22 March, 2005
Let's take a look at a few hands in succession.
If you play in a tournament online you will be surprised to see that 1 or 2 seats winning over and over is common.
I set my video camera and recorded the action in a No Limit Texas Hold 'em game. Here's what we saw:
Seat 6 checked after the flop (We find out later he flopped a straight) and seat 9 bet $300 with a only a pair of 9s and a straight draw. Seat 6 called and here a 10 comes on the turn and seat 6 checks his straight again. Seat 9 bets.
Seat 6 has set the trap and raises with his straight forcing seat 9 to go all in if he calls.
Seat 9 called and is all in.
Since the turn is a 10 seat 9 now also has the straight.
Seat 9 and seat 6 split the pot
Next hand seat 5 (which is our seat. That's why we can see the cards) Has A 6 suited (Hearts) and raises 200 before the flop.
Seat 9 is the only caller. He has 10 5 suited (Hearts) and wins the pot on the river with 5s
The next hand we make a straight on the turn and take down the pot uncontested.
The next hand seat 9 raises $400 before the flop. Seat 4 then went all in for $950. (We had K5 again, but offsuit this time and fold)
Seat 8 went all in for $1045 and seat 9 called. These are the cards we then saw. Seat 4 has K 9 Spades. Seat 8 has A J offsuit. Seat 9 has Q 8 offsuit (Not a good call for over 2/3 of your chips)
As "luck" would have it seat 9 flopped a pair of Qs and neither of the other 2 players paired any cards. Seat 9 takes down another pot.
On the next hand we have A 9 offsuit. Seat 9 goes all in.
Since we just saw him call all in with Q 8 offsuit we call with the A 9. He's all in and we see has J 2 suited.
This is what was dealt. J 2 made two pair on the turn. Another win for seat 9.
Next hand (And remember these are all in a row. We haven't skipped any hands here.) we have A 6 offsuit and seat 9 goes all in again. (Why not? It seems he can't lose). He's been going all in with junk. And we are now relatively short stacked now. So once again we call with A.
The cards turn and he has Q 4 suited. He pairs the Q on the flop.
But that isn't enough he makes a set on the turn and of course wins another pot. And we are now out of the tourney.
We stick around to see one more hand and what do you know seat 9 goes all in. He has over 4k in chips now.
Seat 8 calls. Taking him all in. Finally he has been caught with his foolish betting. Seat 8 has A Q suited. One of the best hands you can start with in Texas Hold 'em. Seat 9 has has 7 3. One of the worst starting hands in the game. 7 2 offsuit is considered by most if not all experts to be the worst starting hand. Here he is at least suited, but they are diamonds same as the other player so he can't win with a flush.
Here we see the board. Seat 9 paired the 7 and seat 8 paired nothing. Seat 9 wins yet another pot. That was all I cared to watch.
And if you think any of this was altered you can see the action in real time.
The only edits to this are for time. The pauses in action were deleted.
I set my video camera and recorded the action in a No Limit Texas Hold 'em game. Here's what we saw:
Seat 6 checked after the flop (We find out later he flopped a straight) and seat 9 bet $300 with a only a pair of 9s and a straight draw. Seat 6 called and here a 10 comes on the turn and seat 6 checks his straight again. Seat 9 bets.
Seat 6 has set the trap and raises with his straight forcing seat 9 to go all in if he calls.
Seat 9 called and is all in.
Since the turn is a 10 seat 9 now also has the straight.
Seat 9 and seat 6 split the pot
Next hand seat 5 (which is our seat. That's why we can see the cards) Has A 6 suited (Hearts) and raises 200 before the flop.
Seat 9 is the only caller. He has 10 5 suited (Hearts) and wins the pot on the river with 5s
The next hand we make a straight on the turn and take down the pot uncontested.
The next hand seat 9 raises $400 before the flop. Seat 4 then went all in for $950. (We had K5 again, but offsuit this time and fold)
Seat 8 went all in for $1045 and seat 9 called. These are the cards we then saw. Seat 4 has K 9 Spades. Seat 8 has A J offsuit. Seat 9 has Q 8 offsuit (Not a good call for over 2/3 of your chips)
As "luck" would have it seat 9 flopped a pair of Qs and neither of the other 2 players paired any cards. Seat 9 takes down another pot.
On the next hand we have A 9 offsuit. Seat 9 goes all in.
Since we just saw him call all in with Q 8 offsuit we call with the A 9. He's all in and we see has J 2 suited.
This is what was dealt. J 2 made two pair on the turn. Another win for seat 9.
Next hand (And remember these are all in a row. We haven't skipped any hands here.) we have A 6 offsuit and seat 9 goes all in again. (Why not? It seems he can't lose). He's been going all in with junk. And we are now relatively short stacked now. So once again we call with A.
The cards turn and he has Q 4 suited. He pairs the Q on the flop.
But that isn't enough he makes a set on the turn and of course wins another pot. And we are now out of the tourney.
We stick around to see one more hand and what do you know seat 9 goes all in. He has over 4k in chips now.
Seat 8 calls. Taking him all in. Finally he has been caught with his foolish betting. Seat 8 has A Q suited. One of the best hands you can start with in Texas Hold 'em. Seat 9 has has 7 3. One of the worst starting hands in the game. 7 2 offsuit is considered by most if not all experts to be the worst starting hand. Here he is at least suited, but they are diamonds same as the other player so he can't win with a flush.
Here we see the board. Seat 9 paired the 7 and seat 8 paired nothing. Seat 9 wins yet another pot. That was all I cared to watch.
And if you think any of this was altered you can see the action in real time.
The only edits to this are for time. The pauses in action were deleted.
