I am going to try to start up a weekly post where I discuss a particular hand that I played. For my first installment, I’m going to talk about a hand that I actually won!

It happened last Monday night at the Blue Parrot. My friend Spaceman was in town and we played in Ferrari's home game. We were playing $2/$4 Limit Hold'em.

I was playing tight all night. I really didn't have a choice. I wasn't getting any cards and my brother Dr. Pauly and the Rooster were running over the table.

Here's the hand in question. It involved three people.

Mike (Big Blind - BB)
Ferrari (Under the Gun - UTG)
Derek (Middle Position)

I never really played against Mike but Ferrari and I have played together plenty of times. He's aggressive and he plays a wide range of hands.

I found 10-10. Ferrari limped in and I raised. Mike called my raise and Ferrari re-raised. For a second I thought he might have limped in with a monster hand like A-A or K-K. I re-raised to find out. I capped out the betting. Both Mike and Ferrari called.

The flop: 10-8-2 (rainbow or all unsuited cards)

Mike checked, Ferrari bet, and I raised. Mike called and Ferrari re-raised. I peek at my cards to make sure I flopped a set then re-raised.

The betting was capped and Mike and Ferrari both called. I assumed that Mike was on some sort of draw and that Ferrari either flopped a set of 2s or had a high pocket pair.

The turn and river were rags, but that made a possible Wheel straight for someone if they were playing A-3. I doubted that Mike or Ferrari would have called all those raises with hopes of catching a runner-runner straight.

I still put Ferrari on a set or a big pair. Ferrari checked and I bet. He called and asked me if I had pocket tens. I showed him my cards and he flashed 8-8.

My set over set was good enough to win one of the biggest pots of the night. We never found out what Mike had because he folded to my bet on the river.

I didn't play that hand extra special or anything. I just kept raising when I felt I had the best possible hand.

It's hard to fold a set and Ferrari joked that if we were playing No Limit, he would have lost his entire stack.