Here's a hand showing what Douchebag Poker is really about

I only remember seeing a hand like the one I was involved in last night only once before in live poker (when I was at the Dino's game), so it's noteworthy enough for me to post here.

Blinds at 100-200, last hand of the level. UTG Loose-passive chaser raises to 1400, 2 folds to me, who looks down at Q-Q. I 3-bet to 3300, Loose-agressive player on button shoves all-in (has me covered), and small blind shoves for his last 7,000 or so. UTG original raiser just chuckles and mucks her cards, and with 11K back I have a decision to make here...on to the thought process:

First instinct is to muck my cards, since I am pretty sure I am behind...but to who? I initially discount the button, because I remember him 4-betting me off J-J with A-Q earlier this season. I have a pretty good idea I am behind the SB here, but with him having the shortest stack at risk, I am not too worried about that...since as long as I can beat the button I will basically stay even in chips. As I go a little more in the tank, I had a sense that I was really up against it here, and even said so at one time...something like, "Fukkkk, why do I think I have the 3rd best hand here?".

So, having the gut telling me how crushed I am, I look at the time, figure that if I go out here I can get home early and watch the football game from my couch, and I make the call. Yup, what do I see turned up: Button has A-A, SB has K-K...great, just as I suspected, yet I still made the call. Douchebag!

Flop of A-rag-rag puts the button seemingly way ahead, but with 3 spades on the board and me the only one holding one, I perk up here. Blank on turn is followed by a spade on the river for a monster suckout - and I let out a loud "WHOOOOOOOOOO!" after this. If you've played with me more than a couple of times, you know that I usually don't get terribly excited one way or another after these hands, so this was unusual, indeed.

Dave, the state champion in our league, didn't where any of us made any missteps here...but I kept saying that it really was a stupid call on my part, seeing how bad of shape I knew I was in. I explained the whole concept of "douchebag poker" - when you call knowing you are way behind, and you aren't getting the proper odds, and yet you call bets, anyways...and eventually suckout and win a hand you have no business being in. To the button's credit, he took the loss in as classy a manner as you could hope for - thanks, James, for not going off on me last night!

I did crack that, with 12 people left in the tourney, I hoped I finished better than 7th or something...and I guess you could say that I did. Chipped up my big stack consistently, until I got to heads-up...and after falling behind about 2-1, adjusted my game against the loose calling station I was against, and roared back to claim my second win in 10 games this season at Buckshots. One lucky hand, but solid play all-around.