Good Morning Blondies,
I have been rightly criticised for too much detail in the past so I’ll be a little more concise this time. This is a hand I played last night and I would like to know what your decision would have been on the river and whether I should have done anything different.
£0.50/£1 cash game at DTD. 9 Seater, solid table, approx. 2.a.m.
I have been taking lots of small hits, am ultra card dead; it's just one of those grinding sessions where all we are doing is moving money around the table with nobody making any real progress.
I am in the BB, have 8,6 off suit. I check my option and five of us see the flop, which is
8,K,6
Nice. I am acting first and fire out a small bet of £2 - well, the pot is only £5 and I want customers, reasoning that I have the best hand right now. It is a rainbow board also.
I get two callers.
The turn is the 6 of diamonds giving me a full house. Happy days.
I bet out £5, again a little small but I am now even more confident that I have the best hand.
Worryingly, I get two callers once more.
The river is the Jack of diamonds - there are now three diamonds on the board.
I am now thinking that it might not be as clear cut as I thought but still fire out £10 into a pot of £26.
The next to act pushes all in for about £28. …interesting.
The last guy re-raises to £40. He has me covered.
Now, I look at the board again. Quad sixes are impossible, but of course it is a paired board and I don’t have the nut full house.
I go into the tank and think what £40 re-raise man could have been playing and reason that a flush is not impossible, although the rainbow flop makes it less likely.
The two hands that scare me are pocket

and K,6 but then I think, come on, how likely is it that I am up against both these exact hands?
I consider pushing all-in myself but then pull back and just flat call, but to be honest I’m not feeling good about it.
Anyway, there is a tangible sense of disbelief on the table as all-in guy turns over pocket

and the re-raise to £40 guy turns over K,6.
I shake my head and comment that I have never before been in a three way pot at showdown with a full house and had the third best hand..
My friend opposite shakes his head and says there was nothing I could do and that I did well to only flat call. Someone else says that if you had seen that on the internet you would have wondered whether it was rigged or not.
Do you lot agree, or could I have seen it coming (well, I half did, which is why I just flat called at the end)?
Thanks, Pyso.