Hand Of The Day #53

Many of the Hands Of The Day involve me getting a little lucky by catching the right card, or having another players screw up and paying me off. For your reading pleasure today, I've decided to balance the scales a bit by giving you a hand that I royally screwed up, especially Preflop and on the River.


$1/$3 NLHE - The Rivers Casino - 08.29.10

UTG+1 raised to $10. He's in his 60's and a Super Nit. I'm the Hyjack with AJc. I haven't 3-Bet all day, so I decided to raise to $25. He was the only caller.

Flop: Kc 6d 3c. He checked. I bet $50 with my Nut Flush Draw. He called.

Turn:[Kc 6d 3c] 3h. He checked. This seems like a good time to take a free card, so I also check.

River: [Kc 6d 3c 3h] Jh. He leads out for $75. I think about it for a bit. I did hit one of my cards, so I make the crying call by tossing three Green chips towards the middle. He shows KK for Kings Full of Threes.

Of course he had KK. He's a Super Nit. What else would he have in this spot? Super Nits don't bet the River without the Nuts (or close to it). The only other hand that he might bet would be JJ, but he might have folded that on the Flop. I doubt he would even bet AA or QQ here. He would just Check & Call. And he would never bet a missed Draw.

Of course, all of the hands I've mentioned so far I couldn't beat. The specific hand that I can beat is QJ, but he would never have that hand in this spot. The only possible hand that I could beat would be TT. But I doubt he would have raised preflop with it, let alone call the Flop bet.

And then there's the Preflop action. Why would I ever 3-Bet a Super Nit with anything worse than QQ? Against a Super Nit, AJc is the same as A3c. It's fine to call, and try to hit something. But don't play it too aggressive, because you will only win a small pot or lose a bigger pot.

One of my poker phrases is, "Never pay off a Super Nit, because you will never get that money back." It too bad I didn't listen to my own advice.