What's the most satisfying hand to win with?

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For me, it's that awesome feeling when you hit the nut straight with 6♠3♠ suited.
It's one of those unexpected hands that makes poker so much fun.
 
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Hero call with ace high to an agro player
 
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When you have a nut flush draw and it hits
 
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Personally, I like to connect staircase and color projects, but of course, if you get big hands on me, then welcome!
 
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When you have backdoors and you get two must-haves
 
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For me, the most satisfying hands are the ones that come from “unexpected” holdings too like small suited connectors or weak suited hands that suddenly turn into the nuts. There’s something special about winning a big pot with a hand nobody puts you on, because it feels like you’ve completely disguised your range and got paid for it. Nut straights, hidden flushes, or rivered full houses from random-looking cards all give that same feeling it’s less about the absolute strength and more about the story the hand tells at the table.
 
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For me is JT of spades. It's so satisfing when I hit a straight or flush
 
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Anything unexpected, usually straights. Flush and any winnings with pocket pairs are kind of boring.
 
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:7s4::9s4: a very dangerous weapon
 
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Multiple stacks all in
Go for the gold, God bless
 
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When I pay without a position with 22-33-44 and a trio is completed on the flop.
 
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There are several hands, depending on the flop, you can expect a project of trios, ladder, color, full, if a river comes, how fun!
 
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72o
 
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having both the nut low and nut high on the river in a plo8 tourney or sng .
 
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goodboycharlie said:
For me, it's that awesome feeling when you hit the nut straight with 6♠3♠ suited.
It's one of those unexpected hands that makes poker so much fun.
I know that feeling. For me, it's not even about the size of the pot sometimes. There's just something satisfying about winning with a hand that most people would have folded preflop. When a suited connector or a small suited gapper makes a monster hand, it feels like all the pieces of the puzzle came together perfectly.
 
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9-10 suited from the button, I love it so much.
 
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Without a doubt, the most rewarding hand is Ace and King of Diamonds. It allows you to potentially make a Royal Flush. It's unbeatable!
 
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Of course, it's good to make a strong combination with small cards, but sometimes you have to wait a long time for this moment, and you also need the apponents to have something, otherwise everyone will fold their cards and sit and wait again.
 
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I think the most satisfying hand to win with is a successful bluff catcher. Winning with aces is nice, but when you correctly figure out that your opponent is bluffing and make a tough call with a mediocre hand, it feels much more rewarding. Those wins make me feel like I outplayed my opponent rather than simply got lucky with better cards.
 
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For me? It might be Q and 10.
 
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For me it's KJ with suited or off suit it gives me a feeling I cannot relate to any other hand
 
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The most satisfyin hand to win with for me is any hand when i win big pot!
 
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For me it's winning with a random hand in the Big Blind, like a 63rd. Those are the hands where you're likely to double your stack.
 
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For me, it's when that super aggressive player who seems to bet on every hand bets the pre-flop, the flop, the turn and then goes all-in on the river...
And I pay with the highest pair and show a triplet of two.
It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's very rewarding.
 
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For me, it's a big pot with a well-played bluff or a hidden monster that gets paid off. Those wins feel even better when the read is spot on.
 
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