Especially when you're playing online with the same players every day at nosebleed stakes, getting to know your opponents, and trusting your reads are the most important thing a player can do. In this hand lolzcapaneo did exactly that to earn himself a pot just shy of $200,000.

This is actually an interesting hand in that lolzcapaneo literally can beat nothing but a bluff. He is not believing Ziigmund and is willing to pull the trigger on his read. I've never played with Ziigmund, and maybe this is an easy read based play, but from where I see it, lolzcapaneo might have actually read Ziigmunds soul here.

Full Tilt Poker: Game : 8439917469 - TABLE : RailHeaven (6 max) - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold'em - Sat Oct 11th 2008 - 4:58am ET

 

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Table Setup
Seat 1 Genius28 ($292,452)
Seat 2 lolzcapaneo ($128,120)
Seat 4 John Juanda ($66,500)
Seat 5 Ziigmund ($175,190.80)
Seat 6 lady marmelade ($56,249)
lady marmelade posts the small blind of $500
Genius28 posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #5

Preflop
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo raises to $3,500
John Juanda folds
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund calls $3,500
lady marmelade calls $3,000
Genius28 folds

Flop [#Ks#Kh#8c]
lady marmelade checks
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo bets $8,000
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund has requested TIME
Ziigmund raises to $21,300
lady marmelade folds
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo calls $13,300

Turn [#Ks#Kh#8c] [#Kc]
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo bets $32,500
Ziigmund calls $32,500

River [Ks#Kh#8c#Kc] [#2h]
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo checks
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund bets $40,000
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo has requested TIME
lolzcapaneo calls $40,000

Showdown

Ziigmund shows [#Qs#Ts] three of a kind, Kings
lolzcapaneo shows [#3c#As] three of a kind, Kings
lolzcapaneo wins the pot ($199,097) with three of a kind, Kings

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The more you look at this hand, the more you can see how lolzcapaneo is able to make the call. Ziigmund is a highly aggressive player, once he flat calls lolzcapaneo's raise preflolp, lolzcapaneo would put him on a range of hands that doesn't include any premiums or pocket pairs.

There is a chance that Ziigmund is mixing it up and has a real hand, but more often than not he's playing some sort of marginal hand, such as #Qs#10s. The flop is great for lolzcapaneo if he doesn't believe Ziig has a King. The flop bet was a C-Bet to gain some information. Once Ziig raises, lolzcapaneo apparently believed that Ziig was bluffing. lolzcapaneo calls and the third king hits the turn, lolzcapaneo now knows that there is a very good chance his Ace is good.

If his preflop read of Ziig's range was correct, the only thing lolzcapaneo has to be scared of is Ziig holding an 8 in his hand. The deuce on the river is a blank, and I honestly think that lolzcapaneo was right in making the call on the river. If he has a read that Ziigmund does not have a king, the only thing he loses to is an eight, or a better Ace.

I'm not saying I would, or could make this call, just that it's not quite as ridiculous as it may look.

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