"You sucked out on me!"

Nits amuse me, they may cut into my EV but the laughs are almost worth it.

A classic situation happened to me today.

I went down to the Bellagio to play in the 15 game, it was one of the most postively nit-astic games that I can recall. This is my punishment for playing at 4:30 in the afternoon I suppose, even on a Saturday. I could tell that I was in trouble when I sat down at the table, I was not only the only player under 25, if I am not greatly mistaken I was the only player not currently eligible for membership in the AARP. I bought in for two racks and quickly managed to drop down about 10 bets trying to test the waters and see how the game would respond the agression when this hand occured. I am in the CO with Qd10d and UTG limps and the hijack limps, I throw in a raise, SB folds, BB calls and the two limpers call. (9 SB) The flop comes out Jh2d8s, BB bets, UTG folds and the HJ calls. I call behind with an overcard, an inside straight draw, and a backdoor flush draw. The turn comes out (6 BB) with an Ad, the BB bets the SB raises, getting 4 1/2 to one on my money with 17 outs, I am getting more than enough to call, however as I feel like they will both call a raise and at least one bet on the river if I hit, I am getting the most equity in a three way pot I three bet it, the BB calls the SB calls and we go to the river (15 BB). The river comes out the Kc. The BB bets again, the CO raises, I three bet it, the BB calls, the CO (a grumpy old man who is stuck several racks and has verbally berating the dealer) glares at me and throws in a call, I show the nut hand and rake in a $720 pot, the BB chuckles and shows AK, the CO angrily slams his JJ into the dealers hands face up and proclaims "I've been getting sucked out on all day! How can you play after I raise the turn! You three bet almost drawing dead!" To begin, even if I know what he has I am getting more than enough implied odds to call on the turn, I put in a raise knowing I would get paid if I hit and not have to pay if I miss, but rather than explain that I shrug and say "I got lucky, what can I say?" He smartly retorted "You're darn tooting you got lucky. I don't understand where you internet kids get all this money from. You have to know I have it when I raise! I deserved to win that pot." He continued to growl at me every time I acted for the rest of the day. That was by far the biggest pot played in the game today, and he took it very personally that I beat him out of it. This guy simply refused to let it go, I can't understand how anybody could get so upset over a hand of cards, a game where getting the right odds to draw to something that will come or not come based on chance in the short term. It goes back to the feeling of contempt for some older nits for "internet players and their 'pot odds'" Some players I have noticed feel entitled to a pot because they started with the best hand. I'll keep getting lucky, thanks, I'd rather be lucky than good anyway.