The frustrating thing about monster hands like Quads is that they rarely get paid off, since it’s so hard for your opponents to make second best hands. But I managed to win two stacks with quads tonight:
Full Tilt Poker, $10/$20 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
Hero (CO): $4,802
BTN: $5,473
SB: $2,040
BB: $3,671
UTG: $3,813
Pre-Flop: A
A
dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG raises to $60, Hero raises to $210, 3 folds, UTG calls $150
Flop: ($450) A
8 A
(2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $277, UTG calls $277
Turn: ($1,004) 5 (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
River: ($1,004) K (2 Players)
UTG bets $740, Hero raises to $4,315 and is All-In, UTG calls $2,586 and is All-In
Results: $7,656 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed A A (four of a kind, Aces) and WON $7,653 (+$3,840 NET)
UTG mucked K K (a full house, Kings full of Aces) and LOST (-$3,813 NET)
Obviously this is a pretty cold deck for Villain. I think I have to check the turn just because it’s far too likely I have trips or better if I bet. Honestly Villain can almost find a fold on the river, and in fact he did tank for a long time. It’s just so unlikely I’m jamming here with less than Aces full.
Naturally the other hand was a cold deck as well:
Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
CO: $1,826
Hero (BTN): $2,042
SB: $2,333
BB: $3,868
UTG: $4,341
MP: $561.55
Pre-Flop: 3 3 dealt to Hero (BTN)
3 folds, Hero raises to $35, SB raises to $130, BB folds, Hero calls $95
Flop: ($270) 9 3 A (2 Players)
SB bets $140, Hero calls $140
Turn: ($550) T (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $277, SB calls $277
River: ($1,104) 3 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $777, SB raises to $1,786 and is All-In, Hero calls $718 and is All-In
Results: $4,094 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed 3 3 (four of a kind, Threes) and WON $4,091 (+$2,049 NET)
SB showed J Q (a flush, Queen high) and LOST (-$2,042 NET)
The IRS is the real winner here.
They should be really happy with your year-end heater 🙂
Adrew, are you going to be playing the 2k in foxwoods this friday by any chance?
Is there anything awesomer than getting quads paid you dog!
Todd,
Actually I finished down on this session despite these hands. Then had a brutal day yesterday, one of my worst, that nearly wiped out that best day ever from last week. So still up on the month, but hardly on a heater.
Eugene and Anonymous,
The answer to both of your questions is no.
Oh well. I’m sure you’ll start 2009 with a massive HEATER!
My favourite hand (at a much lower level – 10/20 limit) with Quads went like this :
Me (Big Blind) : 55 (suits irrelevant)
3 callers including the small blind.
Flop : 588 rainbow
Small blind bets, I and one other player call.
Turn : 5
Small blind bets, I call, other player folds.
River : rag
Small blind bets, I raise, SB re-raises, I re-raise again.
And then, the brilliant comment that I still cherish to this day :
SB : I don’t know why you’re bothering, we both obviously have the same thing.
BWAAAHAAHA.
Safe in the knowledge that, unless he is running a deep deception (which, trust me, he wasn’t) I re-raised another two more times before he called and looked suitably chastened at the result.
Compare that to an absolutely cooler at a 20/40 live game where, on a final board of KKJJ7, there was a bet, a raise and a re-raise on the river only to find quads over quads! Very impressed that JJ didn’t get burned further…
You opponent’s response is funny, but dude raise the turn!
The second one reminds me of a hand a friend told me about. I don’t remember the actual ranks of the cards, but that’s not important anyway. Basically, the flop is 855, they go four bets on the flop and turn, river is an 8, and dude sadly check-calls with pocket 5’s for the under-quads. We were both impressed with the guy’s restraint and hand reading skills at the time, though in retrospect it’s pretty obvious that raising on the river would be a mistake.