How to turn a king into a wheel

When playing my PokerStars razz game, I usually don't make even a token effort to defend my bring-ins. But once in a while, circumstances are just right. Specifically, if my two down cards are both parts of a wheel, I'm up against only one opponent, that opponent looks, by position, like he might be stealing with a sub-premium starting hand, I figure it's worth peeling off one card and see if I'm making progress towards something good.

That's what happened here. As it turned out, my opponent was not just stealing, but actually had a decent hand. That ended up working to my benefit, because on the river he believed his very respectable 7-6-4-3-2 was best. He couldn't know that I had caught the perfect card on the river to make the nuts. (I was ahead on 6th street, too.) After all, I was showing K-5-2-8, which doesn't look too promising.

Hee hee hee!

My opponent was--how shall we put this?--not happy.




PokerStars Game #18942850919: Razz Limit ($1/$2) - 2008/07/19 - 16:56:51 (ET)
Table 'Urania' 8-max
Seat 1: slipperyroad ($19.45 in chips)
Seat 2: lobasa ($68.85 in chips)
Seat 3: ragmuppet ($27.65 in chips)
Seat 4: nutOmatic ($90.40 in chips)
Seat 5: jrddoc ($28.50 in chips)
Seat 6: M@lici@ ($44.55 in chips)
Seat 8: Rakewell1 ($17.10 in chips)
slipperyroad: posts the ante $0.10
lobasa: posts the ante $0.10
ragmuppet: posts the ante $0.10
nutOmatic: posts the ante $0.10
jrddoc: posts the ante $0.10
M@lici@: posts the ante $0.10
Rakewell1: posts the ante $0.10
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to slipperyroad [Kh]
Dealt to lobasa [Jc]
Dealt to ragmuppet [6d]
Dealt to nutOmatic [Js]
Dealt to jrddoc [Jh]
Dealt to M@lici@ [5c]
Dealt to Rakewell1 [4c 3d Ks]
Rakewell1: brings in for $0.50
slipperyroad: folds
lobasa: folds
ragmuppet: raises $0.50 to $1
nutOmatic: folds
jrddoc: folds
M@lici@: folds
Rakewell1: calls $0.50
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to ragmuppet [6d] [2d]
Dealt to Rakewell1 [4c 3d Ks] [5s]
ragmuppet: bets $1
Rakewell1: calls $1
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to ragmuppet [6d 2d] [Td]
Dealt to Rakewell1 [4c 3d Ks 5s] [2c]
jdot joins the table at seat #7
ragmuppet: bets $2
Rakewell1: raises $2 to $4
ragmuppet: calls $2
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to ragmuppet [6d 2d Td] [3s]
Dealt to Rakewell1 [4c 3d Ks 5s 2c] [8c]
ragmuppet: checks
Rakewell1: bets $2
ragmuppet: calls $2
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to Rakewell1 [4c 3d Ks 5s 2c 8c] [As]
M@lici@ is sitting out
ragmuppet: checks
Rakewell1: bets $2
ragmuppet: raises $2 to $4
Rakewell1: raises $2 to $6
ragmuppet: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rakewell1: shows [4c 3d Ks 5s 2c 8c As] (Lo: 5,4,3,2,A)
ragmuppet: mucks hand
Rakewell1 collected $27.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $28.70 Rake $1
Seat 1: slipperyroad folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: lobasa folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ragmuppet mucked [2h 7s 6d 2d Td 3s 4s]
Seat 4: nutOmatic folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jrddoc folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: M@lici@ folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Rakewell1 showed [4c 3d Ks 5s 2c 8c As] and won ($27.70) with Lo: 5,4,3,2,A