Sickest laydown on televised poker?

The big calls and bluffs get all the screen time, but everybody knows a good laydown can be just as important. What's the best laydown on telelvised poker that you've seen?

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I haven't seen a better laydown that this, EVER.

BluffYou123 said:

I haven't seen a better laydown that this, EVER.

Best Laydowns Series -1- Romanello Folds Full house WSOP 2008 - YouTube

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wow that was my first time seeing that one, very impressive.

Very good read/whatever it is that romanello did to decide he was beat. I guess the betting line he took preflop /checking just waiting to raise the whole time can throw up some warning signs but overall very amazing laydown. Don't think I could have done it, would have at least called that bet.

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This is one of the best laydowns I've seen.

wushuguy said:

This is one of the best laydowns I've seen.

Phil Laak great fold against Johnny Chan - YouTube

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Great fold this one. Even more impressive the way Laak just snap folds it.

Romanello's fold really is the best i've ever seen. Outstanding! That would be an insta-snap-immediate-pronto-split second SHOVE from me lol

A couple years ago and I've seen a guy fold a pair of Kings preflop to a pair of aces, and the guy with the Kings had about three times the aces stack. So he could of the easily called and didn't.

LOL, good players alwasy with good laydown..

aa88wildbill said:

A couple years ago and I've seen a guy fold a pair of Kings preflop to a pair of aces, and the guy with the Kings had about three times the aces stack. So he could of the easily called and didn't.

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Was it cash or mtt? Depending on a bubble situation or final table with huge payouts in the top 3 and there are like 5-6 players it might not have been him reading AA but just didn't want to get sucked out on by lesser hands here.

If you are a tournament player and haven't laid down KK preflop before, there's something wrong with your game. Standard bubble play with a short-medium stack facing a shove for all your chips with 1-2 players to reach the money.

postflopper said:

If you are a tournament player and haven't laid down KK preflop before, there's something wrong with your game. Standard bubble play with a short-medium stack facing a shove for all your chips with 1-2 players to reach the money.

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Exactly. At that stage you don't really wanna go against ATC, let alone AA.

postflopper said:

If you are a tournament player and haven't laid down KK preflop before, there's something wrong with your game. Standard bubble play with a short-medium stack facing a shove for all your chips with 1-2 players to reach the money.

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I'm a tourney player and I very rarely fold QQ/JJ preflop, would literally NEVER fold KK pre, particularly on the bubble. Lots of players will try to push you around on the bubble so it makes it less likely that they'll have AA. Folding KK to make the money is not a good idea. Me not folding QQ/JJ more often is probably a leak.

BluffYou123 said:

I haven't seen a better laydown that this, EVER.

Best Laydowns Series -1- Romanello Folds Full house WSOP 2008 - YouTube

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Really good laydown, A.Romanello did it trully great. I am not sure could I made the same even it was early stage of the game. Amazing.

bezobrazny said:

Really good laydown, A.Romanello did it trully great. I am not sure could I made the same even it was early stage of the game. Amazing.

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Meh. tbf it starts becoming a lot more obvious that Geller is strong when he starts going: "Please don't raise me."

Definitely not as good of a fold as laying down jacks full to kings full on the river but this fold is pretty crazy, the top comment gives a little bit of info as to why he folded. I wonder what would have happened if he put in a good sized raise.

Guy intentionally folds AA preflop on TV.
http://youtu.be/BHiEkikhDGU

BluffYou123 said:

I'm a tourney player and I very rarely fold QQ/JJ preflop, would literally NEVER fold KK pre, particularly on the bubble. Lots of players will try to push you around on the bubble so it makes it less likely that they'll have AA. Folding KK to make the money is not a good idea. Me not folding QQ/JJ more often is probably a leak.

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Agreed. Gotta believe that taking that "risk" pays off in the long-run no? Was the original poster trying to make a different point?

BluffYou123 said:

I haven't seen a better laydown that this, EVER.

Best Laydowns Series -1- Romanello Folds Full house WSOP 2008 - YouTube

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never saw this one before (oddly), and can say with certainty that it is almost a donk fold. if he didnt have a read or something,i cant find a reason for anyone to make a fold like this. its like folding quads afriad of the straight flush. GREAT FOLD and great vid,thanks for sharing.

I remember seeing this at the time thanks for posting video wanted to see again because of mike's reaction....

Phil's almost insta-fold against Johnny Chan there is amazing. He barely thought of it and yet knew he was beat.

Romanello's fold was pretty sick. I don't think I could fold that hand even if I knew I am beat, I am sure I would've called still just out of curiosity. Laak's fold was just wow lol he didn't even think, it was like folding an ace high. Man, those are some great lay downs!

Wow i remember watching Phil Laaks fold on that High Stakes Poker show.. What a great fold. Dont think i could make a fold like that lol.

I really liked watching that show, wish it would come back.. Brings back some memories of playing online poker at Full Tilt and UB. Now i gotta deal with the Poker After Dark re-runs and playing at Bovada not that there is anything wrong with Bovada just wish i could play on pokerstars or Full Tilt :\

I remember watching old HSP episodes recently and thinking of Laak folding 7s full to Chan. Don't remember the exact hand but he knows Johnny wouldn't be likely to raise any hand he can beat in that spot so he was happy to insta-muck it.

BluffYou123 said:

I haven't seen a better laydown that this, EVER.

Best Laydowns Series -1- Romanello Folds Full house WSOP 2008 - YouTube

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Yea, I remember watching this on TV the day that it aired...

I was like "whoa! wtf! amazing!"