Pocket Aces

Poker can be a bitch.

Posted by PPPPoker on December 25, 2008 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

Seriously, poker can be a bitch — No Limit Hold’em in particular can be very very bitchy. Here’s my painful story of the night.
Cash game, $5/$10 blinds. Bought in for $1000 and quickly accumulated a lot of chips. After a couple hours I was steady at $7000, playing my best game (as everyone does when [...]

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Categories: Bad Beats, Cash Game Poker, Pocket Aces

Funny story… :D

Posted by PPPPoker on November 10, 2008 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Okay, so we’re playing a home game tournament and I’m down to 400 chips with 50/100 blinds. I’m in the big blind and I decide to shove/call whatever happens as I can’t really just ship off 25% of my stack, right?
Anyway, I decide not to look and just go for it. Guy in middle position [...]

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Think you’ve seen a cold deck?

Posted by PPPPoker on October 10, 2007 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

This Youtube movie has been around. Why? Because it’s absolutely amazing. The coldest deck I’ve ever ever ever seen. Five pocket pairs, including QQ KK AA — that’s pretty sick, no?

Well, excellent laydown with the Kings — too bad it turns out to be a ace-cracking hand…

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Categories: Achilleas Kallakis, Amazing laydowns, Cold deck, Darren Hickman, Denis O'Mahoney, Jon Newston, Leon Loukaides, Patrick Antonius, Pocket Aces, Pocket Kings, Pocket Pair, Pocket Queens, Video, Youtube