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72o bends the universe and scoops a galactic, colossal, monstrous pot of $579!!!!

D: Game [3292] started with 9 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards. [2s 7d] (In the name of the grand architect of the universe! Let the cataclysm commence!)
D: Olls_Ch folded.
D: sammyd9 called $4 and raised $16 (4xBB raise in EP. AA or KK. So sickeningly transparent.)
D: Illillini folded.
D: dicey folded.
D: chigger folded.
D: SaMhOlMeS called $20 ("I have a monster in my pocket".......)
D: peezo805 folded.
D: sleester folded.
D: rgy folded.
D: Dealing flop.
D: Board cards [4s 3c 7s] (The cosmic rays bombard his opponent into a hazy daze of shock and bewilderment....)
D: sammyd9 bet $50
D: SaMhOlMeS called $50 (Fifty dollars? A piffling trifle, I tell you!)
D: Dealing turn.
D: Board cards [4s 3c 7s Jh]
D: sammyd9 bet $100
D: SaMhOlMeS called $100 (One hundred dollars? Is that all you've got, man? The X-Factor is about to river you..)
D: Dealing river.
D: Board cards [4s 3c 7s Jh 2c] (The sacred lens of the holy deities burns a hole in the table as the X-Factor is enacted and the war of the worlds begins....)
D: sammyd9 checked.
D: SaMhOlMeS bet $118 and is All-in (What a stunning and glorious outing for the best damn hand in poker)
D: sammyd9 called $118 (Still clinging to that AA? It's in a bottomless pit of despair.....)
D: Showdown!
D: SaMhOlMeS has Two Pair: 7s and 2s
D: SaMhOlMeS wins $579 with Two Pair: 7s and 2s (By the almighty grace of the heavens! The Gods reward this initiate with the 2nd biggest monster pot in the history of our temple.)

<<<< I love it, I love it, I love it! Can you say........... TILT????!!!

This ex premium hand player was dealt AA, his opponent was dealt KK and opponent 3 was dealt a monster......

PokerStars Game #1161867959: Tournament #4684031, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/02/02 - 21:36:24 (ET)
Table '4684031 9' Seat #3 is the button

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 787Style [Ac As] A dirty nasty despicable pile of decomposing stench ridden flotsam and jetsam....
WAXMAN13: folds
kennycasino: folds
MtDewVirus: folds
SoxLover: folds
NemoD: folds
787Style: raises 100 to 150 3xbb preflop raise, textbook AA play. He'll win, surely.......
DrPauly: raises 2205 to 2355 and is all-in Well, 787style must be overjoyed at this point.....
kingtutt13: calls 1155 and is all-in More callers for his AA, he'll be raking in the chips in no time. Surely....
MacDaKnife: folds
787Style: calls 1990 and is all-in Well, he's got AA, "of course" he's all-in....
*** FLOP *** [7h 5d 7d]
*** TURN *** [7h 5d 7d] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [7h 5d 7d 9d] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
787Style: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Sevens) - Trash Hand
DrPauly: shows [2s 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Fives) Believe me now? Oh ye of little faith.....
DrPauly collected 1920 from side pot
kingtutt13: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Sevens) - Pure Junk
DrPauly collected 3590 from main pot

