Trip Trips

Today I decided to play a few hands at a .01/.02 table on Full-Tilt, to warm up.  I sat down with a whopping 80 cents and decided to wait for the big blind to come around before I played.  I had my .02 blind in and was dealt pocket 3's.  There were three callers and no raisers.  The callers were first position, the cutoff and the small blind.  No raises, so I decided to check.  My hand is very vulnerable at this point, I am just hoping to hit trips.  The Flop came out 7,2,3 rainbow (meaning no two suits were the same).  Now this is a very safe pot for me to bet at.  I have trip threes, there are no possible flush draws, someone might have a straight draw, but they would have to get very lucky to hit.  The small blind checked, so I bet the pot.  Everyone folded, except the cutoff.  Instead he re-raised.  I had to put him on a hand that he could not raise pre-flop, but could now bet the flop.  So I figured he must either be on A,7 off or 4,5 suited or her could be bluffing at the pot.  I decided his raise was strong enough that he would call a re-raise.  Since I figured to be the favorite against all those hands I re-raised him all-in, after all I have trips.  He insta called which is rarely a good sign.  Can you believe this guy was playing pocket 7's!  He had trips too!  Of course I didn't hit and was left with 4 cents on this table.  I decided that I had enough of that table and went to the .02/.05 table where I started with $2.00 and ended with $10.41.  You see I had to put that hand behind me, otherwise I could have easily gone on tilt and lost a lot of money.  Instead I was able to make a profit on the day just by realizing that every once in a while that you'll hit trips and someone else will hit bigger.