What's the oddest thing you've seen in a poker game?

In Super System, Doyle Brunson makes reference to the fact that if you're around poker long enough, you'll see some really odd stuff.

On Sunday, longtime Ante Upper ElSnarfoGrande was in town, so we ventured out to Tampa Bay Downs for a little Omaha 8 action.

I was dealt K-10-8-6 in one of the blinds. The flop came 8-6-x-x. The turn? King. The river? 10.

That's right - I paired all four of my hole cards (And yes, I somehow managed to win the high pot).

Several times, I've jokingly announced "three pair!" at showdown, but I can't recall ever having four pair.

It got me thinking about Doyle's comment. So, Nation, what is the oddest thing you've seen in a poker game?

- SCOTT

Comments

[NickG]

I guess online I was once dealt four jacks in O8B. I've also seen set over set over set on the flop and quad threes taking it down on the river.

Live, I would have to say the drunken player who thought he was playing blackjack. He may have been on something more than alcohol, but the guy (early 20s) looked like he had been out all night, and sat at our 3/6 limit table that had widdled down to 4 stacks. The four of us had all been playing since about 9pm and it was now about 3am.

He sat down with $100 in chips and could barely keep his head up. The table didn't know whether or not to feel bad for him or take his money. After a few rounds of him asking "hit me" or to "stay", I finally got the attention of the floor. He sat at the table and watched the guy as he dumped $75 dollars to the table in only a few hands. Once declaring "18" and once "Blackjack!". It was pretty ugly. So the floor finally said, "Sir, we have to ask you to leave." He threw a bit of a stink, and we had to convince him he was just too intoxicated.

After he left the poker room, the rest of us burst in to laughter.

[aces88ss]

OK, it appears the oddest hands always happen in O8...This one time at band camp...Oh wait, different story.

This one time at Full Tilt, during a HORSE sit n go, there were 4 people left, but 2 of us had 80% of the chips. Two small stacks were barely holding on, trying to fold their way to third place and a little cash. The two big guns were about even, and had been taking turns stealing the scared blinds. The Omaha 8 round had just started, I was dealt AK23 double suited, so I raised. As expected, the two small stacks folded, but my partner in hugeness called. Flop came QJT in my suit...yeap, a royal!!! Well, I checked, my buddy (at the time, I don;t think we are buddies any more after this hand) bet out, and entered into the chat that I better stay away from this one. So, I acted a little bit, paused as long as I could and re-raised...he re-raised, more nasty chat...of course I capped it. Turn came, more nasty chat, more betting, cap. River, more nasty and eventually, we were both all in (I had him covered, but only by a small bit). Sure enough, only hand that someone would do that...He had flopped the baby straight flush to my royal. I can't remember the guys screen name for sure, something like WILLPOOPER. He spent the rest of the sitNgo on the rail ranting about RCG's and hands created for action. I have been skillful enough to have had three Royal's in my life, but that was certainly the most memorable

[Sanna]

Scotty Nguyen

[Paboo]

Was playing 4/8 at the Belligio. An off shift dealer, Allegra, was playing in the game and very loose aggressive. Rest of the table were pretty fishy.

One hand... Allegra straddles and then puts a third stack out of 4 chips out there as well. (basicallly announcing that she is auto reraise her staddle). 4-5 players to the flop. 652 rainbow flow... she bets out, 3 callers. 4 on the turn, she bets out, 3 callers. 3 on the river, she bets out, 2 callers.

She turns over her hand, Ace/Ten. She drags the Ace next to the board and keeps her forefinger on it and says, "I got the straight".

First opponent instantly mucks. Second player takes a couple seconds before he mucks too.

Allegra steals the pot. I couldn't stop laughing about that hand for 10 minutes. Dealer at the table just shrugs his shoulders and the fish are left in the dark. I wasn't about to spill the beans.

Paboo

[Erwin Blonk]

In O8 I had it happen a few times with 4 low cards in the hole and they were all paired on the turn, which basically meant I still was drawing to a low and a full house and at least twice the river didn't help.

[Gadzooks64]

I just saw 22 flop quads on a 22T board and get outrun by TT that turned quad Ts.

Of course that was online and we all know that online poker is RIGGED!

[engstrok]

NLHE tournament at my house in the middle of a 2004 January blizzard. On a flop of KK7 two players get it all-in holding 77 and KJ, respectively. The turn comes a 7 and everyone erupts for quads with a couple shouts of "absolute nuts". I quietly point out the one outer and sure enough, the case king slips off the deck for quads over quads. Live poker is so rigged.

[Rob from NJ]

IN MY LIFE!

[Chi-Guy]

In a no-limit tournament, I am in a hand with my girlfriend. We are both very tight players and had built up a tight image. She is on the button and I am in the big blind. Because of her tight image, she tries to steal and makes a normal 4x raise.