A monster pot of $134 is secured on Party Poker by the holy power of 72o

***** Hand History for Game 1076507057 *****
$100 NL Hold'em - Tuesday, October 19, 06:34:39 EDT 2004
Table Table 15059 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: jrh9225 ( $207.92 )
Seat 3: hiimkyle02 ( $205.73 )
Seat 5: kamkam19 ( $137.48 )
Seat 6: morocco ( $214.69 )
Seat 8: elusr0x ( $132.15 )
Seat 10: bent55 ( $174.95 )
jrh9225 posts small blind [$1].
hiimkyle02 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to elusr0x [ 7c 2s ] (He opts to play this one, showing the advanced tight aggressive 72o players that it's still worthy of a righteous call)
kamkam19 calls [$2].
morocco calls [$2].
elusr0x calls [$2]. (Personally I would have raised but slow-play is fine here in middle position)
bent55 calls [$2].
jrh9225 calls [$1].
hiimkyle02 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2c, Qs ] (An inconspicuous flop for the best damn hand in poker. The scene is set.......)
jrh9225 checks.
hiimkyle02 checks.
kamkam19 checks.
morocco bets [$4].
elusr0x calls [$4]. (Nice slow-play call again. He's building up slowly to taking home a monster pot.)
bent55 raises [$8]. (What on earth is this player thinking??)
jrh9225 folds.
hiimkyle02 folds.
kamkam19 folds.
morocco calls [$4].
elusr0x calls [$4]. (A missed opportunity to re-raise here.)
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
morocco checks.
elusr0x checks.
bent55 bets [$25].
morocco folds.
elusr0x calls [$25]. (Weaker players would have folded here. Elusr0x holds his nerve and calls the $25)
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ] (This is a great situation for a professional 72o player. All he has is a pair of twos! Naturally, the correct course of action is to place down a huge bluff on the river and win the pot anyway!)
elusr0x bets [$50].
bent55: so lucky, cant believe. (He thinks elusr0x just hit the straight!!!)
bent55 folds.
elusr0x shows [ 7c, 2s ] a pair of twos. (Show it with pride! Show it with unabated happiness and glory!)
elusr0x wins $134 from the main pot with a pair of twos.

The X factor secures an astronomical pot of $113 and proves the power of 72o to the shell-shocked world....

***** Hand History for Game 1029034892 ***** $10/$20 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Wed Oct 06 17:51:19 EDT 2004 spinnerr posts small blind (5) Oi_Scout posts big blind (10) ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Oi_Scout [ 7s, 2h ] (His opponents have only obliteration to look forward to....) splittle calls (10) gennady raises (20) to 20 spinnerr folds. Oi_Scout calls (10) splittle calls (10) ** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jd, 2d, 2c ] (Deliverance! By the glory of the righteous temple of 72o!) Oi_Scout checks. splittle checks. gennady bets (10) Oi_Scout calls (10) (Classic slow-play call here. Hidden and dangerous.....) splittle calls (10) ** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qh ] (No help for the premium hand playing fishy wishies......) Oi_Scout checks. splittle checks. gennady checks. ** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ] (We don't really need to deal a river. The adept with 72o will win) Oi_Scout bets (20) splittle folds. (Came to his senses and folded quicker than a Chinese laundry) gennady folds. (Came to his senses and folded like a legion of Origami practitioners.....) ** Summary ** Main Pot: $113 | Rake: $2 (Elegant, sophisticated debonair proof of the true power of 72o) Board: [ Jd 2d 2c Qh 4h ] gennady balance $1012.50, lost $30 (folded) spinnerr balance $2088, lost $5 (folded) TiltedRetard balance $455, sits out Oi_Scout balance $284.50, bet $50, collected $113, net +$63

Here is a small example from myself (celeryman) of a nice victory in 25c/50c on Pokerstars:

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to celeryman [2d 7c] (This is particularly effective due to the hideous red and black combo. A psychological killer.....)

dirtyback: folds

Opie11: folds

SHILLCURT: raises $0.25 to $0.50 (Pointless aggression really. He is doomed to lose.......)

poisidon: folds

Cutting: calls $0.50

Debbie1955: folds

celeryman: calls $0.50 (Note the tactical call and not a conspicuous raise here........)

