Brutal!

In my last live cash-game session, I saw this hand go down (suits aren't relevant, so are omitted):

3 players all-in before the flop. This was a fairly friendly table at the time, so even though it's a cash game, all three turn up their cards.

KK vs ATs vs 77

KK has a big smile as the big favorite. He basically has to dodge two 7s and four As.
Six outs, ~55% to win.

The flop comes with a 7 in the window:

769

So now the guy with the set of 7s is sitting pretty. He has to dodge two Ks and four 8s. ~75% to win.

Turn is an 8:

769 8

Now AT has a straight, and has to dodge a 7, 3 6s, 3 8s, 3 9s for the loss, and 2 Ts for the chop. ~70% to win.

River: a TEN. Everybody gets their money back.

I loved it, because every action of the dealer crushed a different player's hopes of winning the big pot.

Busy

Wow. Haven't had time to update lately, or even play much poker. I've been working on the website for my new a cappella group, the Eclectic Company.

It's a pretty simple site so far, but it's taken me some time to get back up to speed, since I haven't done any real web coding in almost ten years. So, I'm learning all about XHTML and CSS, as well as the Joomla CMS, so I can just worry about content once I get the template all ironed out.

I always enjoy a good intellectual challenge (which is why I love poker), but the load of the new technical learning in addition to learning all the new repertoire (and re-learning repertoire for my other group, since I changed voice parts), has made it a busy time.

OK, for my next post, back to your regularly scheduled poker.