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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
2008 Aug 27
Tom Dwan

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.

In the end durrrr finds himself the proud owner of the $267,179 pot with his dubious full house, threes full of sevens.

Now I know that the stacks were deep and he called in position against a possible squeeze. The call isn't really as bad as it looks, I know. I can see his thinking behind calling the extra $6,600 before the flop.

But to hit the perfect god-mode flop just isn't fair.

I think since he plays better than anyone and, evidently, runs better than anyone, that we need to start evening out the playing field any way we can.

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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  1. Daniel Skolovy

    2008-08-30

    Yeah, you guys are right. maybe we will only allow him to make his best two card hand then.

  2. Hugh Nit

    2008-08-28

    Durrrr's hand would clearly be 3337 if he was only allowed to use 4 cards, beating Patatino's AA337 quite clear really..

  3. davegk

    2008-08-27

    Um...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...

  4. Daniel Skolovy

    2008-08-27

    As always ship badbeats to badbeats@pokerlistings.com

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