Action Hand

Thought I'd update this, now that I've had some time to digest the hand. Although, the thoughts I'm going to write are prety much what I was thinking at the time.

***** Hand History for Game 1387290690 *****
$2/$4 Hold'em - Monday, January 03, 23:12:03 EDT 2005
Table Bad Beat Jackpot #984965 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: ($124.75)
Seat 2: ($158)
Seat 3: ($183.75)
Seat 5: ($5)
Seat 6: ($25)
Seat 8: ($10)
Seat 9: ($46.5 )
Seat 10:($101)
Seat 7: Hero ($160)
Seat 4: ($214)
Seat 10 posts small blind [$1].
Seat 1 posts big blind [$2].
Seat 4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ As Ac ]
Seat 2 folds.
Seat 3 folds.
Seat 4 checks.
Seat 5 folds.
Seat 6 raises [$4].
Hero raises [$6].
Seat 8 folds.
Seat 9 calls [$6].
Seat 10 folds.
Seat 1 calls [$4].
Seat 4 calls [$4].
Seat 6 raises [$4].
Hero calls [$2].
Seat 9 calls [$2].
Seat 1 calls [$2].
Seat 4 calls [$2].
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess there are a couple folks out there with high pocket pairs. And a couple folks out there with garbage.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 2s, 9c ]

This is just about the greatest flop--if it has to miss me--one could hope for in a 5-handed pot holding pocket Aces.

Seat 1 checks.
Seat 4 checks.
Seat 6 bets [$2].
Hero raises [$4].
Seat 9 calls [$4].
Seat 1 calls [$4].
Seat 4 calls [$4].
Seat 6 raises [$4].
Hero raises [$4].
Seat 9 calls [$4].
Seat 1 calls [$4].
Seat 4 calls [$4].
Seat 6 calls [$2].
At the risk of giving away the ending, the guy with the worst hand and almost no draw has, at this point, called seven bets

** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
Seat 1 checks.
Seat 4 checks.
Seat 6 bets [$4].
Hero raises [$8].
Seat 9 raises [$12].
Me, to wife: I think someone just made a set
Seat 1 calls [$12].
Seat 4 calls [$12].
Seat 6 is all-In [$5]
Hero calls [$4].
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
Seat 1 checks.
Seat 4 checks.
Hero bets [$4].
Petulant. A bet made out of spite. Had no idea what seat 1 was holding, but I had already figured out Seat 9 had me. Could have saved myself two big bets.
Seat 9 calls [$4].
Seat 1 raises [$8].
The unmitigated gall of this guy. Chases a ridiculous hand, gets his miracle runner-runner, THEN CHECK-RAISES!?
Seat 4 folds.
Hero calls [$4].
Seat 9 calls [$4].
Seat 1 shows [ Qd, Kc ] a straight, nine to king.
Seat 4 doesn't show [ Ks, Kd ] a pair of kings.
Hero doesn't show [ As, Ac ] a pair of aces.
Seat 9 doesn't show [ Jd, Js ] three of a kind, jacks.
Seat 1 wins $36 from side pot #1 with a straight, nine to king.
Seat 1 wins $122.5 from the main pot with a straight, nine to king.

That pot would have made my week. What occurred to me later was, considering those starting hands, that's about as close as I've ever been to hitting the bad beat jackpot.

KQo vs. capped bets pre- and post-flop with only a double-gunshot draw. I can't even conceive it. The unusual thing about the hand was the lack of chat after the hand. No complaints, no aquarium tapping. Just stunned silence.

Ah well, I had a pretty good idea when five people stayed for the flop that my chances weren't great, though I perked up with that flop. And I erred by not checking the river. I'd feel a lot better about it if the jagoff with KQo didn't pull the chips.