It can happen

Today let’s talk about those long shot hands that make everybody’s tongue wag and create the stories that are told over and over again in the “I can top that” contests. Some time ago, fellow columnist Richard G. Burke wrote about a very unusual hand where both four Kings and four Aces were cracked by a Royal Flush. Impossible? Of course not. These kinds of incredible hands occur all the time. Just maybe not in your game.

If you play long enough and see enough flops…..you’ll probably see it all. How many times have you seen trips dealt on the flop? How about flopping quads while holding a pocket pair? Unusual occurrences to be sure but the odds of these hands occurring are not out there in the lottery realm. As regular players, we all know how statistically improbable these kinds of hands are but if you play on a continual basis you’re likely to see your fair share of unusual happenings on the green felt.

I’d like to share one of the unusual hands I’ve experienced in a … Continue reading It can happen

Fri, November 18th, 2005

Useful poker information:

TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.

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