Courting a little danger can be its own reward

But also, there's money involved.

***** Hand History for Game 2144139098 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Thursday, June 02, 17:38:19 EDT 2005
Table Table 37170 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: madsvester ( $56.3 )
Seat 3: Samme80 ( $64.25 )
Seat 5: Eepi74 ( $23.2 )
Seat 2: stressball10 ( $50.75 )
Seat 4: notnerbmi ( $56.75 )
Seat 6: Hollypoopoo7 ( $49.25 )
madsvester posts small blind [$0.25].
stressball10 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ 8d 8h ]
Samme80 folds.
notnerbmi folds.
Eepi74 raises [$1.75].
Hollypoopoo7 folds.
madsvester folds.
stressball10 calls [$1.25].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, Td, 4d ]
stressball10 bets [$3].
Eepi74 calls [$3].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
stressball10 bets [$4].
Eepi74 raises [$8].
stressball10 raises [$21].
Eepi74 folds.
stressball10 does not show cards.
stressball10 wins $41.5

Yup, there is no way he has that ten, you have the best hand too.

***** Hand History for Game 2144204196 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Thursday, June 02, 17:52:50 EDT 2005
Table Table 37170 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: madsvester ( $69.92 )
Seat 3: Samme80 ( $56.23 )
Seat 2: stressball10 ( $59.3 )
Seat 4: notnerbmi ( $74.15 )
Seat 6: Hollypoopoo7 ( $55.45 )
Seat 5: hathoda ( $6.9 )
madsvester posts small blind [$0.25].
stressball10 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ 7h Ah ]
Samme80 folds.
notnerbmi folds.
hathoda folds.
Hollypoopoo7 folds.
madsvester calls [$0.25].
stressball10 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Qc, 9s ]
madsvester checks.
stressball10 bets [$0.75].
madsvester raises [$1.5].
stressball10 raises [$1.5].
madsvester calls [$0.75].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4h ]
madsvester checks.
stressball10 bets [$3].
madsvester folds.
stressball10 does not show cards.
stressball10 wins $8.25

***** Hand History for Game 2144212813 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Thursday, June 02, 17:54:46 EDT 2005
Table Table 37170 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: madsvester ( $65.17 )
Seat 3: Samme80 ( $54.73 )
Seat 2: stressball10 ( $62.3 )
Seat 4: notnerbmi ( $79.25 )
Seat 6: Hollypoopoo7 ( $55.45 )
Seat 5: hathoda ( $19.4 )
hathoda posts small blind [$0.25].
Hollypoopoo7 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Qh Kd ]
madsvester calls [$0.5].
stressball10 calls [$0.5].
Samme80 folds.
notnerbmi calls [$0.5].
hathoda calls [$0.25].
Hollypoopoo7 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, Kc, Qd ]
hathoda checks.
Hollypoopoo7 checks.
madsvester checks.
stressball10 bets [$2].
notnerbmi calls [$2].
hathoda folds.
Hollypoopoo7 folds.
madsvester folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
stressball10 bets [$3].
notnerbmi raises [$8].
stressball10 raises [$10].
notnerbmi folds.
stressball10 does not show cards.
stressball10 wins $26.4

Originally Posted by Triptanes

Yup, there is no way he has that ten, you have the best hand too.

Agreed. In this and the two other examples I posted I do think I had the best hand, but it's a situation where a lot of people might lay the hand down rather than continue to test and feel out the other player. Even the last one, the kings and queens, that ace could be a bad card for me - he's clearly repping two pair with the ace involved. But I think I'm ahead, so I'm happy to keep raising.

I'm proud of the 2nd one even though there's not much money involved. He pulls a pretty obvious play - I'm guessing without so much as a queen - so I have to think my ace is good. He thinks I'm repping the trips, which is fine, but actually I'm just betting the best hand.

By the way I think the guys at this table have figured out not to run too many little bluffs on me. I've made too many raises back at them in these situations, never showing cards... that's got to put a little fear into them when they're thinking of repping a hand. Of course it also means my set of 4s just failed to get paid off by a legit top pair.