Date: 01/13/2000
From: Jim Geary
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Subject: Re: Most memorable won pot
On 13 Jan 2000, Steve BIA wrote: > Ok, here's mine, bear with me, I have to set up the game conditions: > > About 20 years ago in NYC, when I was young and foolish (ok, much younger and > much MORE foolish) I used to play in a weekly game held at a downtown chess > club, which started in the back room on Saturdays at around midnight, after the > weekly backgammon tournament. It was a pot-limit dealer's choice game (stud > variations, and I mean VARIATIONS). It was a two-tiered game, half of us would > play anywhere from a couple hundred to maybe a thousand dollars or so. Half > would play with cash, checks and markers worth many thousands. > > The fellow who ran the club, called "Boss" invented (so he claimed) a game > called "Boss's Revenge." It was 5 card stud, high low, no qualifier, with 2 > replacement cards and 2 community cards. There were, I guess, 9 betting rounds > before the declare, then a bet after a chip declare. There was generally huge > action in this game (obviously). On one particular hand, I was dealt (dealt, > no replacement cards, no community cards used) a straight flush wheel in clubs. > From the board, it was nut nut, but nobody put me on it. There were a couple > of good lows out and several good highs. There were several side pots, but > when I turned over my hand, my win in the main pot was about $8000. Until the > hand that wins me my WSOP bracelet (yeah, RIGHT) that will always be my most > memorable win. I think Boss screwed up the cut.
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