I know she is tight and will fold if I re-raise so I make a 3 times the pot size bet with 5-8o trying a resteal. She doesn't buy it an calls with her own 5-8o. The flop came down 4-6-7. All of the chips went in immediately and the table erupted when we turned over the cards. We chopped the small blind. Nothing like putting in 4,000 chips with 5-8 to win 10.

Brian

[Gary]

this just happened last saturday monthly poker club tournament. Always when players bust out of the tournament a .25/.50 NL side cash game is started.

well one of the players was busted by his wife. then he had to ask his wife for money. this just didnt happen happen once but 3 times. The third time he didnt ask for money from his wife. I think we rode him too much.

I swear we was looking for a giant Milwakee Best Beer can to crash thru the ceiling and land on top of him.

I think you guys wanted strange hands but thought I would throw this in.

[Rant2112]

I was playing in a 1/2 NL game at the Seneca casino in Niagara. Most of the table was talking about the previous hand and not paying attention to the dealer. The dealer looked at an obvious regular/local and I thought I heard him say 'aces on the flop'.

I was in early position and thankfully had a crappy hand and folded. The local called and the flop was heads up with the local and the BB.

The flop came 22x. Did the dealer really say 'deuces on the flop' and not 'aces on the flop' or was I just hearing things?

The BB bet out and the local folded but I was uneasy for the rest of the time that dealer was there. Thankfully it was only a few more hands and I never saw him again.

I have no idea what I would have done if the local had to show down a deuce. I was pretty happy when the local didn't win the pot.

[NickG]

Rant,

I don't get it. Was it over two hands? Or was the dealer trying to predict what was coming on the flop?

[Johnny D]

Brian -

Just how tight is she again?

[MAB]

Craziest thing I ever saw at a poker table was at the Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa. Got there about 10pm-ish, and a father and son were playing next to each other at a 1/2 Limit Table (this was before the limits were raised).

The dad had been sucked out on a couple of ugly times and was getting really frustrated, and declared that if he got sucked out on again, he "was going to rip up his cards."

Sure enough, a couple of hands later, whatever hand he raised with missed the flop, he wound up all in (he didn't have much left), someone else won the pot and the guy ripped up his cards into little pieces...RIGHT AT THE TABLE.

Obviously we were shocked, the son grabbed his chips and ran to cash them out, and the rest of us stared at him speechless. The dealer called security over, the guy went out the side door, and by the time security got there he was long gone.

Absolutley crazy.

[Berliner77]

Lol. I love ripping up cards at the table.

[Sports Guy]

I've had four pair once in my O8B life.

I also got dealt quad kings on Stars once. I was trying to get the table to just check things down so I could prove what I had, but no one bit.

Also that one time on Stars that a 10-man, $1.10 SnG lasted something like 15 hands ... that one was pretty wild. I know I posted it on the CCN forum, but now I can't find it.

[Gary]

what will get you in less trouble? tearing up the cards or throwing the cards at another player and hitting them on the forehead.. lol

[Renin]

This is a great thread, keep it coming, making my work day go faster.

[Chi-Guy]

I had quads 4 times in one night at The Riviera Casino playing Hold 'em. Flopped them three times and got it on the river once. I was playing Scott's favorite hand once. I had a Q-10 off under the gun. Not a great starting hand but every pot had about 6 people seeing the flop without a raise so I will call with any two broadway cards with that many players per flop, which in the case was QQQ. I checked. The button had 10-10 and he lost alot of money on that hand.

It was the loosest game I have ever seen. If you are looking for a juicy game, go to the Riviera the weekend of the National Foosball tournament. The foosball players drink alot and play poorly. With the crazy loose table and my quads every other hand, I won $900 playing $1-$2 no limit in a 10 hour sitting. How could I get up from that table!? The story ends badly though. I lost it all at the Luxor the following afternoon. I was playing a bunch of local pros with a couple fish and one donkey (That was me) at the table.

BRF

Brian

[Berliner77]

This probably isn't the craziest thing that's ever happened while I've been at a table, but I'll share it nonetheless.

I was playing in a $120 buy in tourney at The Borgata about a month ago. it was about an hour in, and 2 players were all-in pre-flop. The shorter stack got up to throw out a piece of gum or tell something to his buddy at another table, we weren't sure, but the dealer mucked his cards a second after he got up. Everyone at the table was like "What the . . ?!?", and he came back to the table and was understandable really confused, but the dealers was defiant that her ruling was correct.

I guess I don't know the absolute correct ruling on this, but what was done was done. That didn't stop the dealer from sitting there and trying to explain to all of us that what she did was correct. Meanwhile, no one else at the table really cared, and the victim of the incident had left the room. Still, she took 5 minutes of our tournament time to explain her action. I think I said something like "listen, what's done is done, now what's the hold-up??".

