Official JUNE uNL **'`MICROBREW THREAD`'** LC/NC this way...

[Pokey]

<font color="blue">In the spirit of this hand, I present another hand for your amusement.</font>

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.40/$0.80 Blinds - 3 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

SB: $219.95
BB: $211.40
<font color="black">Pokey (BTN): $168.70</font>

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> Pokey is dealt Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 Players)
<font color="red">Pokey raises to $2.80</font>, <font color="red">SB raises to $9.20</font>, BB folds, Pokey calls $6.40

<font color="blue">Three-way action and SB has been getting WAY out of line. I give him some rope in the hopes that he'll hang himself postflop.</font>

<font color="black">Flop:</font> ($19.20) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">SB bets $16.00</font>, <font color="red">Pokey raises to $40.00</font>, <font color="red">SB raises to $92.00</font>, <font color="red">Pokey raises all-in to $159.50</font>, SB calls $67.50

<font color="blue">I miss the flop, but he probably did too, and I'm still confident that I'm ahead of his range. I reraise big...and he comes back at me. Big. Ugh. With $150 in the pot already I feel that any folding equity a push could muster would be solid gold, and I also feel that my six outs are likely clean, meaning that I'm about 3-to-1 to win if I hit while the pot is offering me 1.4-to-1. He has to fold quite a bit for this to be a good play, and he won't. So why bother pushing?</font>

SB shows A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
Pokey shows Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

<font color="blue">Because sometimes he calls with a worse hand. For those of you interested in learning about an advanced topic, read Nate tha' Great's post about value bluffing.</font>

<font color="black">Turn:</font> ($338.20) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)

<font color="blue">Insult....</font>

<font color="black">River:</font> ($338.20) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)

<font color="blue">...to injury.</font>

Pot Size: $338.20 ($1 Rake)

SB had A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (three of a kind, Threes) and LOST (-$168.70)
Pokey had Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (a full house, Threes full of Queens) and WON (+$168.50)

<font color="blue">IMPORTANT NOTE: before you go trying to pull this move all the time, realize that (a) villain was quite a maniac and (b) the table was three-handed, where hand values change fairly dramatically.</font>