Here's one with no pocket pairs where they aces have only 7.155% equity:

This was quite a few years ago when I used to play regularly at a bar that held free tourneys for prizes...so yes, it's free poker, but what this guy said/did is still a doozy, for money or not...

I raise UTG with AK and this frat boy (who very obv has no idea what he's doing) calls.

Flop: QJ3

Stack sizes are an auto-shove, which I do, and he SNAP-calls, and when he sees my hand he happily and vigorously slaps his cards on the table.

His hand: 92

And he yells, "Yeah!! I knew he had nothing!!!" And he high-fives his fellow frat boy. I look across the table at my friend whose eyes are equally as shockingly bug-eyed.

And that's not the best part.

The turn bricks, and the 2 hits on the river, and he screams so the whole bar can hear, "YEAH BABY, YOU GOTTA PLAY THE PLAYER!!!!"

I invited him to my home game and he declined.

Gold Jerry, Gold!

No. Jeez! You obviously have to bet the $8 on EACH Hand. The only difference is, if one of those hands win, it's entitled to my entire $10.

I was countering the dude's point that "Aces aren't a favorite against more than 3 hands"

Against 8 random hands in PokerStove, my equity is around 34.5 %. I'll round and say I win 1/3. When I win I win $64, and when I the other 2 out of 3 times, I lose $10. I'm no math genius, but I think I come out way ahead.

Again, I don't normally do this, but it's a real nice guy who I talk to all the time and he essentially called me an idiot. FWIW, most of this conversation took place while we took a walk. Also, I figured by choosing hands you could make it come out to less equity. I was pretty impressed with myself for guessing in my head that it would be "around 30%" which was pretty close (AA vs. 8 random hands).

I think that needs to be my new, tilt-inducing catch phrase in my home game.

Are the Pokercast guys still trying to get a poker script idea to Doug Ellin?

Because Johnny Drama doing that (or, better yet, having it done to him by a wahcked out of his mind Matthew McConaughey cameo) would be great.

the AA against many players argument is really common even in the small stakes MTT section. why risk your tournament life when you are like 60% to lose? just wait for a better spot.

1/2NL. After getting raised allin on the turn with nothing but a jack-high flush draw, calling, and hitting the flush on the river, the LAGtard who raises every second hand says (about the TAG he just rivered)"See, that's how you play these tight players, you just chip away at them till they go broke"

I know. The example was done from the other guy's perspective. My post is probably confusing.
I'll shamelessly blame my poor english for this.


I've got another one. Some limp, Shortstack (~35 BB) limps, I raise to 10BB. Everyone folds but Shortstack says "sorry, but I have to call" and calls. He then check/fold A7o face up when he miss the flop. I've seen this a few times (with the same speech) and the only logical explanation I can come up with is that they're absolutely incapable of folding an Ace preflop and they're sorry that they might "crack" a big pair or something.

Slightly OT, but I often see shortstack limp/call 25% of their stack preflop with AK and check/fold every flop they miss.

This was one recent. but, we are playing the big game in MN w/ straddle rock. UTG limps after straddle with AK hearts and induces 3 ppl to tag along on a 952 flop and he insta mucks. Then tells a regular that if he raises then flop could come 22x and A 2 will have me beat. Now thats a whole nother level of thinking.

I once read someone write:

20/40 at RA or is there a bigger game u referring too?

OBV coming from one of Harrah's 40IQ Dealers/Poker Room Managers? Sounds eerily similar IMO. Oh yeah LOL @ Harrahs NKC IMO

sorry if already posted

Playing 1/2 live starcity 200nl
2 players DEEP about 400BB each

they end up all in on flop 8 J K
player 1 shows KJ 2 pair
player 2 shows 4 5 yells "fifty fifty common!"

hits
and continues to talk about how flush draws are 50/50
i am player 1 :*( FML

Why would you not raise the river? This line is almost always some sort of 5.

I read the whole thread from top to bottom last night, it's awsome. Comments like

totally cracked me up. Anyway, it's not really absurd poker thinking, but it's a semi-nice anekdote about my first ever poker experience in a REAL Casino (whooyaaa) I'd like to contribute.

