This thread made me think of this hand. $4/180, middle stages, MP1 had been limping in, I had been playing pretty tight, don't specifically remember why I limped along except hoping to see a cheap flop. Once the BB went all in, figured I would call, getting 3-1.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed)
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SB (t7438)
BB (t3735)
UTG (t1095)
UTG+1 (t2820)
MP1 (t2285)
Hero (t3315)
CO (t1345)
Button (t400)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t100, Hero calls t100, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t300, Hero calls t300.
Flop: (t1350) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, Hero checks.
Turn: (t1350) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, Hero checks.
River: (t1350) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, MP1 calls t300.
Final Pot: t1950
MP1 has Jh 9h (full house, nines full of kings).
Hero has Kd Qh (full house, kings full of nines).
Button has Js Jd (two pair, kings and jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins t1950.
Apparently MP1 thought we would just check it down, we weren't that near the bubble. Just thought this was a prime example of why implicit colussion is for the birds except under the examples given above. Apparently the MP1 thought that IC was a great idea, which from my point of view on this flop, I was more than willing to do, but it came back to bite them. Also I realize this was very lucky/rare on my part to hit.
Not to hijack OP's thread, but this is my first post, been reading on here a lot. Everytime I seem to have a question or a scenario I want to discuss, seems someone beats me to it or find it somewhere on the site. What a great source of information this site is and just want to say thanks to all.