Greatest call you have ever seen?
 

I thought of this after remembering that insane call Mike Gracz made at the WSOP with A high. So what call left you in shock? How about online, in real life and on tv?

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I like Roy D. Mercer.

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you'll see a plethora of great and poor calls online because everyone is a calling station, i don't think you can really classify anything that occurs online as amazing. live is 100x more read dependant for the greater players, so obviously the greater calls are made live.

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Gracz's call was awesome.. Another one that may have been easy for a lot of you was Little Nickey's preflop laydown of QQ. One guy had JJ and the other ended up with either KK or AA.

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ROTFLMAO- NH sir

SAM

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kirill gerasimov calling all in with ten high at wsop

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kirill gerasimov calling all in with ten high at wsop

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wow that was sick. i was 3 handed with those guys.. busted out and walked away from the table. i guess that ten high call was the very next hand. wish i stayed to see it.

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FullTiltPoker Game #204430016: Table Gardenia - $50/$100 - No Limit
Hold'em - 1:58:31 ET - 2005/09/02
Seat 5: Spirit Rock ($26,811.50)
Seat 6: Mike Matusow ($16,146.50)
Mike Matusow posts the small blind of $50
Spirit Rock posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Mike Matusow raises to $300
Spirit Rock calls $200
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4h 5s]
Spirit Rock checks
Mike Matusow bets $600
Spirit Rock raises to $2,400
Mike Matusow calls $1,800
*** TURN *** [Tc 4h 5s] [3d]
Spirit Rock bets $3,000
Mike Matusow calls $3,000
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4h 5s 3d] [5c]
elitekilr (Observer): oh man big pot here
Spirit Rock bets $21,111.50, and is all in
Mike Matusow has 15 seconds left to act
Mike Matusow calls $10,446.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $10,665 returned to Spirit Rock
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Spirit Rock shows [6s Qd] (a pair of Fives)
Mike Matusow shows [Qs Ah] (a pair of Fives)
Mike Matusow wins the pot ($32,292.50) with a pair of Fives
Mikeh77 (Observer): YES
The_Trench (Observer): LOL
chipdynamite (Observer): LOL
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32,293 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Tc 4h 5s 3d 5c]
Seat 5: Spirit Rock (big blind) showed [6s Qd] and lost with a pair of
Fives
Seat 6: Mike Matusow (small blind) showed [Qs Ah] and won ($32,292.50)
with a pair of Fives
Mike Matusow: kiddy games down the fking street

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Mike Matusow: kiddy games down the fking street

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yeah, impressive calls like this are probably why matusow is such a big winner in online poker.

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Didn't Ted Forrest call a river bet with a pair of 2's in a stud game a couple years back at the WSOP?

He won the hand, too.
That was NASTY.

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that hand was discussed alot at the time.

summary: it was an almost routine call.

in limit stud the pots become so damned big that you are much more correct in calling on the river, even with a very weak hand.

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Great calls are usually terrible calls that got lucky.

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Stu Unger's 10 high call against Matloubi. link

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JustinA do you believe that to be 100% accurate? When one reaches down inside and they just know that their opposition has nada, and they make the call it does wonders to the whole metagame value. I have owned people because of a sick call I have made. I.M.O layne is the best in the world at this right now. He makes calls short handed and heads up, that knock the other player towards tilting.

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I thought of this after remembering that insane call Mike Gracz made at the WSOP with A high. So what call left you in shock? How about online, in real life and on tv?

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I'm not sure about the blinds/chip counts but I think his opponent shanjac might have been relatively short stacked. I think that's why shanjac checked the flop so he could have just enough chips to bluff the turn and still somewhat force a decision. Hopefully he will gracz us with the the details. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I think this Q high calldown was pretty funny, and my read at the time was that it was slightly +EV. The donk in the hand played just about any two before the flop, peeled with any two on the flop, and bluffed any two when given the chance:

Mother-Son picnic better than wild sex

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In my home game when I bluff-bet big my jack-high on the river and was called by 34o on a A269Q board.

Calling with the nut low is so awesome.

DN

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JustinA do you believe that to be 100% accurate? When one reaches down inside and they just know that their opposition has nada, and they make the call it does wonders to the whole metagame value. I have owned people because of a sick call I have made. I.M.O layne is the best in the world at this right now. He makes calls short handed and heads up, that knock the other player towards tilting.

