I gotta tell you guys about a really crazy scenario that I was involved in a couple of nights ago. After a long day at work I decided to get the weekend start right by playing a little poker. I logged into Pokerstars and jumped into the 90 player Sit n Go. after about thirty minutes I am getting short at around $1200 chips and then proceed to pick up a few hands and build my stack to around $5700.

My table is playing awfully weak and I was picking up pots with absolutely nothing and eventually built my stack to $7000. This is when things got crazy.

The blinds are $150 / $75 and I pick up [J][J] in the Big Blind. There is a big raise of $450 from middle position. Everyone else has folded and the action is on me now. Of course having Pocket Jacks in this position it is best for me to simply call and that is precisely the poker strategy I would employ in the hand pre-flop.

The flop comes down [Ts][Ks][Js]

Of course I check knowing that my opponent at the least has [A][K] and could have a big pocket pair. He obliges my intuition and makes a bet of $400. In most scenarios this is more of a peek-a-boo kinda bet meant to cause your opponent to overreact and possibly push his chips in with the worst hand or chasing a flush draw. My opponent has $5000 in chips and I do not want him to fold by any means. It is possible he could have [A][Q] but not likely as he would have pushed his chips in the middle. It is also possible he has a set but unlikely because it would have evoked the same action and his chips would be in the middle.

Ultimately, I put him on Ace King as I had originally thought with the very small possibility of him having a flush draw. I know I am in good position in this hand and I even have redraws if he does have the flush. I feign “thinking it out” as I hit the Time Out button for his benefit only. After it beeps one time I push my chips in the middle. My opponent calls immediately and turns over Pocket Queens! (but does not have a spade)

Are you kidding me?!!!!

Not only am I not happy I am puzzled that he even called my push. Yes, I am ahead in the hand but my friend is still 32% to hit his hand and isn’t quite in tears just yet. The turn brings a blank and the river is no help either. This is when things got stupid. For the next 30 minutes I get railed for being a donkey. While the table found his rants to be amusing I was even more amused when he said, “I was a 4 to 1 favorite!!!” The guy hurls profanities at me non-stop. I have to admit that some of them were actually rather amusing but its always better to be quiet and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and prove it beyond all doubt.

I almost fell to the floor laughing at my new friends lack of understanding of how the percentages work. Clearly his thinking would only apply pre-flop with all the money in the middle and no cards having been dealt. He simply could not comprehend that after the flop he was a 3 to 1 dog against my set. After I pushed my chips in he never thought anything through. Never gave me credit for possibly having a flush or having hit a set. Over and over again he kept saying how he was a favorite. Math is a wonderful thing to learn and understand but in the mind of a donkey it can be very dangerous.

Heeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!