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[QUOTE="Phoenix Wright, post: 5927487, member: 419963"]
Many players have a favorite hand and even the pros often have a favorite/signature hand for one memorable reason or another. Just curious if anyone can contribute so I can get a list of some hands from some well known poker players. (Feel free to share your own favorites too)

Here are some I got so far:

Phil Hellmuth: Favorite Hand: "two black nines" because 9s9c is what he won the 1989 WSOP Main Event with.

Alec Torelli: Favorite Hand: "Jack-Ten (especially diamonds)" because he used to win a lot of pots with this hand "when he shouldn't" during his small homegames long before he turned professional in poker.

Doyle Brunson: Favorite Hand: T2 probably because he won two WSOP Main Events with this hand! (Ts2s in 1976 and Ts2h in 1977) Nowadays this "Doyle Hand" has a lot of bluff appeal like 72o just because it is an objectively trash hand with a history. Playing this is basically saying: "Look, I can bluff and win with anything!"

Chris Moneymaker: Favorite Hand: Not 100% about this one, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was AQ because that was what he held just outside of the Final Table against Phil Ivey's pocket 9 hand. Moneymaker got a lucky suckout on the River and that hand propelled him to winning the famous 2003 WSOP Main Event.

Anyone have a list of some other famous players and hands they love?
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