Severest Slowroll Ever?

[Nate.]

Last night. Casino Arizona 40-80.

I post a $60 kill on the button. This hand is played at 60-120 stakes. Three loose players limp, a slightly tighter guy limps, a regular raises, a tightish guy 3-bets out of the blind, I fold (strange, getting used to a kill acting last,) everyone else calls.

6 to the flop for 3 bets. $1160. Flop Jh 6h 3c. The blind bets. Four calls.

$1460 in the pot as the turn pairs the jack. Someone not in the hand turns to the blind and says "wow, that card probably killed your hand." The blind says "I'm betting anyway" and bets. Three calls, and then the regular raises, leaving himself five $10 chips. Everyone calls.

$2660 in the pot going into the river, which is a non-board-pairing flush card. Everyone checks to the regular who stares at the board, looks at his cards, and seems to examine the empty felt where numerous stacks have been replaced by five lonely chips. A few seconds pass. He finally decides that even though he can't face a raise he can't even stick the last $50 in -- someone had to have a flush draw, right?

So he taps the table and turns over J9 and gives a head-flick like "OK, table your flush, whichever of you bastards has it." Everyone briefly looks at the blind, who is busy squinting at his obvious big pair. Then we all look at the three loose limpers, conveniently clustered in the 1-, 2-, and 3-seats. The 2 picks his cards up so the 1 and 3 can see them, but the 1 is too busy looking at the pile consisting of a kill button and 2.66 racks of brown chips to pay any attention.

Now the regular starts to get excited. Everyone with a live hand has had all the information necessary to claim the pot for several seconds now. He pushes his jack forward a little and seems to search for something to tip with. The 1-seat has by now slid his hand into the muck and the 2-seat has flung his away.

A pregnant pause later, the 3-seat holds his hand a foot in front of his face and then, in overhand flyswatter style, tables the 9h-7h.

The game, already profitable, was about to get even better.

--Nate