Most Insane Poker Hand Ever
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There are often interesting or down right bizarre hands played out at poker tables around the world, both online and live. From horrific bad beats to perfectly timed bluffs, poker has it all.
Not all hands are equal, however, some deserve a place in their own Hall of Fame, which is why PokerNews has looked through the history books and come up with a list of five poker hands that will always have a place in our hearts.
Doyle Brunson’s WSOP Main Event Winning Hands
The World Series of Poker was only in its seventh year in 1976, yet it featured one of the most memorable hands of all time. While heads-up in the Main Event against Jesse Alto, Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson called a raise with ten-deuce of spades; Alto held an unsuited ace-jack.
On an ace-jack-ten flop, Alto bet the size of the pot and Brunson moved all in. Alto called and was a huge favorite to double his stack. A deuce on the turn improved Brunson to a still second best two pair, but another ten on the river gifted Brunson a full house, the title of champion and $220,000 in prize money.
The following year, Brunson found himself heads-up in the WSOP Main Event against Bones Berland. Both players went to a ten-eight-five flop in a limped pot and checked. The turn was a deuce, Brunson bet, Berland raised all in and Brunson called.
It was eight-five for Berland against ten-deuce for Brunson. The river was a ten, improving Brunson to a full house and winning him $340,000 and back-to-back WSOP Main Event titles.
Amazingly, Brunson almost made it three WSOP bracelets won with ten-deuce but he was one pip out in 2005 when he won his 10th bracelet with ten-three.
Chris Moneymaker’s Bluff Against Sammy Farha
All eyes were on an accountant named Chris Moneymaker when the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event was heads up. Moneymaker had won his seat to the $10,000 event via a $38 satellite on PokerStars and was now vying for a $2.5 million prize with seasoned pro Sammy Farha.
Moneymaker went on to beat Farha to show that anyone can beat the best at poker if Lady Luck is on their side, but it could have been a very different story had the following bluff not worked.
On a flop, Farha held for top pair and Moneymaker, , for nothing but king-high and a backdoor flush draw. Farha checked and Moneymaker checked behind. The turn made things interesting because it gave Moneymaker an open-ended straight draw and a king-high flush draw.
Farha led for 300,000 only to see Moneymaker raise to 800,000. Farha called and the dealer put the onto the river. Farha checked and Moneymaker moved all in, covering Farha’s stack.
“You must have missed your flush draw, huh?” quizzed Farha.
Despite correctly guessing Moneymaker’s hand, Farha eventually mucked, Moneymaker raked in the huge pot and the ball was firmly in his court.
Daniel Negreanu Versus Gus Hansen
High Stakes Poker may no longer grace our television screens, but while it did, it was one of the best and most exciting poker shows as it allowed us mere mortals to get an insight into the world of high-stakes cash games.
One hand in particular stands out from the crowd, one involving a cooler of a hand when Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu clashed at a $300/$600/$100a hold’em game.
Hansen raised to $2,100 with , Negreanu raised to $5,000 with and Hansen called. An action-inducing flop of saw Hansen check, Negreanu bet $8,000 and Hansen check-raise to $26,000. Negreanu called.
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The turn was the , giving Hansen quads. Hansen bet $24,000 into the $63,700 pot and Negreanu called. The completed the board and Hansen checked his quads. Negreanu bet $65,000.
“I’m all in,” announced Hansen.
“Huh?” was a puzzled Neagreanu’s response.
The pot was now $408,700 and Negreanu eventually called, gifting a massive $575,700 pot to Hansen.
A Pot of More Than $1.1 Million
The biggest cash game pot on television was contested by Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey and went the way of the former. Dwan, Ivey and Patrik Antonius were playing three-handed in the Full Tilt Million Dollar Cash Game and Dwan opened on the button with , Ivey three-bet to $23,000 from the small blind with and only Dwan called.
A flop saw Ivey lead for $35,000 into the $49,500 pot; Dwan called. The turn was the which gave both players a straight, but Dwan the nuts. Ivey fired a bet of $90,000, Dwan made it $232,600. Ivey moved all in and Dawn instantly called.
“Wow,” said a dejected looking Ivey as he saw Dwan’s hand. A meaningless on the river won Dwan the hand and he got busy stacking $1,108,500 worth of poker chips.
Patrik Antonius Versus Viktor Blom
On Nov. 21, 2009, Antonius and Viktor “Isildur1' Blom played for what is still the largest cash game pot in online poker history.
