Dave Nagler - Home Game Assassin

USA wins hockey gold over the USSR in Lake Placid.

Buster Douglas KO's Mike Tyson to become Heavyweight Champion of the world.

Happy Gilmore out duels Shooter McGavin to win the Tour Championship and accompanying gold jacket.

Marisa Tomeii wins an academy award.

OJ finds the "real killers."

Miracles can happen... Particularly in poker.
Here's an example, courtesy of:
The Harbourfront Poker Tour Misplay of the Week

Players in the Hand:

Tom T-bone Samson - looser than Jenna Jameson, very aggressive
Toronto Speculator - loose, aggressive

Setting the Stage
Starting Chip Count is 1000
Blinds at 20/40
Chip Counts: T-Bone 2000
Toronto Speculator 1000

Toronto Speculator: J10
T-bone: ?

Speculator calls in the cut off seat.
T-bone raises to 80 from the small blind.
Big blind folds.
Speculator calls.

Flop: QK10

T-bone raises to 200 from small blind
Pot is now 400.

Speculator has seen T-Bone stealing pots and semi-bluff re-raises all-in with low pair (10s) and open ended straight draw.

T-bone calls and shows KJ - top pair and same open-ended straight draw.

Of course the only cards in the deck that could win the pot for the Speculator were the two remaining tens. An Ace or 9 would split the pot.

Turn: 10!
River: 2

This hand demonstrates the imperfect science of counting outs - particularly against loose and aggressive opponents. The Speculator put his aggressive opponent on top pair or a stone bluff and figured that if he got called on his all-in move, there were still 13 outs in the deck (8 straight draw cards, 2 tens, and 3 jacks). Fortunately for him he got luckier than David Copperfield in his Claudia Schiffer days on the turn, and went on to win the tourney.

Until next time...

TAKE IT DOWN BIG MAN