When you have a bad night, you really have a bad night. Last night I was playing a local live tournament and everything was going wrong for me. One hand in particular really stuck in my mind:
I am dealt K9 of clubs. Two players limp into the pot and I follow. The flop comes Ace of clubs, Jack of clubs, 5 of hearts. The first player bets out $250 (bb is $100), second player calls, and I call with four to the nut flush. The turn is the Jack of clubs. This gives me the nut flush, but also pairs the board. Both players in front of me check. I decide to check to try and trap, since I know that they both have a piece of the board from their previous bets.
Soooooooooooo… The river comes and it’s a good old JACK. That puts THREE JACKS on the board. I didn’t even need to wait to see what the other players were going to do. It was quite apparent that I had just slow played my nut flush right into two full houses. The first player bets out and the second player calls. After professing to my table how sick this hand was, I sadly threw my nut flush into the muck. The other two players both flipped over an ace for Jacks full of Aces, and split the pot.
Sometimes I hate poker.
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