chips divided up in front of him and is literally just lifting his hand to put them in when DONKEY behind him says, "dude, I might call."

You shoulda seen the look on his face. He knew he was beat by someone at this point. I knew he knew. He knew, I knew, he knew. He thinks it over again and eventually folds.

The donkey almost immediately folds and is like man, I was thinking about calling (in the most sincere way) and flips up a gutshot draw. It was half his fucking stack. My buddy shows his now brilliant AJ laydown.

Without yelling (kids sleeping) I lit into the dude for the table talk. My buddy was red in the face and basically admitted he would've called if he hadn't said that.

It ends up three-handed at the end of the tourney and the donkey busts me when I'm stacked down and my buddy comes back and takes the whole thing. If he calls that flop, I guarantee I win that tourney.

Wow, you read that.

Goodnight.