Aces full of sixes. <or> How to get your ass crushed off playing poker.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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We’d been playing wild-card games all night. I was getting beat up on fourth street like a 2 dollar hooker. Every card I got crushed my straight… or my flush… and I couldn’t get a wild to save my damn life.

So, after two rounds it comes back to my deal. I call the game:

“Hold 'em. No blinds. Table limit.”, I say. “Since we’ve been playing these pussy games all night.”

We all ante. I deal to the five of us and peek at my two casually:

5-D 6-D

Finally! I think. A fcking hand worth playing*. I’ve got a working straight both ways, and a flush doesn’t look bad in Hold 'em either. My friend Jen checks her blind, and it checks all the way back around to me.

To hell with it! I bet like I’ve got a pair of cowboys or something. “A quarter.” I say. Then, I try to read some faces. Jen comes back in at me. She never lies. She’s got a pair. William hangs on with a quarter. Hoping something will happen on the flop I guess. He didn’t look too happy about it. Grimmer comes in, also looking for some help on the flop. Deb calls my quarter… I have no idea what she’s thinking. And finally Craig calls me too.

Did everyone pair up? Pot’s right, so I turn the flop:

5-C 6-C A-C

Well, that just crushed the hell outta my straight and flush, but I paired up the 5 and 6 with an Ace kicking them in the head. I’m still good. Clubs are really happy tho’. William throws a quarter at it smiling. He just paired up on that Ace… wonder if he’s got a 5 too? Grimmer calls him. He’s representing clubs, but he’s only got one… he still ain’t too happy about chasing it. Deb calls too… I still don’t know what she’s thinking. Craig comes in. Yeah, he’s sitting on a low pair, hoping to chase us off it later. I call the quarter, and Jen does the same… I’m still happy and so is she with her high pair.

I flip the turn:

6-H

Holy sht! Did I just get pick up 5’s full of 6’s? I think I did!* Grimmer checks… The heart didn’t help his nut flush. Deb checks… What the hell does she have? Craig checks… He’s got two low pair now and wants to see the last one for free.

“You ain’t gettin’ it for free.” I tell Craig. Pot looks good… maybe I can milk them for another quarter. “Quarter.” I say. Jen calls… She’s happy with her two pair. William gets spooked and folds his Ace. Grimmer folds… Too much money to find another club, I guess. Oh well. Deb calls… She chases some wild sht sometimes… she’s just playing dumb.* Craig calls… He’s happy with his two pair too… he doesn’t know Jen’s gonna smack him down.

I turn over fifth street:

A-H

The cat’s got two pair and I just picked up Aces full of Sixes… I’m gonna own this hand. Deb checks. Craig folds… His two pair are lower than the cat’s pair and he finally realizes Jen’s representing higher… and so am I for that matter. I throw 50 cents at it… Run off the slop and pick up Jen’s half-dollar. Jen folds… Damn… scared her off. William’s kicking himself in the ass about this time. Grimmer’s happy he ran away. Deb calls and raises 50… Huh!?! No way she has that other Ace… she’s bluffing so hard it’s coming out her ass. “50 and 50.” I say coming back over her and showing I’m not afraid. Deb calls.

I turn over. “Aces full of Sixes”, I say. My hand looks like this:

A-H, A-C, 6-C, 6-D, 6-H

Deb then proceeds to crush my ass off by turning over that other Ace that I was so sure she didn’t have:

A-D, A-H, A-C, 6-C, 6-H

“I got the other Ace and your ass is mine”, Deb says.

“Good hand…”, is my only reply.

The rest of the night was downhill from there. I’m still kicking myself and my manhood still hurts.

Oh well… you win some… you lose some. Tell me your good poker stories.

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2 deck poker? What kinda of rube are you?

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No… just one. Where did you get two decks from?

**

I don’t know… the kind that all my base are belong to you? :smiley:

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You talk that way about your friends? It’s a wonder she plays with you at all.

I bet if your were playing billiards, you’d talk about her rack.
-Rue.

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Oooo, feeling stupid. Just realized you’re talking Texas Hold’em not 7-card Stud. Sorry, 'bout that.

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Well, like Simetra, I’m an avid poker player.

Friends, and I, get together every two weeks (for the past three years, or more). We play for $20 buy in, and also sport a wild variation on games, including wild card games and such. (we don’t do blinds, the dealer always ante a buck, as it goes around the table).

In the last year I have not done so well. I’m near, or on the bottom of the list (one of the players is a fan of statistics, and keeps a spreadsheet on winners, and ME.

Still, I play all the time. So since I’m often the loser, my strategy is to play off of that fact. Often folks don’t suspect me of having the winning hand, thus I can slip in at the last minute, and pull a few surprise.

Sorry I don’t have an “great” poker stories, nothing worth mentioning. I had a five hand winning streak, once. I took in a lot, then I promoptly lost it all, breaking even. But often I’ll do that during wild card games. OR…I’ll have the winning hand, only to have everyone fold, even when I don’t raise. OR…I have a great hand, only to get a split pot in a hi-lo game.

The poker gods hate me.

Jet Black

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56s is a pretty good hand in late position and you want a lot of callers. As dealer, you were probably in last position anyway, but if you were up front I would chuck this hand very fast.

Your raise on the end did nothing. Either she’s bluffing and she’ll fold (really, what can she have that’s worth sticking around on that board?) or she’s going to pop you back…which she did. You cost yourself money by not calling her down.

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I wouldn’t call 56s a ‘good’ hand. I’d call it playable in late position if you have lots of callers, no raise, and no prospect of a raise behind you. You shouldn’t play that hand at all in an agressive game, or in early or even middle position in all but the softest games.

And when there is 2 pair on the board in Holdem, having a third card of the bottom pair isn’t a great hand.

Enderw24 has some good advice about how to play on the end. A raise is worse than useless, it’s counterproductive. Before you raise, you should ask yourself not just what kind of hand your opponent has, but what kind of hand they can have that they would call you with. In this case, about the only calls you’re getting are from someone with the other six, in which case you split anyway, or from someone with the ace.

Oh, and the other problem with raising is that you’ll win one extra bet if you have the best hand, but you’ll lose TWO extra bets if you’re up against the Ace, because you’ll almost always get re-raised and it’s hard to fold. And that’s exactly what happened to you.

Enderw24, do I know you under another name? I used to post a lot on 2+2 as ‘dhanson’.

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Sam Stone,
I did post there a lot about a year and a half to two years ago. Now I’m mostly lurking and I really don’t do that, that often. I’m not playing much anymore so it’s not worth my time unless I need to refresh a bit. Being honest, I’d rate my poker playing abilities at mediocre anyway. Though my last trip to the riverboats netted me a cool half G at both Omaha and Hold-em. There’s just something about pissing off 18 people at two tables that really makes your day.

Anyway, I’m pretty sure I remember your SN, then again, I could be mistaken. I posted under the name “Dan Osman” there.
Actually, two plus two was how I found this MB. Heck, it could have been you that got me here for all I know. I guess thanks are in order in that case.

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Heh. I’ll bet it was. I used to try and goad the players there to come over to the SDMB. I quit posting there about a year ago myself. Before that, I probably posted as much there as I do here.