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I'm starting this thread so you can brag about your "best hands". I'll start.

Best Pat Hand, 5CD: I was once dealt a pat king-high straight flush. I got no post-draw action with the 2nd nuts.

Best Drawn Hand, 5CD: I made a royal flush, drawing one to KQJT suited from the BB after the SB completed. Naturally, the one time in my life I held the nuts in this game, I got no action and won the minimum.

Best Hand Beaten, 5CD: I had AAAKK go down to quad fives. I have not yet had quads or better lose in 5CD.

Biggest Laydown before the draw, 5CD: I once correctly laid down a ten-high straight during a Planet Poker PL Draw tourney a few years ago. A player opened with a pot sized raise UTG, I repotted, and then a painfully weak-tight play re-re-potted right after me. I figured this player would never make this move without a monster and dropped my hand. The other player got the rest of his chips in and his AAA lost to an ace-high flush.

Biggest laydown, after the draw: I got away from a king-high flush before. I'm genetically incapable of getting away from an ace-high flush or better because I'm a five-card donkament specialist. I did incorrectly lay down a weak flush to a guy that I thought had made a boat against me yesterday, but he actually hadn't improved his trips [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

"Worst" Hand that won at showdown, Triple Draw: I once value bet with paired sevens in a donkament when I knew my opponent was confused and was playing for high hand. I was ready to cap but he just called with trips. Against players who knew it was lowball, I won a hand with paired fours against another player with paired fours when I "outkicked" them [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Best "Snow", Triple Draw: It's questionalbe if my play was advisable, but I won a hand when I was dealt 777JJ and represented a pat hand the entire way and was not looked up. I have had several hands that should have been better "snowing" opportunites, including a hand where I saw 3 of the sevens and all 4 deuces go through my hand, that didn't work. I haven't been dealt 2222x pat yet.

"Worst" Hand won at Showdown, Badugi: Ten-high three card hand. I haven't logged many hours at this game. Has anyone won a showdown with a two-card hand?

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A couple of limit 5CD hands I can remember off the top of my head:

AAAAx in the BB, everyone folds around, absolutely no action.

Last night, for the second time that I recall, absolutely nothing in the BB, three limpers ahead of me, I draw 5 to an A-high flush. First time this happened, I go for a check-raise but get no action. This time, I bet out, got calls from two behind me with two pairs.

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Here are my 2 best hands I had in 5CD:

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8...074assegc3.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6...ush48piwh5.jpg

I didn't even need to ask for help on 2+2 what to do [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

And even though, I wasn't involved in this pot (and it's not even 5CD, I kept this screenie because it's the sickest suckout I've seen):

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6...vierlintb3.jpg

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my fav hand is 55556, you can draw and you don't have any cards that people want to have in their hands.

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i've had quads beaten twice in limit draw in the last 3 months...

my favourite miracle is drawing 3 to a straight which happens from time to time defnding the BB in an unraised pot drawing to 2 honour cards - never goes by without disparaging comment

playing a game called manilla (like holdem but with a 32 card, 7's up deck) i hit a straight flush (the best hand) on the river but folded because i was correctly convinced that my opponent had a higher flush - sometimes i should pay closer attention to my own cards

stripsqueez - chickenhawk

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This isn't really fair, as it's almost certain that I've
played over a million hands of draw (mostly limit, but also
PL, and some NL). It's mostly online high only and live, I
have played mostly high-low limit and frequently PL high.


Best pat hand, 5CD: Royal flush.

Unfortunately, this was 8-handed high-low split, so I only
split the pot with a low-hand; fortunately, three players
took the draw after I limped reraised predraw. In regular
draw, the best hand dealt I've had is a queen-high straight
flush on 'dise (Paradise) utg in 2-4 and limp reraised in a
3-way pot and got paid off (can't even remember in how many
spots as I was multitabling).

Best drawn hand: Royal flush (what else is new?)

Must have made this more than twice, but the first time I
ever had a royal flush post-draw was when I was playing a
live PL draw game with a bug. My opponent made an agonziing
call on the end with 999(bug)x (if he didn't have a bug,
then I think he would have easily folded).

Best hand beaten, 5CD: Once in the BB on 'dise $1-2 I held
quad fives and was beaten PREDRAW by the button (I think it
was luckyelmo) who held a straight flush (queen-high, if I
remember correctly).

Biggest laydown after the draw: pitched a baby boat 55533
after I got checkraised for my stack in a live game (it was
actually a bit easier to fold since I tossed a deuce).

