In the SB I'm dealt KdQh. One player from an early position raises the standard amount. Being a cash game, which are generally played quite loosely amongst this group, I don't even hesitate to call the raise and defend my blind. The BB also calls, and we see the flop.
The flop brings Qd-7d-5d. I've flopped top pair and the King high flush draw. This is one of my favorite situations to be in, as you have so many possibilities, and yet it's still a hand you can fold if you have to.
First to act, I decide to check to see what the initial bettor does, but before he can do anything, the BB makes another average bet, and the other player raises without much hesitation. Like I said above, it's a great hand, because for all the opportunity it has, it is a hand you can fold in the right situation. Of course, I pushed all-in.
See, we have a little rule we play in cash games, called the 7-2 rule. What this means is that if any player can win a hand by making everyone else fold, everyone else at the table has to throw in a specified amount of money into the winners pot. It makes cash games more interesting, because people are more likely to loosen up from the typical tight play of tournament poker. This group loves to win a big pot with 7-2, more as an ego trip than for the money.
So when I pushed All-in, I has a sneaking suspicion that at least one of my opponents had 7-2... I was wrong. BB thinks for a bit, then calls and the other guy thinks even longer, and also calls. I correctly called one hand down to the right suits, but the other was a huge surprise.
I flip over my pair of KdQh, BB shows Ad6c and the initial bettor shows 8d-4d. This last hand surprised me because he raised preflop with such a weak hand, but it is a cash game, and he was on a hot-streak that night, so I won't criticize him for that.
As any remaining diamond gives the BB a higher flush than me, and the other player already has the flush, I'm in really bad shape, hoping for any combination of K-K, Q-Q or K-Q on the turn and river to make a full-house or better. The turn was a diamond, so now the only player on the flop to have nothing but a flush draw is miles ahead, and I'm eliminated officially eliminated from the hand.
Amazingly, the 6d hits on the river, giving the initial better a straight flush to over come the Ace-high flush. I'm not sure there's a whole lot to be learned from this hand, but it was quite interesting to watch it play out.
