It Wasn't A Bad Beat. 1-2

1-2 is the most varied game ever. On its face, it is the beginner's game, the small stakes TV game. And yet we have pots that go over $1,000 like this one that I didn't make my flush in.

So there is no small stakes no limit live. I was in a 1,000$ pot last night at Foxwoods 1/2.

Me: AJs
Slowroller 33
Shorty: alleged QQ
Top pair monkey 109
Drunk big stack optomitrist Q9

Preflop Six in for 7$ (pot=42$) Board; 963

Hand 0: { QQ } 04.45%
Hand 1: { 3d3h} 67.476%
Hand 2: { AsJs } 25.641%
Hand 3: { Td9d } 2.02%
Hand 4: { Qs9s } 00.00%

The shortstack queeens went all in for 50 on the flop. We called, (190$) The 333 c/r and made it 125 total. We called the extra 75$. (592$)

Turn A hearts.

The set went all in on the turn for his last 105. We called (1002$). The lovely ace allowed me to pretend that I was in great shape. We called merrily along. I had about 110 left to collect from the Q9s, (and probably the top pair monkey too) if the flush came.

River: Brick of clubs. The set-rooler was nice enough to ask "Does anyone have the ace?"
I flashed my A over and he proudly rolled his set.

I felt a little bad for for the the Q9s optimist (I mucked my other card so he didn't notice I had a bigger draw). How often do you flop TP+flush draw drawing dead? He was certainly the action man, but both he and the set roller took about 1k out of the game so I feel better.

The set man bet 2/3 of his stack on the flop and just had to save that 105 for the the turn because good players always slowplay sets while still keeping it obvious with a flop check-raise.

I haven't examined it piece by piece but it sure looks like I am getting good odds to draw. How often do I get to play a 5 way pot where two of us have over 93% equity? Makes me think I need to stop playing the smaller suited cards so much. I would have gone all in with the Q9s on the flop while drawing dead if I had held it.