What's the best hand you ever played?

NickyOD

It could be a great call or a great laydown, or even a hand your oponent played brilliantly against you, so what was it?

Mr. Flibble

My fav was one I played about 2 years ago. It was my first time getting quads, on a board of a2452 and I ran into top set. We were both playing it cagey like we had a straight, but got it in in the end.

I also liked once where I only called with the Ace high flush because I suspected a straight flush was out there, and it was. Not a great rendition of the storys, but I did enjoy the hands.

Goodluck2me

this has the makings of a very good thread i think. i cannot for the life of me think of any hand in particular where i played that well...im sure i will soon though!

MrPillowTalk

My favourite laydowns are the KK vs AA in the recent EPT and one where I folded JJ to a river all in on a 8 8 J 2 A board and was shown AA, that was in a huge pot but to be honest was standard enough because this particular opponent never reraised the river without the nuts.

My favourite hand of all time is from about 2 and a half years ago on the prima 50/100 nl game, I had been tilting all day and decided to take my last 10k and double or bust my site bankroll. The game was three handed with me, Tsarrast and Ram, I find AhKx in the bb.

Villain 2 makes it 400 on the button playing 40k,
Villain 1 calls in sb playing 20k,
I make it 1600 to go with circa 8k back and both call.

Flop comes Kh 5h 7h.
Sb checks,
I lead for 3k
Villain 2 makes it 10k to play,
Villain 1 moves all in.

At this point its obvious Im beaten like a redhaired stepchild however I just ship it in anyway as I am tilting like a mofo and dont even care anymore. Villain 2 calls also and its shown down

Villain 1 has 6h8h for a made flush and a straight flush draw
Villain 2 has KK for top set.

Turn is off suit 2
River is Qh to give me the 28k pot.

Needless to say the abuse was flying when I left next hand.

cooker3

MrPillowTalk wrote:

My favourite laydowns are the KK vs AA in the recent EPT and one where I folded JJ to a river all in on a 8 8 J 2 A board and was shown AA, that was in a huge pot but to be honest was standard enough because this particular opponent never reraised the river without the nuts.

My favourite hand of all time is from about 2 and a half years ago on the prima 50/100 nl game, I had been tilting all day and decided to take my last 10k and double or bust my site bankroll. The game was three handed with me, Tsarrast and Ram, I find AhKx in the bb.

Villain 2 makes it 400 on the button playing 40k,
Villain 1 calls in sb playing 20k,
I make it 1600 to go with circa 8k back and both call.

Flop comes Kh 5h 7h.
Sb checks,
I lead for 3k
Villain 2 makes it 10k to play,
Villain 1 moves all in.

At this point its obvious Im beaten like a redhaired stepchild however I just ship it in anyway as I am tilting like a mofo and dont even care anymore. Villain 2 calls also and its shown down

Villain 1 has 6h8h for a made flush and a straight flush draw
Villain 2 has KK for top set.

Turn is off suit 2
River is Qh to give me the 28k pot.

Needless to say the abuse was flying when I left next hand.

You sick luckbox :eek:

ocallagh

my fav, and im sure I've told one or two of you is my 72o at 2/5 NL in vegas 2 years back.

Now my memory of the action on streets iss a bit hazy, but I do know the pot was over 800 at the end.

I'm drunk and have just rivered a lad for a $900 pot with a 2 outer (AA vs set of 9's, river A;) ) so I have a healthy stack of +1k. I am raising practically every hand, so when I get 72o UTG I can't let it go. I make it $25 to go. Folded around to the SB who I had been chatting to for an hour or so. He calls.
Flop A34 (50)
He bets 75 or so which at the time seemed very weak!! it was crying out for a fold, so I raise 250 or so.
He thinks for a while and pushes for his remaining 150 chips. At this stage my drunk logic convinces me I have the odds to hit the five, so I call.

He flips over 56 and my 7 high holds up! He stormed off the table and within a few minutes there was a waiting list for mytable. One of the ladseven ordered me another beer! lol. I left half an hour later as I was late for my flight back to dublin

BrokenArrows

ocallagh wrote:

my fav, and im sure I've told one or two of you is my 72o at 2/5 NL in vegas 2 years back.

Now my memory of the action on streets iss a bit hazy, but I do know the pot was over 800 at the end.

