So, I was playing in that NL home game that I described in my last that you guys seemed to enjoy - $2 and $5 blinds tonight. I won't get into all the background on this, but believe me when I tell you I had worked very hard all night setting up the two players who I thought were better than me (these guys are very, very good players). I had shown them what I wanted them to see, and especially how I was capable of making big laydowns to substantial raises (substantial meaning in the $200 neighborhood). This type of thing won't work on the average player, but I knew it would on them. Eventually, I was going to have the nuts and they were going to push in on me.
I even got the one guy on tilt - and he doesn't go on tilt very often.
And then it happend... the perfect situation... the hand I had been waiting for.
I'm the BB, and I look down to see QQ. UTG player (the one who got me to fold two big hands to his large raises earlier) calls with KcJc, next player raises to $15 with AQo, next player calls with ??, good player who is on tilt calls with Ac8c from the button, SB calls with ??, I decide to just call and take a look at a flop with a nicely disguised hand, and the KJ calls the raise as well. The player to my left was even kind enough to further disguise my hand by saying something like how could I possibly fold considering these pot odds.
Flop comes Q72 with 2 clubs - Top set for me. I check the nuts, casually and uninterested, KJ bets $25, AQ calls, fold, A8 calls, SB folds, and I call. Turn is an 8. There is a pretty big pot now and I still have the nuts, so I bet $60. KJ raises all in ($190ish), AQ folds, and A8 goes into the tank, debating his call for a while. He seems to be paying no attention to me (perfect) and only studying the all in player. He asks him if he has a set of 2s. Oh, how I hope he does. After much though, he calls. I recheck my hole cards, see they are indeed still two red Queens (I wasn't dreaming), and I push in. $310ish more. The pot is monstrous at this point, and the A8 calls. He turns over his nut flush draw, the KJ sees he is drawing dead, and I show my top set. The A8 has exactly 4 outs: 13 clubs in the deck minus the 2 on the board minus 4 in their two hands minus the 3 that would pair the board and give me a full house = 4 outs.
So naturally, the river card is the 4c, and I lose what was right around a $1400 pot.
Ouch
