the krablar: an introduction tothe besthand in poker

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So, a friend of mine, his brother and I were at my friends house, watching him play. Me and his brother were flipping through the Super/system 1's "Hand Name list" We were up late, and pretty goofy, and for some reason King-3=King Crab struck us as really funny, particularlly since it's such a bad hand. So my friend ends up raising a pot with King Crab, and winning, and my friend's brother stood up, and did this hilarious dance, where he pinches his fingers, and dances back and forth horizontally, imitating a crab. Well, I thought this dance was freaking hilarious. So funny, that I promised I would do it if I got the chance at My local brick and mortar card room. So I'm playing 4-8, and the game is weak, and loosish... 4-5 people seeing flops, not a lot of preflop raising, or raising in general, some calling, but not an insane amount. A solid game. Well, I've been playing tight and aggressive, and I've gotten some what of an image as a rock at the card room, so I don't get the action that I want. Well, on this one hand, there were 4 callers, and me on the button with K-3 of spades. So I raise it up, the blinds call. The flop comes down King-queen-x, and two hearts, I think. Everyone checks, I bet, 4 callers.. * yikes.. but all well.. I didn't get that much stregth from anyone. The turn comes an x, check around to me, I bet, 3 callers. The river comes another x, check around, I bet ( because I wanted to represent stregth here, for advertizing purposes, plus I got no real stregth from anyone else, so I thought my K was proably good) one caller, and I win the pot... So the lady, a reasonably good, if ABC player looks at me, mystified, as raising with K3 went way away from my table image. And I said" Well, if I don't raise on King Crab, I won't win with King Crab" A pause, and she nods, still confused... then I say" and if I don't win with King Crab, I can't dance.... at which point I stand up, and Start crab dancing away... now, the entire table is looking at Me like I'm completely crazy, and I cackle Caro style, and stack my chips. Since then, King Crab has become part of my arsenal. I don't play it all the time, and I will only raise with it, taking the lead. I only play it a) if I'm the first one in the pot for a raise B) a loose raise who I have a good read on raises with it, and I re raise. c) I'm on the button with suited crab into a huge multiway pot, where I raise, and hope I get a free card, or what not. Not only have I won a staggering amount of the pots I've entered with this hand ( In my mind, since it's such a seemingly censored hand) I've gotten insane action from it... Every time I bluff with it, and win the hand uncontested, I show it. Every time I win, I ALWAYS do the crab dance. Most of the time, I play a tight, aggressive, ABCish game. But now I've gotten insane action from people, who have gotten the crab dance... It sticks in your craw... here's the thinking " How can that punk raise with King f***ing three! doesn't he know I have QQ (or AK or what ever). Then this punk f***ing dances after he beat me wit hthat rag... I'll show him..... " and then I proceed to punk people with my real hands. Also, the Krabler ( as I now call it) has had unexpected benefits. So this dude, B, who's a young, weak, watched too much TV player, typical weak frat guy type play, but nice enough, plays a hand up front... a whole bunch of callers, including a friend ( albeit terrible player) J calls on the button, and i"m in the big blind with jack-7. Checks are good. The flop comes down 337. I check, B bets out, folds around to J, who raises. I fold, B re raises, and J caps. Now, at this point, I put B on Ace 3, because that's the only hand that makes since for him to have from up front, maybe he slowplayed aces or kings like the nub he is, but I think A3 makes since. J could have had k3, as he is versed in the ways of the Krablar, but I think he would have raised back, so I put him on either Ace 3, or some suited hand with a 3 in it, as he will often foolishly play. But I'm pretty sure B has J beat with kicker. So the turn comes a 10. B checks, J bets, and B calls. Now I think, well, Maybe B does have a pocket pair. A (seemingly) harmless 6 comes on the river, and B bets out, and I'm thinking "Ace 3 it is" J raises B. B makes a crying call. J had 3-6 offsuit, which he limped in foolishly on the button with, for a full house. B shakes his head, turns to me, and shows me... the KRABLAR!!! and whines " Dude, I only played this hand because of you..." and I laugh and laugh and laugh. Not only am I getting more action 'cause of the Krablar, but now nub players at my local card room are playing the Krablar, poorly, weakly, and out of position, because It's My favorite hand. I couldn't believe it. Anyway, I just wanted to share with you how thinking far outside the box can pay amazing dividends..

This is just way too long! :?

[loogie 115]

This is just way too long! :?

That's what she said. Ba dump bump.

[hartman72 0]

Just wanted to get my signiture on one of the greatest posts in FCP history!!

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

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This is just way too long! :?

Have you ever read a book? It's a sad state of affairs that the internet has driving the attention span of the average american down to half a paragraph.Here's the abbrivated version for you:"king 3 is Krablar. Krablar kicks ass. Pinch pinch, **** yea!"Hope that's easier and more satisifing for you to digest, you mental weeman.

[Wingmaster05 0]

I call pocket 3s crabs because my last 3 girlfriends all had crabs, it's really easy to remember that way. So I guess that would make ME King Crab.

priceless.

[Guest Zach6668]

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (2 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxBB (t315)Hero (t2685)Preflop: Hero is Button with K:spade:, 3:diamond:. Hero calls t30, BB raises to t310, Hero calls t250.Flop: (t620) 3:club:, 3:spade:, J:spade: (2 players)BB bets t5 (All-In), Hero calls t5.Turn: (t630) Q:spade: (2 players, 1 all-in)River: (t630) K:club: (2 players, 1 all-in)Final Pot: t630Results in white below: Hero has Ks 3d (full house, threes full of kings). BB has Ad 7h (one pair, threes). Outcome: Hero wins t630. The power of the Krablar to win a heads up SNGZach

[NortonFan 0]

Everytime I see this thread I die a little inside.

