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throwemaway
I laughed and didn't feel a twinge of remorse for this one

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP ($28.85)
CO ($97.65)
Hero ($37.75)
SB ($65.30)
BB ($16.85)
UTG ($32.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T, 7.
3 folds, Hero raises to $2, SB raises to $3.5, BB calls $3, Hero calls $1.50.

Flop: ($10.50) 8, 9, J (3 players)
SB bets $5, BB raises to $13.35, Hero raises to $11.65, SB calls $20.

Turn: ($60.50) 3 (3 players)
SB bets $10, Hero calls $9.25 (All-In).

River: ($79.75) 8 (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $79.75



Joshua326: shows [Qs Qd] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
throwemaway: shows [Th 7h] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
xbof (big blind) mucked [Ad Jd]
BeaverStyle
Nice raise w/ the DN on the button... he'd be proud.

And good work flopping second nuts. Always nice to bust the "min-raising-donkeys" when they misplay a big hand, and can't let go.

go you sir, go you.
joelav128
I think min raising preflop is one of the worst plays ever in NL
amarillotg
nh but what ugly turn and river cards. yuck
The Bwaves
QUOTE (amarillotg @ Saturday, May 20th, 2006, 2:22 PM) *
nh but what ugly turn and river cards. yuck


Yeah, spade, then board pair. Eh!
InertGrudge
I seriously laugh to myself with stuff like this happens. You raise with a suited connector in LP (say to $4) and then the SB makes it $7.50 total. I laugh, happily call, and completely crap on their AA when I flop two pair.

I've used the min. raise in medium/big pots on the turn/river more often lately. But something I will never do, nor ever advocate, is a min. raise preflop. It's horrible, awful, no-good, very bad poker.

GH.
Naismith
LOL. That happened to me in a 5/10 shorthanded game. I made it 30 preflop from the button with KsJs and the BB made it 50. He did that all night. This hand, the flop came KJJ, so I stuck it and he called off all his money with AA.

I will take any flop with any two cards in this situation and must admit, it's my favorite feeling to crack those aces.
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