It was a $500/$1,000 heads-up pot-limit Omaha game that started with a raise to $3,000 by Blom, a three-bet to $9,000 by Antonius, a four-bet to $27,000 by Blom, a five-bet to $81,000 by Antonius and a call from his Swedish opponent.
A rather innocuous flop reading saw Blom check, Antonius bet $91,000 only for Blom to make it $435,000 to continue. Antonius responded with an $870,000 raise and Blom called off his last $162,474 stack. The turn was followed by the river and Antonius claimed the $1,356,946 pot, courtesy of his which trumped Blom’s .
What is the most memorable hand that you remember? Let us know in the comments box below.
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One of the deadliest combinations you will stumble across in the poker world is when a talented player is riding on the crest of a wave of positive variance. When the world’s elite players go on a so-called heater, there is little anyone can do except sit back and watch them rake in pot after pot and add a few zeros to the end of their bank balances.
Dozens of high-profile players have enjoyed the experience of seemingly being able to do nothing wrong at the poker tables and it is something that will continue to happen as long as poker is played. There is no doubt that some of of these hot-running spells have been missed in this article, but here are some of my favorite live poker heaters from the modern game.
Dan Colman: $22,389,481 won during 2014
As someone who used to enjoy playing heads up sit & go tournament online, I was already aware of the name Dan Colman because, playing as “mrge33n13,” he was a regular crusher at the highest stakes in one-on-one games. After several cashes in major live tournaments, Colman burst onto the live poker scene in 2014 when he swept the floor with opponents in the majority of events that he entered.
A 27th-place finish in a $25,500 High Roller event at the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure bagged Colman $59,300. While impressive, it was not exactly a result to write home about.
The same can’t be said of Colman’s next cash, which was an outright victory in the €100,000 Super High Roller at the European Poker Tour Grand Final that bagged him a massive €1,539,300.
Colman, who calls Massachusetts home, reached the final table of a €10,300 buy in turbo event while in Monte Carlo before jetting off to Las Vegas for the 2014 World Series of Poker where he finished third in a $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Heads-Up event for $111,942 before securing a life-changing $15,306,668 by winning the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
The heater continued throughout 2014 with Colman helping himself to four scores of $800,000 or more, including two results worth more than a million dollars.
Although the number of tournaments Colman entered in 2015 was less than his golden year, he still managed to win $1,854,121 in 2015, $1,301,756 in 2016 and has already won $1,923,946 in the first few months of 2017.
Dan Colman’s amazing 2014:
| Date | Tournament | Place | Prize (local currency) | Prize (USD equivalent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 11 | $25,500 NL Hold’em High Roller | 27th | $59,300 | |
| April 24 | €100,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 1st | €1,539,300 | $2,127,398 |
| May 2 | €10,300 NL Hold’em 6-Max Turbo | 5th | €49,400 | $68,526 |
| June 19 | $10,000 NL Hold’em heads-Up | 3rd | $111,942 | |
| June 25 | $5,000 NL Hold’em | 19th | $22,309 | |
| June 29 | $1m Big One for One Drop | 1st | $15,306,668 | |
| July 10 | $100,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 3rd | $796,821 | |
| Aug. 18 | €50,000 Super High Roller | 2nd | €843,066 | $1,118,479 |
| Aug. 28 | £60,000 WPT Alpha8 London | 1st | £600,000 | $957,396 |
| Nov. 1 | HK$500,000 Super High Roller | 7th | HK$2,900,000 | $373,932 |
Fedor Holz: $16,484,153 won during 2016
The poker media are running out of superlatives to describe Germany’s Fedor Holz. Already an accomplished and feared online poker tournament player who had won a World Championship Of Online Poker Main Event, and a player who had won several six-figures scores in live events during 2015, Holz made the live circuit his own during 2016.
After winning the $100,000 WPT Alpha8 event in Las Vegas for $1,589,219 in December 2015, Holz started 2016 as he left off and triumphed in a $200,000 Triton Super High Roller Series in the Philippines for $3,463,500.
