Hand 3 : Feb 11th

Not the most interesting hand, but it's amazing how easy the villans hand is to read.

Stack sizes:
MP: $406
UTG: $183
Hero BB: $437

Preflop: (6 players) Hero is BB with Ac Ks
Utg Calls $4, MP raises to $16, 3 fold, Hero raises to $52, UTG folds, MP calls.

The UTG player is terrible and I really don't expect him to come along with a raise/reraise behind his limp. The MP is a 23/10 that I don't have too much history with and this is a standard 3 bet for me vs 99% of these situations.

Flop: 9h 8h 2c ($110, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

This is a Terrible flop for me, I'm not getting any pairs to fold and probably shoved on by AK of hearts. So I elect to check/fold, but villian checks behind.

Turn: As ($110, 2 players)
Hero bets $72, MP raises to $144, Hero riases to $390 is all-in, MP calls $354 and is all-in.

This is what is so comically interesting about his hand range. A player like this is never checking behind a flopped set or a FD w/overs, AA would either 4 bet PF or bet the flop and any hand making 2 pair is not raising that early and calling a 3 bet. So that leaves us with only 1 of 3 hands he could have.........AK, AQ, or AJ (and almost certainly not 2 hearts). So this is an easy shove.

Hero shows Ac Ks, MP shows Ad Qc ($819 pot)
River: Qh

Ok so lets forget the results......... that lucky bastard asshole, see.......I've let it go. The real interesting thing to note on this hand is simply how easy some villians will make it to read their hand. With just a little simple thought we know we are WAY ahead and these are the hands that make poker easy.