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Strangest hand in the history of razz

This is from a HORSE tournament on Carbon Poker that I'm still in as I post this. So no time for analysis and discussion. I'll just post this hand history and let y'all ponder the weirdness of it.

I could've had...

...a royal flush. But I folded.

Best televised hands

PokerUpdate has been running a "tournament" to determine readers' most memorable televised poker hand, out of 32 nominees. I haven't been following closely as things progress, but I popped in to see what the final four were--and they are all excellent, well worth re-watching. http://www.pokerupdate.com/news/poker-opinion/the-most-memorable-televised-poker-hand/ For sheer poker skill, the one with Tom Dwan is the clear winner. But for viewing pleasure, it's hard to top seeing Phil Hellmuth take the bad end of one of the most incredible suckouts of all time.

King Ball

The biggest hand of my poker session yesterday: From early position, I raised to $7 or $8 with A-K. Guy three seats to my left, who had overdosed on the scented body wash and/or cologne, called. The man with the love bird moved all in for about $70 from the big blind. I was willing to call him for that much, on the assumption that he did not have aces or kings, and we would most likely be flipping. But I wanted to shut out Fragrant Man, so I moved all in myself, which was something like $400. After tanking for a while, Fragrant Man said, "Oh, what the hell," and called for about $170. Yikes. I just hoped that he didn't have any of my outs. Cards revealed: 8-8 for Bird Man, 7-7 for Fragrant Man. The flop was all bricks. No pairs for me, no draws for anybody. Turn: More of the same. It was looking grim for me. I was set to lose about $70 to Bird Man, and about $100 on top of that to Fragrant Man. But the Poker Pro circuitry took mercy on me, and delivered a king ball, corne...

Oh, what a feeling!

Last night I played another tavern poker tournament. At one point, I raised with A-J. Flop: A-A-J. But wait, it gets better! I made a small bet and got four callers! But wait, it gets better! Turn: the final ace. I think I probably have this locked up. But wait, it gets better! I made a bigger bet. Three callers! But wait, it gets better! Some irrelevant card on the river. I move all in. TWO CALLERS! Both were shorter stacks than mine, so a double knockout. And I became monster chip leader. It's all skill, ya know. You have to practice for many years to learn how to flop a full house, and improve it to quads.