I'm drunk and have just rivered a lad for a $900 pot with a 2 outer (AA vs set of 9's, river A;) ) so I have a healthy stack of +1k. I am raising practically every hand, so when I get 72o UTG I can't let it go. I make it $25 to go. Folded around to the SB who I had been chatting to for an hour or so. He calls.
Flop A34 (50)
He bets 75 or so which at the time seemed very weak!! it was crying out for a fold, so I raise 250 or so.
He thinks for a while and pushes for his remaining 150 chips. At this stage my drunk logic convinces me I have the odds to hit the five, so I call.

He flips over 56 and my 7 high holds up! He stormed off the table and within a few minutes there was a waiting list for mytable. One of the ladseven ordered me another beer! lol. I left half an hour later as I was late for my flight back to dublin

thats horrific. you disgust me. lol

MrPillowTalk

I also like one myself and halibut played at the regency. Let me set the scene, its 5am and we have been boozing heavily since I was knocked out of the main event about eight hours previously, a laptop is produced and we decide to go halfs on the 20/40nl game both absolutely deranged.

We raise every pot for 20 minutes when this hand happens, game is four handed and we are on 5k on the sb and find 3c6c.

folded to us we make it 140 to play
tuftsbaler in the bb makes it 400 fo course we immediately dismiss this as him just defending against an aggresive opponent,
so we repop to 1200,
villain makes it 2500 to go, oh dear guess we better slow down, so we flat call lol

flop A 9 3 rainbow, Halibut tell me to check fold we are beat, hark thats defeatist talk I tell thee, we have a pair its the nuts SHIP it in, we push for 2500 expecting to be called but praying for some fold equity.

Villain starts typing in the chat box random letters and swear words, eventually folds and types "I ****ing hate KK ace flops everytime".

Needless to say he didnt believe us when we told him we had 36 lol

opr

It was in the fitz about a year ago.

I had come from the pub had a good few pints in me and was in great form as i had a great weekend at the cash tables.

Sat down 1st hand 4 limpers i look down on 78soooooted and shout POT ...... i probably seem well on it TBH. No one calls !!

Second hand and i look down on the boots everyone limps in front of me i shout POT again ..... whole table thinks i am at it get 4 callers flop drops to give me quads. I end up getting my whole stack in one guy with a flush and another with a house.

It was a picture book moment to see thier faces as i turned over the hand.

Opr

Daithio

There are a couple. For sheer luckboxness it has to be the 72 reraise all in which got instacalled by AQ in the EPT, who had my soootedness dominated, but a 776 flop got me out of that one lol.

My favourite one of all time was in the EPT in Deauville, where I had Q4 of clubs in the BB (blinds 200-400, I'm on about 15k). There were two early limpers. I checked my option, and saw an A55 flop with two clubs. It was checked around and the turn came a 4. I checked, an EP limper checked and the late position limper bet 1.5k. I really had a strong feeling that my four could be good, and I had the 2nd nut flush draw with it too, so I decided to call. He had about 7k behind. The other limper folded. The river came a blank 9. I checked and he pushed. I really couldn't put him on a hand that he was betting that had me beaten. I think he checks an ace here with the 55 on the board, and what's more he's the sort of player that would have raised preflop with an ace and bet that flop with one. I really didn't have him on a 5, he just seemed weak and looked uncomfortable, and a 9 I doubt he'd bother betting either. So I called him and he mucked.:)

I made a move in the 500 game in the Fitz last week which really felt good. I raised utg with 9T (sitting on about 25k) to 1500 (blinds 200-400). Christy Smith (15k) directly on my left repopped to 6k and it was folded back around to me. I was SO certain he had AK by the size of his bet that I decided to call and push any non AK flop. I did, and he folded it face up. Straight forward enough but it just felt really good for some reason.

nicnicnic

Three hands spring to mind.

1. just because of the madness of it. This years open I'm bb with Q7 three limper's, blinds are 50/100, flop Q77 Checked to Mike Caro who pushes for his 7400 stack with A2os

2. Is from a crazy cash game at last years coursing in clonmel. Blinds are €100/€50 and I call €800 with 99 flop is A 9 3 rainbow. raiser bets 1k and i push for another 4.5k and get called for 3.8k with A7. I like this hand just because to say raise 4500 when there not tournament chips is something that ain't gonna happen often with me.