A couple of cashes at the PCA were followed up by a six-figure score at the Aussie Millions, before all hell broke loose in Las Vegas and around Europe. Check out Holz’s incredible 2016 results:
| Date | Tournament | Place | Prize (local currency) | Prize (USD equivalent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 3 | $200,000 Triton Super High Roller | 1st | $3,463,500 | |
| Jan. 8 | $5,300 PCA Main Event | 18th | $32,360 | |
| Jan. 14 | $2,200 NL Hold’em 8-Max Turbo | 4th | $19,700 | |
| Jan. 24 | AU$100,000 Challenge | 6th | AU$281,260 | $196,901 |
| March 2 | $1,100 NL Hold’em Bounty | 14th | $1,130 | |
| April 19 | $25,500 NL Hold’em High Roller | 13th | $58,750 | |
| April 26 | €10,300 NL Hold’em High Roller | 4th | €169,000 | $190,123 |
| April 29 | €1,075 NL Hold’em Hyper Turbo | 21st | €1,940 | $2,199 |
| May 1 | €50,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 5th | €271,670 | $310,892 |
| May 3 | €5,200 NL Hold’em Hyper-Turbo | 7th | €15,450 | $17,743 |
| May 5 | €2,200 NL Hold’em 8-Max | 25th | €4,280 | $4,918 |
| May 29 | $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl | 2nd | $3,500,000 | |
| June 3 | $50,000 Super High Roller | 1st | $637,392 | |
| June 8 | $1,500 NL Hold’em 6-Max | 18th | $17,380 | |
| June 10 | $25,000 NL Hold’em | 1st | $393,120 | |
| June 14 | $3,000 NL Hold’em 6-Max | 47th | $8,716 | |
| June 17 | $25,000 NL Hold’em | 1st | $276,012 | |
| July 5 | $5,000 NL Hold’em | 39th | $15,823 | |
| July 7 | $50,000 NL Hold’em | 3rd | $407,310 | |
| July 8 | $111,111 High Roller for One Drop | 1st | $4,981,775 | |
| Aug. 20 | €50,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 1st | €1,300,300 | $1,473,127 |
| Aug. 23 | €25,500 NL Hold’em | 23rd | €46,900 | $53,002 |
| Oct. 28 | $100,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 4th | $299,880 |
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Erik Seidel: $6,530,154 won during 2011
Erik Seidel is a true poker legend, one who has continually adapted his game to ensure he is still one of the front-runners when it comes to tournament poker.
Seidel won more than $6.5 million in 2011 before banking more than $2.1 million in 2013, $1.53 million in 2014 and more than $5 million in both 2015 and 2016, nothing short of remarkable. Seidel believes he's the first player to have two different years of winning at least $5 million in the history of tournament poker.
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2016 was another good year, got to 5m in cashes again, I don't think anyone else has done this more than once
— Erik Seidel (@Erik_Seidel)| Date | Tournament | Place | Prize (local currency) | Prize (USD equivalent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 10 | $5,250 NL Hold’em 6-Max | 3rd | $46,560 | |
| Jan. 13 | $25,500 NL Hold’em High Roller | 4th | $295,960 | |
| Jan. 22 | AU$100,500 Challenge | 4rd | AU$625,000 | $618,139 |
| Jan. 27 | AU$250,000 Super High Roller | 1st | AU$2,500,000 | $2,427,555 |
| Feb. 22 | $5,100 Heads-Up Championship | 5th | $14,500 | |
| Feb. 27 | $25,100 High Roller | 1st | $144,570 | |
| March 3 | $25,000 NL Hold’em Heads-Up | 1st | $750,000 | |
| April 9 | $10,000 NL Hold’em WPT Lawrenceburg | 2nd | $155,103 | |
| May 18 | $100,000 Super High Roller | 1st | $1,092,780 | |
| June 1 | $1,500 Limit Omaha-8 | 32nd | $6,868 | |
| June 14 | $5,000 NL Hold’em Shootout | 25th | $13,368 | |
| June 18 | $10,000 7-Card Stud | 13th | $32,057 | |
| June 30 | $1,500 PLO-8 | 58th | $4,188 | |
| Aug. 9 | $20,000 NL Hold’em 6-Max | 2nd | $604,330 | |
| Sept. 6 | $20,000 NL Hold’em 8-Max | 4th | $184,100 | |
| Oct. 12 | €10,000 WSOPE Main Event | 21st | €37,000 | $49,427 |
Steve O’Dwyer: $4,879,828 won during 2015
Steve O’Dwyer enjoyed a superb run of fortune from November 2014 to January 2016 that saw his already glowing reputation bolstered significantly. O’Dwyer ended 2014 by winning a HK$500,000 Super High Roller for HK$14,050,000 ($1,811,638) and started 2016 with two scores of $950,000 each, one weighing in at $745,000 and another at $180,000.
