♠️ Hand of the Week ♥️

Dear friends, poker players, and people who disabled the fold button years ago...

Every week we talk about one hand that made us say wow. This week we had a lot to choose from, but one hand was special.

Hand of the Week!

Today's hand is about a newcomer to the game making his presence known. It's special because like a fine wine it hit all the right notes for me...

• We see a suicide bluff from an aggressive player

• It's a pot over $30k!

• Hand selection...(7-2 offsuit!)

• And most of all because it doubled up my good friend Shawn who decides to play a $70k pot a little bit later with one of yours truly…(See Below)

Now that I have your attention, meet my friend Eric. He's from Chicago, likes craft beers, long walks to the poker room, and apparently has a love/hate relationship with the 7-2 bounty game (don't we all?).

For those unfamiliar, the 7-2 game just means if you win the pot with a seven and a deuce in the hole, every one at the table has to pay you some money. In our game it's $300 per person, and if you're the last guy to fold, it's $500. That's right, if you cost the whole table a hair over $2k, you gotta pay an extra $200. Because fuck you for being a nit that's why.

Anyways on to the hand:

We're playing $100/$100 with $100 big blind ante. Eric's first to act and looks down at the mighty 7♣️2♦️. Normally an easy fold, but in our game it's basically aces. He opens the pot to $300. Our good buddy Shawn D is on his left and he makes it $1,200.

I got an official quote from Eric that I'm definitely NOT making up right now about what he was thinking at this point in the hand: "I could just fold and let this go here. No one would ever know my secret shame. The reward at a 9-handed table is only $2,600. Should I go for it? Or am I a little bitch?"

Eric ain't no bitch. He makes it $4,500. A healthy wager. Little does he know that Shawn has weekly maid service and hasn't folded a shirt in 10 years, let alone to a 4 bet in position. Onward we go.

The flop is Q♠️ T♣️ 3♣️. Complete dick-in-hand for Eric. Not even a backdoor flush draw. But he's not about to give up here. He fires out a bet of $3,000 into a pot of $9,300. Shawn gives it a few seconds thought before calling. The pot ballooning to over $15,000. Yes this is real money folks.

The turn is a Jack of diamonds. Eric looks down at his chips. He's got $10k in front of him now. What would his mother think of him for putting himself into this position? A used Honda Accord at risk holding just 7 high. But can he really just check and fold?

More stone faced than Mount Rushmore Eric says the magic words. "I'm All in."

What a sick bunch of degenerates we have in this game. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. Because even though this type of hand really isn't that rare on Table 1, it drew my vote for hand of the week because I just love to see what we've created here. A group of guys (and gals…sometimes) who give action for action's sake. We all want to gamble together, we just don't want to be hunted out in the wild on a table full of killers in hoodies. That's what we have here. No tanking. No headphones. No solvers. Just poker.

Oh. You wanna know what happened at the end of that hand? Shawn beats him into the pot with Ace-King for the NUT STRAIGHT on the turn and collects the $35,000 pot. Eric sheepishly reveals his 7-2 offsuit and reloads for another bullet. We all chant "DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE" as we enjoy Eric's pain and delight in saving $300 a piece. But the end of the hand isn’t really the point of the story… And don't worry, the action always comes back around full circle👇 🤑

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See you next week for another Hand of the Week!

Cheers,

Art and Justin

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