3. Was the final hand of last years macau winter festival. blinds are 5k10k and Ive got about 55% of the 630k in play. I call a 30k raise with Q7 flop is 789, other player pushes. I know I'm in front for a number of reasons and call, he turns AQ and I stand up

dacman

Fav hands

1.$200stt bubble. On 2.6k in SB and get dealt 6 2os folded to me and i all in on the BB($1900). i taught there was somthing up with the software he calls so quick. He has KK and the flop comes 3 5 K Turn 8 river 4 to give me a straight.

2. $500 stt Me AA on the BB. Todd brunson makes it 300( blinds 50/100) next guy pushes another guy calls then another guy pushes todd calls and the other guy calls. hands flipped over and its KK another KK, A 10(???) and QQ and my aces hold up.

3.$2/$4 cash game. I have $400 roughly I have A 3 diamonds 2 limpers and i check on the BB. Flop comes Kd Jh 10c. Checked around Turn brings Qd. first guy bets $12 other guy makes it $36. i go all in for $400 odd first guy calls and second guy calls. they flip over A 9 os and A 8 os. We all have straights. river brings 4 diamonds to give me flush. Two very sickened players.

Bandana boy

While playing silly buggers on 2-4 i made a move with 7-2 from the button
Get called by an idiot and a rock
Flop 742 i bet 2 callers turn 7 i bet 2 callers river a 4 i bet and idiot pushs and rock re-pushs i somehow find a lay down to see 4444 from rock
Was really proud of that

El Stuntman

Bandana boy wrote:

While playing silly buggers on 2-4 i made a move with 7-2 from the button
Get called by an idiot and a rock
Flop 742 i bet 2 callers turn 7 i bet 2 callers river a 4 i bet and idiot pushs and rock re-pushs i somehow find a lay down to see 4444 from rock
Was really proud of that

now I know for sure internet poker is rigged , how in the name of jaysus, allah, buddha and L Ron Hubbard did you make that laydown????

luckylucky

Still asleep at da mo - but some of my fav hands have been when I have made a reasonable size bluff on the river - get called and the guy is such a fish that my bluff is actually good enough to win the hand - think i remember one hand where this guy looked me up with jack hi after my king hi flush draw didn't hit but i tried to bluff the river anyway - the pot was several hundred dollars.

BigDragon

Fitz €250

BB with 44
UTG (Big Stu) limps
2 other limpers
Flop 4J8
I bet at it, Stu min raises, I call.
Turn A.

I bet, Stu raises. I fold showing 444. Table (all regulars) goes 'What the fcuk??????'

I say 'Stuey, show your AAA will ya?'. He smiles and shows it.

I won every chip back with steals and resteals within about 10 mins and finished 5th for my first big FT.

Flushdraw

The best hand I ever played was in the IPT Main Event in June. I was moved
to the main table after about 20 minutes where I was unlucky enough to have Ram Vaswani on the button while I was BB. Flipper was SB so he didn’t see too many cheap flops either.

This hand arose about 5 or 6 hours into the tournie and up til then I’d put
up with a barrage of raises from Ram when I was in the blinds and had played
back at him a number of times but never really took any big chips from him.

Blinds are 300/600. I have about 45k, Ram chip leader with approx 75k.
Folded around to Ram on the button and he makes his standard raise to 1800.
I look down at Ks10c and call.

Flop comes a magical QcJs9s. I check, Ram bets 3k, I call. I’m takin a
chance that he doesn’t have spades or any real hand because I know he’ll fire another couple of bullets at the board and this is my chance to accumulate some chips and make a serious dent in the tournament favourite. Turn is a 6c. I check and he bets 7k. I’m still thinking how's the best way to extracy money from him so I dwell for a while. I want him to think that I’m drawing to either a flush or a straight so I “reluctantly” call.

