I’ve never seen this before. Last night at a $1/1 home game, two of the players got all-in on the flop.
One of them, I’ll call him “Eric,” has 5c 3c.
The other, I’ll call him “Sonny,” has 76o, where neither of his cards is a club.
The flop was 6c 5d 4c, giving Eric a middle pair + open-ended straight flush draw, and giving Sonny top pair + open-ended straight draw. At the point, Sonny is ahead with his pair of 66’s beating Eric’s pair of 55’s, but Eric is actually a slight favorite (55%-to-45%) to win the hand based on his many outs (any club, any five, any deuce).
After some posturing and negotiation, they decide to run it three times. (This means the pot will be divided into 3 equal sub-pots. The dealer will flip over a turn & river card for 1/3 of the pot. Then, using the same original flop cards, the dealer will flip over a 2nd turn & river for another 1/3 of the pot, then a final turn & river for the last 1/3 of the pot. This helps reduce variance when players are all-in before the river.)
The very first turn card is 2c, giving Eric a 6-high straight flush, followed by a meaningless river card. Wow!
Sonny wins the second round.
In the final round, the river card is the 7c, hitting the top end of Eric’s draw and giving him a 7-high straight flush. Double wow!
Highlight of a crazy night. During this game, there were 6 hands where someone had pocket AA’s and flopped a set (including Eric 3 of those times). Triple wow!