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I hate to sound sycophantic, but please post more.

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Didn't Ted Forrest call a river bet with a pair of 2's in a stud game a couple years back at the WSOP

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He called bets on every street. This was the first hand that came to my mind.

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Whoever called Annie Duke in the 2005 WSOP ME with ace high to BUST her.

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Didn't Moneymaker make a big call in a pivotal hand when he had 3's against Dutch Boyd?

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freddy deeb's call in a cash game with like T8
tho he had a pair some reason it still impressed me with that kind of money.

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FullTiltPoker Game #204430016: Table Gardenia - $50/$100 - No Limit
Hold'em - 1:58:31 ET - 2005/09/02
Seat 5: Spirit Rock ($26,811.50)
Seat 6: Mike Matusow ($16,146.50)
Mike Matusow posts the small blind of $50
Spirit Rock posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Mike Matusow raises to $300
Spirit Rock calls $200
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4h 5s]
Spirit Rock checks
Mike Matusow bets $600
Spirit Rock raises to $2,400
Mike Matusow calls $1,800
*** TURN *** [Tc 4h 5s] [3d]
Spirit Rock bets $3,000
Mike Matusow calls $3,000
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4h 5s 3d] [5c]
elitekilr (Observer): oh man big pot here
Spirit Rock bets $21,111.50, and is all in
Mike Matusow has 15 seconds left to act
Mike Matusow calls $10,446.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $10,665 returned to Spirit Rock
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Spirit Rock shows [6s Qd] (a pair of Fives)
Mike Matusow shows [Qs Ah] (a pair of Fives)
Mike Matusow wins the pot ($32,292.50) with a pair of Fives
Mikeh77 (Observer): YES
The_Trench (Observer): LOL
chipdynamite (Observer): LOL
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32,293 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Tc 4h 5s 3d 5c]
Seat 5: Spirit Rock (big blind) showed [6s Qd] and lost with a pair of
Fives
Seat 6: Mike Matusow (small blind) showed [Qs Ah] and won ($32,292.50)
with a pair of Fives
Mike Matusow: kiddy games down the fking street

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why is the rake only 50 cents??

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why is the rake only 50 cents??

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Heads up.

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Didn't Ted Forrest call a river bet with a pair of 2's in a stud game a couple years back at the WSOP

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He called bets on every street. This was the first hand that came to my mind.

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Uh, yeah. I assumed that everyone on here deduced that the hand didn't go check around till 7th street, then bet-call. I don't really remember how the hand was played, I just remember seeing Ted look confused the whole time but keep calling. His 2's were good (don't remember opponent) but the guy got up, flicked their cards at Ted and called him a child molester. Ted laughed and said "I'm about to molest your chips. Oh, and fold Preflop d00sh"

That was crazy funny.

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Didn't Moneymaker make a big call in a pivotal hand when he had 3's against Dutch Boyd?

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This is the most memorable call I can think of. IIRC they were two of the biggest stacks and it put Chris all in to call.

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A few months ago I saw f33dmybong call down with ten hi and win vs some donk. It was either in the party 50 or 100 game.

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Didn't Ted Forrest call a river bet with a pair of 2's in a stud game a couple years back at the WSOP

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He called bets on every street. This was the first hand that came to my mind.

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Uh, yeah. I assumed that everyone on here deduced that the hand didn't go check around till 7th street, then bet-call. I don't really remember how the hand was played, I just remember seeing Ted look confused the whole time but keep calling. His 2's were good (don't remember opponent) but the guy got up, flicked their cards at Ted and called him a child molester. Ted laughed and said "I'm about to molest your chips. Oh, and fold Preflop d00sh"

That was crazy funny.

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I need to see a video this. that's amazing.

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Didn't Ted Forrest call a river bet with a pair of 2's in a stud game a couple years back at the WSOP

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He called bets on every street. This was the first hand that came to my mind.

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Uh, yeah. I assumed that everyone on here deduced that the hand didn't go check around till 7th street, then bet-call. I don't really remember how the hand was played, I just remember seeing Ted look confused the whole time but keep calling. His 2's were good (don't remember opponent) but the guy got up, flicked their cards at Ted and called him a child molester. Ted laughed and said "I'm about to molest your chips. Oh, and fold Preflop d00sh"

That was crazy funny.

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I need to see a video this. that's amazing.

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I must confess, that the last part of my post was made up. His opponent didn't call him a Chester out loud.

