Am I being rigged by Full Tilt Poker or is this normal variance?

[yoshi123]

Yes, I guess you could say I was being risky drawing to what might not be the nuts.

The board was

5s 4c 3s

Villain bets $10. That isn't going to put me off at the 5/10. If he had trips already (e.g.444 or 333 or 555) he would probably want to bet more to stop someone drawing to a straight. If he had a full boat already (which he didn't), he'd just slow play and trap. Weird. I call.

Turn : 5

Villain has now made trips.

Villain checks. At this point we know the villain has made trip 5s. In this position, I would ALWAYS bet. I would not want to give a free card to straight. But the villain does exactly this - he gives me a free card to a straight.

I check (of course, I need a free card to make my straight)

River : 6

I make the straight, 7 high. I don't just have the straight, I have the higher-ish end of the straight. If he holds A2, trips, two pair or overpair he's a dead duck.

Let's also look at the player I'm up against - he's a donkey making incorrect pot sized bets. Donkeys enevitably go too far with hands that start good and get worse. They are always calling with trips and a flush on the board etc.

Villain bets $100. I don't believe he has the nuts and move him in for his remaining $175.

Villain calls and flips 56 to show full house - 55566.

The reason I say rigged, is because the 6 gave me the straight but it gave him a full boat. That's two ideal hands for major fireworks.

If I was up against a tough player, who would obviously bet correctly, I'd probably apply the brakes when the 5 hit the board and check out. But because I was up against a donkey, I kept going. Maybe this was my mistake...trying to outdraw a donk!