Morons giving themselves bad beats

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blackjacki2 United States. Jul 20 2009 18:46. Posts 2582

So last Saturday the poker room near me was running a promotion where they give away $500 every half hour to the first person to win a hand with pocket aces. The rules were:

1. Hand must go to showdown
2. There must be at least $10 in the pot

My concern was that if people got aces they would tank for a few minutes if the half hour was about to roll over and then flip their cards up.

That is exactly what happened when someone got pocket aces at my table. It went check/check to the river and he tanked for 2 minutes until the clock hit 2:00 and then flipped over pocket aces. Unfortunately for the poor sap it went check/check on all streets and there was only $4 from blinds in the pot so he didn't get jack.

After that they did the OBVIOUS thing and announced that the hand had to be dealt after they announced it to keep people from tanking with aces.

After we left for the day to play a home game I told my friends the story and they had a story of another moron. He got pocket aces and flopped a set. Instead of checking it down to the river and collecting $500, he decided to bet it and everyone folded to him. Of course he showed his monster flop which made everyone at the table ridicule him for being a moron for the rest of the day.

I didn't get the aces but I was up $200 on the day from all the stations/fish that promotions like that bring in. An elderly lady at my table was the biggest station I had ever seen. She called down a bet on the river and turned over 8 high.

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ToD France. Jul 20 2009 20:57. Posts 191

which casino was that at ?

zulu_nation8 United States. Jul 20 2009 21:21. Posts 1929

lool

vegable United States. Jul 20 2009 21:27. Posts 2453

8 high is gooooooooood!!!

Stir fry Normandy

vegable United States. Jul 20 2009 21:29. Posts 2453

wait, in what universe is giving away $500 every half hour a +EV promotion?

Stir fry Normandy

blackjacki2 United States. Jul 20 2009 22:04. Posts 2582

On July 20 2009 20:29 vegable wrote:
wait, in what universe is giving away $500 every half hour a +EV promotion?

$500 is like nothing for a poker room. It allows people to come down and experience the poker room and become regulars.

its ocalapoker.com for whoever asked what poker room it was.