come on poker stars

[AllinLife]

HIT ME THE 1 BILLIONTH HAND!

[steelwheel]

what do you get if you hit the billionith hand?

[AllinLife]

5k for everyone dealt 50k for winner


i just saw it.. 1 person was sitting out, 3 people folded preflop

(goes on to show you people this stupid exist)

75o takes it home

[AllinLife]

LOL guy that was sitting out asks if he gets 5k, lee jones says yes you do, then goes "SORRY PHIL (his alias), my mistake, you weren't dealt in"

[steelwheel]

LOL that guy must be so annoyed!

[steelwheel]

curious... did they know how close they were to the billionith hand? Because if I knew that they were only a few hundred of the billionith hand, man I woildnt have sat out on any hand.
Did they have something like a counting thing at pokerstars which said how close they were to the money hand?

[rob6597]

It shows what hand you're on in the corner of the screen, so everyone should have known what was going on. They were flashing system messages before it happened, too. I was playing the .05/.10 tables and when it got down to 999,990,000 we all were folding every hand to increase our odds. Even doing that, we were about 1500:1 to hit it. (I was on 2 tables, so I guess I was about 750:1)


Here's the hand history with all the observer chat removed.
(they paused the table while Lee Jones congratulated everyone, so that's what the confusion was about)

*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #1000000000
*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #1000000000:
Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2004/12/25 - 20:52:30 (ET)
Table 'Walhalla' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Bluewave ($4.10 in chips)
Seat 2: mvdgolf416 ($6.65 in chips)
Seat 3: phil steve ($3.60 in chips)
Seat 4: mrhappy530 ($3.70 in chips)
Seat 5: thechipster ($3.40 in chips)
Seat 7: S.N. Bigfoot ($5.30 in chips)
Seat 8: r3vbr ($3.25 in chips)
Seat 9: Paparow ($7.05 in chips)
Bluewave: posts small blind $0.05
mvdgolf416: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
philou_75 has returned
philou_75 said, "yes"
mvdgolf416 said, "us?"
Paparow said, "is that us?"
philou_75 said, "coooollllllll"
r3vbr said, "AHAHHAHAHAH"
mrhappy530 said, "yes"
r3vbr said, "GG FOR ME!"
Paparow said, "yes"
mvdgolf416 said, "holy cow"
Paparow said, "gl all"
r3vbr said, "ALL IN NOW!"
mrhappy530 said, "all in baby"
Paparow said, "has the hand been dealt?"
mvdgolf416 said, "why wont it let us bet"
Paparow said, "did I win?"
mvdgolf416 said, "lets play"
Paparow said, "what is going on?"
r3vbr said, "WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG"
philou_75 said, "what appends"
r3vbr said, "hi admin"
S.N. Bigfoot said, "Hi!"
mrhappy530 said, "shut off chat"
philou_75 said, "****k"
philou_75 said, "let me speek"
philou_75 said, "what appends"
philou_75 said, "please"
philou_75 said, "please"
philou_75 said, "pleas"
S.N. Bigfoot said, "Congrats all!!!!"
mvdgolf416 said, "why cant we play the hand?"
phil steve: folds
phil steve leaves the table
mrhappy530: calls $0.10
thechipster: raises $3.30 to $3.40 and is all-in
S.N. Bigfoot: raises $1.90 to $5.30 and is all-in
r3vbr: calls $3.25 and is all-in
Paparow: calls $5.30
Bluewave: folds
mvdgolf416: raises $1.35 to $6.65 and is all-in
mrhappy530: calls $3.60 and is all-in
Paparow: calls $1.35
Bluewave leaves the table
*** FLOP *** [5h 2d Qd]
*** TURN *** [5h 2d Qd] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [5h 2d Qd Ac] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mvdgolf416: shows [3h 3s] (a pair of Threes)
Paparow: mucks hand
mvdgolf416 collected $2.55 from side pot-4
S.N. Bigfoot: mucks hand
mvdgolf416 collected $4.55 from side pot-3
mrhappy530: shows [2h Kh] (a pair of Deuces)
mvdgolf416 collected $1.15 from side pot-2
thechipster: mucks hand
mvdgolf416 collected $0.70 from side pot-1
r3vbr: shows [7s 5d] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
r3vbr collected $18.60 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $29 Main pot $18.60. Side pot-1 $0.70. Side pot-2 $1.15. Side pot-3 $4.55. Side pot-4 $2.55. | Rake $1.45
Board [5h 2d Qd Ac 7c]
Seat 1: Bluewave (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: mvdgolf416 (big blind) showed [3h 3s] and won ($8.95) with a pair of Threes
Seat 3: phil steve folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: mrhappy530 showed [2h Kh] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 5: thechipster mucked
Seat 7: S.N. Bigfoot mucked
Seat 8: r3vbr showed [7s 5d] and won ($18.60) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 9: Paparow (button) mucked

