This Month's 'Bad Plays that Pay'

You sit around a poker table long enough your bound to see everything. Some times you see things you can't explain, like this play on Full Tilt.

Situation: Early in a multi-table SNG.

Seat 1: (1,665)
Seat 2: (1,305)
Seat 3: (1,140)
Seat 4: (1,470)
Seat 5: Small Blind(1,440)
Seat 6: Big Blind(1,500)
Seat 7: Yours Truly (1,500)
Seat 8: (1,875)
Seat 9: (1,605)

Blinds: 15 / 30

Dealt: Jh Qc

Seat 7 - 9 call
Seat 1 raises to 195
Seat 2 calls 195
Seat 3 folds
Seat 4 raises to 720
Seat 5 - 9 fold (expected me to call with QJ Unsuited? Heck no!)
Seat 1 calls 525
Seat 2 raises 1,245
Seat 4 raises to 1,470 and is all in
Seat 1 raises to 1,665 and is all in
Seat 2 calls 60 and is all in

Commentary: Okay, let's look at what happen here. Many people have limped into the pot showing no signs of strength and Seat 1 takes advantage of that and does a massive raise of 195 chips. Seat 2 calls the massive raise only to see a re-raise to an ungodly amount of 720 chips. Seat 1 calls the raise showing he must have some sort of strong hand but, Seat 2 re-raises again to 1,245 chips and moves all in. The remaining players go all in as well and we finally see a Flop. Now with this type of action you got to wonder what they are holding.

If you thought wired Aces or Kings your wrong.

So it must be low royalty; Queens, Jacks, and Slick right? You'd be wrong again.

How about [Tc Ts] vs. [Ks Qd] vs. [5c 3c] <- Yes, you read that last set right.

Let's look at it again for pure entertainment value shall we?

Seat 7 - 9 call
Tc Ts raises to 195
Ks Qd calls 195
Seat 3 folds
5c 3c raises to 720
Seat 5 - 9 fold (Nope, I still didn't call it!)
Tc Ts calls 525
Ks Qd raises 1,245
5c 3c raises to 1,470 and is all in
Tc Ts raises to 1,665 and is all in
Ks Qd calls 60 and is all in

Amazing isn't it? Now who won...



Yup, 5c 3c hit the wheel and sucked out. Our table was stunned for a very, very long time.