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BBC in Session: Nothing Runs Like a durrrr
Created By: Daniel Skolovy Posted in: The Poker Reporter Blog, The Online Grind
Long time no bad beat counseling. However, today I came across a hand that was especially sick - a hand enough to make 90% of us quit poker for life.
And of course by life, I mean the rest of the week.
The hand went down at a deep-stacked, six-max, $200/$400 game on Full Tilt Poker. It started out with Ariel "FoxwoodsFiend" Schneller, fresh off doing a wicked interview with yours truly, raising the pot to $1,400.
durrrr flat-called on the button and patatino three-bet to $8,000 from the small blind. FWF got out of the way and durrrr smooth-called.
The flop came down 4♥ 3♣ 7♣. patatino overbet the pot, betting $40,000 into $17,800. durrrr tanked before jamming all-in for $137,661.
patatino calls off his last $84,691 and shows A♣ A♥. Much to his chagrin Tom "walks on wadurrrr" Dwan flips up 7♠ 3♠ for a miraculous two pair.
The turn adds insult to injury with the 3♥, and the river seals the deal with the 5♣.
I propose that while everyone else has to make their best five-card hand, durrrr should be handicapped and only allowed four cards to make his hand.
This will rule out straights, flushes and full houses for him and I think that would put a little excitement back in the game for everyone else.
If that were the case and durrrr could only make a four-card hand, then justice would actually be served on the turn. durrrr would be stuck with his two pair, sevens and threes, with no possibility of improving, and patatino would be the winner with his hand, aces and threes.
The universe would correct itself and I could finally get some sleep knowing it doesn't allow 600BB, $260,000 pots to be won by 7♠ 3♠.
That's it. I'm e-mailing Full Tilt now.
If you have a heart, or would like to see high-stakes poker become fair again, I suggest you do the same.
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Comments
4Daniel Skolovy
2008-08-30Yeah, you guys are right. maybe we will only allow him to make his best two card hand then.
Hugh Nit
2008-08-28Durrrr's hand would clearly be 3337 if he was only allowed to use 4 cards, beating Patatino's AA337 quite clear really..
davegk
2008-08-27Um...wouldn't that mean Durrrr would have trip threes with a seven kicker, while patatino has only 2 pair (sevens and threes)? Durrrr still wins...
Daniel Skolovy
2008-08-27As always ship badbeats to badbeats@pokerlistings.com