[steelwheel]

oh phil !! what were you thinking! hahahahahahaha poor guy

[Humphrind]

3 people folded preflop

(goes on to show you people this stupid exist)

Let's see. $6.50 to win an extra $45,000

Do pot odds justify calling with my 32o?

OF COURSE!!!

[jokerindapack]

LOL that's just awesome.

[mike4066]

yea i think the implied odds on 50k are there

[|~|ypermegachi]

suddenly i don't feel as bad taking money from people like this.

[a500lbgorilla]

That woulda been one unfortunate time to get rockets cracked.

-'rilla

[TylerK]

phil steve: folds
phil steve leaves the table

Bluewave: folds
Bluewave leaves the table

How stupid do you have to be!?

[LockLow34]

I think TOP talks about a similar situation when descibing how one should play in relation to the antes. The question is posed: what would you do if someone tossed $1 million into the pot that was to go to the winner? The answer is obvious: you sure wouldn't fold!

Some people are dumb dumb dumb. I wonder if these are the same folks that would call a big bet with only 1.5 bets in the pot because they have 3rd pair.

[elanto]

not only that but they had 5k guaranteed already so even if the lost the hand they would still be up 4990!!!! OMG can people be dumb, what was he thinking....hmmm i guess my Q2 has no chance so ill fold and save my 6 bucks..


-anto

I watched that hand, it was funny watching the people fold.

Dumbasses.

[eeeee]

curious... did they know how close they were to the billionith hand? Because if I knew that they were only a few hundred of the billionith hand, man I woildnt have sat out on any hand.
Did they have something like a counting thing at pokerstars which said how close they were to the money hand?

This is my first post. I really have improved my game and expanded it because of you guys -- a heartfelt thank you.
You guys pulled me out of lurkerdom by trashing these lucky/poor souls who folded.

I was at one of the earlier, smaller prize tables. I had five dime games open, either folding or all-in-ing as fast as I could, and I folded my hand at a prize winning hand. DOH! I had 'skinned' my PS tables and could barely read the hand number (FTR - thanks again, guys!)

Let me assure you, yes, my strategy was to all-in if I caught the '0000000' hand. I screwed up beacuse of my pace and not being able to read the hand # quickly, but the $500 was very nice. 8-) And know that the 'idiots' will still get to enjoy their $5000 even though they left the table. They merely had to be dealt into the hand to earn the prize.

Also, very funny, I made about $40 at the dime tables with my quick fold / all-in method. Some fool would always want to play his K9 at the dime table, and some smart guy, playing for the '...0000' hand would all-in him to get him to fold. K9's frustration would put him on tilt, and when I caught AA, KK, QQ, JJ and all-in'd, K9'd call, and I'd make some cash. There was a K9 at every table throughout the day. Didn't lose once. Funny.

Thanks again, and please ease up on us fools.

e

[elanto]

ouch and would you have won if you called the AI?


-anto

[eeeee]

I didn't have the heart to go back and check if I had the winning hand.