Big hands not such a big deal anymore?

[Penguinfan]

I can remember when making a big hand like quads was a big deal, now all that matters is winning the hand.

I can even say that two, maybe three years ago if you made quad Aces the chat box would go crazy with people saying "nice hand" or something.

I just flopped quad aces agains 88 when we got it all in pre flop and all I really cared about was no 8 hitting the board. The chat box was silent as well.

Maybe it's me, but this seems vastly different from years gone by.

[Reel Deal]

Nice hand!!

[sil3ntq]

i think online poker and poker in general has gotten really popular over the last few years and thats why its not such a big deal seeing quads anymore. weve seen enough up to this point, so its not a big deal. we can blabber on to everyone bout the bad beats we've gotten recently, but those are boring as well. we've seen n heard every kind of bad beat that we just dnt care anymore when it happens.

i also agree with you when you say as long as you win the hand. thats the bottom line now; doesnt matter what you have, as long as you win the pot.

[Penguinfan]

I dunno, considering it was for a top 5 stack, this one kinda bothers me:





Full Tilt Poker Game #9449138747: $8,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (72017915), Table 17 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:24:50 ET - 2008/12/11
Seat 1: l33txNinjazi (17,939)
Seat 2: CEnos90 (18,230)
Seat 3: palomo64 (5,390)
Seat 4: WZIDOFOZ (10,570)
Seat 5: badace32 (12,565)
Seat 6: TheBlackLabel (6,295)
Seat 7: Nivolcm (9,825)
Seat 8: Penguinfan (15,290)
Seat 9: coloradoutvol (13,290)
l33txNinjazi antes 25
CEnos90 antes 25
palomo64 antes 25
WZIDOFOZ antes 25
badace32 antes 25
TheBlackLabel antes 25
Nivolcm antes 25
Penguinfan antes 25
coloradoutvol antes 25
WZIDOFOZ posts the small blind of 150
badace32 posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Penguinfan [8d 8s]
TheBlackLabel folds
Nivolcm folds
Penguinfan raises to 750
coloradoutvol has 15 seconds left to act
badace32: its cool im glad u called just didnt expect u to hit
coloradoutvol folds
l33txNinjazi calls 750
CEnos90 folds
palomo64 folds
WZIDOFOZ has 15 seconds left to act
WZIDOFOZ folds
badace32 folds
*** FLOP *** [8h 4c Qh]
Penguinfan checks
l33txNinjazi has 15 seconds left to act
l33txNinjazi bets 2,175
Penguinfan has 15 seconds left to act
Penguinfan raises to 8,700
l33txNinjazi raises to 17,164, and is all in
Penguinfan calls 5,815, and is all in
l33txNinjazi shows [4s 4h]
Penguinfan shows [8d 8s]
Uncalled bet of 2,649 returned to l33txNinjazi
*** TURN *** [8h 4c Qh] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [8h 4c Qh Kh] [7h]
l33txNinjazi shows a flush, King high
Penguinfan shows three of a kind, Eights
l33txNinjazi wins the pot (31,205) with a flush, King high
Penguinfan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31,205 | Rake 0
Board: [8h 4c Qh Kh 7h]
Seat 1: l33txNinjazi showed [4s 4h] and won (31,205) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: CEnos90 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: palomo64 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: WZIDOFOZ (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: badace32 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: TheBlackLabel folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Nivolcm folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Penguinfan showed [8d 8s] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 9: coloradoutvol folded before the Flop

[JDMcNugent7]

everyones busy playing 12 tables obv

[sil3ntq]

hahha wow... that was a pretty bad beat but what can you do? you got your money in with the best hand... that happened to me one time

i had AA n all in was pre flop... opponent had Js 7d

board was As 5d 2d turn 8d river Kd

haha im over it

[Kurn]

I can remember when making a big hand like quads was a big deal, now all that matters is winning the hand.

I've been playing poker for about 45 years and I've never thought either of those was as big a deal as just winning money.

[Talking Poker]

You do realize that four Aces beats three (and even 4 if he hit both the turn and river perfect-perfect) 8s, right?

I mean, I know you run bat, but generally speaking, you're in pretty good shape holding AAAA after the flop.

[Penguinfan]

You mean there aren't 5 8's in the deck? I meant more along the lines of---I wasn't rooting for quads, I was just rooting agianst an 8. I would have felt the same with just AA and a dry board with no 8 as I would have with quads whereas years gone by it seemed like a big deal to make quads.