Oaks 30-60. Middle aged woman who often wears Warriors attire, well known to posters and lurkers who play the Oaks, limps UTG. UTG+2 limps. I'm in lowjack with K
T
, I limp. Nitty Vietnamese pro (also well known and rather disliked by posters here) raises on the button. Blinds call, everyone else calls.
Flop: A
Q
J
Checked to NVP, who bets. Limper folds. Warriors Woman raises! I 3! NVP calls, blinds drop out, Warriors Woman calls.
Turn: A
Q
J
J
WW checks to me; I check; NVP checks behind.
River: A
Q
J
J
9
WW checks to me. I figure I've got just enough to value-bet, can fold to a raise with confidence, so I bet. NVP folds disgustedly.
WW sighs, says "Nice hand," and calls.
I say, "I hope so," and show my flopped straight.
WW sighs again, pushes her cards forwards without letting go, picks them up and looks at them one last time -- and then turns them up: A
J
for jacks full of aces. There was zero chance she was intentionally slowrolling; she genuinely thought she had lost, until she double-checked.