Greatest call you have ever seen?

[Alan Goehring]

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.

[PokerBob]

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.

[Schneids]

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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]

[MrMorden]

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Great calls are usually terrible calls that got lucky.

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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.

[nath]

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.

[Smoothcall]

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.

[CamelZoo]

i enjoyed the K5 hand

[TedForrestFan]

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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.

TedForrestFan

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nope, they televised the PLO tourney that ivey won.

[bugstud]

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.

that one is waaaaaay up there