Boom Shakalaka

[Wes]

Full Tilt Poker, $10/$20 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
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Hero (BB): $3,047
SB: $998

Pre-Flop: Q 9 dealt to Hero (BB)
SB calls $10, Hero raises to $80, SB calls $60

Flop: ($160) 6 2 7 (2 Players)
Hero bets $120, SB calls $120

Turn: ($400) A (2 Players)
Hero bets $280, SB calls $280

River: ($960) A (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $518 and is All-In, Hero calls $518

Results: $1,996 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero showed Q 9 (a pair of Aces) and WON $1,995.50 (+$997.50 NET)
SB showed 8 5 (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$998 NET)

[melioris]

this is like poker porn. It excites me, and yet I feel dirty.

[hc422709]

lol wtf

[New Guy]

Fucking RAD

[hackers238]

This is why I don't play HU.

I would get RAPED.

[drewjax]

sick, sick, sick.................Yoda

[Talking Poker]

Sure, I think a bluff is *extremely* likely here.... but how did you know that he wasn't bluffing with a hand better than Q high? Do you assume he'd check behind any pair for showdown value, leaving only K high to worry about?

[Wes]

how is he going to have k high?

[Zybomb]

I agree.

I think even if he was floating 2 streets with King High, he checks behind the river for showdown value after the two aces come down.

He also probably never goes to value town with a 7 6 or 2 since you'd play a decent 7 in the same fashion likely and any flopped two pair got counterfitted.

Thus the only hands which may go to value town are 88 or 99 but given earlier decisions (limp call preflop, call flop , call turn) these are very unlikely....So I guess realistically only a floated flop Ace X (which may raise the turn anyway)... i guess a set rivered boat as well

[Talking Poker]

You misread my post (or I didn't write it clearly)... I'm not saying it's likely he has K high - I'm saying you don't really have to worry about that, so my question was if you thought he'd check behind any small pair, like even a 78s type hand, rather than turn it into a bluff...? If so, you're good, right?

Well, unless he flopped a set, of course.

[Wes]

yeah he snap called the flop, thus the reason why i 2 barrelled the turn and then it didn't really make sense for him to bet river unless he had some random floated ace on the flop, or some desperate bluff like this.