The worst bet I've ever witnessed

[manku]

Home game, $5 dealer ante (which gets raked, btw, so there's $0 in the pot to begin with), no blinds. Stacks range from %500-2000. Mostly limit, sometimes PL.

Hand: 5 Card Omaha 8

I'm dealt garbage in BB position, however it gets checked around. 8 players. Pot size: $0

Flop: KKK. I have the case King. Of course I check, and it gets checked around. Players:8, Pot: $0

Turn: 5. Again I check, it gets checked around. Players:8, Pot: $0

River: J. Once more, I check. Gets checked to Cut-off who amazingly bets $20 (in PL, we play you can bet up to $20 on first bet). Folded to me. I decide to raise $25. He calls. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

My hand is good. [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

I don't what was worse: the $20 bluff into a $0 pot or calling my raise?

God, I love home games. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Manku

PS. In case you were wondering, this game is played at a restaurant and the $5 rake goes toward food/beverages/tip. Usually works out to about $50-70 player for $5 hours. We do eat well, however.

[iblucky4u2]

Manku - thanks for the laugh - here is my contender for the worst bet ever. A friend and I are watching an ESPN show on the Knicks setting the record for the most games won in a row. The last game, the Knicks are down lots of points with about a minute to go and my friend says "no way can they win" I point out this is a replay but he insists that they can't win and insists on betting me $10 that the Knicks lose the game. This is a replay so I refuse, but he insists, so I say OK I bought the pizza and beer that night with his $10 [img]/forums/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[Al Mirpuri]

Funny story. In the games, I play in, the chap who bet $20 on the end would have reraised you. Like I said, funny story.

[mike l.]

the bet is bad, but why did you keep checking?

betting a small bet on the flop here was clearly your best play.

[mike l.]

isnt it possible river bettor had AAxxx and thought his hand might be best and he'd get a call from a worse hand??

true there are only 7 undealt cards at that point, but im not sure it's as wretched a bet as you are claiming. it's basically a proposition bet saying, "i think my hand is best, anyone care to challenge me?" it wasnt like he was bluffing into a $0 pot.

[Ed Miller]

What I don't understand is how you play a whole poker game with no ante money in the pot.

[Hobart]

You have not seen a pot like this for a while. At the Seminole casino in SW Florida ther is a 7c stud game 25-50Cent blinds and no pot can exceed $10. the rake is 25ccents per player and $1 is take off for the jackpot in many hands the pot is under $1. Five hands in I pull off 4 treys on 3rd,4th,5th,6st. Some granny bets into me,I laughed gave her my $10 buy-in and left.Saddest game in the US of A and some of the saddest players. Hobart

[manku]

Somehow, the lack of ante doesn't seem to affect the action. One might say the same thing about PL poker, where the blinds are 5-10. If people have stacks of over $1000, that $15 isn't going to change the way people play, at least in my experience.

As an example, in this game sometimes the rake is too much. ie. we rake $500, but the bar tab is only $300. We then put the remaining $200 in the last 8 pots - $25 each. The game is played identically - no one's trying to steal that $25 or calling due to the extra $25. BTW, most of our games are limit.

As for me, a tight player, this small ante is a dream.
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Manku

[DisRdatMan]

You're not saying that the rake and jackpot drop for a full table is equal to 40% of a full pot? How could you ever find eight people in the whole world to sit down at such a table?

DisRdatMan

[mike l.]