Big hand from today.

[dsaxton]

PokerStars Game #1719934211: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/05/18 - 02:52:49 (ET)
Table 'Gemma III' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: highrolla50 ($148.65 in chips)
Seat 2: melikman ($42.70 in chips)
Seat 3: No1ButU ($86.50 in chips)
Seat 4: dsaxton ($120.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Akira_now ($52.50 in chips)
Seat 6: fantoci ($136.45 in chips)
Seat 7: attooche ($41.25 in chips)
Seat 8: boust ($94 in chips)
Seat 9: snookums69 ($30 in chips)
snookums69: posts small blind $0.50
highrolla50: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dsaxton [6d 6h]
melikman: folds
No1ButU: folds
dsaxton: calls $1
Akira_now: calls $1
fantoci: calls $1
attooche: folds
boust: raises $4 to $5
snookums69: folds
highrolla50: folds
dsaxton: calls $4
Akira_now: calls $4
fantoci: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [2d 5h 6s]
dsaxton: bets $8
Akira_now: calls $8
fantoci: folds
boust: raises $16 to $24
dsaxton: calls $16
Akira_now: calls $16
*** TURN *** [2d 5h 6s] [8c]
dsaxton: checks
Akira_now: bets $23.50 and is all-in
boust: calls $23.50
dsaxton: raises $23.50 to $47
boust: calls $23.50
*** RIVER *** [2d 5h 6s 8c] [Ks]
dsaxton: bets $44.25 and is all-in
boust: calls $18 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dsaxton: shows [6d 6h] (three of a kind, Sixes)
boust: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
dsaxton collected $83 from side pot
boust leaves the table
Akira_now: mucks hand
dsaxton collected $161 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $247 Main pot $161. Side pot $83. | Rake $3
Board [2d 5h 6s 8c Ks]
Seat 1: highrolla50 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: melikman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: No1ButU folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: dsaxton showed [6d 6h] and won ($244) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 5: Akira_now mucked [7d 8d]
Seat 6: fantoci folded on the Flop
Seat 7: attooche folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: boust (button) showed [Qc Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 9: snookums69 (small blind) folded before Flop

[dalecooper]

Gorgeous. Well-played too:

- you called a moderate raise pre-flop, which is perfect if you flop a set
- you bet the set right out, repping it as top pair or a middle overpair & getting more money in the pot as a result - a check-raise might have driven someone out earlier
- you weren't over-aggressive so you got overcalls from a third player with a mediocre hand

Very nice hand, very nice pot.