I’m praying for a low red card on the river so I can push for my remaining
33k knowing that it will stink of a missed draw and will hopefully look to him
like I’m trying to steal the pot. To my delight a 2d comes on the river and
I announce all-in and push for 33k into a 25k pot. Ram thinks for an age ( 7 or 8 minutes ) before announcing call. I flip over the nuts and he mucks his
cards in disgust. I was to told he called with A9

luckylucky

Flushdraw wrote:

The best hand I ever played was in the IPT Main Event in June. I was moved
to the main table after about 20 minutes where I was unlucky enough to have Ram Vaswani on the button while I was BB. Flipper was SB so he didn’t see too many cheap flops either.

This hand arose about 5 or 6 hours into the tournie and up til then I’d put
up with a barrage of raises from Ram when I was in the blinds and had played
back at him a number of times but never really took any big chips from him.

Blinds are 300/600. I have about 45k, Ram chip leader with approx 75k.
Folded around to Ram on the button and he makes his standard raise to 1800.
I look down at Ks10c and call.

Flop comes a magical QcJs9s. I check, Ram bets 3k, I call. I’m takin a
chance that he doesn’t have spades or any real hand because I know he’ll fire another couple of bullets at the board and this is my chance to accumulate some chips and make a serious dent in the tournament favourite. Turn is a 6c. I check and he bets 7k. I’m still thinking how's the best way to extracy money from him so I dwell for a while. I want him to think that I’m drawing to either a flush or a straight so I “reluctantly” call.

I’m praying for a low red card on the river so I can push for my remaining
33k knowing that it will stink of a missed draw and will hopefully look to him
like I’m trying to steal the pot. To my delight a 2d comes on the river and
I announce all-in and push for 33k into a 25k pot. Ram thinks for an age ( 7 or 8 minutes ) before announcing call. I flip over the nuts and he mucks his
cards in disgust. I was to told he called with A9

Nicely done

Hectorjelly

nicnicnic wrote:

Three hands spring to mind.

1. just because of the madness of it. This years open I'm bb with Q7 three limper's, blinds are 50/100, flop Q77 Checked to Mike Caro who pushes for his 7400 stack with A2os

Haha I heard about this and thought it couldnt be right. What did he say afterwards? What a fcuking moron!

NickyOD

A small pot at the regency. On a A-K-8-2-6 board with 3 clubs I called a $35 pot size bet on the river with J-Q. I knew he had picked up some kind of dodgy draw on the turn and was certain he would check any pair on the river. He had the nut low. Bahahaha!!

El Stuntman

Saturday night in June, 3.30am

I am locked and somehow get allowed into the SE. I buy in for €200 into the 1/2 PLHE game and double up on my very first hand when some twit decides to go mad preflop with AJ. I have KK and twit enables me to get it all in pre-flop and double up. anyways, this is just for background information, setting the scene as it were. He still covers me with maybe 600 or so.

Anyway, I am UTG next hand and stick in the ol' compulsory blind raise (;) ) to seven. I then announce I'm playing the hand blind and get four/five callers (memory somewhat hazy). Flop comes Q67 rainbow, nice flop for a random blind hand my drunken brain decides and I pot it for 40 or thereabouts. Cue expressions of disgust and dismay by the callers and it folds around to the twit who glares at me hard and calls (pot now 120). The turn is a 2 which I reckon cannot be of any assistance to Senor Twit and I bet 100. He then starts on and on asking me have I looked at my cards, am I still playing blind etc etc? I smirk at him, he counts out 100 and reluctantly makes the call.
River is a 4, I instantly move the rest of my chips in and he folds JJ face up.
I take a look at my cards, 83 offsuit and throw them over while stacking the chips.

No idea what the point of this story is but it's still my favourite hand...

smurph

Favourite hand is nothing to do with a big lay down, reading a player, nothing like that, im in Vegas have gotten a straight flush in a cash game, and am $1,200 up in the 1, 2 holdem game. I have decided to go on the Vodka and red bull (the sugar free one with zillion times xtra caffeine scary stuff:eek: :eek: ), im on my 5th and my stomach is doing the river dance while my brain is thinking of cunning ways to win more money of these mere mortals around the tables.

Anyway the hand (a bit hazy but it goes something like this), its 1, 2 with 5 callers and i try to make it 10 to go, throw out two 5 dollar chips and announce 100 (who said that i murmer to myself), dealer announces raise to 100, I apologise and the dealer explains that a because I said 100 i have to put $100 out. After about a minute of asking him if he is sure, does he want to check it out with someone I reluctantly ship $100 into pot. (I have the monster that is 8, 10 offsuit) im called by a player and im first to speak, time for another slug of vodka.mmmmmm vodka is lovely.

