**** Official 2012 Pokerstars Regs Thread ****
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The greatest hand I ever played:
The setting was the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, or PCA for short. I prefer the full name as I find when I mention PCA people often assume I'm talking about PCP and I suddenly have an entirely new audience.
The game is Pot Limit Omaha, or PLO for short. I find that this acronym is acceptable as it is not easily confused with PCP. The blinds are 1/2 and there are 9 players at the table. 5 live players limp and justforfunds folds from somewhere near middle position. I proceed to take a swig of my goombay smash and ask nolan for a count. He tells me to **** off.
Dankess makes it $15 to go from the cutoff. I look down and notice that I have the button. This is highly important as the button is the best place to apply pressure, but mostly because if I am bored I can pretend it is a hockey puck and throw it at other players. For the sake of professionalism, I leave the button in place. Sergio Garcia walks into the poker room, and I decide he is better equipped to play this hand then me.
I yell over "Hey Sergio, come play this hand." Sergio obliges because the two of us have become fast friends. In fact he gave me a butt pat when I busted out of a $100 sng the previous day. I consider a butt pat from Sergio Garcia to be one of the greatest accomplishments of my life.
Sergio comes to the table and decides to flat call on the button. For more information of flat calling, and how it can effectively be used against dankness, please refer to the following video... Strongest move in poker. Sergio's boy has raised, but he now has protection and flat calls.
The flop comes XXX. To be fair, I'm so obliterated at this point that it really does not matter what the flop is. Dankness bets, Sergio raises, dank calls. I proceed to ask nolan for a count. Mostly to piss him off, but also because I get a bit wet when I hear the Bostonian accent. We discuss various topics including the lobstering industry and how animals are raised for slaughter. I swear to never eat chicken again.
I believe we now go to the turn which was the X. Dank checks, and Sergio fires out a healthy pot sized bet. The live pros who folded preflop are now very interested in the hand. I order another goombay and proceed to get a count of at least 4 stacks. Dank mutters something about his hot girlfriend, and shows me a picture. I confirm hotness and he makes the call.
I make a pass at the attractive Bahamian dealer. She laughs and says she's not into skinny jewish boys. I tell her I have more than enough money to make up for my lack of personality, but she will have none of it.
The river comes the beautiful X of X. Dank jams home his last 500 american dollars and I turn to Sergio in hopes that something good will come of all this. Sergio grabs all of my chips and then leans forward and whispers in my ear...
"Daniel, why do I have 4 cards?"
The setting was the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, or PCA for short. I prefer the full name as I find when I mention PCA people often assume I'm talking about PCP and I suddenly have an entirely new audience.
The game is Pot Limit Omaha, or PLO for short. I find that this acronym is acceptable as it is not easily confused with PCP. The blinds are 1/2 and there are 9 players at the table. 5 live players limp and justforfunds folds from somewhere near middle position. I proceed to take a swig of my goombay smash and ask nolan for a count. He tells me to **** off.
Dankess makes it $15 to go from the cutoff. I look down and notice that I have the button. This is highly important as the button is the best place to apply pressure, but mostly because if I am bored I can pretend it is a hockey puck and throw it at other players. For the sake of professionalism, I leave the button in place. Sergio Garcia walks into the poker room, and I decide he is better equipped to play this hand then me.
I yell over "Hey Sergio, come play this hand." Sergio obliges because the two of us have become fast friends. In fact he gave me a butt pat when I busted out of a $100 sng the previous day. I consider a butt pat from Sergio Garcia to be one of the greatest accomplishments of my life.
Sergio comes to the table and decides to flat call on the button. For more information of flat calling, and how it can effectively be used against dankness, please refer to the following video... Strongest move in poker. Sergio's boy has raised, but he now has protection and flat calls.
The flop comes XXX. To be fair, I'm so obliterated at this point that it really does not matter what the flop is. Dankness bets, Sergio raises, dank calls. I proceed to ask nolan for a count. Mostly to piss him off, but also because I get a bit wet when I hear the Bostonian accent. We discuss various topics including the lobstering industry and how animals are raised for slaughter. I swear to never eat chicken again.
I believe we now go to the turn which was the X. Dank checks, and Sergio fires out a healthy pot sized bet. The live pros who folded preflop are now very interested in the hand. I order another goombay and proceed to get a count of at least 4 stacks. Dank mutters something about his hot girlfriend, and shows me a picture. I confirm hotness and he makes the call.
I make a pass at the attractive Bahamian dealer. She laughs and says she's not into skinny jewish boys. I tell her I have more than enough money to make up for my lack of personality, but she will have none of it.
The river comes the beautiful X of X. Dank jams home his last 500 american dollars and I turn to Sergio in hopes that something good will come of all this. Sergio grabs all of my chips and then leans forward and whispers in my ear...
"Daniel, why do I have 4 cards?"
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