1/2 NL; $300 max buy in a crap shot

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Villian is what I thought was a decent player, and, I won't go into why his opening $15 bet 2nd to act after a fold was KK or AA, other than the fact that I had QJs (hearts) giving him only 3 ways to have QQ or JJ, but I had no doubt that it had to be one of those two hands.

3 players called, so I called in the BB and the Flop came:

Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

I check and Villian bets $50, making the Pot $107 after the Rake. The other two players fold and I call.
$157 in the pot.

Turn: 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I check and Villian bets $90, making the pot $247.00

I have $185 left to raise with after the call. So Villian would be calling $185 to win $522.00, giving him Pot Odds of 2.82:1.

I tell Villian that I have QJ, that I believe he has AA/KK, and that if I was to go all in, he would be getting < 3:1 on his money, that he only has 8 outs, making him 4.5:1 Dog. I then ask the Dealer if I can show and she doesn't know.

I announce that I am going all in and that I'll show my hand if he asks to see it. He says he doesn't need to see it and calls.

The River brings an Ace and he turns over AA.

The only reason I was playing NL was because I was at a casino that had a $286K Bad Beat Jackpot going and they only have about a dozen tables going. I usually play 10/20 limit.

I should have just played in one of the 2/4 or 3/6 limit games, but doubt I could have stayed awake.

I'll take my chances at staying awake next time.