We all like to tell stories about our heroic, Negreanu-esque home-game folds, don't we?
Kings before the flop. A straight on the turn. A full house on the river.
Hands we "just had a feeling" about and somehow, miraculously, we managed to be right. Or, of course, painfully wrong.
As part of our love and fascination with the psychic fold we've put together (with the help of our friends at Poker Olymp) seven remarkable folds from poker history -- some actually heroic and others, well ... a bit less so.
1. Gary Paterson Accidentally Folds Fours Full
The first fold on our list comes from Gary Paterson and is more in the "Huh?" category,
Mostly it shows just how important it is to remember your cards right - which must be the case here. Otherwise he just folds a full house on the turn for no reason.
Any time someone says "I'll limp," though, you might expect something a little unorthodox.
2. Roberto Romanello Folds Jacks Full on the River
You might remember this phenomenal laydown from the 2008 Main Event, and it still astounds us to this day.
Mike Matusow, of course, freaks out when Roberto Romanello shows he folded his full house - and is right! Although looking back Geller made such a clear show of strength Romanello could be pretty sure he was beat. Still ...
3. Phil Hellmuth Puts on Absurd Show, Makes Absurd Fold
Take a normal player, put him on a televised poker show, give him 15 big blinds and queens (with a raise before him) and 99% of the time he'll (quite correctly) move in.
Now exchange "normal player" with "Phil Hellmuth," who somehow thinks he has the gift of second sight, and it becomes a whole different ball game (and an absurd show):
4. Mikhail Smirnov Folds Quads in Big One
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