6,9 - How about it?

After seeing thousands of flops, I couldn't help noticing that 9,6 'tends' to appear together a lot(!!) - I thought, why not testing this hand? I did, here are the results:

First hand I got 9,6 - Jack pot

full tilt poker Game #7669729672: .COM 1-on-1 with Antonius Rd 1 (58339871), Table 13 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No
Limit Hold'em - 9:16:07 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 1: Smell My Face69 (11,614), is sitting out
Seat 2: norbs286 (16,306)
Seat 3: Joran1984 (34,614), is sitting out
Seat 4: miz2008 (46,567)
Seat 6: HookAndLadder79 (15,565)
Seat 9: cory14 (6,515)
Smell My Face69 antes 75
norbs286 antes 75
Joran1984 antes 75
miz2008 antes 75
HookAndLadder79 antes 75
cory14 antes 75
HookAndLadder79 posts the small blind of 300
cory14 posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to norbs286 [9h 6s]
Smell My Face69 folds
norbs286 calls 600
Joran1984 folds
miz2008 calls 600
HookAndLadder79 calls 300
cory14 checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 2d 9c]
HookAndLadder79 checks
cory14 bets 600
norbs286 raises to 1,200
miz2008 raises to 7,050
HookAndLadder79 folds
cory14 folds
norbs286 raises to 15,631, and is all in
miz2008 calls 8,581
norbs286 shows [9h 6s]
miz2008 shows [Ac 9d]
*** TURN *** [6d 2d 9c] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [6d 2d 9c Kh] [8h]
norbs286 shows two pair, Nines and Sixes
miz2008 shows a pair of Nines
norbs286 wins the pot (34,712) with two pair, Nines and Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 34,712 | Rake 0
Board: [6d 2d 9c Kh 8h]
Seat 1: Smell My Face69 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: norbs286 showed [9h 6s] and won (34,712) with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 3: Joran1984 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: miz2008 (button) showed [Ac 9d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: HookAndLadder79 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: cory14 (big blind) folded on the Flop
2 minutes later...
Full Tilt poker game #7669729672: .COM 1-on-1 with Antonius Rd 1 (58339871), Table 13 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No
Limit Hold'em - 9:16:07 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 1: Smell My Face69 (11,614), is sitting out
Seat 2: norbs286 (16,306)
Seat 3: Joran1984 (34,614), is sitting out
Seat 4: miz2008 (46,567)
Seat 6: HookAndLadder79 (15,565)
Seat 9: cory14 (6,515)
Smell My Face69 antes 75
norbs286 antes 75
Joran1984 antes 75
miz2008 antes 75
HookAndLadder79 antes 75
cory14 antes 75
HookAndLadder79 posts the small blind of 300
cory14 posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to norbs286 [9h 6s]
Smell My Face69 folds
norbs286 calls 600
Joran1984 folds
miz2008 calls 600
HookAndLadder79 calls 300
cory14 checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 2d 9c]
HookAndLadder79 checks
cory14 bets 600
norbs286 raises to 1,200
miz2008 raises to 7,050
HookAndLadder79 folds
cory14 folds
norbs286 raises to 15,631, and is all in
miz2008 calls 8,581
norbs286 shows [9h 6s]
miz2008 shows [Ac 9d]
*** TURN *** [6d 2d 9c] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [6d 2d 9c Kh] [8h]
norbs286 shows two pair, Nines and Sixes
miz2008 shows a pair of Nines
norbs286 wins the pot (34,712) with two pair, Nines and Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 34,712 | Rake 0
Board: [6d 2d 9c Kh 8h]
Seat 1: Smell My Face69 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: norbs286 showed [9h 6s] and won (34,712) with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 3: Joran1984 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: miz2008 (button) showed [Ac 9d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: HookAndLadder79 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: cory14 (big blind) folded on the Flop


15 minutes later... (well, I bluffed fished for a 5 and it worked - the bluff )

Full Tilt Poker Game #7669829481: .COM 1-on-1 with Antonius Rd 1 (58339871), Table 13 - 600/1200 Ante 150 -
No Limit Hold'em - 9:31:29 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 1: Smell My Face69 (6,339)
Seat 2: norbs286 (35,037)
Seat 4: miz2008 (62,722)
Seat 5: xxxloukoumxxx (43,140)
Seat 7: reepo (42,763)
Seat 8: fandethomas (41,044)
Seat 9: edgaris91 (38,955)
Smell My Face69 antes 150
norbs286 antes 150
miz2008 antes 150
xxxloukoumxxx antes 150
reepo antes 150
fandethomas antes 150
edgaris91 antes 150
Smell My Face69 posts the small blind of 600
norbs286 posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to norbs286 [9c 6s]
miz2008 folds
xxxloukoumxxx folds
reepo folds
fandethomas calls 1,200
edgaris91 folds
Smell My Face69 calls 600
norbs286 checks
*** FLOP *** [4c 3h 7h]
Smell My Face69 checks
norbs286 has 15 seconds left to act
norbs286 bets 4,650
fandethomas folds
Smell My Face69 folds
Uncalled bet of 4,650 returned to norbs286
norbs286 mucks
norbs286 wins the pot (4,650)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,650 | Rake 0
Board: [4c 3h 7h]
Seat 1: Smell My Face69 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: norbs286 (big blind) collected (4,650), mucked
Seat 4: miz2008 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: xxxloukoumxxx folded before the Flop
Seat 7: reepo folded before the Flop
Seat 8: fandethomas folded on the Flop
Seat 9: edgaris91 (button) folded before the Flop

