Will the bad beats ever stop! |
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Posted Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:18 pm GMT by TallBrad
Playing in my home game, 9-man No-Limit, no-rebuy tournament. After about an hour of play I have basically what I started with in chips, 10,000.
I am in the big blind and there are 4 limpers, including the small blind. I look down at a 7-2o and check.
The flop comes 7-A-7 rainbow. The little blind goes all in for 3,800. I decide to push all in as well. It folds around to the button, he has enough to cover me, after taking some time, he decides to fold as well.
The other guy flips over A-5. Sure enough on the turn it comes A giving him a full house and the win, since my fourth 7 didn't come up.
This cripples me and he goes on to win the tournament. I guess I was lucky the button didn't call, it turns out he had A-J. If he had he would have beat me for the side pot and split the main pot with the other guy.
I guess this is what I get for labelling my chips "Bad Beat Poker Lounge" 
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Posted Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:44 pm GMT by BeerWench13
If it makes you feel any better, I had a player call my all-in bet last night in a tournament with 99 and hit his set on the river. I had AA. That's poker.
No, the bad beats won't stop, but you can't dwell on them. I'm sure you've drawn out on someone before as well. Just try to remember that there is some luck in poker and that the best hand does not always win. I've also found that it's easier to remember the bad beats than it is any other hand, mainly because they are turning points in tournaments and profit killers in cash games.
I caught a runner runner straight flush on a guy who had trip Q's on the flop last night. Of course he tried to slow play, so it was his fault, but it still happened. I'm sure you've gotten lucky as well. It's always great when you're on the winning end, but sticks in your brain when you're not.
Let it go and keep playing your game. Odds are, you'll get lucky too.
Posted Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:24 pm GMT by TallBrad
| BeerWench13 wrote: | If it makes you feel any better, I had a player call my all-in bet last night in a tournament with 99 and hit his set on the river. I had AA. That's poker.
No, the bad beats won't stop, but you can't dwell on them. I'm sure you've drawn out on someone before as well. Just try to remember that there is some luck in poker and that the best hand does not always win. I've also found that it's easier to remember the bad beats than it is any other hand, mainly because they are turning points in tournaments and profit killers in cash games.
I caught a runner runner straight flush on a guy who had trip Q's on the flop last night. Of course he tried to slow play, so it was his fault, but it still happened. I'm sure you've gotten lucky as well. It's always great when you're on the winning end, but sticks in your brain when you're not.
Let it go and keep playing your game. Odds are, you'll get lucky too. |
I know they won't stop, in fact they have been happening all to frequently. I feel like I have actually been playing pretty well, in fact, I don't remember the last time I have called an all-in or gone all-in where I wasn't the favorite (not counting the ones where I am down to 2 or 3 big blinds and have no other choice). My last four tournaments I have seen bad beats knock me out, or cripple me to the point of no return. The worst part is that one guy has accounted for 3 of those bad beats. He is just on an incredible roll of sucking out. In on tournament he knocked me out with runner, runner for a gut-shot straight. Two hands later he did the same thing to another player.
My consolation is that I am making the right moves, sooner or later this will pay off for me.
Posted Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:43 pm GMT by BeerWench13
| Quote: | | He is just on an incredible roll of sucking out. |
His streak will end and you'll be there to scoop the pot. If you look back and feel that you would've played the hand exactly the same way if you had it to do over again, then you're doing the right thing. There's no accounting for luck.
Posted Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:43 pm GMT by Phil14312
| BeerWench13 wrote: | | Of course he tried to slow play, so it was his fault, but it still happened. |
Remember that next time someone goes runner runner on you. 
Posted Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:57 am GMT by BeerWench13
| Quote: | | Remember that next time someone goes runner runner on you. |
Always. The first thing I usually ask myself is did I let him catch up to me or did he make a bad call?
If it's the first, then shame on me. If it's the second, all I can do is shake my head, make notes and carry on knowing that I'll get it back sooner or later.
Posted Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:19 am GMT by Dave B
Remember, good player take more bad beats than weak ones-since they are usually ahead when they get their money in the pot.
Posted Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:24 pm GMT by rebuyman
In SS, Doyle Brunson says that normally when he gets his money allin, hes usually the underdog.
Posted Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:46 pm GMT by Phil14312
| rebuyman wrote: | | In SS, Doyle Brunson says that normally when he gets his money allin, hes usually the underdog. |
And Doyle has also been quoted (since the original publishing of Super System) that he no longer plays that way. He was usually an underdog because he was rarely called, Doyle would run tables over. Now, at least from what I've read, he plays a little differently.
Posted Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:14 pm GMT by BeerWench13
| Quote: | | Now, at least from what I've read, he plays a little differently. |
In an interview recently, he stated that he had to change his style of play because the newer players wouldn't allow him to push them out of the pots. He also mentioned that most players have read his book, so he was forced to change his style or they would know exactly what he was doing.
Posted Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:26 pm GMT by Soup_dog
| BeerWench13 wrote: | | Quote: | | Now, at least from what I've read, he plays a little differently. |
In an interview recently, he stated that he had to change his style of play because the newer players wouldn't allow him to push them out of the pots. He also mentioned that most players have read his book, so he was forced to change his style or they would know exactly what he was doing. |
See? Thats where I have the edge. I don't know what I am doing so there is no way anyone else can figure out what I am doing!
Posted Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:05 am GMT by BeerWench13
| Quote: | | See? Thats where I have the edge. I don't know what I am doing so there is no way anyone else can figure out what I am doing! |
This is why I have an advantage being a female in a predominantly male game. Men can't figure out women. Hell, women can't figure out women. How in the hell is anyone supposed to figure out what I'm doing if I can't?
Posted Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:09 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
The bad beats never stop.
Just ask Mike Matusow or Phil Helmuth. 
Personally i feel it's not the beats you take that matter, it's how you handle them.
Posted Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:36 am GMT by Silhouette
| Quote: | | Hell, women can't figure out women. How in the hell is anyone supposed to figure out what I'm doing if I can't? |
That's priceless.
Posted Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:42 am GMT by BeerWench13
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Hell, women can't figure out women. How in the hell is anyone supposed to figure out what I'm doing if I can't?
That's priceless. |
Honesty is the best policy.
I don't know how you guys put up with us. I think that's why God made us prettier. Otherwise, the human race would be extinct by now.
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