It's Good To Be Deep (With Quads/Top Set)

I mentioned earlier that a fair chunk of the "regulars" playing 100NL FR ZOOM are simply not very good compared to those who frequent the regular games of said stakes. Even better, due to the nature of ZOOM it is common to frequently become deep stacked with these players as well as the full blown fish. HHs with pot sizes of 580bbs and 360bbs below illustrate what I mean. In the former hand the opener was something like 15/2 over a decent sample which is why I chose not to 3b preflop. I probably should have backraise 4b/folded against the original 3bettor, as he was somewhat fishy with a ~3% 3b over ~400 hands. It turned out flatting worked great, but I still think it is a mistake.

PokerStars Zoom No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)
Button ($116.16)
SB ($50)
BB ($224.41)
UTG ($261.02)
UTG+1 ($101.50)
MP1 ($96.21)
Hero (MP2) ($358.50)
MP3 ($412.73)
CO ($187.74)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K♣, K♥
UTG bets $2, 2 folds, Hero calls $2, MP3 raises to $10, 2 folds, SB calls $9.50, 1 fold, UTG calls $8, Hero calls $8

Flop: ($41) K♦, 9♦, 10♥ (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $34, 1 fold, SB raises to $40 (All-In), UTG raises to $251.02 (All-In), Hero calls $217.02

Turn: ($583.04) 8♦ (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($583.04) 3♥ (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $583.04 | Rake: $2.80

Results:
SB had 9♠, 9♣ (three of a kind, nines).
UTG had K♠, A♦ (one pair, Kings).
Hero had K♣, K♥ (three of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $580.24

PokerStars Zoom No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)
Button ($86.03)
SB ($310.17)
BB ($100)
UTG ($107.23)
UTG+1 ($33)
Hero (MP1) ($253.62)
MP2 ($178.87)
MP3 ($86.26)
CO ($115.90)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 6♥, 6♠
2 folds, Hero bets $3, MP2 calls $3, 4 folds, BB calls $2

Flop: ($9.50) 8♦, 6♣, Q♣ (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7.25, MP2 calls $7.25, 1 fold

Turn: ($24) 6♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $18, MP2 calls $18

River: ($60) Q♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $225.37 (All-In), MP2 calls $150.62 (All-In)

Total pot: $361.24 | Rake: $2.80

Results:
Hero had 6♥, 6♠ (four of a kind, sixes).
MP2 had J♦, Q♦ (full house, Queens over sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $358.44

... and as an addendum, a hand I played at ZOOM an hour after I posted the above. The villain is running 14/12/4 over a large sample and I have him tagged as one of the "special" ZOOM regs. I could get used to having +14 BI days at ZOOM.

PokerStars Zoom No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)
Button ($257.77)
SB ($124.66)
BB ($39.57)
Hero (UTG) ($213.99)
UTG+1 ($60.30)
MP1 ($277.25)
MP2 ($100)
MP3 ($103.80)
CO ($38.60)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 10♠, 10♣
Hero bets $3, 5 folds, Button raises to $8, 2 folds, Hero calls $5

Flop: ($17.50) 4♣, Q♥, 10♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $7, Hero raises to $22, Button calls $15

Turn: ($61.50) 7♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $60, Button calls $60

River: ($181.50) 9♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $123.99 (All-In), Button calls $123.99

Total pot: $429.48 | Rake: $2.80

Results:
Button had Q♣, A♥ (one pair, Queens).
Hero had 10♠, 10♣ (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: Hero won $426.68