KritiKal: folds

Stiffy2003: calls $0.25

*** FLOP *** [Qs 6d 2s] (Perfect flop for 72o. I know where I stand and I have 5 outs)

Stiffy2003: checks

SHILLCURT: bets $0.25

Cutting: calls $0.25

celeryman: calls $0.25

Stiffy2003: calls $0.25

*** TURN *** [Qs 6d 2s] [7d] (The universe sends the X factor perfectly on cue and I'm primed for victory........)

Stiffy2003: checks (I think he's played me before. The deuce and seven on the board are worrying him)

SHILLCURT: checks

Cutting: checks

celeryman: bets $0.50

Stiffy2003: folds

SHILLCURT: calls $0.50

Cutting: folds

*** RIVER *** [Qs 6d 2s 7d] [8s] (Great board for 72o. Let's see the results.........)

SHILLCURT: checks

celeryman: bets $0.50

SHILLCURT: calls $0.50

*** SHOW DOWN ***

celeryman: shows [2d 7c] (two pair, Sevens and Deuces)

SHILLCURT: mucks hand

celeryman collected $5.10 from pot

celeryman said, "best damn hand in poker......."

Yet another perfect victory for the best damn hand in poker. A crushing and soul destroying defeat.

72o wins the day in the simplest possible manner in 25c/50c NL on Pokerstars:

PokerStars Game #732780336: Hold'em No Limit

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to yt_sbw [2c 7s] (Always a worthy hand in the eyes of the Poker Gods......)
cfbret: folds
ucfryan: folds
inverted: calls $0.50
taric: folds
RicheyRich50: folds
yt_sbw: raises $0.50 to $1 (Raised and rightly so, although personally I would have gone all in)
InsaneCane2: folds
UdErsTudie: folds
inverted: folds
yt_sbw collected $1.75 from pot
yt_sbw: doesn't show hand (Doesn't show hand??? Well this is just unforgivable!!!)

The hand history below is a great tournament play of 72o by Slooop (pokerstars):

PokerStars Game #675057721: Tournament #2600188, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2004/09/07 - 22:04:03 (ET) Table '2600188 2' Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: jodswinin (3010 in chips)

Seat 2: Hal7 (4620 in chips)

Seat 3: Slooop (5990 in chips) (Chip leader and rightly so, I would expect this from a 72o temple initiate)

Seat 4: airkobe (1760 in chips)

Seat 9: kckfire (520 in chips)

jodswinin: posts small blind 75

Hal7: posts big blind 150

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to Slooop [2c 7d]

Slooop: calls 150 (72o UTG and a great call. Personally I would have raised but calling is just fine.)

airkobe: folds

Slooop said, "haha" (A lapse here by a younger 72o initiate. Laughing should be reserved for the river.)

kckfire: folds

jodswinin: calls 75

Hal7: checks

*** FLOP *** [7c 2h 2s] (This is developing beautifully! I can't wait to see what happens........)

jodswinin: checks

Hal7: checks

Slooop: checks (Masterful checking here. Nobody would EVER suspect 72o)

*** TURN *** [7c 2h 2s] [2d] (Can it get any better than this? 72o at it's finest!)

jodswinin: bets 2860 and is all-in (Clearly a bluff, but even if it isn't, the X factor has won the day yet again)

Hal7: folds

Slooop: calls 2860

*** RIVER *** [7c 2h 2s 2d] [6c]

jodswinin said, "nh"

Slooop said, "always call with it" (Interesting choice of punch-line but I prefer "Best Damn Hand In Poker")

*** SHOW DOWN ***

jodswinin: shows [5s Ac] (three of a kind, Deuces) (He had nothing. Stone cold bluff.)

Slooop: shows [2c 7d] (four of a kind, Deuces)

Slooop said, "always" (Nice touch there, killer delivery and 72o wins the day once more...... 1 Player busted out and Slooop doubles up)

Slooop collected 6170 from pot

This is a good example of 72o play by Pair0dimes (Pokerstars):

PokerStars Game #677275582: Hold'em Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2004/09/08 - 21:13:23 (ET) Table 'T #6650773' Seat #8 is the button

*** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Pair0dimes [7d 2s] (One black, one red, he will knock his opponents dead......) Mr.LB: calls $0.05 Liwyotaylor: calls $0.05 Shalako: folds rdown: calls $0.05 3 buggy tops: folds columbo55: calls $0.05 AllCanCall: folds BostonMcM: folds Pair0dimes: calls $0.03 Kevinho: checks