The whole scene was pretty bizarre.

[Brett Otte]

For a trip to Vegas it was a full table of 10 and I'm the BB. Each player went all in ahead of me and I look down at AA and think about it and call. I knocked everyone out the FIRST HAND.

[Michael Paul]

I hit quads three times in one 8 hour session at NLHE one time.

same session, myself and two other people flop flushes. the turn brought a fourth spade on the board so 10 of the 13 spades were in play.

Michael

[Filzer]

Fun topic...PokerStars about a year and half ago. $5 NLHE Sit-N-Go. The game ended in ONE hand. This was before I used Poker Office so I don't have the actual details. Basically the table was dealt something like AA AK AK KK QQ JJ and middle and low pairs. A couple of raises then everyone just went all in pre-flop. One of the middle pairs took it down. I had Queens. The story gets a little fuzzier every time I tell it, but it really happened. The man behind the rigged RCG curtain was laughing.

[Fluke_Man]

I have had 4 pairs several times online, guess thats not too big a deal.

One time in a $.25/.50 cash game online I lost my buy-in to some guy across the table when I had AA, and the flop was A88. The other guy had pocket 8s. Thats not the best part and this is no lie. The best part was that I reloaded and the very next hand I had A8. I was steaming so I raised this hand and got called by the guy who took most of my $. Anyway the flop came 888 !!! The guy had a pocket pair,we got it all in again. I didnt win as much as I lost the previous hand, but I felt much better.

As I was reading/posting just now I had AA 2 hands in a row and knocked out 4 ppl in a Knockout tourney.

So what is more bizarre getting 4 pairs on Omaha, Having the same 2 people go back and forth on 2 back to back hands with quad 8's both times, or having AA hold up 2 back to back hands in a row?!?!

Fluke_Man

[Brett Otte]

I've been dealt AA, KK, QQ, JJ, & TT all in a row.

Also, been dealt 22 three times in a row and tripped up all 3 times.

[Blazman]

this freak, Chris Conscenza. Knocked me back a little.

[Michael]

couple other things I remembered.....

online at a $.02/$.04 limit table, guy buys in for $1,200.

Live at one of the local casinos, there's a dude that plays $3/$6 LHE and will buy in initially for $1,000 and then add to it throughout the night in 2 or 3 rack increments whether he's winning or not.

Michael

[Matt]

At my buddy's weekly home game last summer($10 buy-in, .10/.20 binds), I was involved in a huge pot where I rivered quads against two fullhouses and a broadway straight. I had TT's in the LP and flopped a boat(Tens over Jacks), UTG player had Q-J for trips, player in SB had AA's and an Ace fell on the turn, and the 4th player in the hand(MP) had K-Q(he went all-in on the turn). When the case Ten fell on the river, the fireworks began.

Needless to say, the rest of the money went in on the river and I raked in a pot over $65. It was so sweet. . . :)

[john]

In a tournament final table at the Sahara last year 4 people left. UTG moved all in, I folded, SB folded, BB called.

UTG (the small stack) turns over QQ, BB calls with AJ.

Flop Q66. Looks to be a lock for the small stack who starts celebrating.

Turn, another 6.

River, the case 6, the small stack is still celebrating his survival. Took a few seconds before everyone realized the BB won with quad sixes, ace kicker. Rail is in shock.

Sick!

[Sharkey]

I was at the club one night and we were playing 2/5 nl. Two monster stacks (roughly $1600 and $1200) got it all in on the turn with the board reading KKA-x. The bigger stack was this young kid, he tables KK for quads and the other dude tables AA for the flopped boat. The case Ace falls on the river. Everyone is hooting and hollering, the kid looks very very sick, he coughs twice, barfs all over the table in front of him, then this nasty rumble happened while he soils himself. Needless to say he takes off while everyone stands in horror....cursing. Like I said he had the big stack and he saw it fit to leave his last $400 on the table. I never saw him again.

Also the other week I won a $200 pot playing Follow the Queen "no show, no go" We were three handed. Seemed odd to me. It was my first time playing it. It was a 1-5 spread limit to 5th where the bets doubled. Nuts! Now thats the devil's game.

BTW while the Kid was erupting at both hands. I wasn't one of those cursing, I was laughing. In fact I was pointing at him yelling "SICK! THATS SICK!"

[Berliner77]

There's no bad beat jackpot at the club that happened at?

[Sharkey]

No not then, the club was fairly new. But because of that hand they implemented one the following week. Talk about a bad beat.

[Rant2112]

NickG - I suspect the dealer was 'predicting' the next flop but maybe I was just hearing things.

[NickG]

Holy shnikees Sharkey. I have never laughed so hard at a post in my life. I think your story wins the prize.

