"What's the Biggest Hand You've Ever Folded?"
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
At Table 2, Jon Hanner is engaging Mike "Schneids" Schneider in a theoretical discussion of limit hold'em. Schneider, a noted limit expert who has been a longtime coach, was asked what the biggest hand he's ever folded in a limit game was.
"Does a tournament count?" Schneider asked.
"Limit cash," Hanner specified.
Schneider leaned back and thought.
"Two nines?" he speculated. "I know I've folded ace-queen suited a few times.
Gennady Shimelfarb said he thought he'd thrown away two jacks, causing Schneider to raise his eyebrows, saying there weren't too many spot he could think of where dumping jacks preflop would be good.