Sep 05 2008
Straight? Flush? How about both?
I just saw what was probably the most crazy hand ever in the WPT 2008 main event this week…two guys heads up and all in, one with 4 aces – got beat by a royal flush! Imagine his letdown, losing with 4 aces! Don’t quote me on this, but I think the announcer said something like the odds of those two hands showing up at the same time was 1.7million to 1.
I was in a neighborhood tourney a few weeks ago and had a pretty nice hand. Here’s how it went…
I started with 
and came into the hand with a pre-flop bet, probably double the BB. One opponent calls my bet to stay in the hand with 
. The flop comes up 
. A nice straight draw for me, and my opponent paired their A to feel compelled to stay in the hand. I don’t remember exactly how my betting went (it’s been two weeks since this game!), but rest assured I was betting or raising from the flop through each round.
The turn comes up 
and now I’m really starting to like this hand. Not only does my straight draw improve with more outs, but also I’m now looking at a flush possibility. To make it even better, my opponent paired their 9, so now with two pair AA 99 they are feeling pretty good. They should be…they still have me beat. They had to think I’d be on a straight draw but also knew I couldn’t have it yet. The pot was pretty big by now, and I pushed all in before the river and they called me. Mind you, I don’t have anything at this point in time, but with a flush draw and multiple straight draws (and my good luck up to this point in the game) I decided to play the odds and go for it.
The river comes up 
and it took me a few seconds to realize that yeah, I hit my flush, but also hit the straight, too! Straight flush…woohoo!
So, nice hand, took the pot and knocked the player out at the same time. Gotta love it.
