Karma, Party of Two

I had pocket kings at least four times on Tuesday playing in the @HarrahsPoker Room, took down the blinds three times, got limp-raised the fourth.  Limp-raiser folded to my 4bet.  I had Aces, once that I can remember.  Ran into the monster that is ATo.  Flop, KJT.  He rivers two-outer.

Sounds like a bad day.  Incomplete stories can leave the reader with the wrong impression.

Folds to my cut-off.  I open, regular rock in small blind 3-bets to $35.  He only has AK/AQ(sooted) or TT+.  Only.  No other hand is in his range here.  I peel a flop.  T75r.  He leads $35 (half pot) into me heads up.  His range is now narrowed to one of two hands.  He either has a set of tens, or a set of tens.  I'm not sure which of the three remaining tens in the deck he does not hold.

I gave him a speech about how I'd play for $70, but not for $35.  We both babble back and forth about how he would've bet $70 if he had known that and I say he wouldn't have have a set of tens if he had bet $70...

Blah blah, this is only important, because later...

There's a raise from UTG, UTG+1 calls, as do I.  Gets to the small blind, he puts out a big 3bet.  We're both deep, almost $400 each before the hand was dealt.  I close the action and call heads-up.  Pot is about $100

Flop is queen high.  He measures out $60.  Then $85ish.  Then back to $60, matches it to itself.  He bets $120.  I'm a fish.  I assume, as fish do, that top pair = nutz.  I really read the guy completely wrong as having either AK air or a pair under the queen.  If he had bet less, I would've folded.

I shove, his instacall disheartens me.  I sheepishly admit, "I just have a Queen." 

Doesn't this mother fucker try to slow-roll me and say, "I just have an Ace."  For a nanosecond, I thought I had read his soul and he called with air out of spite.  Then, reality sets in.  He tries to finish his dickish move by saying, "With another Ace!"

The wind went out of his sails pretty quickly when I rivered a five-out Queen on his ass.

Send the Chili to Willy!