Flop comes down 8, 10 2 rainbow, i bet $100 and tell him to fold, he glares at me so hard i nearly turn to stone, and goes all in for $400 dollars, I call while mumbling "I told him to fold", he flings over pocket kings, smiles and I flick over the monster that is two pair. turn x river x and no help to the guy, who starts going mental,.

Shortly afterwards Martin tells me were going home, I was like closing the sweet shop on the kid, but I had some manky hangover the next day, but a healthier bank balance

Solksjaer

Best Hand I ever played , as Conor McCloud (from the clan McCloud) would say , there can be only ONE.

I was living in Drimnagh at the time, there was no such thing as Texas Holdem in my world then (nor mobiles, nor tinternet) , just ordinary poker, 5 cards dealt to ya . I was playing around the back of the shops, were the future scallywags and jailbirds hung out and joined in the 50p Jacks or better for openers. Well I was up about 4 quid (LOADSOMONEY Then)
when I got A 2 3 9 10, (or something like it) all different suits (my memory is hazy here so maybe only 4 of them were different suits) anyway Micka (surname withheld, currently residing at her Majestys pleasure in the UK) the mouth has 3 jacks and opens for 50p, I called, no other players. Hatchet Harris's little brother mucker usually plays every hand so I was suprised he threw in his cards. So just me and Micka, he request 2 cards, Hmm I think he has trips (NOT a Fik SET OK.. TRIPS) . I think and say NO CARDS! Wha Dja bleedin have there a BLUE? mouthed the mouth. I said nothing and raised it 50p he reraised me to a pound, I took an inner gulp (I owed my elder borther 3 quid and I now had it to pay him so a bluff here would mean fisticuffs at home if I lost) Well I threw in the rest of my cash and Micka folded threw down his bleedin 3 Jacks and called me a jammy *censored* He demanded I show him my hand, a little scared I turned over my bluff. He then attacked me YA little Bollix..(JAYSUS) ..biff bang (cue batman music) then to my shock and suprise I overcame the MOUTH and kicked the bejaysus out of him. (god bless the inspiration music in my head) biff , TWANG! Kerplunk. I suppose having daily spats with brothers and having 5 of them can help you here, but word of my victory spread around and from then on I had some much needed respect around the schoolyard with some hardened criminals giving me space and allowing me to keep a hold of my lunch money..

I bought 20 major to celebrate ( my 1st smoke ever) and puked them up 'cause I didn't know the difference between inhaling and swallowing.., (HOLY SMOKE batman), so havn't smoked to this day as a result. whaoo

To impress you even further, Micka the mouth was 10 and I was 9 and one Half. , oh yes. It was good and no hand can ever equal it.

careca

Fitz 1/2 round of each. I had just lost most of my stack when a calling station had called my bets with AK on a rag board and hit his K on the river. I had JJ. I had 45 left and wanted to go home. Next hand is omaha and its raised to 8, bout four callers, before it gets to me. I go all in blind. All call, bout 220 in pot.

Flop 89x, I look at first two cards 10J, nice. Checked all around. Turn 8, d'oh. First to act bets the pot all fold. I ask if he has a house, he shows 99. river 8 and i have the fourth one in my hand. LOL.

Leave four hours later with over 1K.

careca

Solksjaer wrote:

Best Hand I ever played , as Conor McCloud (from the clan McCloud) would say , there can be only ONE.

