This guy ... wow. I knew EXACTLY what he had and that I had him beat. He probably thought he was fooling me or something, in any case he played it like a total moron. And then the cards gave him the win.

$50 NL full ring at Empire.

Dealt to Hero: [Js]

Villain limps UTG, Hero raises to $2, Villain minimum limp raises to $3.50, Hero calls $1.50.

Pot, $8.00 or so. Flop: [8s][4c]

Villain bets $10, Hero raises to $20, Villain pushes, Hero calls.

Turn . Of course. Villain takes it down with [Ah].

Man, that sucks ass. I hope you get another opportunity to rob him... and that he didn't "learn" anything from this. Hopefully he thought he played it like a genius... after all, he won.

Empire has been taken over by Party. Looks like Party's luck factor is transferring also. You know, where the best hand on the flop and turn is guaranteed to lose?

I had a feeling I was going to lose this hand....

$50 NL.
Get [Qc] utg and limp in and see a flop of [7c][5c], 4 handed, $2.00 pot.
I check, it checks to LP who bets DOUBLE the pot size ($4), I call.

Pot $10. Turn is and I still have the nuts, I check again, LP bets DOUBLE the pot size again, $20 into the $10 pot. Any raise by me puts him all-in so of course I do and of course he calls and of course the board is the and his [5h] beats me.