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Old 11-12-2004, 01:21 AM
grouchie grouchie is offline
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Default Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

Just one hand as an example, but this is by no means an extreme example.
Fishy, yes.
Lucky, hell yes.
oh well

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed)

Button ($48.5)
SB ($94.55)
BB ($50)
UTG ($94.5)
UTG+1 ($190.8)
UTG+2 ($47)
Hero ($51.2)
MP2 ($126.05)
MP3 ($64.05)
CO ($19.5)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $4</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 calls $4, CO calls $4, Button folds, SB (poster) folds, BB folds.

Flop: ($13.50) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets $8</font>, MP3 calls $8, CO calls $15.50 (All-In), Hero calls $7.50, MP3 calls $7.50.

Turn: ($60) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets $15</font>, MP3 calls $15.

River: ($90) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Hero calls $16.70 (All-In), MP3 calls $16.70.

Final Pot: $123.40

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero has Kh Ad (one pair, kings).
MP3 has Td 3d (two pair, tens and threes).
CO has Ks As (one pair, kings).
Outcome: MP3 wins $123.40. </font>
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Old 11-12-2004, 01:33 AM
LokiV LokiV is offline
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

Shrug. It happens all the time... we all have stories like AA being cracked by runner runner flush, etc. That's why those people keep playing.
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Old 11-12-2004, 03:04 AM
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

That's NOTHING! His hand was suited! That's a premium hand at the tables I play at. I just had my As cracked by a guy with 82o in MP after a raise and re-raise pre-flop.

Flop came T92, turn 2.

Now THAT'S a fish!!! (yes, after about another hour, he was broke, and I had won my money back).
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Old 11-12-2004, 02:21 PM
elnino12 elnino12 is offline
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

We've all had bad beats, and I've seen some of the worst ever--but the fact is--YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE CALLING!! The more people playing horribly loose, the more money you will make in the long-run. Yesterday I had 4 people go all in with flush draws, and I called with top set, or a nut straight--and they all hit the flush on the river! But ya know, I win 70% of the time, and I like those odds. So keep your head up and know that in the long-run, these are people you can make a living off of.
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Old 11-12-2004, 03:10 AM
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

That bad beat story was totally awesome. It was food for thought that, after fully digested, will no doubt make me a better poker player and wiser in the ways of the world. Thanks goruchie!
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Old 11-12-2004, 10:54 AM
grouchie grouchie is offline
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

I wasn't actually posting this as a bad beat story.

Maybe i just didn't express myself like I had intended, which is that I can't actually beleive people make plays like that. I've heard about it, but this is the first time in the few months that i've been playing that I've actually witnessed someone playing total and utter crap for an evening.

It took me off guard is all.
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Old 11-12-2004, 04:29 AM
Richie Rich Richie Rich is offline
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

Admit it. You wanted him to call your cheap bet on the turn (relative to the pot). You did not want to push your stack all-in and scare him out. So, he called your small bet with one card to come and was lucky to catch one of 5 outs that happen to beat you. It happens.

But realize that you earn most of your poker profit when opponents make incorrect calls. If they never got lucky every now and then, then you wouldn't ever get paid off.
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:54 AM
pr0crastin8r pr0crastin8r is offline
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I think I've got you beat [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I can't format it because the bison converter doesn't support crypto, but here it is... All night people have been calling all-ins on draws...

Game #192071663: Texas Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2004/11/12 -
01:24:25 (EST)
Table "Mint" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 2: pr0crast
($77.75 in chips)
Seat 3: magicth ($205.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Greg1110
($233.50 in chips)
Seat 5: dredawg ($72.50 in chips)
Seat 6: FightNow
($138.25 in chips)
pr0crast: posts small blind $1
magicth: posts big
blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to pr0crast [6c 3d]
Greg1110:
folds
dredawg: calls $2
FightNow: calls $2
pr0crast: calls $1
magicth: checks
----- FLOP ----- [3h 6h 8s]
pr0crast: checks
magicth: checks
dredawg: checks
FightNow: bets $8
pr0crast:
raises to $75.75 and is all-in
magicth: folds
dredawg: folds
FightNow: calls $67.75
----- TURN ----- [3h 6h 8s][Qd]
----- RIVER
----- [3h 6h 8s Qd][Qc]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
pr0crast: shows [6c 3d]
(Two Pairs, Queens and Sixes, Eight high)
FightNow: shows [7c 9c] (A Pair of
Queens, Nine high)
pr0crast collected $156.50 from Main pot


On that hand he had a 32.83% chance of outdrawing me, and I guess those odds were good enough for him. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img])
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Old 11-12-2004, 07:48 AM
nicky g nicky g is offline
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

"I think I've got you beat"

No, you don't. It's a massive overbet but someone semibluffing with an open-ended straight draw is not exactly unusual.
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Old 11-12-2004, 09:10 AM
fimbulwinter fimbulwinter is offline
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Default Re: Biggest Fish I\'ve ever run across

[ QUOTE ]
"I think I've got you beat"

No, you don't. It's a massive overbet but someone semibluffing with an open-ended straight draw is not exactly unusual.

[/ QUOTE ]


ummmm....
re-read the hand....

fim
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