I sit down at a new 1|2 table and immediately notice a player with a very large stack, around $1500, and suspect something is up. Within a few minutes I can tell the player is pretty loose/spewy, but I haven't seen anything particularly out of line, yet. He seems to very often bet when checked to, but everyone has folded so far. Then a limped pot gets checked to the river and the board reads JJxx, K on the river. A tight player bets, the big stack raises, tight player 3-bets, big stack 4-bet jams and tight player snaps, KJ > K3o. Okay, so now we know he's a whale and has run hot to build a large stack.
Not a long time after I pick up 55 in the BB. Whale straddles BU, I and two others limp, he raises to $30 and all call, one all-in for less. Flop T54dd, I check, the third player bets all-in $91, whale calls, I raise to $250, whale calls. Turn is the case 5. I check because whales gonna whale, and he jams having my $446 covered. Whale has freaking pocket sixes and I win.
The whale still has several hundred dollars left and is completely unfazed by this hand. Guess how the story ends?