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Old 07-25-04, 07:49 AM
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here\'s a recap of what happened to me on Sunday...I get to Foxwoods and decide to play in the big no-limit game (min. $200 buy-in, but most people usually have 500-1k), so I buy-in for a dime...after about 4-5 hours I was up to about $1,500 when THE HAND happened...i had been getting a good read on people, playing well w/out the cards and steadily increasing my stacks...i\'m two off from the button when the player under the gun raises to $25 and someone else raises to $50...I look down at J-J and raise to $150, the button thinks about it for a minute a decides to call and the other two fold...the button was an ok player but I was nervous when he just called b/c he had been re-raising everyone when he had a medium pair 6\'2-10\'s and shown it after he got people to lay down, so his call made me think A-A or K-K, worst A-K and was trying to trap me...flop comes down J-J-3...flopped quad Jacks..i wait for a minute and check, the button thinks for a few minutes and checks, turn brings an A - which is great for me since I had him on A-A and hope he makes his full house - I lead out and bet the pot - $300, he waits and re-raises all-in for about $1,600 - dream situation, couldn\'t shove my stacks in the middle quick enough as I call - now over $3,100 in the pot...he sees my jacks as does the rest of the table - everyone telling me how well I played that hand and trapped him, but to quote Lee Corso, Not so fast my friends! the dealer raps the table, burns a card and turns up....A!!!that\'s right, he caught running Aces to beat my quad Jacks...I