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08-09-2005, 02:06 PM
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| | | The Hammer hits the mainstream
The Hammer has officially jumped the shark.
I love it when a meme becomes mainstream. This is freaking SWEET! 
Read the following article in Newsweek! Quote: |
Originally Posted by Newsweek Playing from his home PC against a half dozen strangers from around the world, Kim won three hands with a pocket pair of aces, a two pair of kings and nines and, finally, by turning a full house from what poker pros disdainfully call "the hammer"—a seven and two of different suits. |
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08-09-2005, 02:40 PM
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| | | Thats awesome!
I even saw a commercial for Full Tilt Poker on TV that showed Chris "Jesus" Ferguson bluffing out a newbie big time with a 7-2 offsuit and holding them up. "Mostly its for setting them up for later" - he says.
The Hammer is now Mainstream - the ultimate way to showing how you bluffed someone off a big hand! |
08-09-2005, 07:08 PM
|  | Poker Nerd (and Admin) | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: bottom pair and a flush draw Age: 35
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| | | well screw that...last week is officially the last time i bust out of a ct.net tourny with 27. i'm not playing no jump-the-shark played-out hand as 27. that's why i never play AKs.
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08-09-2005, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Merlin14 | Thanks for that 72off link Merlin. I love to find new poker websites. Have you seen this one?? http://www.lowlimitholdem.com/
Its a low limit strategy page, which is typically what I play, sorry to all the high rollers out there!! |
08-10-2005, 12:04 PM
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| | | That tilt commercial with Jesus is hilarious.
Sad to say I have been bluffed like that before. |
08-10-2005, 01:04 PM
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Sad to say I have been bluffed like that before.
| I know the feeling. Seems that poker forces you to unlearn all of the natural instincts your parents taught you about trusting people. It's hard to fight that feeling that you get when faced with a big call. |
08-10-2005, 11:59 PM
|  | Poker Spellcaster | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NLHE cash table Age: 39
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| | "... but mostly, you just want to SHOVE IT IN THEIR FACE AND SAY 'HA HA, YOU STUPID BUCKETHEAD! YOU FOLDED TO THE HAMMER!'"
Aw, come on, you know that's what you want to say, admit it.  |
08-11-2005, 12:09 AM
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| | | Their descriptions of the commercials are equally interesting -- future, present, past:
Howard Lederer: "Showboat"
Howard Lederer shows you the importance of being able to see into the future.
Phil Ivey: "Details"
Phil Ivey stresses the ability to know what’s going on in the moment.
Chris Ferguson: "Bluffed"
And Chris Ferguson makes sure his opponents never forget the past. |
08-11-2005, 12:20 AM
|  | Westside Irish/Mod | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The OC, son. Born and Raised. Age: 30
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| | | Theres a Mitchum deoderant commercial thats says " If you go all in on a stone cold bluff, your a Mitchum man" and you can just make out the player in the foregrounds hand..you guessed it..The Hammer.
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