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When i first started playing poker on pokerstars, i was dealt K 10 of spades. I flopped a royal flush, and i folded. On bottom right of my screen it said royal flush, and i folded because i didn't pair the board.
LOL :D

Since then i have only had one royal flush, and a few str8 flushes. It was play money, so i didn't really mind but my friends laughed when i told them the story. They explained to me that i folded the best hand in Hold em, and i felt like an idiot. :eek:

Has anyone ever done anything dumb like this before, lol? :)
 
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i dont think ive done anything that stupid but i laughed really hard when i read this. You are pretty lucky though, ive never had a royal flush and ive only had a straight flush once
 
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LOL that's funny. But no, I've been playing 4 yrs and have yet to hit the royal. I've folded a few hands that would have turned into the royal, but alas, still have'nt hit one. I WOULD NOT HAVE FOLDED IT I CAN ASSURE YOU LOL
 
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Hit my first royal flush playing omaha hilo, in a live cash game and had four people in the hand raising and reraising. I hit the royal on the river to scoooooooop the pot and it was a big pot. I have hit a few on line but only one playing live.
 
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havent hit a royal in atleast 5/6 months last time i hit 1 was in a torney on carbon had like 2 ppl knockd out with it lol

i see a lo of other ppl hitting a royal just not me :(lol

mig same here only ever hit 1 in live poker
 
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I haven't folded a royal but I did fold a full house, recently, for real money, so I can't use inexperience as an excuse, I'm just stupid.
 
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dumbest thing i ever did...folded a full house cause i was afraid someone had a flush
 
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No, or I didnt notice it. :p

Anyway having the best cards doesnt mean anything. The opponent must have weaker but good cards too. If they throw their cards, even a royal fush is worth nothing.
 
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lol funny story, you got to completely misunderstood the hand rules to fold a royal flush, i had 1 royal flush in my year of playing poker.
 
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When we first started playing Holdem we had the rules so messed up. If the board paired a higher pair than somebody else held, the pot was chopped (i.e. If Aces were on the board and nobody had an ace, it was an auto chop) If a flush was on board and nobody had a card higher than the higher one on board it was a chop (i.e. If the board was Kh 9h 8h 5h 2s and I held the Qh and my opponent held the Jh, we chopped)

P.S. These weren't house rules, we thought we were playing correct. lol
 
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ive folded pocket aces preflop before lol.

wasnt paying any attention
 
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lol this is sorta like my first time ever playing hearts I shot the moon on accident. No one even told me it was good if I could get all of them so I was just trying to get as few as possible yet took them all. I was like 7 at the time though.
 
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lol folding a royal.. never done that one...
I've only had 3 and they were all omaha... spades clubs and diamonds... havnt hit heart royal
 
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lol this is sorta like my first time ever playing hearts I shot the moon on accident. No one even told me it was good if I could get all of them so I was just trying to get as few as possible yet took them all. I was like 7 at the time though.
lol did the same thing but the difrence is i always thought you where suposed to win all the hands at Hearts :eek:
 
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What's really bad is I have been playing some variance of poker for over 20 years and have NEVER had a royal flush. I have seen plenty, but never had one myself. :(
 
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I played stud and draw growing up. When I first started playing Hold 'Em, I was in a real big hand with lots of raising and reraising. The river brought me a nut-flush, and somebody bet into me. I just called, and flipped over the absolute nuts. When I was asked why I didn't raise, I said, "With all the betting, I was afraid of a boat or quads." It was then explained to me that, with no pair on the board, that was impossible.
 
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Haha one of the first times i played i had AK and the flop came 2 3 4 and i pushed all in and got called and the guy started gathering the chips... the board was like 2 3 4 9 J or something and he had two pair... and i got really mad and argued with him that I had a straight for like 20 minutes... haha
 
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I haven't had a royal flush, but I did fold a full house, like Ted, for the same reason, lol...I hate mistakes like those!! Those are the ones that ineveitably would have given you a very pretty pot, too :) Well, at least now you know ( I hope! ;) haha) Hopefully you're graced with it again at some point....me too... :)
 
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well, I guess we all did similar stupid things when we first began to play poker.I remember folding top boat to a shove :)
 
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I know now



I know all the rules now, and hand values. That happened about five year ago, and i'm a much better player know. :D But thx anyway's for the site's, the only problem i have know is not letting go of big aces(AK, AQ, AJ) when i miss the flop. Other than that, i'm a pretty good hold em player.

In other poker games that i have increased my skill, and doing very well are OMAHA, HORSE, 2-7 SINGLE DRAW, RAZZ, and 8 game. :p
 
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hellllssss no i've never done nothing that moronical in my life:O a royal flush dude u folded a royal flush :O b/c never paired the board...my suggestion is to not go and play any cash games until u get the basics of poker down like, distinguishing massive hands, or sorry to say bruddah ur gonna loae alot of cash
 
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Thats the first time I have ever heard of that. I have nver had a royal but I love to read blogs when other guys get them. I hope you get another soon.
 
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hahahhahaha i hope you stepped your game up
 
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Thx james



Hi James, I folded that Royal Flush a very long time ago about 3 years ago. That when I first started to play, I was a horrible player, but now i'm a lot better than i use to be. Thanks anyways for the link's, i'll check em out.

I would also like to thank every for posting on this thread, and telling me some stories about them being in similar situations.:D
 
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