Playing Full Tilt FTOPS #6, $200 short handed. Made some great bluffs, got some great cards.. had great table image, allowed me to steal a ton. 2,555 entered, top 306 make the money.
I have $19K chips and am about 140th with just over 400+ left.
While in the SB, I have raised the BB 3 or 4 times out of 6-7 times, but had big hands everytime. AT, AK, AK, QQ. So I am sure he is getting annoyed. He has me covered and has $27K chips.

So... I get QQ in the SB and everyone folds around to me (blinds are 250/500) so I make it 1,800 (wanted to go a little bigger than 3x raise to maybe have him think I am stealing, and he will re-raise me with a worse hand)

He just calls.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2442987436: FTOPS Event #6 (17563285), Table 180 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:07:51 ET - 2025/05/17
Seat 1: Rip_AKo (4,610)
Seat 2: sb129397 (19,239)
Seat 3: Rossoblu (9,802)
Seat 4: Podiman (19,068)
Seat 5: TheStein (27,219)
Seat 6: optimistprime (3,346)
Rip_AKo antes 50
sb129397 antes 50
Rossoblu antes 50
Podiman antes 50
TheStein antes 50
optimistprime antes 50
Podiman posts the small blind of 250
TheStein posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Podiman [Qd Qc]
optimistprime folds
Rip_AKo folds
sb129397 folds
Rossoblu folds
Podiman raises to 1,800
TheStein calls 1,300

At this point, I know I have the best hand, but praying no A or K on the flop. As long as there is no A or K, I am pushing. So the flop comes...


*** FLOP *** [Tc 5h Qh]

FLOPPED TOP SET!!!! I decide to wait about 10 seconds and check. I know there are 2 hearts but, he is pretty agressive and I think he will fire and I can check-raise him and get some extra $$$.

Podiman checks
TheStein bets 2,200
Podiman raises to 5,200
TheStein has 15 seconds left to act

Worked exactly as I planned it. But then he takes a long time to decide what to do... What could he have? Does he think I am on a total bluff and can steal?



TheStein raises to 25,369, and is all in
Podiman calls 12,018, and is all in
TheStein shows [5c 5s]
Podiman shows [Qd Qc]
Uncalled bet of 8,151 returned to TheStein

Can it get any better than this??? Set over Set! This will take me to $38K and up to about 25th place.



*** TURN *** [Tc 5h Qh] [Ah]

Yeah, bring it!




*** RIVER *** [Tc 5h Qh Ah] [5d]
TheStein shows four of a kind, Fives
Podiman shows a full house, Queens full of Fives
TheStein wins the pot (38,336) with four of a kind, Fives
Podiman: OMG
Podiman stands up

So sick... Was 4% to win on the flop and 2.2% on the turn to hit his one outer.
I hate online poker. And you thought I was emailing you a good hand huh?

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 38,336 | Rake 0
Board: [Tc 5h Qh Ah 5d]
Seat 1: Rip_AKo folded before the Flop
Seat 2: sb129397 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Rossoblu (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Podiman (small blind) showed [Qd Qc] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Fives
Seat 5: TheStein (big blind) showed [5c 5s] and won (38,336) with four of a kind, Fives
Seat 6: optimistprime folded before the flop

I'm going to jump out the window now. See ya later!

We had a sick hand last night. Couple limpers.. flop comes 972, 1st player
to act bets $30 (1/2 the pot), 3 folds then the BB raises to $90, the orig
raiser goes all in for about $225, and the other calls.
1st player shows 97 for top two, BB shows A9, for TPTK.

Turn... A! The table goes nuts, as someone had said they mucked an Ace and
he only had 2 outs.

River... 7!!! The place goes nuts as the it goes suck, re-suck!

So was playing the $3/$6 on PS the other day when this doozy came up. The MP2 player was Loose-Agressive, playing too many pots, and betting hard on everything. if people missed, they would fold and not play back at him. He had gone to the river a few times and shown some marginal hands.

We are 7 handed and he raises to $18, standard 3x raise, the Button calls, and I have QQ in the SB. Raise? Call? I decided to raise to $50 as MP2 could have anything including AJ - Ax, and since the Button just called, I figured he would fold to a raise and had just called with a marginal hand to see the flop.

Let me just say now, I screwed this hand up good and got lucky. Don't think I don't know it!

MP2 raises me to $150, the button folds (as expected) and I go all in and he called...


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB ($300)
UTG ($322.20)
MP1 ($330.95)
MP2 ($375.90)
CO ($184.40)
Button ($934.85)
Hero ($783.90)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, Q.
2 folds, MP2 raises to $18, 1 fold, Button calls $18, Hero raises to $60, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $150, Button folds, Hero raises to $783.9, MP2 calls $225.90 (All-In).

At this point I feel like i screwed up, as he may be LA, but he wouldn't call my all-in without a monster. And I am right, he has AA. But... the poker gods decided to shine on me...


Flop: ($1183.80) 8, Q, 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Flopped top set! Here's the sick part... Had I just called the $18, the button would have seen the flop too, and he said after he laid down KK. If I just call, MP2 is first to act and would most likely bet the pot $54. the Button with his KK would def. re-raise, to??? $150? that would make sense, cause a min-raise of $100 is to cheap. At which point I could have re-re-raised (or just called, hard to say right now what I would have done then), but point being that I lost money on this hand (Button's re-raise), by betting him off the hand.

Turn: ($1183.80) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($1183.80) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

And just to kick a man when he is down, QUADS just for shits and giggles.

Final Pot: $1183.80

Results:
MP2 has Ac Ad (two pair, aces and queens).
Hero has Qc Qs (four of a kind, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $1183.80.