Bad Beats in Poker

[Guynemer]

Well, I work an 80-hour work week.

If I'm lucky.

[David Floyd]

KH, you do to the online community what I do to the Austin poker community

[KrazyHorse]

****. I just spent 4 more hours on the tables. I didn't lose money but I didn't gain money either.

Just hovered around even. Couldn't hit a flop to save my life.

[KrazyHorse]

I'm so ****ing pissed off right now. You'r supposed to flop a set once every eight or so times that you hold pocket pairs, right? Had 25+ pocket pairs. Did not hit a single set. I'm so ****ing annoyed right now.

I also only hit 1 flush draw out of the 20 or so that I flopped. I can't believe this ****.

[KrazyHorse]

Oh well. It's a streaky game.

[KrazyHorse]

YEARRRRRRRRRRRRHAFAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHFFFG

[KrazyHorse]

THEY OWE ME FOUR NUT FLUSHES AND 3 SETS

[David Floyd]

Coins are supposed to come up heads once every two times, too. But you can still flip tails 12 times in a row. Poker odds, just like any other statistics dealing with randomness, rely on the LONG TERM. Solid, consistent play will beat anyone who relies on "getting lucky", no matter how lucky they get, if you play long enough.

[KrazyHorse]

Dude, I know that. I specialise in statistical physics you know.



I just get pissed when I have a string of bad luck (which is actually bad luck and not simply me playing badly)...

[KrazyHorse]

Just made it up. Had a set of twos on the flop. All ten players had stayed in on a raised preflop so there was 10$ already in there. Unfortunately the flop was also 3 diamonds, and with that many players I was sure somebody had flopped a flush. Luckily I knew that all I had to do was pair the board or hit a 4th 2, which adds up to 7 outs out of 47 cards left. The guy immediately after me bets (0.5$) and everybody calls him. This makes my day. There's 15$ in the pot already and I'm being asked to call a 0.5$ raise for a 7/47 chance of winning (I was fairly confident that nobody else had a set at this point). The turn card comes a 3 (no help) and the same thing repeats. Raise 1$, there's 25$ in the pot when I have to call and now I have 10 outs out of 46. So I obviously call. River comes another 3 and guess what: it's a diamond. There's 4 diamonds on the board, half the people there have flushes and I'm sitting on the most unassuming possible full house. Needless to say I wrecked them and took a 40$ pot.

[MRT144]

im up 44 dollars off a 150 buy in.

I like playing the 3/6 tables. they have been good to me tonight.

[MRT144]

up 115 now

[MRT144]

im on a rush. up 140

[MRT144]

up 200

[Berzerker]

Damn, you guys are going to get me back into gambling.




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