Hooray for tilt

Other people's tilt, I mean.

The wind-up:

***** Hand History for Game 2352033319 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, July 12, 14:40:51 EDT 2005
Table Table 55039 (6 max) (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: fsu1495 ( $87.38 )
Seat 2: stressball10 ( $120.30 )
Seat 4: Naimboy ( $69.55 )
Seat 5: stinkynuts78 ( $117.05 )
Seat 3: PokerPRO1133 ( $94.90 )
Seat 1: J_P_T ( $59.95 )
stressball10 posts small blind [$0.50].
PokerPRO1133 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ 3h Kd ]
Naimboy calls [$1].
stinkynuts78 folds.
fsu1495 folds.
J_P_T folds.
stressball10 folds.
PokerPRO1133 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, 6d, Qs ]
PokerPRO1133 checks.
Naimboy checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
PokerPRO1133 checks.
Naimboy bets [$3].
PokerPRO1133 calls [$3].
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
PokerPRO1133 checks.
Naimboy bets [$7].
PokerPRO1133 raises [$40].
Naimboy folds.
PokerPRO1133 does not show cards.
PokerPRO1133 wins $54.40


The pitch:

***** Hand History for Game 2352035503 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, July 12, 14:41:28 EDT 2005
Table Table 55039 (6 max) (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: fsu1495 ( $87.38 )
Seat 2: stressball10 ( $119.80 )
Seat 4: Naimboy ( $58.55 )
Seat 5: stinkynuts78 ( $117.05 )
Seat 3: PokerPRO1133 ( $105.30 )
Seat 1: J_P_T ( $59.95 )
PokerPRO1133 posts small blind [$0.50].
Naimboy posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Tc Ts ]
stinkynuts78 folds.
fsu1495 folds.
Naimboy: so gay
J_P_T folds.
stressball10 raises [$3].
PokerPRO1133 calls [$2.50].
Naimboy is all-In [$57.55]
stressball10 is all-In [$116.80]
PokerPRO1133 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Qc, Qh ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
stressball10 shows [ Tc, Ts ] a full house, Tens full of queens.
Naimboy shows [ 6c, 6h ] two pairs, queens and sixes.
stressball10 wins $61.25 from side pot #1 with a full house, Tens full of queens.
stressball10 wins $118.10 from the main pot with a full house, Tens full of queens.

I don't know about this hand...

Are you sure the guy was on tilt? I know its frustrating to be raised out of the pot on the river but its not like his AA lost to KK. Even though you reraised the pot, you're basically calling an allin and hoping for a coinflip.

Assuming he was on tilt, yes, people on tilt will push with small pocket pairs like this, but they will also have overcards and bigger pocketpairs just as often. Add in the fact that you have a guy behind you yet to act and I dont love it. If the guy tilts that easy, I think theres gonna be better ways to destack him as long as nobody else gets there first. I know that people get sick of other people saying "wait for a better place" but I think this is one of those spots.

I'm happy taking this risk. To me it looks pretty clearly like he has Ax or a baby pair (or maybe even nothing), and is just firing out a frustration raise. If he really has something good (AK, AA, or KK) I'll pay him off, but I've been right about this far more often than I've been wrong.

I'm not worried about the other player, either - he flat-called my first raise from the worst position (first to act if we see a flop). I doubt he has better than pocket tens, and I doubt he's calling my re-raise.