Last week I played a hand that looks on the surface to be so unremarkable as to be trivial, but actually reveals an important truth.
I was at Harrah’s Cherokee using their PokerPro tables, playing $1/$2 no-limit hold’em. In middle position, I was dealt and raised to $8. A gentleman three seats to my left then reraised to $25, leaving himself about $75 behind.
My stack was a little over $200. When action got back to me, I moved all in. He called, showing . The board gave him no help, and I won the pot.