I was living in Drimnagh at the time, there was no such thing as Texas Holdem in my world then (nor mobiles, nor tinternet) , just ordinary poker, 5 cards dealt to ya . I was playing around the back of the shops, were the future scallywags and jailbirds hung out and joined in the 50p Jacks or better for openers. Well I was up about 4 quid (LOADSOMONEY Then)
when I got A 2 3 9 10, (or something like it) all different suits (my memory is hazy here so maybe only 4 of them were different suits) anyway Micka (surname withheld, currently residing at her Majestys pleasure in the UK) the mouth has 3 jacks and opens for 50p, I called, no other players. Hatchet Harris's little brother mucker usually plays every hand so I was suprised he threw in his cards. So just me and Micka, he request 2 cards, Hmm I think he has trips (NOT a Fik SET OK.. TRIPS) . I think and say NO CARDS! Wha Dja bleedin have there a BLUE? mouthed the mouth. I said nothing and raised it 50p he reraised me to a pound, I took an inner gulp (I owed my elder borther 3 quid and I now had it to pay him so a bluff here would mean fisticuffs at home if I lost) Well I threw in the rest of my cash and Micka folded threw down his bleedin 3 Jacks and called me a jammy *censored* He demanded I show him my hand, a little scared I turned over my bluff. He then attacked me YA little Bollix..(JAYSUS) ..biff bang (cue batman music) then to my shock and suprise I overcame the MOUTH and kicked the bejaysus out of him. (god bless the inspiration music in my head) biff , TWANG! Kerplunk. I suppose having daily spats with brothers and having 5 of them can help you here, but word of my victory spread around and from then on I had some much needed respect around the schoolyard with some hardened criminals giving me space and allowing me to keep a hold of my lunch money..

I bought 20 major to celebrate ( my 1st smoke ever) and puked them up 'cause I didn't know the difference between inhaling and swallowing.., (HOLY SMOKE batman), so havn't smoked to this day as a result. whaoo

To impress you even further, Micka the mouth was 10 and I was 9 and one Half. , oh yes. It was good and no hand can ever equal it.

So hes getting 2/1 and he only has to put...... only jokin, good story.:)

Linford

$200 (winner take all) SNG at the golden nugget during the WSOP 2004. Its HU between me and a grumpy old man, we are equal in chips and I propose a deal ($1,500 - $500). He informs me: “that he doesn’t do deals, especially with some kid from Ireland…” (I was 28 at the time). Being a little pissed and now a little pissed off, I declare I am going all in blind every hand from now on. First hand HU, I am first to act and I go all in for 7,800, covering him and he instantly calls with JJ. I turn over 6 2, he laughs when the flop comes A 3 K, he is less happy when the turn and river come 6 and 6.

Not the best hand I have played but one of the most satisfying

bill_ashmount

Any of ye people ever try playing while sober??

El Stuntman

Linford wrote:

$200 (winner take all) SNG at the golden nugget during the WSOP 2004. Its HU between me and a grumpy old man, we are equal in chips and I propose a deal ($1,500 - $500).

lol, I'm not surprised he was grumpy when you proposed that split!!!

Bandana boy

El Stuntman wrote:

now I know for sure internet poker is rigged , how in the name of jaysus, allah, buddha and L Ron Hubbard did you make that laydown????

the theory of it is actually an easier lasy down made slightly harder by muppets call thean the reality
couple of points
1 we where both very deep
2 Muppet had about 400 bucks less than Rock i covered both
3 I had not seen rock push without nuts and i actually timed out worrying what he had called pre and flop with that warranted a push here it certainly wasnt 7x and he would never push with op because i or muppet has a 7 or 4 here 100% of the time
So easy right ?

El Stuntman

Bandana boy wrote:

the theory of it is actually an easier lasy down made slightly harder by muppets call thean the reality
couple of points
1 we where both very deep
2 Muppet had about 400 bucks less than Rock i covered both
3 I had not seen rock push without nuts and i actually timed out worrying what he had called pre and flop with that warranted a push here it certainly wasnt 7x and he would never push with op because i or muppet has a 7 or 4 here 100% of the time
So easy right ?

MUTBS if you ask me

(even though you were right)

Linford

El Stuntman wrote:

lol, I'm not surprised he was grumpy when you proposed that split!!!

lol. Looking at my post I see I explained it wrong. I proposed we play it out and give $1,500 for 1st and $500 for 2nd, instead of winner take all.

El Stuntman

bill_ashmount wrote:

Any of ye people ever try playing while sober??

what would be the point of that?

Bandana boy

El Stuntman wrote:

MUTBS

(even though you were right)

MUTBS ?
Man United to be second ???

