07- 4-03, LearnTexasHoldem:

Royal Flush In NL Cash Game

A friend of mine told me this story which is hard for me to fathom. A buddy of his plays in some high stakes no limit cash games.

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His buddy, I'll call him Joe, was playing quite a while with some other players. He was *down* to roughly $6,000 in chips. He is against some pretty reckless players that don't have much concern for the cash they are throwing around.

Anyway, on his final hand for the night, he is dealt Kd Jd while sitting on the button. The table folds to him and he makes a significant raise, hoping to steal the blinds. The small blind then re-raises. The big blind then re-raises that. Being pot committed, Joe pushes all in - for roughly $6000!!

The small blind calls the re-raise. The big blind calls the re-raise. The flop is dropped as Ad Qh Qd. Possible Royal for Joe but possible total loss. The pot is roughly $18,000.

The small blind puts in a significant bet of about $1,000. The big blind raises to $2,500. The small blind reraises to $4,000. The big blind calls.

Joe is wondering what he got himself into but continues to wish for the Td. He also sees the flush and full house possibilities on the board.

The turn is the Ac!!! The small blind checks. The big blind blasts out with $4,000. The small bling raises to $10,000 !!!! The big blind calls.

Joe is very worried.... who has the Ace.... or do both of them have AQ?

The rivers is the Td!!!! Joe has the Royal Flush!!!! Table cards: Ad Qh Qd Ac Td

Betting continues with the other two. The small blind drops $5000 on the table. The big blind follows with a raise to $10,000 and is all-in. The small blind calls.

Joe turns his cards to show the Royal Flush and quickly takes his cash and calls it a night.

So who won between the two maniacs?

The small blind turns over QQ. Four of a kind my little friend!! The big blind turns over AA............

Joe left the table quickly as tempers rose.... and lives to play another day.....

Reply: My bs alarm is going off on this story:

1. Even a 200/400 NL game, you wouldn't be pot committed after an opening raise -- and you surely wouldn't commit all your chips after a reraise and another reraise with KJ.

2. The chance of having quads over quads is very rare; I've only had it happen once where both cards played. Royal flushes are also extremely rare; I've only had two of those (and only online). To combine those events into one hand is next to nil.

Obviously this isn't a real story, but I'll post it anyway for kicks.

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