Interesting Poker hands

Rob Tatro · Post by **Rob Tatro** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:36 pm

Funny story ...

I'm playing tonight on Fulltilt and enter a 1 table tourney and notice a player at the table named DiscGolfDevil ... so after a few messages back and forth, guess who it is?

Courtney Peavy ... wowza ... chatted a bunch while the tourney was going on. I'm sure the other players at the table thought we were crazy but she talked about how sad she was that she was going to miss the MSDGC this year thanks to their expecting delivery ... it's a boy and they are very happy, that she and Kevin will be thinking about us come August, to give Daniel Marcus their best (what's up with that Daniel :lol:

), and that they love robscustompokertables.com (shamelessplug).

Glad to say that I took the tourney down (with quad K's heads up on the flop baby) ... sad to say that Courtney went out 4th, just out of the money.

Fun times :thumleft:

Mike Dussault · Post by **Mike Dussault** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:56 am

cool story Rob, and great news on the impending disc golf prodigy. Good luck to Courtney and Kevin. It looks like that could be the end of her touring days for a while.

Rob Tatro · Post by **Rob Tatro** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:18 am

I think she said she's playing Bowling Green (is that right?) and then she'll be done for a while.

LeftyhasRights · Post by **LeftyhasRights** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:35 pm

Nice job Rob, have a nice conversation with one of the top women disc golfers and then take the tourney down. Quad kings ta boot.

Gary Cyr · Post by **Gary Cyr** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:47 pm

Here one for the ages

$.50/$1.00 NL cash game. Me BB. Folds go around to SB who goes $4. I have KK,..I raise to $8. SB calls. Flop comes K-J-10 (2 clubs and the K is one of them). SB checks. I bet the pot $10. SB goes all in $128.00. I call for the $112.00 that I have and she flips poket 10's I'm loving life!!

Turn is a 10

River is the last K

Back to back quad draws!!!!

Gary Cyr · Post by **Gary Cyr** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:49 pm

double post. Never even noticed it.

It really is the sickest hand I've ever played!

Craig Smolin · Post by **Craig Smolin** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:30 pm

That had to have won her a "bad beat jackpot" I hope...

Gary Cyr · Post by **Gary Cyr** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:22 pm

Full Tilt has no bad beat jackpot.

Shaun LaForce · Post by **Shaun LaForce** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:33 pm

FullTilt Sucks..................sorry, just thought i'd add that.

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:45 pm

Wow back to back 1 outers, that is crazy. Also, Full Tilt does not suck it's arguably the best online site out there.

Shaun LaForce · Post by **Shaun LaForce** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:06 am

no its sucks.

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:43 am

Shaun LaForce · Post by **Shaun LaForce** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:02 am

it is suck out central. i have never seen anything like it. i grew to expect to lose on 4th or 5th street. it is not like it would happen once in a while either, leads me to believe it is rigged. sickening i tell ya.

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:42 pm

Playing the $2-$5 game at Foxwoods a couple nights ago and would be interested in seeing some opinions on this hand. Early position really loose preflop player raises to $20 one caller to me in the SB with AA. I raise to 80 and just first raiser calls. He has $900 left and I have him covered. The flop is AT4 rainbow and I lead out $125 into the $190 pot and to my suprise/delight he raises to $300. What do you put him on and what is your play?

Mike Dussault · Post by **Mike Dussault** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:54 pm

pocket tens/ smooth call

Rob Tatro · Post by **Rob Tatro** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:00 am

I'd say he's crazy and go with Mikey on this one except for the fact that he's loose and maybe he's got something like 2-3 suited and now he's trying to cover for a mistake by chasing the straight ... I'm sure you put him all in?

Gary Cyr · Post by **Gary Cyr** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:21 am

It almost seems too easy on this one. You are trip over trip and I probably reraise him because if he is a loose/aggressive player that can get off the hand (tough to get off trips on that flop) this may be your only opportunity to get more money of his into the pot.

Mike Dussault · Post by **Mike Dussault** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:53 am

...or, he has two pair A 10, and thinks it is better than your top pair.
Either way it sounds like you should have him, unless he hits runner/runner to suckout on you.

