Won $300

Though it's hard to feel too good about it, since the majority of it came from the following hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #6660377128: Table Deerfoot - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:47:42 ET - 2008/06/02
Seat 1: gdshaffer ($254.95)
Seat 2: Lunatic Pandora ($228.20)
Seat 3: pepaw ($44.15)
Seat 4: utickle igiggle ($115.05)
Seat 5: meatyballz85 ($86.75)
Seat 6: AbsolutJager ($100)
Seat 7: Uber Esel ($101.50)
Seat 8: fritzcat1 ($70.20)
Seat 9: JAKS450 ($199.20)
Lunatic Pandora posts the small blind of $0.50
pepaw posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gdshaffer [Jh Jc]
utickle igiggle folds
meatyballz85 folds
AbsolutJager raises to $3
Uber Esel folds
fritzcat1 calls $3
JAKS450 has 15 seconds left to act
JAKS450 raises to $12
gdshaffer has 15 seconds left to act
gdshaffer calls $12
Lunatic Pandora folds
pepaw folds
AbsolutJager adds $3
AbsolutJager folds
fritzcat1 folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc Js Qd]
JAKS450 has 15 seconds left to act
JAKS450 bets $18
gdshaffer raises to $36
JAKS450 has 15 seconds left to act
JAKS450 raises to $96
gdshaffer has 15 seconds left to act
gdshaffer has requested TIME
gdshaffer raises to $242.95, and is all in
JAKS450 calls $91.20, and is all in
gdshaffer shows [Jh Jc]
JAKS450 shows [Kd Ah]
Uncalled bet of $55.75 returned to gdshaffer
*** TURN *** [Tc Js Qd] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Js Qd Jd] [7h]
gdshaffer shows four of a kind, Jacks
JAKS450 shows a straight, Ace high
gdshaffer wins the pot ($402.90) with four of a kind, Jacks
JAKS450 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $405.90 | Rake $3

Ouch. This opponent had run 9/4 over 100 hands or so which I felt like was a result of running cold and semi-tight play as his showdown hands had not been monsters. the cold-call preflop had a few purposes:

- If he had AK, he may cbet the flop but if I call he's likely to shut down and I can win the pot from position.

- If he has an overpair, the fact that we are so deep gives me very respectable setmining odds.

The flop was obviously scary. I've hit middle set, but because I felt like his range was basically QQ, KK, AA, and AK, I'm not in great shape. Maybe 46% equity against the range, and he's not stacking off with AA all the time here (I think he has real trouble laying down KK). Still, I just couldn't fold the set, and after he came over the top felt like it was my duty to push. Obv I got very lucky.

Still, this is the stuff that's been happening to me in big pots all throughout the year, so I don't feel too bad. It's definitely a hell of a way to kick off the month.