Anyone ever surprised they won? |
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Posted Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:09 pm GMT by zeroswarm
Played a hand which went all the way to a showdown and reluctantly called the last bet knowing I had lost, only to be surprised to see all the chips sliding over in my direction..... 
Is anyone else ever completely surprised when they win a hand after convincing themselves they had lost?
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Posted Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:37 pm GMT by aaronw
Yes! I was playing in a home game once and I limped in on the button with 87s. Flop came something like J-4-10. Everyone checks around. Turn is something like a 5. Everyone checks to this player to my left who bets the minimum, so i raise since i think she is bluffing. She calls. River is a 5 I believe. She bets out again and I raise. She calls. Whoops!
Me- "I think you have me"
Her- "I don't think so"
She flips over 2-3 offsuit. I won the pot with 8 high
That is the most shocked I have ever been.
Posted Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:11 pm GMT by scez
In this tournament at my dad golf club filled with complete fishes (most did not know the rules and would show their cards to others during hte hand to ask for advice showing everyone what they had) a guy kept on trying to bluff me out of a pot when somebody was already all-in, and were near the bubble. This guy kept on bluffing, but I thought he had to have something. Good thing that at the end I called his all-in with second top pair to have him out kicked. I would have folded, but I would have few chips left, and I have seen people call all-ins wiht jack high after the flop.
Posted Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:43 am GMT by kingetje
yeah, once online in a Fixed limit game.. i had AK in position and i raised it preflop. got like 5 callers along in the hand... everyone checked so i stabbed at each street, thinned the field to 2 opponents left on the river where i took another stab and got called by one, thats when i figured i was beat, but the player mucked his cards and i won with A-K high!
Posted Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:39 am GMT by Sean_in_NJ
http://www.pokerhand.org/?395855
Posted Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:41 pm GMT by scez
Yesterday in a freeroll, my Q,J high beat Q,10 high and Q,9 high.
Posted Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:42 pm GMT by UrAteUp
Everytime I play I am surprised I win... 
Posted Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:33 pm GMT by tame_deuces
I once bet 22 on a KQ8XX board got called and was fairly certain I'd win.
Apart from that lone occasion I get surprised alot of the time on the river.
I made a huge laydown once when I had a 56s on a QJ246 board and I was offered truly amazing odds. I won't make that mistake again.
Posted Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:12 pm GMT by lwestatbus
I have it happen once or twice a week. Usually I'm on a draw, don't make it on the flop, and all of a sudden the big better checks and I've won with a stupidly low high card.
The problem is that a couple of those hands can tempt you to call down if there is any reason to suspect that your opponent is bluffing or continuation betting an AK that didn't hit. I've lost more than I've won in these circumstances.
Posted Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:20 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
I once bluffed with A high only to be called by K high.
Best part, the explanation the player gave was, "I wanted to expose you for the liar you are."
Posted Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:03 pm GMT by kingetje
Bahahahahha. look at this one... happened a few minutes ago
Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes
Porgy And Bess 8161581-61587 Holdem No Limit $0.10/$0.20
Jul 7 00:56:45 : Hand Start.
Jul 7 00:56:45 : Seat 1 : seats_taken has $23.87
Jul 7 00:56:45 : Seat 2 : SweepeR pl has $11.31
Jul 7 00:56:45 : Seat 3 : kingetje has $9.09
Jul 7 00:56:45 : Seat 4 : dr. j has $4.79
Jul 7 00:56:45 : Seat 5 : madmike7 has $11.33
Jul 7 00:56:45 : Seat 6 : actionbrent has $11.22
Jul 7 00:56:45 : kingetje is the dealer.
Jul 7 00:56:45 : dr. j posted small blind.
Jul 7 00:56:46 : madmike7 posted big blind.
Jul 7 00:56:46 : Game 61587 started with 6 players.
Jul 7 00:56:46 : Dealing Hole Cards.
Jul 7 00:56:46 : Seat 3 : kingetje has Ac Qs
Jul 7 00:56:48 : actionbrent called $0.20
Jul 7 00:56:50 : seats_taken called $0.20
Jul 7 00:56:56 : SweepeR pl called $0.20
Jul 7 00:56:59 : kingetje called $0.20 and raised $0.60
Jul 7 00:57:01 : dr. j folded.
Jul 7 00:57:06 : madmike7 called $0.60
Jul 7 00:57:08 : actionbrent called $0.60
Jul 7 00:57:09 : seats_taken folded.
Jul 7 00:57:11 : SweepeR pl called $0.60
Jul 7 00:57:11 : Dealing flop.
Jul 7 00:57:11 : Board cards   
Jul 7 00:57:17 : madmike7 checked.
Jul 7 00:57:20 : actionbrent bet $0.80
Jul 7 00:57:23 : SweepeR pl folded.
Jul 7 00:57:29 : kingetje called $0.80 and raised $1
Jul 7 00:57:31 : madmike7 folded.
Jul 7 00:57:32 : actionbrent called $1
Jul 7 00:57:33 : Dealing turn.
Jul 7 00:57:33 : Board cards 
Jul 7 00:57:39 : actionbrent bet $1.60
Jul 7 00:57:41 : kingetje called $1.60
Jul 7 00:57:42 : Dealing river.
Jul 7 00:57:42 : Board cards 
Jul 7 00:57:45 : actionbrent checked.
Jul 7 00:57:50 : kingetje bet $4.88
Jul 7 00:57:52 : actionbrent called $4.88
Jul 7 00:57:52 : Showdown!
Jul 7 00:57:52 : Seat 3 : kingetje has Ac Qs
Jul 7 00:57:54 : Seat 3 : kingetje has Ac Qs
Jul 7 00:57:54 : kingetje has Pair: 4s
Jul 7 00:57:54 : kingetje wins $19.06 with Pair: 4s
Jul 7 00:57:58 : kingetje : wow
Jul 7 00:57:58 : Hand is over.
I was donking it up but what the hell could he have had to call and lose?
Posted Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:17 pm GMT by draconus
Am I the only one that can not believe that she called? I mean she had the absolute worst hand possible after the river and a call from here results in a 99.9% chance of losing (unless you tie for the worst hand). Calling at the river while playing the board in that situation makes zero sense.
Posted Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:01 pm GMT by Sid Lambert
The one that usually gets me is when 2 ppl are all-in preflop, something like AJ vs QQ....and the AJ rivers a wheel......or worse yet, when two ppl have the same pp, like KK vs KK, and somebody rivers a flush...that hurts...
Posted Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:00 pm GMT by UrAteUp
| kingetje wrote: | Bahahahahha. look at this one... happened a few minutes ago
I was donking it up but what the hell could he have had to call and lose? |
Ax would be my guess. You know what she wasn't playing though...and that's smart poker...
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