El Stuntman

Bandana boy wrote:

MUTBS ?
Man United to be second ???

monsters under the bed syndrome

Bandana boy

El Stuntman wrote:

monsters under the bed syndrome

I like it
not sure i can be acccused of that i am not known for my laying down a hand ability
in fact the opposite is probably true
i suffer from the your a bad player so you cannot possibly ever have a good hand syndrome

El Stuntman

Bandana boy wrote:

i suffer from the your a bad player so you cannot possibly ever have a good hand syndrome

a common affliction

it can be cured by being that bad player - works for me

An Gaiscíoch

Usually a $1/2 NL player, I occasionally dabble in $10/20 limit. I find that players will call continously hoping to hit and so making a few quid can be fairly handy sometimes.
After a good session at $10/20 limit I decide to hit the $20/40 limit tables. Just to see what they were like !!! I sit down with around $950 (student at that time and that was all the buckfast I could have ever dreamed of : ) ) First hand I'm dealt pocket sevens. I raise, and there's a call and a re-raise. We both call and see the flop. 7-7-A. I hadn't flopped quads before so I was a tad excited !!! I raise and the initial re-raiser re-raises me. I re-raise presuming he has AK or something near that. e calls. Turn and river were no threat but this bucko kept re-raising and I kept obliging !!! He shows his pocket aces and I take down a monster pot (cant remember exactly what it was but it was HUGE by my standards!!!) He's cursing like bejaysus in the chat box as if I had just called all the way with nothing and hit a one outer on the river !!!
About two hands later and he is still moaning, but it was just about to get a whole lot worse for him !!!
I have A5 diamonds in BB. It's flat called around and flop hits 234 diamonds. I nearly sh*t myself !!! Straight flush.
Same as the last hand, two of us raise and re-raise. Turn and river no harm to me and after a whole lotta raising he shows K Q diamonds !!! He abused me for another five minutes until the table turned on him !!! Idiot !!!
That eejit paid for my trip to America for the summer !!!

LuckyLloyd

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nicnicnic

Hectorjelly wrote:

Haha I heard about this and thought it couldnt be right. What did he say afterwards? What a fcuking moron!

his exact words were

" thought there was some free chips on offer, guess not"

bops

nicnicnic wrote:

his exact words were

" thought there was some free chips on offer, guess not"

he's quotes it in his latest book:
"Caro's book of really stupid reraises"

ianmc38

Certainly not the best hand i've played, but definitely one of the most satisfying. Playing a cash game in the Cue Club in Kerry. Loads of Cork heads at the table and also Dave Masters.

Dave has been speechplaying the whole table. We're both doing well in the game and having a good laugh.

I'm on the button with J5o and a few people see a flop of 247.

Checked around.

Turn is a 3.

Checked to me and I bet 10 or something. Dave instantly calls. River is a ten. Dave checks and I bet the pot of 35. Dave looks over and says do you know what, I'm gonna call you.... I say straight. Dave looks at me and I say come on pay up. He replies no no I never said call. I said fook off and pay up. He says no. I never said call so I'm folding and throws his cards over the line (he rivered top pair with T5o). I say good fold and throw over the J5o. Whole table erupts into laughter and Dave starts berating me. You fcuking bastard etc. Lol. One of the most enjoyable cash games I've ever taken part in.

bops

I find that my right hand is far better to play with


...it was only a matter of time...

TacT

Had to be the biggest pot I've ever won and slowrolled terribly at .50/1 on tribeca. I limp with 44 utg. 3 more limp and the button makes it $5 to play. I duly call, as do 3 more players. Flop comes Q43 rainbow. I check, CO makes pot bet to play, button calls and I call. Turn card is an 8, I check, CO makes another bet of the same size, button calls and I call. River brings a 9, I check, CO moves all-in, button calls and I call. CO shows 33, button shows AA and I take down a $434 pot

Fizman

I think this has to be my favourite hand. Playin a home game, 8 players in for €30 each (1st=160, 2nh=80). After 3 hrs its HU, ive about 50k chips, mate has bout 30k.

I have KK as small blind and just flat call (he's raised every flat call of mine so far).

He kindly moves all in and I call, he turns over 77.

Board comes 10 7 3. Im not surprised as this guy is a huge luckbox.

The turn is a K and I start rollin around laughin that i 2 outed him for once.

The river is a 7!!!!!!!! I cease rolling around on the floor and start diggin a hole. Loved this hand even more cos I still went on to beat him

Daithio

nicnicnic wrote:

Three hands spring to mind.

