[Lestat]

Here's a hand that changed my poker life very early in my poker career.

There were 5 of us on the river in a very small pot. There was a str8 on board. Someone bet and everyone in front of me called. I called too, because... Well, I had a straight along with everyone else!! Turns out the bettor had the one card giving him the top straight. Here I called in a 4 big bet pot to to get 1/5 of it!!

That changed my poker life forever, because I started to understand the importance of considering pot ODDS!

Fortunately, I've never been even close to being one hand away from broke. So no hand has every changed my life in the way you're talking about.