Bad Beats in Poker

[David Floyd]

Woohoo, started playing 20 minutes ago and I'm up $190 already!

[Drake Tungsten]

no, its just the same as you left it.

That's odd. You figure the girls would want to clean up...

[David Floyd]

Make that up $330 now

[David Floyd]

****, just lost some serious money! Called an all in bet pre flop with pockets queens. Opponent had AK, hit an ace on the river. I'm down to $200 now

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DanS
Poker $20/hour versus real job $20/hour aren't comparable, given that: (a) you have to carry inventory when you're playing poker; and (b) the volatility of gains is much higher with poker.

They're comparable given that my bank account is large enough (generally over 2-3k) that the fluctuations don't matter. Also, you get your money faster with this. Real jobs pay approximately 4 days after a 2 week cycle ends. The turnover time for me on this is averaging less than a week (from when I win it to when it's in my bank account).

[David Floyd]

Plus it's tax free

[KrazyHorse]

I was up 65$ in the first hour today, then hovered there for another two hours. Sort of pissed at a few bad beats I took, like some ****ing moron's runner-runner 8 high (in his hand; the board had higher than that) flush over my set of ****ing aces.

Who the **** calls a 1$ raise with a 1 in 28(?) draw when there's only 5$ in the ****ing pot?

I wanted to hunt him down and smack some sense into him. It's not even like he got me to bet out on the end (saw the 3rd flush card, thought to myself "no ****ing way", and then realised that this was the internet)

Oh well. God bless the idiots.

[David Floyd]

Ya, I was up to a chip count of $423 on a $100 buy in, but I broke all the way down to $88, now I'm back up to $210. When/if I get back over $300 I'm stopping this time

[KrazyHorse]

He thought he was a badass when he hit his miracle draw too. Two people told him "nice hand".

I marked them as suckers on their player notes (the ones you keep on other players).

[David Floyd]

Geez I'm just not getting cards anymore tonight, I think I used them all up already...

[KrazyHorse]

I went through that for about an hour today. Only managed to stay in about 15 hands to the flop (out of ~240 an hour). Did not pair a single one higher than the low pair on the board.

Was starting to get frustrated. Still managed to steal a few pots when nobody was looking though...

[David Floyd]

Just lost a $40 pot with A9 vs. A10. Grrr.

[KrazyHorse]

Internet poker has taught me the value of Qs and Ks as kickers to your aces.

I only get pissed now when I go down AAQ to AAK

If I raise with AAJ I deserve whatever I get. I still do it if the table's short though.

[David Floyd]

A9 again, this time suited. Let's see what happens.

[David Floyd]

Flop A77, I bet $5...

1 caller, turn is a K, river is another 7. $40 bet on the end by me. I get called.

Split a damn $100 pot. That ****ing sucks.