Joined: Oct '08
Location: Canada
Age: 67 (M)
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I was play tourney on fulltilt yesterday, I had JJ so I raised a bit got 1 caller, the flop was 10 -K -A , we both checked, the turn card J , now I had trips , but too many diamonds, we both checked, the river card Q , the board mad a royal straight flush. so we both checked I've never seen that before
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 48 (F)
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I cant remember seeing such hand before. So you got yourself a Royal Flush But you should have placed a big bet there, if not all in. You cant imagine how many times i have seen players folding in a shared win. I always bet. Nothing to lose
Posted by teddybears73: lol, i've never seen that before myself,you should have bet just to see what he would have done. He might have folded.
In a tourney maybe, but I doubt anyone would make a mistake like that.
I've seen similar things in cash games; where the board has the nuts, and the other player goes all in, which when called would cost both players money because of rake.
Usually you can't fold, because it is even more expensive than taking the hit from rake, and even in the rare situations where the rake would exceed the money you've already put in the pot, very few players would fold (even though it has better EV than calling).
So in cash games I would not bet when the board has the nuts, unless you think your opponent is smart enough to calculate whether folding would be cheaper than calling or not, and you've made that same calculation yourself. I don't believe that would happen enough to make it profitable (since it can only happen when the pot is small).
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 56 (M)
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This is a new one on me as well and i have never seen it before either. Someone can tell us the odds of this happening because i wouldnt have a clue on how to work out the odds of this.Crazy hand, but you must expect the unexpected
Posted by doubletop777: This is a new one on me as well and i have never seen it before either. Someone can tell us the odds of this happening because i wouldnt have a clue on how to work out the odds of this.Crazy hand, but you must expect the unexpected
A royal flush on the board of any suit? 20/52 * 4/51* 3/50 * 2/49 * 1/48 = 0.00000153907 or 1 in 649740
The first card can be any one of the 20 broadway cards, the second card must be one of the four remaining broadway cards of the same suit, etc...
Joined: Dec '11
Location: Israel
Age: 63 (M)
Posts: 4
The other day there was 4 A and a 3 on the table 3 people shove thinking they have won, I think they forgot about the 5th card well all except the guy with the king { the winner }. Well it was a freeroll and 2 of them were Russians.
-K 
I've never seen that before 