Highest hand, split-pot, 5CD 7-A: split with a wheel
straight flush (both pat!) on Celeb a.k.a. IPN/Boss. After
that hand, paranoia haunts me on that site! Still, the 7-A
games are good there.

Most memorable bluff, 5CD: I was playing in a tough "jacks-
back" NL game and opened with aces up as the button. A very
tight player limp-raised me for just above the minimum and
he naturally stood pat (it's obviously likely he has either
a straight six or a wheel; I held two aces so he was a heavy
favorite to have 65432). Before I drew, I was thinking how
much to raise if I missed to steal the pot since this guy
was so tight, he would likely put me on a boat and fold. I
figured that I should raise about 3x the size of the pot to
put enough pressure to get him to fold. I drew and missed
and my bluff succeeded although my opponent thought a good
20 to 30 seconds before mucking (and I made a big mistake
showing this hand to a third party - hubris, but I was quite
young!). After that hand, I knew I could outplay almost
anyone.

Best read, 5CD high-low: I held a 532Ax/utg in 8-handed
spread limit and limped. The next player, "B", raised a
small amount; then "Bob" cold-called this and a bad player
in late position also made a cold call. I made #8 (caught a
7 for 8th nut-low) and "B" was pat and the others drew one
each. Because of "B's" history of play and I was thinking
that "Bob" was going low (as he often does), there wasn't
much room for "B" to have a big hand and with his slightly
worried look, I surmised that he held a pat seven. If so,
he could only have #7 to beat me, so I checked to see what
the action would be since I was certain that "B" would bet
his pat seven. Bob now called, so I put him on a smooth
draw that now made a smooth eight and the bad player now
called, so I thought I had the easiest check-raise in the
world! Sure enough, everyone called, and luckily, the bad
player was going low as well, so I scooped. Sure enough,
"B" faced a 76 and I asked Bob if he made an eight and he
said he did, but I really didn't know what the bad player
held (I didn't think there would be enough low cards for him
to be low as well!).



Memorable hand, 5CD high low: I played a lot of high draw
online, but before online poker, I played (and analyzed)
high-low draw quite a lot (only need a pair or better to
qualify for high and no qualifier for low). I played a lot
(in January one year, I think I must have played almost 400
hours and at least 50% of it was high-low draw) so I got to
know how everyone played (or so I thought!). Several hands
come to mind, and many were remarkably noteworthy, but
here's just one:

I was in a full (8-handed) $20-40 limit high-low game where
everyone antes 2 and the button posts 7 (it's 5 to complete
and $22 to open raise). I was utg+1 and held a pat straight
QJT98 which I would have normally raised with, but the "Eye"
(who is a good PL player) seemed especially interested in
his hand. Since he was seated to my immediate left, I made
a tell-related play and limped. He now looked confused and
wondered why I didn't raise, so he limped in (unlucky!) and
everyone folded to the button, "T.C" who made it $20 more
(now I didn't feel so bad!), so I reraised and the "Eye"
cold-called and T.C. called. I stood pat, the "Eye" drew
one (I put him on a smooth 8/9 that was now drawing to a
wheel) and "T.C." drew two. Although some players would
draw two to trips, T.C. was known to break a lot of his made
lows (especially, 98s or 97s) and draw two, and he would
seldom draw two to trips (he'd usually just take one), even
if somebody showed some strength and stood pat, so I put him
on a two-card draw to a wheel or 3 babies suited. (Of
course, he could have held trips, but I was thinking it was
much more likely he had a low draw or 3 babies suited).

Post-draw was the most amazing: I led out, the "Eye" popped
it (I put him on either a wheel or smooth six), "T.C." 3-bet
this and I had the nerve to cap it. The "Eye" now said
"give me a quarter!" and sure enough, both the "Eye" and
"T.C." made wheels. A non-thinking or unobservant player
might have mucked against the button's "high" hand.

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my fav hand is 55556, you can draw and you don't have any cards that people want to have in their hands.

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A 5 is necessary for like a million straights. I would think 22223 is better.

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I lost quads last night. Hero 777 pre, gets uppity action from KK, hero spikes 1 outer for quads, KK hits his wtf%*$! outer for two more kings [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] very glad it was limit [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I lost quads last night. Hero 777 pre, gets uppity action from KK, hero spikes 1 outer for quads, KK hits his wtf%*$! outer for two more kings [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] very glad it was limit [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I lost a rebuy tourney this way. well i had a wheel he drew 4 kings from 2 kings. bummer.

