The Best Hand I Ever Played, ala ESPN.

[Xaston]

[Cactus Jack]

[briachek]

[Rhound50]

I flopped top and bottom from the Button with AJ on an AQJ flop. BB who was tight preflop player raised to $15. I call from the button after 4 or 5 other callers very loose game. Flop comes down I make big bet, UTG glances behind him and then decides to just call. Turn is a jack and BB reacts just right to the card that my gut says he loved the turn. He checks and I check behind. I would have folded to a bet. I'm praying for a J or A on the river. River is a brick, he makes a small bet compared to the pot. I show him my AJ and fold. He is dumbfounded and shows QQ. I had $500 or so going into the hand and he had me covered, by all rights he should have had it all. I actually put this guy on tilt by showing him my fold.

[Juskimo]

From the BTP stud H/L tourney.
Very rarely do you get paid off on monster hands when playing with non-idiots.
In this case Bobby rolled a huge hand into a monster hand.

PokerStars Game #3177690739: Tournament #15699583, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit - Level V (100/200) - 2005/11/27 - 20:32:42 (ET)
Table '15699583 1'
Seat 1: Piers(1447 in chips)
Seat 2: Juskimo (2872 in chips)
Seat 3: TexasKowboy (2033 in chips)
Seat 4: bobby (946 in chips)
Seat 5: Random Crackhead (489 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: briachek (2713 in chips)
Piers: posts the ante 15
Juskimo: posts the ante 15
TexasKowboy: posts the ante 15
bobby: posts the ante 15
Random Crackhead: posts the ante 15
briachek: posts the ante 15
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to Piers[3h]
Dealt to Juskimo [4s As 2s]
Dealt to TexasKowboy
Dealt to bobby
Dealt to Random Crackhead
Dealt to briachek
Juskimo: brings-in low 25
TexasKowboy: folds
bobby: raises 75 to 100
youstillwin: folds
briachek: folds
Piers: folds
Juskimo: raises 100 to 200
bobby: raises 100 to 300
Juskimo: raises 100 to 400
Betting is capped
bobby: calls 100
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to Juskimo [4s As 2s]
Dealt to bobby
bobby: bets 100
Juskimo: raises 100 to 200
bobby: raises 100 to 300
Juskimo: raises 100 to 400
Betting is capped
bobby: calls 100
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to Juskimo [4s As 2s 5d]
Dealt to bobby [Ad 6d]
bobby: bets 131 and is all-in
Juskimo: calls 131
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to Juskimo [4s As 2s 5d 3s]
Dealt to bobby [Ad 6d Ac]
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Juskimo: shows [4s As 2s 5d 3s 3d 9h] (HI: a straight, Ace to Five; LO: 5,4,3,2,A)
bobby: shows [3c 4h Ad 6d Ac 6h 8d] (HI: two pair, Aces and Sixes; LO: 8,6,4,3,A)
briachek said, "wow"
Juskimo collected 976 from pot
Juskimo collected 976 from pot
briachek said, "gg bobby"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1952 | Rake 0
Seat 1: Piers folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Juskimo showed [4s As 2s 5d 3s 3d 9h] and won (1952) with HI: a straight, Ace to Five; LO: 5,4,3,2,A
Seat 3: TexasKowboy folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: bobby showed [3c 4h Ad 6d Ac 6h 8d] and lost with HI: two pair, Aces and Sixes; LO: 8,6,4,3,A
Seat 5: RandomCrackhead folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 8: briachek folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
briachek said, "hell of hand there to run into"

Put me into position for the win I'm most proud of.

-Jus