I heard they were having 10 euro, 10-handed NLHE S&G's at the Holland Casino in Amsterdam. I had just been playing $5 tourneys online so this really was within my buy-in range. Anyway I showed up way too late and having already paid the 5 euro entry fee there was only 1 more S&G starting which was already filled up. But the floor manager told me there might be a seat available so just "show up at the table when they are starting" she told me.

And so I did and yes there was 1 seat available, but unfortunately there were 9 other guys who wanted the seat. The floor manager took 10 cards (9 blacks and 1 red) and said: "whoever draws the red card gets the seat." I totally pushed the line and drew first and yes: I got the red one, sat down and said to the table: "Thats a good start."

1 Hand in particular I remember. On my Big Blind a guy in EP who had basically been annoying me all the time, because he was just calling calling and folding and basically just giving all his chips to the guy to his immediate left, the only other decent poker player at the table who ended up getting 2nd. Anyway this guy was fiddling around with his last 500 chip and seemed like he had a very hard decision. So I told him (blinds were already 100 or something): "Why don't you just move all-in?" And he said: "Why? Do you want me to go all-in?" I said: "I don't know, I haven't seen my cards yet." At that point I had convinced him, so he said: "Alright," and threw his last chip in the middle. Everyone folded to me and I looked down at my hole cards: AQ

"Ok I call." And I busted the guy who had KJo. Of course nobody believed I hand't looked at my cards, but I really didn't. Anyway I went on to win my first live tourney ever, taking down an astonishing 50 euro. After that I wandered around the casino a bit (I had never been in a casino before), looking at the degenerate gamblers, but they kinda made me sick so I left.

i was running over a table of weaktight fishes at the Hilton in Warsaw Poland, when i get KsQsTc9c, 4 limps to me, i pot it from the BB folded to the shortstacking (around 25BBs) donk on the button, who repots it, sb folds i obviously insta repot. I hit a king on the flop and button mucks.

Then all table spazz out, yelling how bad I am for going "all in" before the flop with that hand...

Couple hands later, another horrible shortstack sits right to my left, first orbit, 2 limps to me i hold AQ on the button I pump it up pretty large, drunk shortack shoves 60BB's I snapcall, he tables AK a queen hits the flop, all shortstacks go berzerk on me about this insane "bad beat".

morale of the story : don't play there if you don't like beeing berated by douches for playing your way and also pay a ******ly exhorbitant rake.

This one is awesome. Either it hits or it doesn't!

LOL. Don't ya wish most of our opponents thought that way?

Especially with gut shots, overs, etc.

I was playing $2/$5 at the casino and this hand comes around. UTG raises with JJ to $25 and button reraises to $60 with AKo. UTG call.s flop is Js 10s 5h UTG raises to $60 and button reraises to $170, UTG calls. Turn comes a 6h UTG bets $140 and button calls. River comes a 4h and UTG goes all in for $300 more. Button tanks and says ''There is too much money on the pot to fold'' and called the all in

This isn't that absurd is it as there's a number of busted draws out there?

KQ of hearts.

I hope that this is not made up because it is completely awesome

It was late on Thursday night playing 2/2NL. It wasnt a good session had maybe 40 bucks left already down 100 wanted to go home. SO i get 44 on BTN, 5 people limp, i just shove someone calls with A rag and i win.

This one guy then says "just like an internet player, goes all in with any pair and hope its good"

Now this alone is wahtever but this guy was talking up 2-3 at the table saying how hes a hollywood TV show and hes traveling up and down CA looking for players to put in his show. Supposedly its a cross between Candid Camera and a Poker show where he stes people up. 1 example was how he was going to have someone bring a gun to the table and watch peoples reactions and stuff.

It got so bad at one point a local donkey regular even told him he could stay over his house while he was intown. ANother player walked all the way across the floor to say hes been trying to wave Hi but the Hollywood guy wasnt noticing so he wanted to stop. This dude sat and stared and and had a converstaion with him across the whole table.

what?