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Message: [QUOTE="Pokerpoet2, post: 5756326, member: 430261"] I was involved in a live game and on the BB when the player shoved all-in UTG. My first reaction to this was to fold my pocket 8s but the Hi-jack called and then the button called and suddenly my 8s became a bit more attractive. My reasoning was that the player UTG would not have shoved unless he had an Ace and the other 2 players were also calling with an Ace, So believing this to be true any pocket pair could be a solid hand so I re-raised and the 2 others were pot committed and had to call. I hit trips on the Turn and almost made 4X my stack. Now my question is was this pure luck or a solid read on my opponents? Some will say luck, But I really believe the latter to be true, I have done this before and on that occasion with pocket 9s I also made 4X my stack. [/QUOTE]