After reading ESPNs "The best hand I've ever played".....

[Spuddy]

My question to you is the same..........


What is the best hand you have ever played? Also by the way its a nice short poker book to read about stories, won't teach you much! But some nice stories......

Anyways here is what I feel the best hand I ever played was....... (At a home game)

I was in the dealer position with about 7500 in chips (equal amongst all four players) blinds at, 100-200. I look down and see KK

I just limp, and get one pre-flop raise from the BB to 600. I just flat call.

Flop comes 2 - 10 - 5 rainbow.
BB checks
I throw in a value bet of 750 into the pot.
BB calls

Turn is a 3
BB checks
I check in hopes to trap

River is a J
BB checks
I value bet for 800
BB raises to 3 000
I really thought about it, and really thought I was beat.... I know KK is pretty but something about it! Plus the read on the player was he was solid player.
I fold......

I know this hand doesn't mean much to most of you, but as a fairly still inexperience player it taught me that I can still be beat in uncertian situations.

By the way the other played mucked aces, and stated "I was hoping to get more action out of you"..... He is a very solid player as well. But it was a hand I am proud of, because to win you gotta conserve chips not just win them!

Anyways what is "your best hand"?

[Talking Poker]

As for your hand.... I'm not sure that's really one to be proud of. You basically played weak and passive from beginning to end, and while you ended up folding the second best hand, you very easily could have been folding the winner or let your opponent catch up when you should have taken the pot down earlier. That's my take on it anyway.

The best hand I ever played.... good question. I'd have to think about it some more. One that immediately comes to mind was from the 2004 WSOP (one of the Add On events) where I actually let go a set of 6s to a relatively not dangerous board (no straight, no flush) because I was 100% certain my opponent was holding a set of Aces. When I threw the cards away - face up - the table gasped. One guy actually said it was the worst fold he had ever seen. Of course, he changed his mind when my opponent showed him his AA.

Edit: I have the details of this hand written down somewhere. Maybe I'll see if I can find them...

[sjay2k]

This hand was actually played by my friend, but I still thought it was pretty cool

Game is 15/30 limit holdem (my friend told me the BB in question has made a couple of moves on the river in this session)

Folds to my friend on the button, he raises with 4s5s

SB 3-bets, BB calls, my friend calls

Flop is

2s-6h-7h

SB bets, BB calls, my friend raises, SB 3-bets and BB caps.

Turn is 9s

SB bets, BB calls, my friend calls

River is 10d

SB bets, BB raises, my friend 3-bets (!!), SB folds, BB folds.


My friend scoops an obscene pot, shows 5-high and all hell breaks loose in chat. SB had AA and BB had KhQh. Just sick.

[Talking Poker]

That is a crazy hand. The funny thing is, you can't really fault anyone for how they played it. Your friend's three bet on the end was pretty crazy (I would have folded there), but it worked.

Cool hand.