 It feels great to get payed off
I was sitting at a $0.50/$1 limit Holdem table. I had only seen about 10-15 hands and doing alright, breaking even. Then I get that magical starting hand.
PokerStars Game #2343853573: Hold'em Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/08/15 - 10:56:53 (ET)
Table 'Phaetusa' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: RompandRoll ($25.25 in chips)
Seat 3: dbrunner ($14.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Kenji34 ($12.25 in chips)
Seat 5: cky12 ($100 in chips)
Seat 6: cyeags ($4.75 in chips)
Seat 7: GreatFatness ($15 in chips)
Seat 8: Flush or Die ($16 in chips)
Seat 9: Soroban ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 10: Sevlar ($21.75 in chips)
Flush or Die: posts small blind $0.25
Soroban: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cky12 [Ad Ac]
Sevlar: folds
RompandRoll: calls $0.50
dbrunner: folds
Kenji34: raises $0.50 to $1
cky12: raises $0.50 to $1.50
cyeags: folds
GreatFatness: folds
Flush or Die: folds
Soroban: folds
RompandRoll: calls $1
t-rask81 has returned
Kenji34: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [Jd As Ah]
RompandRoll: checks
Kenji34: bets $0.50
cky12: calls $0.50
RompandRoll: calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [Jd As Ah] [Qs]
RompandRoll: bets $1
Kenji34: calls $1
cky12: raises $1 to $2
RompandRoll: raises $1 to $3
Kenji34: calls $2
cky12: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
RompandRoll: calls $1
Kenji34: calls $1
*** RIVER *** [Jd As Ah Qs] [Ks]
RompandRoll: bets $1
Kenji34: raises $1 to $2
cky12: raises $1 to $3
RompandRoll: calls $2
Kenji34: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cky12: shows [Ad Ac] (four of a kind, Aces)
RompandRoll: mucks hand
Kenji34: mucks hand
cky12 said, "oh yeah"
cky12 collected $26.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $27.75 | Rake $1
Board [Jd As Ah Qs Ks]
Seat 1: RompandRoll mucked [Td Kd]
Seat 3: dbrunner folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Kenji34 mucked [Qc Qh]
Seat 5: cky12 showed [Ad Ac] and won ($26.75) with four of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: cyeags folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GreatFatness (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Flush or Die (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Soroban (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: Sevlar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Since I flopped the nuts, I knew that if I raised on the flop, I might lose one or both players. Then I had to turn on the heat on the turn, which luckily, REALLY helped both players. One made his top straight and the other made his full house. I got the capped betting, and then the river actually put a royal flush draw on the board, which might have been the worst beat of my life, but I never even thought of someone having JsTs. Unfortunately I didn't get the capped betting on the river, but it was still a nice pay off for flopping such a great hand. I was stunned when I saw that flop. I just had to really start thinking about how to play it. Lately, I haven't been getting payed off for a great hand. It seems that when I flop something like the nuts flush, top straight, or a set, everyone folds quickly, but I love getting those two callers the whole way to showdown. | 
