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Today I was totally on my “A”-game. I was laying down pairs left and right. One player in particular was min-raising me every time we saw a flop together. I was, however, absolutely certain that he was simply running incredibly hot. Passive players don’t just all of a sudden turn aggressive. And certainly not so consistently. But then this hand came up, and I started levelling myself. Can he really have it every time?

Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold’em – 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: $10.60
Hero (SB): $11.70
BB: $23.40
UTG: $6.15
CO: $14.30

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with 7 A
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.60) 2 J A (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, BB calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.40) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.90, BB raises to $1.80, Hero calls $0.90

River: ($5.00) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.80, BB raises to $5.60,

Obviously my play is horrible. The first mistake is calling the turn min-raise. I know I’m beat: this is a passive fish! But I have top pair and he’s been running over me, so I put away everything I know about poker and press the call button. Then I make two pair on the river. Well, I actually beat a lot of strong hands now. It’s not inconceivable that he has hands like strong aces in his turn value min-raising range. So I bet, expecting these hands to pay off. But he continues to tell me a story of a monster hand. He raises my turn bet! I really can’t even expect him to raise top top here. I’ve seen him only call river bets with sets and two pairs. He has me crushed!

Hero calls $2.80

Final Pot: $16.20
Hero mucks 7 A
BB shows J J (three of a kind, Jacks)
BB wins $15.40
(Rake: $0.80)