Do You Make This Call?

It's time for another post showing how I played a hand horribly! The truth is, very rarely am I going to showdown with TP no kicker but on this hand, something didn't make sense to me and I felt that I had the best hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6969913152: Table Hauck - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:58:05 ET - 2008/06/25
Seat 1: bradwcryeye ($14.50)
Seat 2: becks911 ($192.45)
Seat 3: 080888000 ($100)
Seat 4: KonstantienOpel ($98.50)
Seat 5: ccsantagado ($30.40)
Seat 6: mclarich ($98.10)
Seat 7: Atari151 ($70.95)
Seat 8: mazzler ($104.40)
Seat 9: sinsincity ($64.95)
sinsincity posts the small blind of $0.50
bradwcryeye posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mclarich [Kh Th]
becks911 folds
080888000 folds
KonstantienOpel folds
ccsantagado folds
mclarich raises to $3.50
Atari151 folds
mazzler folds
sinsincity calls $3
bradwcryeye folds

I know KT is not the strongest hand, but it had been a pretty weak table, and I felt that if I didn't win the blinds outright, I'd be in position; if the CO or button were either 3betting or folding. I get a caller in the SB. I had no information on the SB but I figured the smooth call discounted most of the top hands.

*** FLOP *** [Ks Jc 4s]
sinsincity checks
mclarich bets $5
sinsincity raises to $15
mclarich calls $10

Just calling the reraise is probably a mistake - in most cases, I'm either way behind or my K is good, but here's why I called. The PF calls makes AA, KK or AK very unlikely. I'm behind KQ but I don't really see KQ check-raising this flop. If I'm beat, it's either KJ, JJ, or 44. I could also be up against some kind of draw. I call to see how the turn plays out, but I can also understand the argument for folding here.

*** TURN *** [Ks Jc 4s] [Jh]
sinsincity bets $18
mclarich calls $18

The J on the turn is kind of a good card for me since it makes JJ less likely. I'm beginning to think I'm up against a draw. 44 is still a possibility, and KJ is as well.

*** RIVER *** [Ks Jc 4s Jh] [Tc]
sinsincity bets $28.45, and is all in
mclarich has 15 seconds left to act
mclarich calls $28.45

Basically a crying call. If I'm beat, then I'm the donk who calls down with TPNK, but I'm getting 3.5:1 odds. I've come this far, don't see how I can fold for $28 more.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
sinsincity shows [6d Ad] a pair of Jacks
mclarich shows [Kh Th] two pair, Kings and Jacks
mclarich wins the pot ($127.90) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
sinsincity is sitting out

Of course, I can also beat a complete bluff. Most of the time I know I'm beat and I'm laying this hand down on the flop. I also should mention that the villain was betting really quickly, which made me think it was more of a semi-bluff. If any straight or spade comes on the turn or river, I probably fold. If the villain has a bigger stack, I probably fold to a bigger bet.

Anyways, this definitely did not sit well with sinsincity, and made for some fun remarks afterwards:

sinsincity: oh my gosh
sinsincity: unreal read...cant imagine what you possibly put me on there...
sinsincity: K10 preflop/postflop/turn/river nuts....HAHAHAHA
sinsincity: enjoy each other's company

It even spilled over to the other table I was on:

