Threeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Thursday I ran into the most heinous variance I've been hit with in a long time. It's been ages since I've been one outed three times in a session, and the fun didn't come close to stopping there.

On Friday I started the day behind a quick $600 in AIEV, but as the grind wound on I managed to get myself over $1k table winnings. It was near that point that I was dealt into another milestone hand (my fourth, or maybe fifth all time - I can never remember). Unfortunately for me my Ax hand was very much dominated in the four way all-in, but I binked the river two outer to ship the pot plus double my prize to $520. In total with the $338.30 pot after rake, the river bink was worth $598.30 to me, not bad given the hand was dealt at 100NL at a table which had just started a few hands ago and thus suffered from a low VPP count over the last 50 hands. All in all it ending up being an extremely profitable day, which was quite refreshing after Thursday.

Here's the HH:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (4 handed)
UTG ($40.30)
Button ($100)
Hero (SB) ($104.70)
BB ($100)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A♥, 3♦
UTG bets $3, Button raises to $100 (All-In), Hero raises to $104.70 (All-In), BB calls $99 (All-In), UTG calls $37.30 (All-In)

Flop: ($340.30) 8♦, 2♣, 3♣ (4 players, 4 all-in)

Turn: ($340.30) 7♥ (4 players, 4 all-in)

River: ($340.30) 3♥ (4 players, 4 all-in)

Total pot: $340.30 | Rake: $2

Results:
Button had 4♣, 10♠ (one pair, threes).
Hero had A♥, 3♦ (three of a kind, threes).
BB had 8♣, A♦ (two pair, eights and threes).
UTG had Q♣, A♠ (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero won $338.30