[bobdmb]

I played a absolute poker freeroll today, nothing special. But there was one hand which was the absolute sickness of my pokertime. I can't believe this happened randomly.

It was a 10 handed table and 6 players had pocket pairs: AA,KK,QQ,JJ,1010,99. 99 was first to go all in, all others followed. 4 people hit trips on the board. QQ won the pot.

I had 10,10 and fortunately I had more chips than all the others... but I actually couldn't believe what happened I'm glad it was just a freeroll...

[elon05]

Originally Posted by bobdmb

It was a 10 handed table and 6 players had pocket pairs: AA,KK,QQ,JJ,1010,99. 99 was first to go all in, all others followed. 4 people hit trips on the board. QQ won the pot.

It is extremely hard to believe that hands are randomly generated on these sites when a hand like this pops up. The odds of this occuring are slim to none, but in reality this hand has the exact same odds as any other random dealt hand. Just makes you wonder sometimes if the site doesnt righ things to knock people out to speed up tournies.

[sunnypoker]

considering all the tens and 9s were gone

if 4 people hit trips, that means it was AKQJ on the board....

surely the 10 10 won then??

[Lytspeed]

Originally Posted by sunnypoker

considering all the tens and 9s were gone

if 4 people hit trips, that means it was AKQJ on the board....

surely the 10 10 won then??

I'm not sure what you mean, sunny. Why do you say all the 10s and 9s were gone?

That said, there still aren't many possibilities for the hand's geometry.

Unless I'm mistaken, if four people got trips, that means the AA and KK could not have gotten trips unless the QQ player (who won) got a straight. Quads are not a possibility; that means the flop would have been Q-Q-x-x-x, which does not give us four players with trips, it only gives us three. In order for the QQ player to win with trips, it means AA and KK still could not have gotten trips, and the board had to have Q-J-10-9-x, with no possibility of a straight. If x was an 8, then only three players would have trips and QQ would have a straight, which is not what happened, according to the original post.

Or, maybe AA or KK did get trips, but QQ picked up a straight, with this flop: A-J-10-9-8. That would give four players trips and QQ would have a straight, beating the trips players.

A full house not a possibility. In order for QQ to get a full house, there must have either been trips on the board (which would give everyone a full house, and AA would have won) or there must have been a pair and a Q on the board (which would preclude four players from getting trips.)

From what I can tell, the only possibilities for QQ winning the hand are QQ picking up a Q high straight with the A-J-10-9-8 board or getting high trips with Q-J-10-9-x (x being something other than an 8.)

Does anyone see a flaw in this logic? If so, please tell me.

[dconnerii]

Lyte you just confused the hell out of me so much that my head hurts lmao I will look at this thread again tomorrow or the next day and try to help figure it out but for now I'm going to lay down cause my head hurts from thinking so much

[Lytspeed]

Originally Posted by dconnerii

Lyte you just confused the hell out of me so much that my head hurts lmao I will look at this thread again tomorrow or the next day and try to help figure it out but for now I'm going to lay down cause my head hurts from thinking so much

Sorry, d. I hope you can help me make sense out of what I wrote, too. When I read it, it sort of makes sense to me, and that worries me.

[sunnypoker]

oh dear, my bad, i reaad 10 10 as two people having pocket 10s and 9 9 as two people having pocket 9s. my stupidity. do excuse

[sunnypoker]

Originally Posted by Lytspeed

From what I can tell, the only possibilities for QQ winning the hand are QQ picking up a Q high straight with the A-J-10-9-8 board or getting high trips with Q-J-10-9-x (x being something other than an 8.)

major error there lyt

on the board of QJ109, KK would be the winner with a king high straight

[Lytspeed]

Originally Posted by sunnypoker

oh dear, my bad, i reaad 10 10 as two people having pocket 10s and 9 9 as two people having pocket 9s. my stupidity. do excuse

No problem. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something important.

[Lytspeed]

Originally Posted by sunnypoker

major error there lyt

on the board of QJ109, KK would be the winner with a king high straight

You're right, a king high straight would win. But since the original post says that QQ was the winner, this can't be a possibility in the hand as described. Right?