Almost Cracked Aces

GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Saw Merlotgirl and Shamrock at Choctaw this evening and was telling them about my hand last week. Merlot said I should blog my hand from the other day. I guess I should explain Geronimo. I've always been an action junkie, adrenalin freak, gambler you name it from a young age. My brother or sister wouldn't never go off of the high dive at the pool and I always would. I was probably 4 when I would take off running and jump off and scream Geronimo on the way down. My grandmother would go with us every now and then and she would look at my mother like she was crazy for letting me do it. She was used to it I guess and it's been that way ever since. Breaking bones in the rodeo doing the wild horse race and steer wrestlin and walking on it for 2 days before seeing a doctor. It was broken in 3 places. Busting into dope houses, fighting inmates, and fighting growing up is just part of it. Ask my brother, mother, wife or friends. I've always been into something. Maybe this explains some of my play.
I've always said there are Gamblers and then there are poker players. I'm a gambler. But as my wife puts it, a calculated gambler. I've done well at the cash tables over the summer and so has Gail. But, at times I run into that urge and some "gross" hands can happen.
I'm known as Jack 4 at Cocktaw for that hand that the dealer called gross. Last week I had one that sent a guy out the door cussing, and boy do I love that. I have to say it was a great play on my part and a terrible one on his.
To set the stage it is cracked aces day. You get $100 if your pocket aces get cracked. I'm up $140 in the early stages of my cash game for a total of $240. I get my aces. Dude raises to $7 total at a 1/2 table. A couple of calls and I call and we end up with 5 callers. I think, shit this isn't good. This hand is going to cost me more than $100, not worth getting my aces cracked. The last guy has $24 left and he goes all in. The dude to my right calls and he has about $210 left. I'm thinking I have to go all in or risk a big hand and losing my money on a donk call. Pot odds with my call might get everybody in the hand. ALL IN! I push in $240 hoping the only player left is the $24 all in. All the others fold and the dude with $210 left jumps up out of his seat and he starts whinning. He's like "what the hell did u do that for". I just sit there. He rambles on and says, "you wouldn't do that with aces"! Oh contrair silly rabbit I would. I don't know what this guy was thinking but he looks at me and says that infamous words. ALL IN!!!!!!!! Geron a freakin mo! He lays over pocket kings and I turn over my aces. I then flop and ace and he starts his march out the door, cussin and fussin. The guys at the table can't figure it out and I tell them I didn't want another call. If the all in for $24 beats me I get $100 for getting cracked. I don't normally give poker lessons at the table but damn, come on guys think about it for a minute. Anyhoo, headed to Vegas on Thursday, Gail is already there. I'll hopefully have an update Friday.

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