Full Tilt Poker Game #6969969753: Table Dronberger - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:02:53 ET - 2008/06/25
Seat 1: siouxtllmn ($28.35)
Seat 2: Dryburg ($107.75)
Seat 3: briancheng ($104)
Seat 4: dfense072 ($99.50)
Seat 5: Goso ($39.90)
Seat 6: KJACK10 ($100.90)
Seat 7: xxNINO BROWNxx ($93.60)
Seat 8: 080888000 ($123.80)
Seat 9: mclarich ($100)
080888000 posts the small blind of $0.50
mclarich posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mclarich [9d Qc]
siouxtllmn raises to $2
Dryburg folds
briancheng has 15 seconds left to act
briancheng folds
dfense072 folds
Goso folds
KJACK10 folds
xxNINO BROWNxx raises to $7.50
080888000 folds
mclarich folds
siouxtllmn calls $5.50
*** FLOP *** [Td 5s 7d]
siouxtllmn checks
xxNINO BROWNxx bets $86.10, and is all in
siouxtllmn calls $20.85, and is all in
xxNINO BROWNxx shows [Qh Ah]
siouxtllmn shows [Ts Tc]
Uncalled bet of $65.25 returned to xxNINO BROWNxx
*** TURN *** [Td 5s 7d] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Td 5s 7d 3s] [5d]
xxNINO BROWNxx shows a pair of Fives
siouxtllmn shows a full house, Tens full of Fives
siouxtllmn wins the pot ($55.30) with a full house, Tens full of Fives
sinsincity (Observer): mclarich is uber rock...only willing to play K10 all the way until the end for his stack...

Full Tilt Poker Game #6969979037: Table Dronberger - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:03:40 ET - 2008/06/25
Seat 1: siouxtllmn ($55.30)
Seat 2: Dryburg ($107.75)
Seat 3: briancheng ($104)
Seat 4: dfense072 ($99.50)
Seat 5: Goso ($39.90)
Seat 6: KJACK10 ($100.90)
Seat 7: xxNINO BROWNxx ($65.25)
Seat 8: 080888000 ($123.30)
Seat 9: mclarich ($99)
mclarich posts the small blind of $0.50
siouxtllmn posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mclarich [6h Jh]
Dryburg folds
briancheng folds
sinsincity (Observer): lol
dfense072 folds
Goso folds
KJACK10 folds
xxNINO BROWNxx calls $1
080888000 folds
sinsincity (Observer): donk puke is a call station
sinsincity (Observer): just a little fyi for the game
mclarich folds
siouxtllmn checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad Ks 6d]
siouxtllmn checks
xxNINO BROWNxx checks
*** TURN *** [Ad Ks 6d] [4s]
siouxtllmn checks
xxNINO BROWNxx checks
*** RIVER *** [Ad Ks 6d 4s] [7h]
siouxtllmn has 15 seconds left to act
sinsincity (Observer): bet, call down reraise/and another 2 bullets with top pair 10 kicker...lol
siouxtllmn checks
xxNINO BROWNxx bets $2.50
siouxtllmn folds
Uncalled bet of $2.50 returned to xxNINO BROWNxx
xxNINO BROWNxx mucks
xxNINO BROWNxx wins the pot ($2.40)

Full Tilt Poker Game #6969990209: Table Dronberger - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:04:37 ET - 2008/06/25
Seat 1: siouxtllmn ($54.30)
Seat 2: Dryburg ($107.75)
Seat 3: briancheng ($104)
Seat 4: dfense072 ($99.50)
Seat 5: Goso ($39.90)
Seat 6: KJACK10 ($100.90)
Seat 7: xxNINO BROWNxx ($66.65)
Seat 8: 080888000 ($123.30)
Seat 9: mclarich ($98.50)
siouxtllmn posts the small blind of $0.50
Dryburg posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mclarich [6h Th]
mclarich: but you're not bitter that I picked off your bluff, right?
briancheng folds
dfense072 folds
Goso folds
KJACK10 folds
xxNINO BROWNxx calls $1
080888000 calls $1
mclarich folds
mclarich: or do you always follow around the person who just felted you
siouxtllmn calls $0.50
Dryburg checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 9c 3d]
siouxtllmn checks
Dryburg checks
xxNINO BROWNxx bets $4
080888000 folds
siouxtllmn folds
Dryburg folds
Uncalled bet of $4 returned to xxNINO BROWNxx
xxNINO BROWNxx mucks
xxNINO BROWNxx wins the pot ($3.80)

Despite what my recently posted hand histories may show, I'm feeling a bit better about my cash game play lately. I'm still learning how to fold overpairs to the board; I've had a couple of unnecessary feltings with JJ vs AA. Hopefully I'll get some hand histories up of hands I'm a bit more proud of.