Assuming Bongo is correct with 32222 making quad 3's and trip 9's on board in his other answer, I have the third answer

A little bit of thought required tho!

That isn't quad 3's though. But 3's over 2's is still the nuts.

yes, I realised that later.

Board tjqka all spades and u have 93 spades.
Board 993 then the turn card is exposed (the ) while someone is still to act so it is mucked. The turn and river then come 2 2 .

I had the royal flush one

I don't suppose the quiz setter had mucking exposed cards in mind either!!!

remind me to stay off the b/fair 1-2 omaha tables while I'm learning pls Ariston...

there are another 2 ways of making the nuts tight end

aaarrrggghhh, please don't tease!

Assuming Bongo is correct with 32222 making quad 3's and trip 9's on board in his other answer, I have the third answer

A little bit of thought required tho!

I cannot get the answer to this (i get two out of three). Help


Playing Omaha you are dealt 9333.

What are the three ways you can make the nuts?

Thanks tight end...i thought i had played it ok and ok ended up with 2 decent hands where i was top....sometimes i just never seem sure how to play small pockets but generally treat them as dangerous as i`ve had to fold them too often to overcards.

that aside the guy was a ranter so i ended up giving as good as i got on principle...whilst still smiling..nice to be nice in life


and i`d have gotten up and left the quad aces table as these guys are just mad and bad enough to kill me with laughter - stage whispers its the stuff of carry on movies

i suppose most of flat call the lowish pocket pairs and throw them away to a raise pre-flop or if not hitting a set post flop

However, and this is in the "don't try this at home" category, I did see ElBlondie recommending via Grandad that he might flat call his pair in early position and then re-raise a raiser representing AA/KK!

No, I'm not that good either!

I'll take Serena Williams then

No accumulators!

your point about missing the cut was valid (although not established at the start,! my fault ) let's call this just for minor bragging rights

Southend is the Rendezvous casino. I only went once for a 100 sunday nighter but the cheaper night is 30 NLH on a Wednesday. Quieter than Luton on a tuesday!

Tuesday's in Luton...8.30pm start be there 8.15ish

Expect about 100 runners, some tables are fast and furious, be aware of your budget before you go and play your own game!

good luck wherever you go.

To save me trawling through all the threads could someone please clarify what's scheduled and how do I get the passwords (if required).

My understanding so far is that there is gonna be 2 tournies this week - one organaised by Ruru and one by Ironside I believe that there is a 20er this thurs at 8pm on Betfair but not sure what's happeneing with the other one.

I should be grateful if anyone could post a summary of what's happening when, where, what time and how to get hold of the passwords.

Thanks in advance.

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The Crypto tournament organised by Ironside is on Thursday at 8pm. 20 with money kindly added by Cryto and a 100 bounty if you knock out Old father time

Ruru's betfair tournament has been moved to a week tuesday to avoid a clash

You can IM ruru for the betfair tournament password

I don't have news on this Thursday's password yet

stories are great guys..especially the old guy wi the teeth

mine i`m still wondering about it and forgive me if i dont explain properly.
 i`m even stacked with 2 other guys at a table and the rest are low stacked. i`m late position and nearly all have folded so i raise with pocket 3`s(trying to buy the pot). sb folds and bb flat calls.
flop comes k 3 A rainbow. I raise as its not the kind of table to trap on...they all bet mad!. one guy folds and bb calls.
turn is a A giving me fh. I bet out large approx 50% of stack as i am not sure if he`s holding pocket A and he flat calls again.
river is a 3 so i call all in which he calls quicker than a quick thing from quicksville.
we turn and he shows A Q off suit giving him set of aces.

he then starts ranting like a maniac about players playing crap cards and having no idea...now i`m still pretty novicey but he flat called a fishing raise from me and then i catch the flop. On review he`s never ahead and is not trying to bet me off the pot at any stage. If he had been trying to trap me it backfired.

i told him this and got another mouthfull(and also mentioned he was unlucky to run into quad 3`s)..i then put him out with ak on the next hand to another diatribe - i never knew some of those big words he used on me but i`m sure they questioned my lineage.

Am i a diddy for playing pocket 3 aggressively or is he just one of the foam at the mouth types

if its me i`m going back to poker school

No on the quad 3's hand you did fine. nice hand

he didn't re-raise you pre flop or post flop so never found out he was losing

 

Dan,

Welcome, i think you'll enjoy it here

You'll be made very welcome too at Luton if you decide to make the trip back at some stage

Tuesday is 10 rookie night

other cheapish nights are Wednesday (20 pot limit) and Thursday (20 no limit)

Just come along, ask about things you are not sure about.


Also, in case you didn't know there are cardrooms in Yarmouth and Southend, check the casino directory via the fron t page for details

Oh ok, wriggle if you must!!!!

 

This one was a killer:

sitting to the left of a complete newbie one Thursday night. I'd been as patient as could be, honest

There's a pot with a lot of limpers, he makes up the small Blind, having been told his options for the 62nd time

I check in the BB with trash

Flop

AA7

Newbie looks a bit uneasy and whispers to me

" I need to ask you some questions"

"I'm sorry it will have to be after the hand"

"No, no, I need to ask It's important!"

" Please, wait"

by this time the whispering has gone and the whole table is hanging on his every word....

"I'm going to ask anyway....how many cards do you need to win a hand of poker and what happens if you have four Aces?"

No one answers

I'm almost crying with laughter, the rest of the table is in uproar. Anyway he makes a minimum bet

Four limpers fold quicker than anyone I've ever seen but his semi-rookie mate directly to the right of newbie ponders

and asks for a ruling........

It's not rookie night, and the cardroom manager calls the rookie for a moodie (can only check/call rest of hand)

Matey calls!!!

It's checked down

Rookie turns over AA for quads, surprise surprise

Matey turns over 77 for a boat Sevens and Aces

Pandemonium!

in the break matey is asked why he called

the answer


" i'm not good enough to fold a full house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

(ix) If your luck is down, why not ask for the deck to be changed? The cardroom manager will then bring you the magic deck. In extreme cases, if the magic deck doesn't change your luck, it may not be powerful enough. You can then ask for yet another new deck.


 

We have one player who will never play with cards with red or brown backs, and moans continuously about them.



Any other barmy superstitions?

Mr Karabiner. Having chosen Jimenez, who lost to Allenby, double or quits on the Ladies singles at Wimbledon?, the Men's not being open enough

you pick one, I pick one, whoever lasts longer wins.....

I too was on Mr Goosen, at 12-1, unlike him to throw it away