[jason_t]

The responses to this thread were pretty much what I expected them to be. I'm quite frustrated by that.

The Button had 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and UTG's Q-high took the pot. I think both players played this hand pretty thoughtfully. Dean pretty much nailed what I think that UTG must have been thinking during the hand; I think he played the hand brilliantly. The only problem I have is that the Button, while clearly reading UTG's hand for what it was, spewed chips into what was a tiny pot and then put himself into a spot on the river where he was getting sufficient odds to try bluffing one more time. So on the turn the pot was 3.5 BB and including the 3 BB that UTG put into the pot on the turn he spent 4 BB trying to win those 6.5 BB. That's quite an expensive proposition, especially since UTG's check/raise says either "I slowplayed a monster" or "I know you're full of [censored]." Button should have given up to the turn check/raise but his line of thought on UTG's hand was certainly clairivoyant. He made the right read but acting on it just wasn't worth it. Button was trying too hard to win this pot. We shouldn't forget our goal is to win money, not pots. Sometimes that means just letting go in spots like this even if we're dead certain that our opponent has nothing too.