[Chi-Guy]

Wow Sharkey,

That is unbelieveable. I am sorry I missed that one. Well, I guess I don't know how much I would like it if I got splashed on though.

I may have puked there too, seeing the case ace come down. You win the craziest thing ever. I hope this makes the Podcast.

Brian

[aces88ss]

Well Sharkey, i have seen my share of pukers, and have seen a guy pee his pants, a certainly suspected #2 from one of our beloved senior citizen tourists...but never seen the hat trick of bodily evacuation.

yeap...You win!

[MacDaddyo]

This one happened many years ago, way before Hold 'Em was the game of choice. It was a home game, 0.25/0.50 limit poker, dealer's choice, about seven guys at the table. First hand of the night and the host is dealing and calls 5 card draw, Jacks or better. First player opens and everyone except the dealer plays, with the pot capped! There are three pat hands and the most cards drawn are two. Everyone is really focused and the betting is still hot and heavy with five players calling it to the cap. At that point, the dealer/host just breaks up laughing uncontrollably, so hard he can't speak. The rest of the players look at him quizzickly. Finally he catches his breath and reveals the joke. He had put a Pinochle deck into play and wanted to see the reaction. It worked to perfection!!! No one got duplicate cards, or seemed to notice if they did. I think there were two straight flushes and three full houses! Fortunately, this was a regular group and everyone knew each other pretty well so the joke was taken the right way by all involved. It still makes me smile every time I think of it.

[MacDaddyo]

This one happened many years ago, way before Hold 'Em was the game of choice. It was a home game, 0.25/0.50 limit poker, dealer's choice, about seven guys at the table. First hand of the night and the host is dealing and calls 5 card draw, Jacks or better. First player opens and everyone except the dealer plays, with the pot capped! There are three pat hands and the most cards drawn are two. Everyone is really focused and the betting is still hot and heavy with five players calling it to the cap. At that point, the dealer/host just breaks up laughing uncontrollably, so hard he can't speak. The rest of the players look at him quizzickly. Finally he catches his breath and reveals the joke. He had put a Pinochle deck into play and wanted to see the reaction. It worked to perfection!!! No one got duplicate cards, or seemed to notice if they did. I think there were two straight flushes and three full houses! Fortunately, this was a regular group and everyone knew each other pretty well so the joke was taken the right way by all involved. It still makes me smile every time I think of it.

[Justin]

Can't say this even touches Sharkey's, but in an online tournament once, with a medium buy-in, too, I saw a guy get it all in 5 times in a row, get called, and won every time. His hands, you ask? They were as follows: AA, AA, AA, AA, and AA. The last one knocked me out, as my donkey self had TT and figured he couldn't POSSIBLY have it again. He did. It held. I blew most my br. It sucked.

[ClarkKent813]

This happened to me the other night. Playing $2-5 NLHE. A guy across the table from me is playing almost every hand and hitting. He's shown down Q2o twice to win a big pot. I'm in the SB and after a few limpers, look down at JJ. I make it $30 to go and the guy and one other call. The flop comes 842 rainbow. I bet out $50. My guy calls, the other folds. I'm feeling pretty good that he has nothing right now. The turn is a 5. I bet out another $50 figuring he has to fold this time. He calls. The river comes 7. I bet $50 again and he comes over the top for his last $150. I'm sure he has me on AK and not a big pair so I call. I turn over my JJ and he taps the table, says nice hand and turns over an 8. "I have nothing," he says. "Just a pair of 8s." The dealer begins to get the pot together to ship it to me. Just then the guy non-chalantly flips over his other card to muck it and a guy sitting next to him looks down and says "Hey, you have a straight." The guy looks confused at his cards. The dealer looks confused at his cards. I look confused at his cards. His other hole card was a 6. The guy had no idea that he had hit the straight and had conceded the hand already. But because this Mr. Do Gooder had informed him, he swept the $600 pot that he had no clue he had even won. Now while I didn't puke or poop myself, I sure felt like it and sure felt like punching Mr. Do Gooder. Needless to say, the big winner got up after the next hand and left the table with all my chips.

[NickG]

CarkKent - If the card touched the muck you should have been awarded the pot. If not, that sucks, but that's why you always flip over both of your cards before mucking. Just in case you misread your hand.

[guikalil]

A guy folded to a 1 dollar raise in a 30 dollar pot as i posted in the card club network. It was weird, but i think nobody puked!!! Sharkeys story wins.

[SickBrain80]

Just got in a row:

TT - hit T on the flop, killed by backdoor flush from a guy whos called every bet from me

KK - lost to A9o = A on the River
still called me down

AKo - lost to Q9s - flop QKQ

JJ - lost to Q7o - board: 257 T Q

i will never every deposit on full tilt again.

My notes tell me:

Carbon Poker - always ahead since start
Stars - mostly ahead since start
Full Tilt - mostly loosing