[sleepyjoeyt]

Here's a hand from Friday that ended up being a huge pot.

I'm in the SB with K 7 offsuit. 6 players limp to me, I throw in $10 and the big blind checks. 8 of us to the flop.

The flop is K 8 4 (two hearts). My immediate thinking is that if the flop contained another high card with the K I would probably check as there would be all kinds of possible hands out there (like if it was K J 4 I would have to worry about ALL the high cards that could make a straight where people would have odds to peel) but with the K 8 4 I decide to put in $20 and see what happens.

1 person calls (we'll call him passive), the villain in this hand (lets call him Tattoo from Fantasy Island) calls, the next guy (lets call him Rob R) raises to $40. Rob R is real aggressive and plays the player more than anyone else I know. I don't say this as a compliment as I have seen him do some strange things and I don't have any real read on where either he or Tattoo is. I call the additional $20 and decide I'll re-evaluate on the turn. Passive calls the additional $20.

Tattoo now raises to $60. Rob R calls,I call, as does Passive. 4 of us to the turn.

River is a 7 (not a heart). 2 checks to Tattoo, who leads out, Rob R raises to $80 and its my action. Both of these players are capable of putting in a lot of money with less of a hand than most and try to take down pots through betting rather than having the winning hand. The other player in the hand (Passive) is unknown to me and still to act behind me. I don't think I'm ahead but there is already a decent pot going and I'm real confident that I'll win if a K or a 7 comes off on the end. There's a small chance that someone has a set of eights but i think it to be unlikely given the preflop action.

I call the $80, as does passive. Tattoo raises to $120. Rob R (who just made it $80) now folds for one additional bet (?). Again he probably had absolutely nothing and decided that he couldn't buy this pot.

I call, as does Passive.

River is another 7 (not a heart) giving me sevens full. Despite the size of the pot I decide to check (I'm confident Tattoo will bet). Passive checks, Tattoo bets, I think for about 2 seconds and raise to $80. Passive folds (later saying he had the nut flush draw) and Tattoo calls. I show sevens full and win the pot.

Tattoo had 5 6 (for the straight on the turn). So this means he had a gutshot on the flop when he made it $60.

Any and all comments appreciated.