Sometimes the donks lose
A short story by your friendly neighborhood degen
200nl ignition full ring texas holdem.
Hero $300 stack middle position with KJ suited of hearts
Villain $400 utg limps.
Hero standard raise to 4x big blind.
BB calls. villain calls.
Flop Ace diamonds, 8 hearts, 9 hearts.
Action checks to hero. hero Cbets 2/3 pot.
BB folds. villain calls
Turn action card 7 of hearts. This gives the hero second nut flush with a one outer to a straight flush.
Hero value bets about $35 into a $55 pot.
Villain min check raises. action back to hero.
Hero tanks awhile. What could the villain have? Does he have the nut flush? He would have raised if he flopped top pair, nut flush draw right? What about a straight, or two pair? The small bet could be to find out where he is at. Does he have one pair with the nut flush draw? Should the hero raise to protect against flush or full house draws? Or call to keep weaker hands from folding out?
Hero flats. $190 in pot.
River 6 of diamonds.
Villain value bets large. Hero gets rest of the money in. pot $580.
Villain show Q6 of hearts.
Hero scoops a massive pot almost three times the starting stack showing that it pays to play big cards correctly. And that it is costly to play junk cards from early position at that?