Just thought I'd share this hand, as it was about the worst, and most expensive, misplay I've ever seen... Boy did I feel for this guy...

2/5 NL at the Mirage... Everyone's playin loose as hell, throwing money around, betting $100 into a $15 pot...

EP, who showed me his cards cause I was sitting next to him, and I can basically talk anyone into showing me their cards, has 96d in LP, says "Gotta be willing to die to live" or whatever that famous poker quote was (I was a little drunk), and limps... BB raises to $15, MP calls, LP says "I'm already in, maybe it's my lucky day", and calls...

Flop K72, w/ 2 diamonds...

BB, who was pretty shortstacked (LP and MP have about $700, BB has $300), immediately goes all-in... MP thinks for a while then calls... my buddy here, let's call him "the loosest caller in the world", calls w/ his draw (which people were doing ALL day)...

Turn Qd... MP checks, TLCINW bets $50... MP raises allin, about another $300 or so... Now he's sitting on a 9 high flush, and I'm SCREAMING inside to fold... This guy SOOOOOOOOOOO obviously has the nut flush, or at the very least a J high flush, that it's hurting... MP isn't an especially good player, and there's NO way I see him bluffing this, especially if the guy folds, all the gets is a $50 sidepot and a heads up w/ BB for the big pot... TLCINW thinks for eternity, then FINALLY, with a little of my psychic assistance, folds his hand (he was a nice old guy and I didn't wanna see him lose all his chips in such a bad way...)

So, MP won the hand, he's smiling from ear to ear as he throws his cards into the muck... WAIT A MINUTE... WHAT ABOUT THE BB... MP forgot about the BB and folded to a fold... They called the floorperson over, but they weren't very sympathetic (even though you could obviously tell which cards were his in the muck - he had AJd)...

The BB shows his trip Ks, takes his ~$1000 pot, and leaves right after that hand, presumably to go buy some lottery tickets... That was the first time I'd ever seen a fold to a fold, and the 3rd best hand hold up...

MVP

That guy made one of the stupidest mistakes I have ever heard of, there is absolutely NO way I would let that player have any part of the main pot, and he deserved to "lose" that pot.

Here's something similar.

My brother vs. some guy

well I forgot what the betting and what their actual hands were, but there was a 5 card broadway straight, with no flush possibility.

MB went all-in, to which SG replied "well, it's obvious what i'm gonna do" then flips his cards face-up, as if you had to show before taking a share of the pot. but wait, nowhere in his dialogue did he say call. the floorperson got called over and since he flipped his cards face-up, he ends up losing the hand.

Which pretty much goes to show you, if you don't know the rules then don't sit down at the table.

I felt a little sorry for the guy, cause the player next to me took SO long to act, combined w/ the fact that he "won" such a big pot, made him lose his head... What made it worse, the floorperson comes over and basically says, "you threw the cards 1" too far... if you had thrown them, but they hadn't touched the muck, you'd still be alive" and he said it REAL condescending... That kind of play is exactly the reason I put a chip on my cards, so I have to move it to fold, and that extra second of thinking is usually all you need...

BTW, I seriously think he misplayed the hand... he drew into the nut flush w/ a gutshot at a Royal, and he's chasing the other player out... If he would have called the turn, there's no doubt he would've gotten more money out of LP...

Try exposing your cards in a $3000 mulitway pot on the river before the action was over. The guy ahd the nut straight and the guy with the third best hand won. GOTTA PAY ATTENTION AND FOLLOW THE RULES.