[kers2 0]

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (2 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxBB (t315)Hero (t2685)Preflop: Hero is Button with K:spade:, 3:diamond:. Hero calls t30, BB raises to t310, Hero calls t250.Flop: (t620) 3:club:, 3:spade:, J:spade: (2 players)BB bets t5 (All-In), Hero calls t5.Turn: (t630) Q:spade: (2 players, 1 all-in)River: (t630) K:club: (2 players, 1 all-in)Final Pot: t630Results in white below: Hero has Ks 3d (full house, threes full of kings). BB has Ad 7h (one pair, threes). Outcome: Hero wins t630. The power of the Krablar to win a heads up SNGZach

Why did you just call to leave him with 5 chips preflop?

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

Why didn't you raise preflop, why did you just call.. I know alot of you hate the Krablar blindly, but heads up, big stack verses short stack, is DEFINATLY the time to raise with the Krablar ( and just about any other hand) don't come into this thread, showing how you won with Krablar like a fish, and expect to get any love from me..as for norton fan, the sooner the better.

[Jeepster80125 0]

Everytime I see this thread I die a little inside.

Let it go McDee.

[Guest Zach6668]

Why didn't you raise preflop, why did you just call.. I know alot of you hate the Krablar blindly, but heads up, big stack verses short stack, is DEFINATLY the time to raise with the Krablar ( and just about any other hand) don't come into this thread, showing how you won with Krablar like a fish, and expect to get any love from me..as for norton fan, the sooner the better.

Well Big D,Since I do believe in the power of the Krablar, and I knew it would come through for me, I was trying to trap him with it. It's an unbeatable hand, right?As for the non-raise of the last 5 chips, it's just semantics, you know it's going in on the next street anyways.Zach

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

Why didn't you raise preflop, why did you just call.. I know alot of you hate the Krablar blindly, but heads up, big stack verses short stack, is DEFINATLY the time to raise with the Krablar ( and just about any other hand) don't come into this thread, showing how you won with Krablar like a fish, and expect to get any love from me..as for norton fan, the sooner the better.

Well Big D,Since I do believe in the power of the Krablar, and I knew it would come through for me, I was trying to trap him with it. It's an unbeatable hand, right?As for the non-raise of the last 5 chips, it's just semantics, you know it's going in on the next street anyways.Zach

I can't hate on that.. I tried a similar thing early on a 1 dollar tourniment recently.. I limped utg with Krablar, with the intention of re raising all in if it was raised, to make it look like aces.. it was ace ten who called me so quick... I made too big of re raise.. if I'd re raised the pot, then bet on the flop, the pot would have been mine.. some times you don't raise with Krablar, some times you re raise..

[kevo 0]

does it count if it's sooted?

[Ottawa_Biatch 288]

Suited. Not sooted

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

no, with Krablar, you're pretty much playing your hand with plenty of soot.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

for krablar, 'cause I'm bored, and founds some fun stuff..http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Krablarhttp://www.justonlinepoker.com/poker/poker...d-nicknames.phphttp://www.planetstacked.com/poker/nicknames/also, I read over a DNA 4ever blog about Krabing some guy with AK on a trip to atlantic city, I cried laughing.. Pinch Pinch, mother ****ers.

[SuM827 0]

I hate this thread. do you really want to see a bunch of fat bald men dancing around pokertables in casinos around the country?

[NortonFan 0]

Everytime I see this thread I die a little inside.

[JTPHS 0]

i like you bigdmcgeegood story.. and i appreciate the fact that you clearly understand how poker works and you're obviously about my age (young)but please.. use the enter key.. you're story was very difficult to read.. especially drunk... you're lucky it was good

[Guest]

Krablar LOVES the cock.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

I hate this thread. do you really want to see a bunch of fat bald men dancing around pokertables in casinos around the country?[/quoteHhahahahah are you kidding Me? is there something I want to see MORE than that' date= is the question. And the answer is yes, I want to see Latitia Casta naked krab dancing, but that's about it.]

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

Everytime I see this thread I die a little inside.

This fact only makes My Krab love grow. I love An-Cil-Larry Krablar benefits.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

i like you bigdmcgeegood story.. and i appreciate the fact that you clearly understand how poker works and you're obviously about my age (young)but please.. use the enter key.. you're story was very difficult to read.. especially drunk... you're lucky it was good

Lucky hell, I'm a brillant humorist, writting about my favorite poker related topic. Luck is where preperation meets prespiration, and it's been never truer than for "Krablar: an introduction tothe best hand in poker", AKA the greatest post in the history of the internet AKA the greatest thread in the history of the internet.and please, scroll to about page one of the thread to read my opinions about those complaining about an enter key. Sorry I grew up reading books instead of two line internet posts.

[howdyo 0]

Everytime I see this thread I die a little inside.

This fact only makes My Krab love grow. I love An-Cil-Larry Krablar benefits.

Yep online poker is rigged.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

Bumping this just out of pure spite to all those who don't want it bump.. and also, I just read in off topic about a guy getting his aces busted off with Krab. Even though Krab played it like a noobie, I still gotta laugh and raise My fingers!!! The guy with aces was SOOOO bitter hahahahahahttp://fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forums/v...pic.php?t=31060HAHHAHAHA PINCH PINCH...