Crazy Bet?

We have all experienced a little sixth-sense now and then. And we all poses a little bit of skill to be able to determine another player’s hand in poker. And some us, well… we are just crazy enough to speak up when both factors happen to reach their peak at the same time!

Summer of 1998, Coventry, England. Ten minutes in to a small PLH re-buy event - I was involved in a three-way action pot. By this stage I had built my initial 500 into 2000. Facing a raise from a tight player with the same size stack as mine - and a re-raise from even tighter player who just had a rebuy - I decided to call the 300 with my A-5os. The initial raiser contemplated a re-raise but decided to just call. The flop of 4-6-8 gave me outs - so I had no problem in calling the all-in bet of 200. The fact that the initial raiser moved all-in for a further 1,500 - came as no surprise at all.

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Wed, November 23rd, 2005

Poker dictionary:

BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.

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