Sunday, January 8, 2012

Accidental Extra Orbit = $$$$

As I was getting ready to shut down the last table of my Saturday afternoon session, I commented to my girlfriend that I wished I could take that table with me. As you might expect, the reason was that I had the jesus-seat on a whale running around 95/30/20 at 600NL.

I had "sit out next BB checked", but like an idiot checked "sit out next hand" just as my BB was being dealt. Of course the latter didn't register in time (but the automatic uncheck of the first action caused by the second action did, which should be impossible - obvious flaw in the software). At any rate, that meant for maximum efficiency I was honor bound to stay for another orbit. The third hand of said orbit, the whale blew his $900 stack down to ~$300. Then this happened for me:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6.00 BB (8 handed)
UTG ($286)
Hero (UTG+1) ($759)
MP1 ($601.05)
MP2 ($231)
CO ($1296)
Button ($600)
SB ($600)
BB ($609)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A♣, A♦
UTG calls $6, Hero bets $30, 3 folds, Button calls $30, 1 fold, BB raises to $120, UTG calls $114, Hero raises to $759 (All-In), 1 fold, BB calls $489 (All-In), UTG calls $166 (All-In)

Flop: ($1537) A♥, 3♦, 9♣ (3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: ($1537) 10♠ (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($1537) 3♥ (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $1537 | Rake: $3

Results:
BB had K♣, K♥ (two pair, Kings and threes).
UTG had A♠, 7♥ (two pair, Aces and threes).
Hero had A♣, A♦ (full house, Aces over threes).
Outcome: Hero won $1534

A completely standard and uninteresting hand, but I was thrilled that my misclick induced orbit ended up being worthwhile, especially given the way I'm running this year it is an absolute miracle the board didn't run out 777Kx. I believe this was actually my third largest pot won ever - certainly the third most I've ever won in a single pot.

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