But Ted did call down with 2's (not sure which street he paired up on). But it was sick. He just looked confused teh whole time, like "Can my 2's be good? I think theyre good.." Kept calling down and flips over pair of 2's.

I think the guy just left the table after that. He was down to like 8 blinds and i think he just quit* after that hand. Heck, I would too.

*Again, this didn't happen either.

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I didn't see the Kerill call but he told me about it immediately after it occured --- positively a true story, and his logic was impressive.

The two best calls I have seen in person were both at the same table, the 1999 WSOP $10k Championship final table;

Huck Seed limps for $20k or $30k, Noel Furlong makes it $100k, Huck moves all-in for approx. $700k more, Noel Calls almost instantly getting terrible pot odds with A3. (Seven years later I still don't know if it was a great call or one of the worst calls I've ever seen).

An hour later Erik Seidel called my river bet for almost all his chips with Ace-high----naturally I was bluffing.

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at canterbury i watched schneids raise preflop in EP, get raised on the flop by a guy who cold-called preflop, and call the guy down on a board that was like J8432 or something like that. they both had A9s and chopped.

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at canterbury i watched schneids raise preflop in EP, get raised on the flop by a guy who cold-called preflop, and call the guy down on a board that was like J8432 or something like that. they both had A9s and chopped.

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I made a pretty sweat ace high call down at the PPM final table that you woulda jizzed all over.

Also, fwiw, I don't make many ace high call downs live so it's fun when I do and am right cuz that means I am somehow reading people for not wanting to be called [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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JustinA do you believe that to be 100% accurate? When one reaches down inside and they just know that their opposition has nada, and they make the call it does wonders to the whole metagame value. I have owned people because of a sick call I have made. I.M.O layne is the best in the world at this right now. He makes calls short handed and heads up, that knock the other player towards tilting.

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Exactly. You see alot of dumb calls that "get lucky" but the thing that separates a great call from a dumb one is the sound logic behind the call, not just a vague random feeling I *might* be ahead. Making tough calls is a great way to psychologically get to your opponent.

The big downside in making these A hi calls is that while your read might be essentially correct and the opponent is trying to push u off the pot, you might still lose the hand to his 22 or whatever. Thats why you have to think carefully when you read opponent to be weak. Is my A hi really good enough or should I raise.

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I think the first hand in this post is pretty sick. Probably the best I've ever seen in person.

Other than that, I'd go with colson's call v. schaefer with the king high at the EPT final table. I'm actually surprised nobody mentioned it yet.

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I liked Dagastinos call against the grinder when dag had kk and mizrachi had flush draw and ace on flop. at that stage in tournament with other spots to move up very gutsy call.

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i enjoyed the K5 hand

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Didn't Ted Forrest call a river bet with a pair of 2's in a stud game a couple years back at the WSOP

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He called bets on every street. This was the first hand that came to my mind.

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Uh, yeah. I assumed that everyone on here deduced that the hand didn't go check around till 7th street, then bet-call. I don't really remember how the hand was played, I just remember seeing Ted look confused the whole time but keep calling. His 2's were good (don't remember opponent) but the guy got up, flicked their cards at Ted and called him a child molester. Ted laughed and said "I'm about to molest your chips. Oh, and fold Preflop d00sh"

That was crazy funny.

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I need to see a video this. that's amazing.

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I must confess, that the last part of my post was made up. His opponent didn't call him a Chester out loud.

But Ted did call down with 2's (not sure which street he paired up on). But it was sick. He just looked confused teh whole time, like "Can my 2's be good? I think theyre good.." Kept calling down and flips over pair of 2's.

I think the guy just left the table after that. He was down to like 8 blinds and i think he just quit* after that hand. Heck, I would too.

*Again, this didn't happen either.

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This was at a 2003 WSOP stud event. Ted won the whole thing, his 4th bracelet. He was heads up against Chad Brown. From the ESPN coverage it looked like Ted had a dead read on Chad. But they were actually heads up for over 4 hours. Ted had pocket twos. Chad had nothing and bluffed every street. Ted looked slightly worried as he called him all the way down. It was amazing. You may be able to get video of it somewhere on the internet. Or watch for ESPN's "classic" coverage. Although, I don't know that they will replay it, as it is the ONLY non-hold 'em WSOP televised.

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nope, they televised the PLO tourney that ivey won.

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that one is waaaaaay up there