22 minutes later... was the lowest on chips on the final table... So I took a shot with my 6,9o

Full Tilt Poker Game #7669978622: .COM 1-on-1 with Antonius Rd 1 (58339871), Table 13 - 1500/3000 Ante 400 -
No Limit Hold'em - 9:53:13 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 2: norbs286 (12,487)
Seat 4: miz2008 (56,992)
Seat 5: xxxloukoumxxx (80,380)
Seat 7: reepo (82,004)
Seat 8: fandethomas (38,137)
norbs286 antes 400
miz2008 antes 400
xxxloukoumxxx antes 400
reepo antes 400
fandethomas antes 400
xxxloukoumxxx posts the small blind of 1,500
reepo posts the big blind of 3,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to norbs286 [6d 9c]
fandethomas folds
norbs286 raises to 12,087, and is all in
miz2008 folds
xxxloukoumxxx folds
reepo calls 9,087
norbs286 shows [6d 9c]
reepo shows [6h 4h]
*** FLOP *** [6c Jc Td]
*** TURN *** [6c Jc Td] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [6c Jc Td 6s] [4s]
norbs286 shows three of a kind, Sixes
reepo shows a full house, Sixes full of Fours
reepo wins the pot (27,674) with a full house, Sixes full of Fours
norbs286 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27,674 | Rake 0
Board: [6c Jc Td 6s 4s]
Seat 2: norbs286 showed [6d 9c] and lost with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 4: miz2008 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: xxxloukoumxxx (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: reepo (big blind) showed [6h 4h] and won (27,674) with a full house, Sixes full of Fours
Seat 8: fandethomas folded before the Flop

I actually had the better hand and lost on the river

I'll let you decide what do to when you get a 6,9

Good luck!!

Not my biggest money earners:

PredAtor10Erat said:

The game is indefinatly cadigorized as gambling, but i would definately label you as a donk.

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Thank you

ajrobin said:

Not my biggest money earners:

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That's because you're just not playing it enough aj . All your losses are from folding it on the blinds.

Why risk any chips in the first place? You can dig through your histories for that particular hand and then just check the number of times it would have been a winner vs. loser.

PredAtor10Erat said:

The game is indefinatly cadigorized as gambling, but i would definately label you as a donk.

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concise and rather to the point....

People - I was seeing 6,9 every other flop on FT in different tourneys, it made me wonder and I have decided to conduct an experiment (see???? its in bold)

I registered to a 180 freeroll and decided to play every 6,9 that I get and see what happens. Then, I've decided to share the results - Clearly, the later was a bad call

Sorry to have disturbing all of you smart ones :thefinger

Haha I think people are taking this thread a little to seriously. I thought it was a bit of fun, no need for name calling.

1) i dont think u conducted an 'experiment'

2) most everyone online 'experiments' like u with anything thats soooted, any ace, any face card as well anything random that has some 'significance' to them

3) online poker is tailormade for all of u 'experimenters' LOL

MakMan said:

1) i dont think u conducted an 'experiment'

ohh... you don't think... good to know

2) most everyone online 'experiments' like u with anything thats soooted, any ace, any face card as well anything random that has some 'significance' to them

It was 6,9...

3) online poker is tailormade for all of u 'experimenters' LOL

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There is nothing wrong doing experiments, one only has to find the right people to share them with, that's all.

It's simple. Your experiment while fun was unnecessary. You could have checked your own personal stats with the hand by checking your hand history, or you could have just looked up the win rate of the hand online, and then you would have gotten a significant amount of data.

6/9 is like Satan. It goes by more than one name. It's been called the sexiest hand in poker, and dinner for two. I just call it "Hendrix" because if six was nine I'd raise.

It's like other questionable hands in the game. It should be played, just not frequently. Basically if you're at a table and you know everyone's going to call the BB or a small raise from UTG, then go ahead and call. You have odds, and when the hand hits it'll gobsmack the life out of your opponents provided it hits big and you can extract the maximum from the opposition.

It's also a good bluffing hand but any hand's a good bluffing hand provided your bluff works.

N.D. said:

It's simple. Your experiment while fun was unnecessary. You could have checked your own personal stats with the hand by checking your hand history, or you could have just looked up the win rate of the hand online, and then you would have gotten a significant amount of data.

