It’s hands like this that make me realise what a joke micro limit poker can be, moving up the limits soon!

2c/4c table on the button I’m dealt:

:Jc::Jd:

A player in middle position raises 3XBB and two players call, I call and the blinds fold. The flop comes:

:9d::8c::5h:

So I’ve got an overpair and a gutshot straight draw, a pretty strong hand. The original bettor checks, a player to my left min bets and I decide on a pot sized raise. The orignal bettor reraises all-in (about another 5XBB), the player yet to put any money in on the flop folds and the min bettor calls for his entire stack.

This is a curious situation, I have a strong read on the player who check-raised here from previous sessions: MANIAC! I put him on AK trying to buy me out, who knows what the other guy has but it’s irrelevant anyhow as my original bet would already have put him all in.

I decide my hand is too strong to fold (especially against this player) and call.

Turn and river come:

:9d::3c:

and everyone mucks their cards at showdown to give me the pot with two pair, jacks and nines.

The only unfortunate thing about this hand is that I didn’t get to see what crazy cards my opponents were playing with. I’d bet (I guess I did bet) that the check-raiser had AK maybe with a backdoor flush draw, what the other guy had will have to remain a mystery.

Good times, surely this doesn’t happen in the medium limits… right?