A great moment at the poker tables....

So, I noticed this player, "apaciorek" at the table and identified him as the "weak link" from whom I would be earning my money....I knew I'd have his number.

Then this hand hits:

***** Hand History for Game 3662128617 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, March 03, 20:59:42 ET 2006
Table Bobble (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: mrsuprstr30 ( $41.26 )
Seat 3: stunicity ( $29.84 )
Seat 4: efnte ( $32.73 )
Seat 5: vet1219 ( $36.70 )
Seat 6: apaciorek ( $38.22 )
Seat 2: attractivetb ( $50.40 )
stunicity posts small blind [$0.25].
efnte posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to attractivetb [ 5d 7d ]
vet1219 folds.
apaciorek calls [$0.50].
mrsuprstr30 folds.
attractivetb raises [$2].
stunicity folds.
efnte folds.
apaciorek calls [$1.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, Qd, 6s ]
apaciorek checks.
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
attractivetb bets [$3].
apaciorek calls [$3].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
apaciorek checks.
attractivetb bets [$7].
apaciorek raises [$14].
attractivetb calls [$7].
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
apaciorek is all-In [$19.22]
attractivetb folds.
apaciorek shows [ Ks, 4h ] high card king.
apaciorek wins $56.07 from the main pot with high card king.



I made a pretty big bluff on the turn, and should have folded when he came over the top...I didn't give him credit for a hand, but it was an awful call on my part. He also made an awful call on the preflop raise, and the flop bet - I also had only been playing and showing down premium hands, so if he was paying attention (he mustn't have been), he should have laid down K4o.

I was enraged when he showed me the bluff. (He was a bad player, making consistently bad plays, so the fact that he outplayed me ticked me off.) He definitely had me tilting.

So the next hand, I talked some smack (very uncharacteristic for me):




***** Hand History for Game 3662136691 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, March 03, 21:00:48 ET 2006
Table Bobble (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: mrsuprstr30 ( $41.26 )
Seat 3: stunicity ( $29.59 )
Seat 4: efnte ( $32.23 )
Seat 6: apaciorek ( $56.07 )
Seat 2: attractivetb ( $31.40 )
efnte posts small blind [$0.25].
apaciorek posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to attractivetb [ 9c 4d ]
mrsuprstr30: lololololol
mrsuprstr30 raises [$1].
attractivetb folds.
stunicity folds.
efnte calls [$0.75].
apaciorek calls [$0.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, 4c, 6d ]
efnte checks.
apaciorek checks.
mrsuprstr30 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
efnte checks.
apaciorek checks.
attractivetb: I will have all of your money in 30 minutes
mrsuprstr30 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Ad ]
efnte bets [$0.50].
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
apaciorek calls [$0.50].
mrsuprstr30 folds.
efnte shows [ 7d, 7h ] two pairs, sevens and sixes.
apaciorek doesn't show [ Kc, 8c ] a pair of sixes.
efnte wins $3.80 from the main pot with two pairs,


So 5 hands / 5 minutes later, I wake up with queens:



***** Hand History for Game 3662161751 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, March 03, 21:04:05 ET 2006
Table Bobble (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: mrsuprstr30 ( $32.01 )
Seat 3: stunicity ( $35.24 )
Seat 4: efnte ( $30.28 )
Seat 6: apaciorek ( $53.32 )
Seat 2: attractivetb ( $56.95 )
Seat 5: Bozaghian ( $50 )
stunicity posts small blind [$0.25].
efnte posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to attractivetb [ Qh Qd ]
apaciorek calls [$0.50].
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
mrsuprstr30 calls [$0.50].
attractivetb raises [$2].
stunicity calls [$1.75].
efnte folds.
apaciorek calls [$1.50].
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
mrsuprstr30 calls [$1.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, 3h, 6d ]
stunicity checks.
apaciorek checks.
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
mrsuprstr30 checks.
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
attractivetb bets [$8].
>You have options at Antara (No DP) Table!.
stunicity folds.
apaciorek calls [$8].
mrsuprstr30 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
apaciorek checks.
attractivetb bets [$20].
apaciorek calls [$20].
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
apaciorek is all-In [$23.32]
attractivetb calls [$23.32].
apaciorek shows [ 9h, Kh ] a pair of nines.
attractivetb shows [ Qh, Qd ] a pair of queens.
attractivetb wins $109.14 from the main pot with a pair of queens.


It feels so good when your ominous predictions come true!