https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:54:03 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/paged/2/#post-150295 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:23:15 +0000 Opinions and Polls Taso https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/paged/2/#post-150295 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/paged/2/#post-150257 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:05:14 +0000
First guy folds early. Raises go to the limit and it's time to call our hands. Second guy says "straight flush". Third guys says "how high"

hahaha they both had straight flushes, and I had a royal straight flush.

That will never happen again.]]> Opinions and Polls phingerboard https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/paged/2/#post-150257 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148699 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:36:25 +0000
The fella from the experiment, the pocket 10's or greater guy got eliminated on the 3rd day...Ok, he made it through 2 days, that isn't easy. But he didn't win, or even get to the final table, because Hold 'em isn't that simple. Hold 'em is more about playing the man, not the cards. You gotta know how the man bet pre-flop, on the flop, and on the turn. Not only that, but how he bet in the other hands you've seen him in during the tournament.]]> Opinions and Polls Taso https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148699 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148538 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:41:53 +0000
Last couple of years, Doyle's been done on the first day of the WSOP hold-'em. He sits at the final two tables for stud every year. Why? The answer is simple, you can't win at stud just by knowing the odds tables, you have to know a lot more than that.

There was someone who tried an experiement at the WSOP a few years back -- they got someone who knew nothing of poker and told them something along the lines of "simple, you go all in with pocket doubles 10 or higher and fold everything else." That person played for 2 days before getting eliminated.

Try that in 7-card stud and you're gone from the first table.]]> Opinions and Polls kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148538 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148453 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:22:45 +0000
Take a guy like Greg Raymer. He won in 2004, beating out over 5,000 people. The next year, he again came very close to the final table. Or Sam Farha, in back to back final tables (2003, 2004 I think, not to mention back to back omaha final tables of which he won one) Or guys like Chris Ferguson, who in 3 years got to a final table 7 times. Or take Johnny Chan (however it's spelt) who won back to back WSOP's...


Anyways, I was watching the WPT the other night, and some guy went all in and ended up with a Straight flush...The odds were 1 in 3,500 + ...

The same night I was watching the WSOP 2005, and one of the guys folded A 4 off suit... The flop came up something A A, and on the turn he would have had quad aces. He played terribly the rest of the night :lol:]]> Opinions and Polls Taso https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148453 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148434 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:23:29 +0000
Hold-'em is primarily a luck game. Take a look at the world series championships since poker became popular, the final two or three tables isn't a "who's who" of poker. Rather, there's one or two well known players a whole bunch of "who the heck are they?"

Now take a look at the 7-card stud world series final tables. Year after year it's the same people in the final 2 or 3 tables. There's some variation, but not nearly the variation you see in hold-'em.

My problem isn't with the fact that hold-'em exists. I'm all for people playing whatever they want to play. But I really dislike that the popularity of hold-'em has caused most casinos to turn over their poker rooms to hold-'em exclusively. It's very very difficult to even find a stud game anymore.]]> Opinions and Polls kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148434 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148177 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 02:04:59 +0000
Of course I had to fold the Q 4 suited...I had no choice! But man...100,000 hands, and six straight flushes, and that's not even hold 'em!

I wonder what the odds of getting a straight flush in hold 'em are...

Hold 'em requires skill too, it's not just knowing what hands to play and what hands not to play, it's about giving off tells, bluffing, betting, slow playing, changing your style, etc.]]> Opinions and Polls Taso https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148177 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148137 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:35:45 +0000 Opinions and Polls MaxRumble https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148137 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148115 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:39:13 +0000
I'm a poker player, but I think that hold-em is more or less killing the game. It's impossible to find 7-card stud games anymore -- largely because that actually requires skill and hold-em just requires memorizing some odds tables.

To be good at 7-card, you have to be able to remember all the cards you've seen folded on a hand, as well as being able to count outs and remember the betting sequence for the table for 5 rounds.]]> Opinions and Polls kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148115 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148114 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:36:20 +0000 Opinions and Polls kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-folded-a-straight-flush-tonight/#post-148114