I've seen a hand nearly as crazy. I am on the button in a loose 4-8 game, with 56c, and utg has live-straddled. It's then raised to the cap by the next two players. It's a family pot by the time it gets to me, so I'd be stupid to not play.
flop: 4c7c8c (I flopped the straight flush, if you missed it)
Small blind bets, big blind raises, two calls, then raised by two mid position players to the cap, and called all the way to me. I call.
Turn: Kh
At this point, 4 players fold to the big bets. But again it's capped before I see the bet.
River: 4s
Finally, it's only three bets when it gets to me. Of the other 6 players in the pot, I am the only one who hasn't raised yet. It only now occurs to them that I've called capped bets cold 3 times already, and they all look down to my end-table seat with a shocked look in their eyes as I say, "Cap it, and thank you for your donations." The dealer nearly peed, as he was a friend of mine, and knew I wouldn't bother saying anything like that without stone nuts.
Hands:
KK
Ac3c
Kc2c
77
88
The whole table was covered in chips. People were taking pictures of the pot. It took me 15 minutes to stack it all.
This is a professional relationship.
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GTizzle
10 years ago
That really is an unbelievable hand, even when compared to the one I saw with 2 straight flushes and the nut flush all hitting on the flop. The unbelievable part, of course being HOW MANY people flopped the crap out of yours. Seeing the hands at the end of the recap was the best part. SIX people destroying the flop all at once- with the least comfortable guy having KK with an 8 high flop.
The one thing you failed to mention was how many people called you once you said (for some reason) "thank you for your donations". Fact is, the only two people I can see calling are 77 and 88 with boats. But I'm a NL player, so who knows, maybe it's just a given that they all simply had to call due to pot commitment..
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JackLint
10 years ago
The only guy who folded was the Ace high flush (small blind, would have been a cold $32 for him), and he did it cards up. The king high flush should have folded when it came to him three bets cold, but after calling that, the other $8 was an after-thought. (although it was surely a case of throwing good money after bad)
It really taught me how little other players pay attention to playing style at low limit games; I was playing tight and aggressive (at a loose-aggressive table) so the fact that I was willing to cold call three capped bets should have told everyone at the table that I had a real hand, and when I came over the top on the river, everyone should have been able to call my cards without looking. (even absent my comment)
I've won many bigger pots in larger games later in my playing, but I will always remember that one just for the number of bets on the table. It happened before they put betting lines on tables, but imagine a hold-em table with the entire interior of the betting line covered in chips. It was quite a sight.
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GTizzle
10 years ago
Awesome! So what was the officially tally of Mt. Chipmore?
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JackLint
10 years ago
It wasn't quite 500, but it was close. I didn't do a precise count, because two hands later, while still stacking, I flopped a nut flush. Some days are like that...if only I had more of them while playing 20-40.
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GTizzle
10 years ago
Just a good thing someone else didn't flop the STRAIGHT flush against your nut flush, ha!
Good stuff. Take the wins when you can!
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