1. just because of the madness of it. This years open I'm bb with Q7 three limper's, blinds are 50/100, flop Q77 Checked to Mike Caro who pushes for his 7400 stack with A2os

I couldn't believe my eyes when he turned over that hand. I was in shock! What a brutal play. I thought at the time that the only explanation must be that he was tired and wasn't bothered with such a small buy in tourney (I assumed €3k was small for him considering the legend he has created for himself), then I looked up his tourney results on the hendon mob. Think he's cashed in two tourneys in his 30 year career or so.

DeVore

Nothing to do with good play (as you'll see).

I'm playing Oscar's Sunday afternoon game (why couldnt it be a 1k buyin!) and the second hand I have 5s6s on the button. Almost everyone limps in and the flop comes 4s7s8s.

Honest to God (and boy is this embarrassing) but my first thought was "wooohooo I've flopped a straight!" followed by "**** I have to watch for the flush or flush draw" followed by a dawning realisation "hang on, wasnt I looking for a suit too...." :eek:

So, after nearly falling off my seat with shock I compose myself and realise I have time to consider my play here. There's 400 in the pot from the limpers and I'm cursing my bad luck that its so early in the game that I may have difficulty getting the most from this.

Next thing I know, UTG shoves in for 3k. I'm in shock but not as shocked when next to act calls all in and so does the next guy to act. There's 9k+ in the pot and I'm sitting there with the stone cold straight flush on the button!!

While the action is continuing around Any Two Eamonn as I call him, leans over to me and says "wouldn't it be great if I was playing 56s" and I mumbled a vague reply of some kind that I can't recall because all I could think was "Eamonn, it would be a freakin miracle!!!!"

First has top two, second has top set and the third has the Ace-high flush made!

DeV.

dingle

In a Poker Events game in Greenhills a few weeks ago. Some light betting preflop and on the turn with a board of 5s5d9s7h. River is 7s. Betting becomes heavy until myself and two others are all-in.

Player A turns over AsTs for the nut flush. Player B turns over 7x9x for the full house. Of course i had 55 to take the pot.

Most enjoyable !

Hectorjelly

dingle wrote:

In a Poker Events game in Greenhills a few weeks ago. Some light betting preflop and on the turn with a board of 5s5d9s7h. River is 7s. Betting becomes heavy until myself and two others are all-in.

Player A turns over AsTs for the nut flush. Player B turns over 7x9x for the full house. Of course i had 55 to take the pot.

Most enjoyable !

Was player A on crack?

ArmaniJeanss

ianmc38 wrote:

Dave looks over and says do you know what, I'm gonna call you.... I say straight. Dave looks at me and I say come on pay up. He replies no no I never said call. I said fook off and pay up. He says no. I never said call so I'm folding and throws his cards over the line (he rivered top pair with T5o). I say good fold and throw over the J5o. Whole table erupts into laughter and Dave starts berating me. You fcuking bastard etc. Lol. One of the most enjoyable cash games I've ever taken part in.

Brilliant

Scouser in Dub

"Was player A on crack?"

Two pair on the board and thinking his flush is good despite betting he would want to be

kincsem

Laydown
WSOP Seniors 2004 - 1000 chips, first level, 10 minutes in.

Dealt AK in third position. Player in 2nd position raised to 100. Everyone was super-tight due to the low starting chips. I knew he had a mid-pair. I was behind, with six players still to act. I folded.
Flop AK8. He bet, and called by player on the button. Both checked the turn.
The river was I think a ten. He bet, re-raised all-in. He called.
Player in 2nd position 88. Player on button JQ for top straight.
Bad play by the button in calling a gutshot, bad play by the trips giving a free card.

Win
Merrion Festival €400 re-buy 2005?

Blinds 50/100. Dealt KK in SB. Three players called before me, I completed, and Jimmy Wan in BB checked.
Flop something like 359. I was first to speak and bet 300, raised by a super-aggressive Scandi to 800, I re-raised to 1800. He called.
Turn was a King. I checked, he went all-in, I was in instantly after him. He had K9. No outs for him.
The reason I liked the hand was not the play. It was fairly standard. The satisfaction was slowing down a player who was trying to dominate the table.
I took a chance by only calling with KK, and got very lucky.