*** FLOP *** [7h 2d Qh] (Clear evidence that the X factor was begging to be enacted at this table) Pair0dimes: bets $0.05 Kevinho: folds Mr.LB: folds Liwyotaylor: folds rdown: calls $0.05 columbo55: calls $0.05

*** TURN *** [7h 2d Qh] [Ts] Pair0dimes: bets $0.10 rdown: folds columbo55: calls $0.10

*** RIVER *** [7h 2d Qh Ts] [3s] Pair0dimes: bets $0.10 columbo55: folds (comes to his senses and realises he can never win against 72o) Pair0dimes collected $0.65 from pot Pair0dimes: shows [7d 2s] (two pair, Sevens and Deuces) (Simple, yet effective success)

Another Great Performance by Pair0dimes in the small blind. A true treasure to behold:

*** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Pair0dimes [2c 7s] (A fold for advanced tight aggressive 72o players......) chickn2: calls $0.25 FortMill Bob: folds cheydog: calls $0.25 diklee: calls $0.25 EntityAT: folds swed123: folds CJ2631: calls $0.25 Pair0dimes: calls $0.15 (A tentative call. Should have been a raise with gusto....) thedream2000: raises $0.25 to $0.50 chickn2: calls $0.25 cheydog: calls $0.25 diklee: calls $0.25 CJ2631: calls $0.25 Pair0dimes: calls $0.25 (Now this is more like it. Note the slow-play call and not re-raise...)

*** FLOP *** [7h 4s 7d] (Mon dieu! I would have expected no less. "X" delivered perfectly...) Pair0dimes: checks (Masterful strategy here, 72o will never be expected......) thedream2000: checks chickn2: bets $0.25 cheydog: folds diklee: calls $0.25 CJ2631: folds Pair0dimes: raises $0.25 to $0.50 (A bit eager with the raise button........) thedream2000: calls $0.50 chickn2: calls $0.25 diklee: calls $0.25

*** TURN *** [7h 4s 7d] [5c] Pair0dimes: bets $0.50 (And the agenda advances with grace and knowledge of assured victory...) thedream2000: folds chickn2: calls $0.50 diklee: calls $0.50

*** RIVER *** [7h 4s 7d 5c] [9h] Pair0dimes: bets $0.50 (Straightforward and masterfully great. Chips are coming your way....) thedream2000 leaves the table (Shock probably. Utter soul destroying grief......) chickn2: calls $0.50 diklee: calls $0.50

*** SHOW DOWN *** Pair0dimes: shows [2c 7s] (three of a kind, Sevens) (Et voila! La victoire.......) chickn2: shows [4c 9c] (two pair, Nines and Sevens) (trash hand) diklee: mucks hand Pair0dimes collected $7.75 from pot

72o does it again, this time in Microlimits on Ultimate Bet

Hand #2754107-6010 at Meadville (No Limit Hold'em)

Started at 04/Oct/04 00:00:23

gxhbrooklyn is at seat 0 with $2.61.

micwooo posts the small blind of $.01.

dolfan13 posts the big blind of $.02.

gxhbrooklyn: 2h 7s (That's what I like to see........ Monster hand extraordinaire....)

Pre-flop:

Izaguf folds. OctavioSalaza calls. GerryW folds.

gxhbrooklyn calls. (No violent raise?) venturo folds. dvader1843 folds.

limelicker folds. micwooo calls. dolfan13 checks.

Flop (board: As Ks 2d): (Classic flop for 72o. The 5 outer will come in, don't you worry.)

micwooo bets $.05. dolfan13 folds. OctavioSalaza

calls. gxhbrooklyn calls.

Turn (board: As Ks 2d 7d): (Bang! The universe delivers as it always does)

micwooo checks. OctavioSalaza checks. gxhbrooklyn

bets $.23. micwooo folds. OctavioSalaza calls.

River (board: As Ks 2d 7d 4c): (Another new initiate rakes in the chips.....)

OctavioSalaza checks. gxhbrooklyn bets $.69.

OctavioSalaza folds. gxhbrooklyn is returned $.69 (And rightly so.)

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