1/2/5 PLO. Guy limps UTG. At showdown he shows K,10, 4,6, all of hearts. Someone comments that he played that hand with 4 hearts and he replies "well yea, I was going for a straight flush and had a few different ways to make it"

that hand can make quite a few straight flushes.

There are people in PLO who will play 95% of the hands. Saw a guy the other day call a raise with 7774 and win when a 7 hit the flop with a set.

1/3 NLHE pre-flop raise to $60 2 callers
Flop aj9r
Pre-flop raiser all in for $160 both calls
3rd guy in shows 74 people on table said it was a good call both pre and on flop as he had backdoor flush draw.

Yes they were serious.

Some people are desperate for some backdoor action

Is anyone a member of "The Poker Forum" private Facebook group? It's a gold mine for absurd thinking.

That's just smart table talk. Saying anything else there is ******ed.

At least someone understands this, unlike the poster

Heard some good ones last night:

It started with the dealer telling me how statistically it was much more likely for the BBJ to be hit when the deck is machine shuffled vs hand shuffled. He said that the machine just does something to the cards and that you'll never hit it will a hand shuffle....ok.

Then I got treated to a smorgasbord of ppl taking about their favourite hands. "99 is my favourite hand - it never loses". Next guy says "ya 99 is good but nothing beats 9Ts" .... "Oh ya. 9T is the best"

It was just non stop all night. "9s are hot tonight"

"I never change seats, I don't know why ppl do it"

Technically true (if your x-axis is time). Dealer was trollin you.

That's what I thought too but I'm not %100. I'm going to have to bring it up again the next time I see him

Apologies if this has been mentioned already.

Player wins hand with a straight. As he is stacking chips he tells table, "I only play every sixth hand that could make a straight. Proper odds you know."

Thankfully there was silence at the table to this remark.

lol u reminded me of another one I heard.

Player says he only plays every 3rd suited diamonds hand.

Two of my friends (both with engineering degrees) were playing nlhe except they could choose their hole cards, they often decided to go with K4s and stuff

This is pretty absurd on its own.

Sounds like a leveling war where one guy is in the basement and another guy is in a sub-basement.

Why won't u choose AA every hand and shove pre every hand?

Unless u are not allowed to shove pre

that was basically the absurd part

Probably mixing it up in order to remain unpredictable.

balance brah

THis gem!

Happened yesterday at 1/2 in a casino.

I was SB, BB ~$60 in chips. Fold to MP-raises to 8, one call, folded to CO-calls, BTN calls, I fold, BB calls.

5 to a flop ($41 in pot)

Flop: 2c, 6h, 10c

Checked to CO-bets $12, BTN calls, BB calls, 2 fold

3 to turn ($77 in pot)

Turn: 2c, 6h, 10c, [4d]

CO-checks, BTN bets $20, BB calls, CO calls

3 to river ($137 in pot)

River: 2c, 6h, 10c, 4d, [7c]

BB checks (~$20 behind), CO checks, BTN bets $30...

BB: flashes me Kc9c, mucks, CO calls. BTN shows Ac,5c and wins with nut flush.

BB: "I knew he had to have the Ac when he bet out on the river! That's the only thing he could have."

LOL. He called down with K high flush draw and nothing else, hits his flush, and then folds for just $20 more into a pot of ~$170. Sick reads.

Last night at 1/3 at Baltimore Horseshoe, player in 4 seat, an OMC type, is regularly getting into hands with 8 seat, who I know from the past to be a habitual draw chaser.

Two little gems:
First, 4 seat tells 8 seat, "Any time you bet into me, I'm folding. I can't beat you". (Then he proceeds to live up to his word)

THEN 8 seat completely fails to exploit this, ONLY betting out when he hits his flush, and showing every time.