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Why call it unnecessary? Obv the experiement wasnt intended as a super serious indepth study of the possible virtues of playing 69os everytime you get dealt it. The OP decided he wanted to try and test 69s potential for a bit of fun. He went into FRs and gave it a whirl. He thought itd be fun to opst some results for a bit of a communal laugh. Im so lost as to why everyones giving him a hard time calling him a donk. Yea, he could of looked up HH but why not have a bit of fun while FRing. Id hardly call it unnecessary, rather a bit of a laugh.

I do notice that certain programs tend to favor certain hands. I'm not sure about 6-9 as in a definite winner, but I can guarantee I love to bust as many as possible with it. I have beat many prime starting hands with 6-9 only to remind everyone that with 6-9 how could I lose??? I also play the hand just as often in live play, a guaranteed attention getter.

ajrobin said:

Why call it unnecessary? Obv the experiement wasnt intended as a super serious indepth study of the possible virtues of playing 69os everytime you get dealt it. The OP decided he wanted to try and test 69s potential for a bit of fun. He went into FRs and gave it a whirl. He thought itd be fun to opst some results for a bit of a communal laugh. Im so lost as to why everyones giving him a hard time calling him a donk. Yea, he could of looked up HH but why not have a bit of fun while FRing. Id hardly call it unnecessary, rather a bit of a laugh.

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I haven't called anyone a "donk" in my life... I'm allowed to have an opinion, but you're not allowed to accuse me of doing something I just don't do... I even own up to the fact that I'm a fish, so now what? Everyone isn't calling him a "donk". One person called him a "donk" and another seconded that opinion, but that's far from everyone calling him a "donk".

Congratulations you just got me to type "donk" five times in a single post. Well done sir.

Lol wow everyone is just too serious.
Norbs I actually find it interesting as I often get 69 in the pocket but always fold. I totally understand the experiment was for your entertainment and you posted the results. I think it was a fun thing to although I wouldn't have the nads to do it.
Thanks for sharing

norbs286 said:

After seeing thousands of flops, I couldn't help noticing that 9,6 'tends' to appear together a lot(!!) - I thought, why not testing this hand? I did, here are the results:

22 minutes later... was the lowest on chips on the final table(had playing 69 throughout tourney have something to do with it?....nah)... So I took a shot once again with my 6,9o

Full Tilt Poker Game #7669978622: .COM 1-on-1 with Antonius Rd 1 (58339871), Table 13 - 1500/3000 Ante 400 -
No Limit Hold'em - 9:53:13 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 2: norbs286 (12,487)
Seat 4: miz2008 (56,992)
Seat 5: xxxloukoumxxx (80,380)
Seat 7: reepo (82,004)
Seat 8: fandethomas (38,137)
norbs286 antes 400
miz2008 antes 400
xxxloukoumxxx antes 400
reepo antes 400
fandethomas antes 400
xxxloukoumxxx posts the small blind of 1,500
reepo posts the big blind of 3,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to norbs286 [6d 9c]
fandethomas folds
norbs286 raises to 12,087, and is all in
miz2008 folds
xxxloukoumxxx folds
reepo calls 9,087
norbs286 shows [6d 9c]
reepo shows [6h 4h]
*** FLOP *** [6c Jc Td]
*** TURN *** [6c Jc Td] 6♠
*** RIVER *** [6c Jc Td 6s] 4♠
norbs286 shows three of a kind, Sixes
reepo shows a full house, Sixes full of Fours
reepo wins the pot (27,674) with a full house, Sixes full of Fours
norbs286 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27,674 | Rake 0
Board: [6c Jc Td 6s 4s]
Seat 2: norbs286 showed [6d 9c] and lost with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 4: miz2008 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: xxxloukoumxxx (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: reepo (big blind) showed [6h 4h] and won (27,674) with a full house, Sixes full of Fours
Seat 8: fandethomas folded before the Flop

I actually had the better hand and lost on the river

I'll let you decide what do to when you get a 6,9

Good luck!!

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Look to red.
The only time I play 69 is in the bedroom with the wife

I am happy to read there are also people here who can enjoy a 'light post'

Just to be clear - Although I'm a big fan, the 6,9 hand wasn't tested due to it's 'sexual' context I really (still!) see them coming together in flops a lot!!

To be honest, and I know it makes no sense, but today, when I'm dealt a 6,9, if the blinds are not too high, I will try and see the flop - Do any of you play a "favorite" hand without a real reason but only for the fact that you "like" the hand?

I think that experimenting on freerolls is a bit skewing the results as what really matters is how the RNG works for cash tables. I'm sure you'll find lots of people here who will be delighted to join you at really money tables...

ajrobin said:

Not my biggest money earners:

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What program are you using to track like that? I need something like that in the worst way.........

I enjoyed it, norbs! It definitely got the conversation flowing.

I see it a lot too. I don't play it that often, but I might start now.

Unless it's HU, I normally fold 6 9 =/

norbs286 said:

After seeing thousands of flops, .... (edited for space)
I'll let you decide what do to when you get a 6,9

Good luck!!

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Is this whole post an ingenious plot to talk about your sex life in a poker forum?

Ahem,