A question for CA 5-150 players

[Jive Dadson]

How about this one? Last night. Bay 101. I had pocket tens. Flop comes Qxx rainbow. I had the lead, and I continuation-bet $40. Young, intellegent guy on my left goes all-in for $68 total, and it was folded around to me. I knew absolutely he had queens or better. No doubt. So I started figuring if I had the 10 point something to 1 odds I needed to call. Okay, 10 is a pretty easy number for us decimal types, but I couldn't think because EVERYONE at the table was loudly telling me to call, because it only cost $28 more. I told them to be quiet and let me think, but that only provoked more taunts. There wasn't anywhere near $280 in the pot, so I laid the hand down to a chorus of jeers. Afterwards, I appologized to my opponent for the others' behavior. One guy who looked to be in his fifties said, "You're right." Nothing from the others.

That wasn't the worst incident of the night. A man called me out of turn, and I'm pretty sure it cost me $120 I would have gotten from the guy in front of him, who was messing with his chips and fishing for a tell from his left hand opponent. The upside is the culprit called with a naked flush draw (he proudly showed the losing hand) without anything like the right odds. I had a set, BTW. Funny thing is, if he had hit a flush card that didn't pair the board, his calling out of turn would have cost HIM $120. But he was so excited to be drawing to the nuts that he almost soiled himself in anticipation.