I also like 56789s

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I once drew three to tens and made quads. My opponent drew three. We capped it post draw in limit. He made quad kings. Weisenburg, I think, said the odds of this happening, where both draw three and make quads, is 250,000-1.

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Too funny.. after reading this thread last night, I drew 3 to AA and made quads. Someone else had made a FH. After I reraised his raise, he shoved (NL) and I happily called.

Other interesting hands:

First quads, playing 5cent/10cent on Planet when I was still learning the game. I had KKK and raised pre. Called by a super tighty that drew 2. Since I wasn't RR pre, knew it wasn't AAA, so I drew 1, and caught the case King; which I needed... other caught case deuce and we capped. We actually got a mini-bad beat (my one and only bad beat hand).. I got about $150 for winning the hand.

Another one was that I limped behind or called a min raise in limit once with a str-flush draw. Villain to my right bet post and I saw that I caught a heart, he had drawn 3, so we ended up capping; figured my flush beat his trips, and I was right... I saw ppl in chat saying things like "wow, nh" and scrolled up to find that, I had in fact over-kill, I caught the straight-flush and didn't even realise it. LOL

Interesting side note: while in HE I've actually lost track of how many Royals that I've made (stopped counting at 14!); after (just checking my stats) playing some 1500 hours of online draw (therefore prolly about 100+ hands/hr, for over 150K hands) I have _never_ had a royal flush; dealt or drawn.

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I forgot about this screenshot. Here's the classy way to win a draw MTT. This was about 1.5 years ago at B2B.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99...s/4AcesWin.jpg

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I used to get good hands in sökö as well. I miss that game.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99...es/Soko666.jpg

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seems like an interesting thread so ill bump/contribute...my stuff only draw though, and relatively i havent played it long, and almost exclusively limit, so likely uninteresting to anyone

best pat hand: four aces. raised, no action pre

best drawn hand: four kings, got decent action on that

best hand beaten: probably tens up

biggest laydown predraw: aces up, ain found a reason to lay down trips predraw yet in limit

biggest laydown post: think i laid three aces against a w/t who stood pat

worst hand that won at showdown: king high won a 3 way pot

best accomplishment in draw: made the 4.40 limit FT 2 days out of 3 thursday thru saturday. 2nd thursday, 5th saturday

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I played a little HU limit 5CD against my sister yesterday. My sister raised preflop. She'd do that with just about any pair. I reraised, and she smooth called. She drew one card, and I was pat with my ace-high straight.

After the draw, my sister said "I don't believe you" and bet right into me. I imediately felt an urge to raise. I put my sister on two pairs pre-draw based on the action. She wouldn't play a draw like that, but it could possibly be trips. I knew that the probability of making a full house after drawing 1 card was slim. Then I decided not to make a "I have a pat hand, and there's no way that this hand could ever get cracked"-raise, because I was pretty sure that my sister didn't have the nerve to bet into me without making a really good hand. I think that the best play in this situation against my sister might possibly be a fold, but I couldn't get myself to dump it this time. I called, and my sister showed down her quad sevens. She told me that she had quads pre-draw, and I think she was telling the truth. We made a rough calculation, and it looks like quads vs. a pat hand pre-draw comes up approximately once or twice in a million hands HU. Nothing special really...

My sister was a little shortstacked when this hand came up. I think that she would probably have doubled her stack if she reraised with her quads pre-draw. She might have been better off without slowplaying, especially since she was out of position. She plays aggressively enough to get plenty of action anyway.

Actually she's so aggressive that she crushed me the first couple of times we played HU.

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"Worst" Hand won at Showdown, Badugi: Ten-high three card hand. I haven't logged many hours at this game. Has anyone won a showdown with a two-card hand?

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I don't recall winning with a two-card hand against a player who knew what game he was playing, though I've done it against fools showing down quads. Chopping with A2 happens a lot HU though.

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pictures of sister? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

i agree that her leading out into your pat-ness is not a good sign - probably even foldable if you dont think she'd have the audacity to put a play on you (BTW, its 1 in 12 times she'd catch boat off 2pr, if that was what she had, ~1 in 10 if she had trips and drew 1). If she thinks you're pat-bluffing, she'd rather check-call than lead out.

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After the draw, my sister said "I don't believe you" and bet right into me. I called, and my sister showed down her quad sevens.

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I love the way she set it up with the verbals.!! You did well not to fall into her sneaky trap.

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OK, since people like this stuff -grin- how's this one..

I raise out of the SB (I think only 1 limper) in a $50 PL Draw High game w/ KKK.

BB calls, limper(s) fold.