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:01 am

Yeah I was with you guys thinking it was set over set, but I thought the best way to get more money out of him was to smooth call and check the turn and let him fire again thinking I have a hand like AK then when I jam after his bet he has to call because the pot is huge now and it wouldn't cost him that much more. If I jam the flop a good player *could* get off a set because I've showed nothing but strength the whole way, it's still an extremely difficult fold but it could be done.

Anyway, I decided to smooth call and the worst possible card for me came out, the case Ace. Normally this is obviously a great card giving me the immortal nuts, but in this case it cost me big time. He had 10 4, which I later found out is his favorite hand, he was a pilot in the Air Force and "has always had good luck with "little buddy" 10 4" The ace absolutely killed my action. I checked and he quickly checked behind all pissed off thinking he got sucked out on. I bet $200 on the river and he folded face up and says "nice catch." I muck my cards and say "yeah I got lucky there", while in my head I'm pissed for not getting it all in on the flop.

Craig Smolin · Post by **Craig Smolin** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:01 am

My initial though was K-Q, and as Rob said, is trying to cover his mistake by going for the straight. This sounds like a more reasonable pre-flop raise than 2-3 would be.

Pot Odds and Implied Odds would be:

$190 pre-flop

after the flop, Todd's bet of $125 and the call ups the pot to $440, meaning with another call of $125 the opponent is getting 3.5:1 on his money. Pretty decent odds actually.

And maybe he figures his implied odds are such that he'll get all of his money in by the river, and sweep a huge pot if his draw(s) hit... He could have any range of hands including tens, A-K, A-Q, K-Q, etc, anything with a decent enough draw and maybe two over-cards.

So, Todd, what was the outcome???

Craig Smolin · Post by **Craig Smolin** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:06 am

Sorry, just posted right after you...

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:59 pm

Yeah my bet was on the smallish side, which is why I found the raise interesting. I don't think he'd raise with a hand like KQ, he might call, which is fine too because he isn't getting anywhere near the correct odds to draw at a gutshot. This should have been a much bigger pot, but I have no one to blame but myself. Although if a Ten or Four hit, I would look like a genius.

I am confused on your math though. I bet $125 into a $190 pot, so it's a $125 call to my oppenent and the pot is $315, which means he's only getting 2.52:1, which is incorrect to draw with any hand that has a straight draw. He could have raised thinking I had a hand like KK and is trying to represent the Ace, which if that was the case I most likely would have had to give up on the hand. I still don't really mind the slowplay to be honest, just happened to be a terrible turn card for me.

Craig Smolin · Post by **Craig Smolin** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:08 pm

you know that's how I thought it up initially, but then I added his call into the pot as well... I've seen the odds computed both ways actually...

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Fri May 25, 2007 8:06 pm

2-5 NL at Foxwoods, anyone fold this??

Early postion raises to $25, been raising frequently, old tight guy calls, another solid guy calls. It's to me on the button with QsTs, my table image is really tight, haven't played many hands in the last hour. I decide to try a squeeze play and raise it to $100, first kid calls, old guy calls, solid guy folds and we see a flop of: Ks Jh 3s

Now the squeeze play didn't work, but we flopped a monster draw here, both opponents check it to me and I bet on the smallish side hoping the young kid sees this as weak and tries to make a play. I bet $125 into a $330ish pot and the young kid min raises me to $250. Now the interesting part is the old tight guy flat calls $250, but I decide my hand is too big to fold and I can't just call here because if a brick comes on the turn and one of them bets I won't be able to call. So I decide to go all in for $550 more, the kid calls pretty quickly(not good) and the old tight guy mumbles and folds. Of course, I don't hit one of my 15 clean outs and the young kid takes down a monster pot with ____???

Gary Cyr · Post by **Gary Cyr** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:51 am

Mike Dussault · Post by **Mike Dussault** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:27 am

Shaun LaForce · Post by **Shaun LaForce** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:34 am

mike todd had Qs. prob had a monster.........pocket K's.

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:16 am

K8 off suit. :evil:

Shaun LaForce · Post by **Shaun LaForce** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:30 pm

that is dirty. what was he thinkin? must of went to the Direnzo school of poker.

Todd Lapham · Post by **Todd Lapham** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:25 am

That is dirty, he said he put my on AQ or AJ of spades, which still makes it a bad call considering I would have been the favorite in the hand but it's all good. I still like the play I can't find a fold there ever, unless it's against Jerel, who runs like god.