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Snarf · #1 12-23-2005, 06:36 PM

I've had some wild rides before...but this one is up there for sure....maybe the wildest ride / strangest HU I've ever played....There are other hands of note than the ones I posted...but I posted the best ones.

...Started as a big dog...built back up...HAD SOO MANY chips....and then this hand:

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Hero (t10030)
Button (t4970)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Button calls t300, Hero checks.

Flop: (t950) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t1000, Button calls t1000.

Turn: (t2950) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: (t2950) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t1320, Button raises to t3320, Hero calls t2000.

Final Pot: t9590

Results in white below: 
Hero has 3h Jh (flush, queen high).
Button has 5c 5d (four of a kind, fives).
Outcome: Button wins t9590. 
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That hand would be a little sick at a full table...but HU?!?
Damn!

The hand after that I pick up JJ and end up losing to bottom two pair. I'm too ashamed of the hand to post it. Why do I insist on slowplaying big pairs HU?!?

The next hand the absolute best part:
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Hero (t810) <=== 210 more than the big blind.
Button (t14190)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Button calls t300, Hero raises to t810 <===810 all day, 210 more than the BB, Button folds.

Final Pot: t1160

No showdown. Hero wins t1160. 
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WTF?

Now I'm lowstack and pushing EVERY hand 'cuz
a) I'm lowstack
b) Dude folds too much
c) Its all-in or fold and dude folds too much

He folded that hand and the next FOUR hands until this one:
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Hero (t2760)
BB (t12240)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t2710, BB calls t1910.

Flop: (t4670) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: (t4670) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t4670) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t4670

Hero has 5s 6h (straight, six high).
BB has Kh 5h (straight, five high).
Outcome: Hero wins t4670. 
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He had me dominated pre-flop, picks up the uber-dominating flush draw too boot...I get a decent turn card, but the river SERIOUSLY gives HIM a straight TOO? That sucks (for him.)

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Dude folded too much and usually bluffed when he did bet.
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Hero (t6370)
BB (t8630)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero calls t400, BB checks.

Flop: (t1250) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t800, Hero calls t800.

Turn: (t2850) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t800, Hero calls t800.

River: (t4450) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t1600, Hero raises to t3920, BB folds.

Final Pot: t9970

Hero has 4h 5s (three of a kind, fours).
Outcome: Hero wins t9970. 
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FWIW, I didn't hit a lucky turn. I had the best hand on the flop too...but wouldn't he call with most legitimate hands HU on the river?

After him folding his button nearly every time - or folding to my raise on my button nearly every time for a dozen or so hands...Dude is getting low...

And I pick up...Queens in the Big Blind. Doesn't matter though...he'll fold as always, right?
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Hero (t12045)
Button (t2955)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Button raises to t2880
Did he seriously push at me for like the second time HU when I have Queens?
Hero calls t1680.

Flop: (t4635) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: (t4635) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t4635) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t4635

Hero has Qs Qh (one pair, queens).
Button has 8c Tc (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins t4635. 
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The way this thing was going and the outs he picked up, I expected to lose it on the river.

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