Since HU, and I didn't just min-raise, I figured the BB for 2pair, so I false carded and drew just one to my 3 Kings; I managed, for the 2nd time in my playing draw, to hit the case King for quads after only drawing 1.

The BB draws... FOUR! LOL, this after calling a raise.

I min bet just hoping that the BB made AA to at least call and "keep me honest".

BB... Raises!

I RR, BB RR, I shove, BB calls.. too funny.

This, after we just talked about whether or not to buy in with the max or not (of course, even w/ just the default buyin, I did have the BB covered--I had $1 left--funny situation.)

BTW, the BB happened to pull out a wheel (5-high str) with their 4-card draw! Then was too stubborn to believe that I could have drawn a better hand [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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BBV Crosspost

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Finally got my first Royal after ~1000hrs of Draw [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

http://www.frontiernet.net/~bagsmode...Draw_small.jpg

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now I know your SN. I need to look up my notes on you.

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Game #811888595 - $1/$2 5-Card Draw - 2005/05/01-05:53:26.2 (CST) Table "Malpelo" (real money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Greek66 ($28.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Fnord ($95.25 in chips)
Seat 5: mattie6030 ($17.25 in chips)
Seat 7: etoile_rouge ($52.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Andromede ($40.50 in chips)
Fnord : Post Small Blind ($0.50)
mattie6030: Post Big Blind ($1)
Dealt to Fnord [ 3h ]
Dealt to Fnord [ Js ]
Dealt to Fnord [ Tc ]
Dealt to Fnord [ 2d ]
Dealt to Fnord [ As ]
etoile_rouge: Fold
Andromede: Fold
Greek66 : Fold
Fnord : Raise ($1.50)
mattie6030: Call ($1)
Discarded by Fnord [ 3h ]
Discarded by Fnord [ Tc ]
Discarded by Fnord [ 2d ]
Dealt to Fnord [ Ks ]
Dealt to Fnord [ Ts ]
Dealt to Fnord [ Qs ]
Discarding...
Discarding...
Dealing...
Fnord : Bet ($2)
mattie6030: Call ($2)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $7.75 | Rake: $0.25
Greek66 didn't bet (folded)
Fnord bet $4, collected $7.75, net +$3.75 (showed hand) [ Ks Js Ts Qs As ] (a royal flush)
mattie6030 lost $4 [ Qc Ac 8c Ah 7h ] (a pair of aces)
etoile_rouge didn't bet (folded)
Andromede didn't bet (folded)
mattie6030 said, "nh"
etoile_rouge said, "holy sugar jeeeeeeeeeeezus"
etoile_rouge said, "trouble beating that!"

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Finally got my first Royal after ~1000hrs of Draw [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

http://www.frontiernet.net/~bagsmode...Draw_small.jpg

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I was once dealt a royal flush pat [in diamonds hence quoting this post] at low limit draw. I raised and got a call predraw. I stood pat after deliberation [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]. He drew. He checked, I bet, he called. I won.

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Finally got my first Royal after ~1000hrs of Draw [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

http://www.frontiernet.net/~bagsmode...Draw_small.jpg

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Wait, isn't this your wife's SN? Trying to ruin her image, huh?

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My best hand so far happend yesterday:
Everybody folded to the SB who called with 99xxx. I checked with 44xxx.
He drew 3 and I drew 3.
I cought 4444x and he inproved from 99 to AAA99...
Yeah, and did I have to mention that betting was caped pre-draw? xD

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So since this is the LC 5CD thread, I'll be the 5-year old and ask the dumb question: what happens if all six players call predraw and then draw 5?

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So since this is the LC 5CD thread, I'll be the 5-year old and ask the dumb question: what happens if all six players call predraw and then draw 5?

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Umm, everyone gets 5 new cards?

(and yeah, the muck gets reshuffled back in)

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limit 5CD draw:

I don't fold big hands often, but I managed to get away from a six-high straight a little while ago. I don't remember the pre-draw action right now, but it got capped. There were three players, and one of the others was also pat. He seemed like a conservative player, so it was an easy fold. The third guy called, and the other had a full house.

The worst bad beat was when I was sitting at the best 5CD limit table I've ever seen at Stars ($0.5/1). Four of my opponents were big fish. Suddenly all the fish left the table. I saw a red message in the chat window about some scheduled server maintenance [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I like this one in PL5CD cash

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1108887



This one was a HU NLHE sng


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1108891

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oldmongoo$e said, "yw"

nice

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now I know your SN. I need to look up my notes on you.

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!%!@#$%%! [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]