# The REAL best holdem hand ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860 "2005-03-10T17:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/1 "2005-03-10T17:07:17Z")
First and only hand of the day: Texas Hold’em $0.50-$1 NL(real money),hand#719,163,512 Table Maracaibo,10 Mar 2005 11:03 AM Seat1:DJCrazyD($43.10inchips) Seat2:aLAERman($86.40inchips) Seat3:btarrer($27.45inchips) Seat4:BUDDAH 7($47.75inchips) Seat5:oxsin1000($71.35inchips) Seat6:trumandog($28.90inchips) Seat7:REDDRAGGON1($54.05inchips) Seat8:Otto($50inchips) Seat9:Ellemann($149.60inchips) Seat10:alpinestyle($49.50inchips) ANTES/BLINDS REDDRAGGON1 posts blind ($0.25), Otto4711 posts blind ($0.50). PRE-FLOP Ellemann folds, alpinestyle bets $3, DJCrazyD folds, aLAERman calls $3, btarrer folds, BUDDAH 7 folds, oxsin1000 folds, trumandog folds, REDDRAGGON1 folds, Otto4711 bets $10, alpinestyle bets $46.50 and is all-in, aLAERman calls $46.50, Otto4711 calls $39. FLOP [board cards 9S,QD,2H] Otto4711 bets $0.50 and is all-in, aLAERman calls $0.50. TURN [board cards 9S,QD,2H,7C] RIVER [board cards 9S,QD,2H,7C,JD] SHOWDOWN Otto shows [AH,AC] alpinestyle shows [KS,KD] aLAERman shows [QH,AS] Otto wins $1, Otto wins $145.75. ---
**Author:** ![Notorious\_Nik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Notorious\_Nik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Notorious_Nik)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/2 "2005-03-10T17:14:05Z")
It seems like nine times out of ten, I’m in the position of the guy with Kings. Every time I have a high pocket pair, someone else has aces. It’s enough to make me want to play rags and hope to catch a full house of something. But way to go **Otto** , it’s always nice to see pocket Aces hold up. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/3 "2005-03-10T20:42:32Z")
> [@Notorius Nik](#): > > It seems like nine times out of ten, I’m in the position of the guy with Kings. I’ve been there more times than I care to remember. I was sure it was AA vs KK vs QQ and I was screwed when that Q hit the flop. I’ve been _there_ more times than I care to remember too. I can’t for the life of me figure out what aLAERman was thinking, calling that enourmous re-re-raise, but I’ll take it every day of the week and twice on Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/4 "2005-03-10T21:37:20Z")
Aw, SNAP! 😉 I’ve beaten pocket Kings with pocket Aces before, just once. That is truly a good feeling. The guy even said (after we reraised each other every betting round). “I gotta bet knowing that you probably have pocket Aces.” (It was B&M, 2/4 table) Hopefully, you won’t be in a crappy mood tonight, if you’re gonna jump in our tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/5 "2005-03-10T23:58:55Z")
Why would I be in a crappy mood after winning almost $100 on one hand? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/6 "2005-03-11T01:17:36Z")
Trying to get on our tournament Thursday nights pisses you off to no end. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/7 "2005-03-11T03:36:38Z")
Well if you play money _pussies_ would ony up and make a damn deposit so we could play some _real_ poker… I worked until start time again this week anyways. Next week I’ll be back on days so I can start tearing my hair out trying to get in the Doper game again. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/8 "2005-03-11T04:53:36Z")
You’d a thought they was playing fer $100 chips tonite. Them was some desperate dudes. 🙂 So really, Otto. Will $100 be enough of a stake?? I’ll put $100 down. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/9 "2005-03-11T05:00:25Z")
My thinking (which others on the site seem to support) is to keep a minimum of 100xBB for whatever level you’re playing. I usually play the .50-$1 NL tables, sometimes the .25-.50 tables. Does this answer your questions? For serious, I’m quite drunk so I may not be understanding your post. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-best-holdem-hand-ever/293860/10 "2005-03-11T05:11:57Z")
Well that’s close enough. 100X a $1 BB would be my $100, if I got down to say $50 I’d stick another $100 in, I was just kinda curious as to the initial stake. Thanks for caring enough to answer, always look forward to your input.