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[wayabvpar]

I wonder if Doc is talking about the hand he busted on- Doc had a medium ace with an ace on the board, while Skaboom (I think) had wired 9s. The other 4 board cards? 5678, of course.

[Toro]

Must be, because I called up the hand histories and could not find a hand I played where I hit a runner runner straight.

[Profit]

missed this one, was visiting the ohio state campus. Looks like its been a few weeks since the SNG rankings have been updated..........

[skaboomizzy]

I don't have the hand history in front of me, but...

I raised pre-flop with 9-9, Doc called me.

Flop was A-8-6. I checked it, Doc bet to 300. I honestly thought he was bluffing with the Ace on board, so I pushed in. Imagine my embarassment when he was NOT bluffing at the Ace, and called. Turn 7, river 5 to finish my 9-high straight.

I apologize profusely. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[DrPhysic]

Toro,
I apologize. It was not you. It was Skaboomizzy. Here's the hand:

*********** # 12 **************
PokerStars Game #445160994: Tournament #1656185, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2004/05/20 - 21:50:00 (ET)
Table '1656185 2' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: SimonDiamond (1970 in chips)
Seat 2: onepktjoe (1320 in chips)
Seat 3: skaboomizzy (1510 in chips)
Seat 4: becca1097 (960 in chips)
Seat 5: KURN (1170 in chips)
Seat 6: dogspop (1740 in chips)
Seat 7: DrPhysic (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: d9090 (1520 in chips)
Seat 9: makinlarge (1840 in chips)
becca1097: posts small blind 15
KURN: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DrPhysic [As Jd]
dogspop: folds
DrPhysic: raises 30 to 60
d9090: folds
makinlarge: calls 60
SimonDiamond: folds
onepktjoe: folds
skaboomizzy: raises 270 to 330
becca1097: folds
KURN: folds
DrPhysic: calls 270
makinlarge: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Ah 6h]
DrPhysic: bets 240
skaboomizzy: raises 940 to 1180 and is all-in
DrPhysic: calls 900 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8d Ah 6h] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [8d Ah 6h 7h] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DrPhysic: shows [As Jd] (a pair of Aces)
skaboomizzy: shows [9d 9s] (a straight, Five to Nine)
skaboomizzy collected 3045 from pot
skaboomizzy said, "wow, sorry"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3045 | Rake 0
Board [8d Ah 6h 7h 5c]
Seat 1: SimonDiamond folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: onepktjoe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: skaboomizzy (button) showed [9d 9s] and won (3045) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 4: becca1097 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: KURN (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: dogspop folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DrPhysic showed [As Jd] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: d9090 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: makinlarge folded before Flop

When I called his all in with AJ to an A86 flop, he had a pair of 9s. When it was over my aces would have beaten his 9s, but it is very hard to bead a RUNNER, RUNNER, RUNNER, RUNNER, 5,6,7,8 board. Nice hand Skaboom, it worked, and I'll be glad to give you another 500 chances at it. And before anybody bothers to rub it in, yes I know calling the 270 bet pre-flop with AJo was at best a bit speculative.

Doc

[spazm6666]

I will also gladly throw my hat in the ring for a Tuesday game.

And since I'm still a bit new here, what is the Zoo game?

Thanks.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

King of the Zoo is a series of multi-table tournaments begun last year by the posters in the *Internet Gambling* forum (aka The Zoo). Every third Thursday on 'Stars at 9:00 PM ET there's a tournament. The next one is June 3, PLO $20 + 2. (The Hold'em events are $30 + 3, the non-Hold'em ones are $20 + 2)

Do a search on "King of the Zoo" or "KotZ" or PM EMarkM for details (this may be the slowest way to find out right now, he's playing in the WSOP).