Hand Of The Day #50

$2/$5 NLHE - Motor City Casino - 08.15.10

I limp in Mid with Qh Td. The Hyjack (30's guy) raises to $20. Five players see a Flop of Jc 9c 2s. It checks around to the Hyjack, who bets $60. The Button (a 50's guy) calls. It folds around to me. I'm not a big fan of chasing Straight draws on a Flush draw board, because it seems that my Straight card usually also makes the Flush. But I am getting decent odds ($60 to win $220). And with two other players in the pot, there's a better chance that one of them will pay me off if I do hit. So I call.

Turn [Jc 9c 2s] 8s. Yahtzee! I check. Hyjack bets $125, which is about half his stack. Button hesitates for a moment, and calls the $125 which is more than half his stack. With both of them seemingly pot-committed, I check-raise them All-In, and they both call. The Button has $205 total for the Main pot. Hyjack has $50 left for the Side pot. I show my Nut Straight. Button shows his KK in disgust. Hyjack just says, "I've got outs."

River [Jc 9c 2s 8s] 2d. Yuck, that could be one of his outs. But it wasn't, as he just shakes his head and mucks. The Dealer ships me the $990 pot, and I tip him $5.

The Button was on Tilt for at least 30 minutes about how he screwed up KK on the Button, and let QT offsuit win the pot. He was correct, but I didn't tell him that.