25/50 SHOE at Harrah's (25/50 Stud, 5/10 NLHE and PLO with a 1k max., and Stud 8) I bought in for $1,500 and was up to about $1,800. I had just lost about $500 in a big pot with Kings in NLHE and mucked face up on the turn. I raised to $30 PF and got re-raised to $100 by a pretty strong player who I've mentioned before that I call Yoon. Tight, but very aggressive with position and he was in the CO. I called.

Flop: Q J 9

I bet out for $250. He calls.

Turn: J

I check. Yoon bets $250. Hmmm.... I folded my Kings face up and he raked the pot. The only hands that I see him re-raising me like that PF and calls that bet on the flop are QQ and AA, I felt. That weak bet confirmed it for me. WRONG!!!! He said, "Ooooh." and shows an Ace. He had Aces. If he had AK, he'd show both to peeve me, not just one. Whatever. I was still steaming a bit.

Next hand put us in the PLO orbit and I'm UTG with . I bet the pot for $35 and get three callers including Yoon left of the CO and the BB.

Flop:

What a flop! I wasn't gonna mess around here, so I bet out for $100. Fold. Yoon raises to $250. BB folds. There's almost $500 in the pot and it's only $150 to me, so I have to call.

Turn: Blank

I check and Yoon bets $250 AGAIN!!! Hmmm.... $750 in the pot. He can't have trip Aces or Jacks, maybe 9's, so I have 10-17 outs. Is my flush draw alive? I wanna think with the flush draw or trip nines, Yoon re-raises the pot on the flop, so I pushed it in for the max. raise to $715. Yoon says, "Do you have nines, Alex? You hate pairs... Call."

He flips over

We start laughing and someone says, "Hey. It's not over yet. i don't know what you guys are giggling about." The best words that I could hear.

River:

What was that? That's right the .

Straight Flush to the King. I really like the way that Yoon played the flop, but reacting to me, I think he's gotta push the turn with the nut flush draw or at least to represent the nut flush draw or trip 9's.

Really great guy and the player that I hate to tangle with the most of all of the people that I play consistently. If this PLO hand doesn't happen, I'm probably posting the first hand in the River Rats Forum and saying how I dumped $1k in the PLO orbit on tilt.

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