His 2015 results:
| Date | Tournament | Place | Prize (local currency) | Prize (USD equivalent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 6 | $100,000 Super High Roller | 1st | $1,872,580 | |
| Jan. 23 | AU$25,000 NL Hold’em | 6th | AU$156,000 | $126,181 |
| March 12 | HK$20,000 NL Hold’em | 1st | HK$993,120 | $127,925 |
| March 18 | €1,100 NL Hold’em | 22nd | €7,200 | $7,623 |
| March 26 | €10,400 NL Hold’em High Roller | 17th | €36,700 | $40,176 |
| April 3 | €3,500 NL Hold’em Irish Open | 15th | €12,500 | $13,525 |
| May 2 | €10,600 EPT Grand Final Main Event | 74th | €19,175 | $21,517 |
| May 6 | €25,500 NL Hold’em High Roller | 3rd | €528,700 | $589,297 |
| May 11 | €3,300 NL Hold’em WPT Amsterdam Main Event | 31st | €6,500 | $7,278 |
| May 27 | HK$25,000 NL Hold’em | 57th | HK$43,600 | $5,623 |
| Aug. 4 | €5,100 NL Hold’em 6-Max | 1st | €35,550 | $38,990 |
| Aug. 22 | €50,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 7th | €221,000 | $249,486 |
| Aug. 25 | €25,500 NL Hold’em High Roller | 12th | €63,300 | $72,751 |
| Oct. 9 | €550 NL Hold’em | 5th | €43,409 | $48,904 |
| Oct. 24 | €2,200 NL Hold’em | 43rd | €3,835 | $4,250 |
| Oct. 25 | €5,300 NL Hold’em | 57th | €10,580 | $11,654 |
| Oct. 26 | €10,200 NL Hold’em High Roller | 1st | €327,030 | $360,241 |
| Oct. 30 | €1,100 NL Hold’em | 6th | €8,750 | $9,576 |
| Nov. 9 | HK$100,000 NL Hold’em | 15th | HK$350,000 | $45,151 |
| Nov. 13 | HK$500,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 4th | HK$2,666,000 | $343,974 |
| Nov. 16 | €4,250 NL Hold’em | 22nd | €8,067 | $8,686 |
| Dec. 1 | €3,300 NL Hold’em WPT Prague | 14th | €10,300 | $10,895 |
| Dec. 8 | €50,000 NL Hold’em Super High Roller | 1st | €746,543 | $809,752 |
| Dec. 11 | €25,500 NL Hold’em High Roller | 11th | €49,000 | $53,793 |
Daniel Negreanu: $4,465,907 won during 2004
Another massively impressive heater occurred in 2004 when Canada’s Daniel Negreanu smashed the live poker circuit. Negreanu kicked off the year with a third-place finish in the then World Poker Tour PCA and ended it with a brace of WPT titles, a WSOP bracelet, and five WSOP final tables to show for his efforts.
| Date | Tournament | Place | Prize (local currency) | Prize (USD equivalent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24 | $7,500 WPT PCA | 3rd | $192,270 | |
| Mar 3 | $5,200 WPT Shooting Stars | 17th | $7,980 | |
| Mar 18 | $7,000 partypoker Million III | 2nd | $675,178 | |
| Apr 19 | $25,000 WPT Five-Star World Poker Classic | 42nd | $33,266 | |
| Apr 23 | $2,000 NL Hold’em | 43rd | $4,400 | |
| Apr 28 | $1,000 NL Hold’em | 3rd | $100,940 | |
| May 2 | $2,500 Limit Hold’em | 7th | $21,800 | |
| May 6 | $2,000 Limit Hold’em | 1st | $169,100 | |
| May 8 | $1,500 NL Hold’em Shootout | 9th | $5,000 | |
| May 19 | $5,000 PLO | 8th | $45,000 | |
| Jun 4 | $10,000 NL Hold’em | 1st | $310,000 | |
| Jul 25 | $1,060 NL Hold’em | 6th | $13,315 | |
| Sep 19 | $10,300 WPT Borgata | 1st | $1,17,400 | |
| Dec 14 | $15,300 WPT Championship | 1st | $1,770,218 |
PokerNews can't talk about heaters without doffing our caps to the likes of Sam Trickett and Mustapha Kanit. Trickett banked almost $4.6 million during 2011, an additional $11.1 million (thanks to a runner-up finish in the Big One for One Drop) in 2012 and a further $2.4 million in 2013. Italy’s mustachioed Mustapha Kanit won $1.5 million in 2014, $2.3 million in 2015, $2.87 million in 2016 and is already past $1 million in 2017.
Then there is Ole Schemion whose entire life seems to be one big heater. He has won almost $11.5 million since 2012. Jason Mercier had an incredible 2016 WSOP run. The list goes on.
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Which is your most memorable poker heater? Let us know in the comments below.
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