Favorite hands

#1 5th August 2008, 7:03 PM

what is it with people and their "favorite hand" or is that just an excuse for those who call 5x raises with a 78 os?

#2 5th August 2008, 8:48 PM

Note to admins there is no substance in this response other then the Green Leafy one in front of me.

KK

Not a hand I like better.

Trash

#3 5th August 2008, 8:59 PM

my favorite hand is KJ of clubs idk why but i usually get a flush or straights with it i guess you can call it my lucky hand. also 89 of diamonds is my second favorite hand because it can usually suckout against any higher pair

#4 5th August 2008, 9:13 PM

33
my birthday, and lucky number in general.

Of course, I can't remember the last time I won with it, so maybe it's not so lucky. Also play Q-3 suited a lot, so I guess that's my favorite stupid hand.

#5 6th August 2008, 3:25 AM

#6 6th August 2008, 4:32 AM

It usually comes from winning a nice pot with an odd hand or something and the player will over value it. It's fine to have a favorite hand but no reason to go Ape Spit with K 8 offsuit in early position, unless your looking to loose money or get lucky.

#7 6th August 2008, 4:34 AM

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Originally Posted by NYislanders

I love

when ever i get dealt that hand i will raise 4,5 times the big blind pre flop

that is the deadliest hand in poker..soooooted or not!!!!

#8 6th August 2008, 4:39 AM

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Originally Posted by TapYaOut33

It usually comes from winning a nice pot with an odd hand or something and the player will over value it. It's fine to have a favorite hand but no reason to go Ape Spit with K 8 offsuit in early position, unless your looking to loose money or get lucky.

Get lucky? got any phone numbers??

Sorry no content there just having fun.

#9 6th August 2008, 4:40 AM

K9 spades..

Dont know why, but I just do...

#10 6th August 2008, 4:46 AM

I don't have a favorite hand, but I have a hand that my friends named after me. They call the 2-3 offsuit the Register (which happens to be my last name). The joke is that the 2-3os is like Mike Register, rarely ever wins but when it does everyone hears about it.

#11 6th August 2008, 4:55 AM

I think many people who see their (so called favorite hand) live and die with it.
They see it--they play it...period.
There are as we all know(or should all know)many times we should use our heads...not our favorite hands.
I've seen people miss the bubble, or get knocked out of a tourney--because they played their(favorite hand )against a tight player--who shoved all-in).
Just remember think before you call--or it might cost you.
P>S: Love 8 10s---Hate J 9--unless its in my flop.

#12 6th August 2008, 3:49 PM

A8 of spades, cause I just doubled up in the trny im in. Ive never really had a "favorite hand," but I am kind of partial to J10.

#13 6th August 2008, 4:07 PM

The favorite hand thing can just be an excuse, but then look at Doyle Brunson who won the WSOP twice with 10 4 off.

Personally, I tend to always catch something when I get Q8 spades, so you could say that is my favorite hand.

But I would still rather get AA any day

#14 6th August 2008, 4:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jredd

The favorite hand thing can just be an excuse, but then look at Doyle Brunson who won the WSOP twice with 10 4 off.

Personally, I tend to always catch something when I get Q8 spades, so you could say that is my favorite hand.

But I would still rather get AA any day

i believe it was 10 2 o

#15 6th August 2008, 6:54 PM

My favorite hand would be any hand to i feel comfortable with. Because in certain situation i might fold anything.

#16 7th August 2008, 5:29 PM

My favorite hand is kind of a tie between...

Favorites ... AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AKs
next fav's ... TT, AQs, AJs, KQs, AK

Actually, I have eight different "levels" of favorite, I like to call them "groups"

Do you see where this is going?

Drawing hands like T8s or 78s are lower % hands that have potential for large payoffs when they hit, but by assigning "favorite hand" status to them, you are likely to call larger bets than you should and letting desire cloud reason.

Also, Doyle has said many times that he does not consider T2 to be his lucky hand, but rather a hand that he happened to get lucky with two times, in two different ways.

#17 7th August 2008, 5:51 PM

My favorite hand...the winner! I don't have a favorite hand. Heck, even Doyle says that he's lost more money on 10 2 than he ever won with it. And, in case you haven't watched High Stakes Poker, now he usually symbolically spits on his hole cards as he folds 10 2!

#18 7th August 2008, 8:44 PM

Don't ask me why, but mine is K9 suited. Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment

#19 7th August 2008, 8:51 PM

aq suited or ak suited and ofcourse aa/kk/qq/jj

#20 7th August 2008, 8:52 PM

My favorite are pockets 8's I hit a set nearly 70% of the time. My least favorite is Jacks or Kings. I always lose with J's and it always seems and A comes on the flop when I have K's

#21 7th August 2008, 9:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metzyman06

it always seems and A comes on the flop when I have K's

Does that mean you give up on your K's?

#22 8th August 2008, 7:56 AM

I think people have favorite hands to help make the game a little bit more interesting for them. I have a buddy who absolutely loves to play 27o hard. The one time I actually seen him win with them he was ecstatic.

I wouldn't say I have a favorite hand but I definitely have a least favorite hand...

AJ

...I can never win with them. And, when I do hit, I end up busting out to a better hand.

#23 8th August 2008, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brewdawg69

Don't ask me why, but mine is K9 suited. Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment

You and I must think from the same think tank..

I will limp in with K 9 everytime, but K♠ 9♠ now thats a new ballgame and I will go that little bit further with it..

#24 8th August 2008, 2:07 PM

If this is a meaningful post, I want in on it. My favorite hands are any hands that win. ???

#25 8th August 2008, 2:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kingdonk

42OFF is my fav....always seem to flop 2pr or str8...LOL

If ever we are in a CC freeroll and you crack my pocket rockets with 2 4 off suit then Kingdonk will be the least of the names I call ya

#26 8th August 2008, 2:43 PM

pair of 6s i dont know how many pair of aces ive beaten whit them i just love them

#27 8th August 2008, 4:38 PM

I do not know why but my favorite is 9 6 (suited is better) - I know it is crazy math wise but hey no one said it must make sense

#28 8th August 2008, 5:02 PM

Evidently the best hand is AA, but I like to play many JQ(suited and no suited); I win often with this hand and increased my bankroll more that any other hand.

#29 8th August 2008, 9:56 PM

My favorite hand is always the one where I knock out the guy in second place

#30 9th August 2008, 4:51 PM

AQ lovesss itt lol...busted out aces manyyy times ...gotta love it : D

#31 9th August 2008, 4:53 PM

My favorite stupid hand is queen 9. Idk why but when I started playing, I called big raises with it, overvaluing it as a hand. But I won my first ever tournament on this hand and tripled up through it on the same tournamennt. Ever since then its been my favorite.

#32 9th August 2008, 4:55 PM

IM a big fan of AA of course LOL. its the best in my mind. but im sure you all think the same thing

#33 9th August 2008, 4:59 PM

Besides the obvious AA, KK, QQ, AK & AQ I love the A 9 hand and everytime I get a 3 X and fold, in most of the cases I would've won A LOT had I stayed

'Good hands' I generally hate are A J and K J - Rarely win with these

#34 9th August 2008, 6:06 PM

#35 12th August 2008, 7:46 PM

JTs. Any suit it doesn't matter. When I look down at that hand I get excited lol. If it's a tight table then you know I'm raising. But otherwise I'm just trying to see a flop. There's just so many possibilities than can hit with that hand.

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