so one of my favorite donks was sitting at a 400nlo8 table, and i sit down and lick my chops. the dude overplays hands really badly.

then i get this:


10-handed
DONK is UTG with $416.
i'm in mp and cover.
BB is a short stack donk who i don't really care about in this hand.

pf

DONK raises to $14 from UTG. UTG+1 calls. i call w . BB calls.


flop



donk bets pot of $58. UTG+1 folds. I'm pretty sure he has AAxx or A2xx. He'll call a push with any A2xx (in my notes), and he'll call with AAWx where W gives him a low draw. he could have something like A34x that he'd probably fold unless he has some sort of flush draw. anyway, he'll call with a lot of hands i'm ahead of or crush, so i push. BB folds. UTG calls and flips over for the nld + middle pair (better than i expected). sweet, i'm ahead 73/27.

turn



great, his backdoor flush draw is dead, so now he's drawing thin on the high side and to chop (at best) on the low. i'm ahead 75/25.


river



i'm playing 6 tables, so i've already figured this pot is mine unless an 8 or Q hits. sweet... no 8 or Q on the river. i start messing around with another table, and then look back to see if my favorite donkey reloaded... but he's got a double stack. ... and my stack is light.

yessir, my donk played the board for his three cards (trips) and his A-hi Q-kicker beat me out of an $850 pot by a pip.


i normally don't give much thought to these kinds of hands, but the fact that i was slobbering over this donk's money, the fact that i was pretty fucking far ahead for the high, and the way he scooped it... ugh, it just took the wind out of me. anyway, he lost a few small pots and then left. the good news is that he'll be back, but that one was tough to lose.