Mirage 20-40: Capped flop, Capped turn, & a $1800 river card

[Dynasty]

Measured by both big bets and dollars, this is the largest part I've contested so far. I believe I played the hand as best as I could so I'll present the hand without revealing where I am. I think that will make it a little more interesting in trying to read everybody's hand and figure out where I am at the table.

The game had just started within the half hour so I don't have any specific read on any other players who made it to the turn (I'm among the players who made it to the turn).

The hand:

It's 9-handed and everybody limps. Small blind completes. Big blind checks. 9 players see the flop. The pot is 4.5 big bets ($180).

The flop is: 7d,6h,5d

Here we go. The Small Blind bets out. Big Blind calls. UTG calls. UTG2 raises. MP1 calls. MP2 calls. Cutoff-1 calls. Cutoff calls. Button folds.

Small blind makes it 3 bets. Big blind folds. UTG folds. UTG2 makes it 4 bets. MP1 calls. MP2 calls. Cutoff-1 calls. Cutoff folds.

Small blind caps it at 5 bets. UTG2 calls. MP1 calls. MP2 calls. Cutoff-1 calls.

5 players make it to the turn (me included) for 5 bets each. The pot is 19 big bets ($760).

The turn is: 7d,6h,5d,3c

Small blind bets out again. UTG2 just calls this time. MP1 calls. MP2 calls. Cutoff-1 raises (first show of strength).

Small blind 3-bets again. UTG2 calls. MP1 calls MP2 calls. Cutoff-1 4-bets.

Small blind caps at 5 bets again. UTG2 calls. MP1 folds!!! (That's right, a fold). MP2 calls. Cutoff-1 calls.

Four players make it to the river for 5 bets each. The pot is 42 big bets ($1,680).

The river is: 7d,6h,5d,3c,2s

Small Blind bets. UTG2 folds. MP2 calls. Cutoff-1 raises.

Small blind 3-bets again. MP2 folds. Cutoff-1 calls.

Who's got what?

Small Blind?
UTG2?
MP1?
MP2?
Cutoff-1?

And for fun, which one was me?

[Sooga]

It's hard to imagine SB having anything but 89...

I have no clue but that's the craziest pot I've ever heard of. WOW!!!!

PokerPrince

[MCS]

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I figure SB for 89. I assume there was an AdXd and maybe KdXd, plus a flopped set of 7's somewhere. But that's all I got, and I'm no good at this poker stuff anyway [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Mikey]

PLEASE TELL ME YOU WON THAT HAND, so you can fly me out to Vegas this January......and we can go back and play 4-8 hold'em like normal human beings.....hmmm.....

Let's see...if I had to guess....You were the SB....and flopped a straight.....8h9h.....that would be my guess...only reason to cap it too.....and you were up against Ah4h......that's the only thing I can think of...which would making it play that way...with all that action....or you are up against 5h4h.

**PLEASE SAY YOU WON THIS ONE!!!!

WHOEVER WON IT- THAT'S A NICE SCORE!!!!!!

[Ginogino]

The only thing that makes sense is that both SB and CO-1 have 89 (suited or not makes no difference) [I expect that you're SB because a player holding 89 should realize that he/she needs to play fast in order to charge the max to someone with a potential higher straight who's hoping for an 8 and/or 9 to arrive, and CO-1 waits for the turn to raise, which I think is leaving things a bit late].

MP1 and MP2 could have flush draws, but I'd expect 77 and 66. Wow, what a hand, and the leader(s) on the flop never get counterfeited.

[sandsmarc]

UTG2:88
SB:89
Cutoff-1: 4d8d (YOU)
MP1: 67o
MP2 55

[eMarkM]

UTG2: 77 or other set, drops when he doesn't fill up.
SB: 89s, played the flopped str8 very strongly
M1: probably some small flush draw and finally realized the nut draw was out there and he was dead.
M2: 66, 76, or some other set or 2 pair that didn't fill.
CO: A4d, raising the ignornant end of str8 thinking it's good? That's all I can figure him for.

You're the SB and took it down because you only post the hands where you win [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

These sound confident, but they're not. People often surprise me with what they find themselves in a pot with -- which is good thing, actually...

Who's got what?
Small Blind & C-1 have 89 for a split.
UTG2 had the nut flush draw or a set.
MP1 folded a 4 on the turn, convinced the higher straight was out.
MP2 had a set or the nut flush draw with a 4.

Which one is Dynasty

You cannot be Cut-off 1, because he didn't play the small straight fast on the flop in a big pot. I suspect you also would have made one more river raise just in case.

You cannot be MP2, because he makes a foolish call on the river.

You are unlikely to be MP1 w/ exactly 44, but I think he lost too much with whatever he had, so I doubt it. You are also seemed shocked that he had a hand he could fold.

That leaves UTG2 and small-blind for you.

[andyfox]

Most exciting post ever! Was Bob Morgan in the pot? [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

My guesses:

SB had 9-8 = Dynasty; he bet and raised at every opportunity and thus must have had the nuts

UTG2 raised the flop twice, but just called when a 4th straight card hit on the turn. He had a set or perhaps top two pair.

MP1 had a coronary for sure, and a 4 for maybe.

MP2 called every bet (never raised) and folded at the end. He is the anti-Dynasty. 7-6s?

cutoff-1 = pocket 4s or Ad-4d or, less likely, another 9-8 and just decided to call on the river assuming a split pot

Altogether too complicated for me. How did you remember all the action?

So the games in Vegas are much tighter than in L.A.? [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]