We added the "72 (seven duece)" to our home game the same way they do on HSP, except we only pay $5 (2/5 game). We have seen our fair share or winners and losers, but I have been waiting patiently to make this play. Let me start by saying that all the 72s that have won, were on big pre-flop raises or big flop bets/raises. So....

I get dealt AA in the SB (BINGO!) and knew immediately what I was going to do, as I have been waiting for months to make this play. UTG limps in, as do 4 others putting the pot at $32. I raise to $45, UTG folds and next person who had limped eyes me funny. I KNOW he thiks I have 72, which is why i raised the way I did, just to make it look that way. He calls as does 1 other. Now.. this guy that called me loves to play back at me, cause I have pulled some big bluffs on him and shown it. Plus, he has adopted a new style of being very aggressive, betting at everything to test you, but he doesn't know when to back off (does it get any better than this??)

The flop comes 944 rainbow (sweeet!). I decide that there is no that either of these guys calls pre-flop with a 4 in their hand (34, 45 or A4 suited) and if they did, well heres my money....

The pot is $167 and I bet $130, he thinks and thinks and thinks. He asks me if I have 72 and i purposely hold my breath and freeze perfectly still (i know he read Navarros book on tells...) Finally someone calls time, and he goes all in for $533 total. The other player folds, I insta-call and turn over my AA and he shows AK. Ship it!! But a King on the turn gives him 2 outs and just to cover my ass... we run it 3 times and he misses, now SHIP IT!

No one had made this play which is why it worked so well. Everyone couldn't beleive I had AA nor put me anywhere near that hand. I love the way 72 can change a game.


One more.. separate post..

So not 10min after I busted out of the FTOPS #9 (20min ago), I am sweating my friend Surfer781, and here is another perfect example of typical FT BS:

Full Tilt Poker Game #5204572575: FTOPS Event #9 (35826683), Table 624 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:48:14 ET - 2025/02/10
Seat 1: Jens Voertmann (6,645)
Seat 2: no1atPokers (695)
Seat 3: surfer781 (2,180)
Seat 4: dougmanct (2,035)
Seat 5: hmm ill call (3,290)
Seat 6: Wiggum5188 (1,870)
Seat 7: sizkebab (5,900)
Seat 8: HU4ROLLZ (1,320)
Seat 9: baDONKaD0NK88 (7,410)
no1atPokers posts the small blind of 60
surfer781 posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
dougmanct calls 120
hmm ill call has 15 seconds left to act
hmm ill call folds
Wiggum5188 folds
sizkebab folds
HU4ROLLZ folds
baDONKaD0NK88 folds
Jens Voertmann folds
no1atPokers folds
surfer781 raises to 360
dougmanct calls 240
*** FLOP *** [9c Jh 6d]
surfer781 has 15 seconds left to act
surfer781 bets 400
dougmanct raises to 1,675, and is all in
surfer781 calls 1,275
dougmanct shows [Qh Th]
surfer781 shows [Ah Ac]
*** TURN *** [9c Jh 6d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [9c Jh 6d Qd] [Tc]
dougmanct shows two pair, Queens and Tens
surfer781 shows a pair of Aces
dougmanct wins the pot (4,130) with two pair, Queens and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,130 | Rake 0
Board: [9c Jh 6d Qd Tc]
Seat 1: Jens Voertmann (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: no1atPokers (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: surfer781 (big blind) showed [Ah Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: dougmanct showed [Qh Th] and won (4,130) with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 5: hmm ill call didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Wiggum5188 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: sizkebab didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: HU4ROLLZ didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: baDONKaD0NK88 didn't bet (folded)

runner runner 2 pair..

FULL TILT SUCKS ASS!

Played both FTOPS events today and had bad beats on both to bust out. I know suckouts happen, but I cannot win on FT no matter what. I have never done well there and after FTOPS (already won seat to #19) I am done with FT for good.
First was KK vs. JJ and caught a J.
Second was top set vs. nut flush, and he hits runner runner straight!

I know "it happens", but I see more beats that are against the odds on FT than on PS or UB.

Can someone help me figure this out?

What are the odds of getting the same 2 cards, 3 hands in a row (6 handed), no suits?

I just got
9cQd
9cQd
9cQh

on PS.com.

Thanks!

Played the WCOOP #14 $1050 event the other day and had an interesting hand..

Raised to 600 in early position woth 6 8 (my first mistake) and player next to act calls and everyone else folds. Its early in the event and we both have about $15K in chips and the blinds are 100/200. Flop is 7 9 x, flopped an open eneded straight flush draw. I fire $1200 and he calls, I put him on the flush draw at this point.
Turn is a K, I fire approx. $2500 into $3900 pot and again and he calls. River is a Q. Missed my flush and my straight. I know my 8 high is no good at this point, so I had to decide if I was going to fire or check/fold. He just kept calling so I know he missed his flush too. If he has the A with a J,T,8,6 or lower I think I can get him off the hand. If he has AK he may or may not call with just TPTK. If he has AQ, he has a harder time calling with the K on the board.
I decided to bet $3500 into a pot of $8900, which he insta-called and showed K Q , for top 2 pair. I lost half my stack on this hand very early on and never recovered.

So.. how bad did I play this hand? Would you have fired the 3rd bullet? Slow down on turn after he called my flop bet? Let me know.
Podi