Bad Beats in Poker

[Lawrence of Arabia]

yeah, id bet on them too - bet on them LOOOOSING.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

you dont understand how unlucky i get - i was playing risk, i attackd with 12, opponent had 2, he rolled 5 sixes in a row, and then rolled a five. i lost 9 units taking that territory.

[CorpusScorpius]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
you dont understand how unlucky i get - i was playing risk, i attackd with 12, opponent had 2, he rolled 5 sixes in a row, and then rolled a five. i lost 9 units taking that territory.

It appears your opponnent can roll the bones a little better (assuming this is Board Game Risk & not CPU version)..............

[Lawrence of Arabia]

yeah the board game.

[KrazyHorse]

Pocket aces are a 4-1 favourite over any other two hole cards (other than another pair of pocket aces, that is)

Get as much money into the pot as you can before the flop.

[CorpusScorpius]

I only win at gambling if I am using someone elses buy in money

[MRT144]

the best one i was involved with was i was playing holdem and i had 4 6 clubs. On the flop 2 clubs come up the 5 and the 3 and a queen. At this point i go all in because i have a straight flush draw.

another guy calls and he has the ace of clubs and another card and is going for an ace high flush. a 10 of clubs comes up. at this point weve both made our flush but he is way ahead. Last card comes up
7 of clubs! straight flush! that put me in a very good position to win the tourney which i did.

[MRT144]

sorry

[Lawrence of Arabia]

i like to check-raise - make the other guy think hes got the upperhand.

[MRT144]

slowplay is where the money is made

[Capt Dizle]

Favorite hand:

Playing jacks or better draw, no limit, and no one can open till the pot is huge. Guy gets a pair of queens and makes the minimum bet even though everyone had checked to him!

I called of course and got a ten of hearts for an inside straight. Then the idiot bets the pot and I know he has nothing, I re-raise the pot and he calls. About $400 bucks all told.

I framed that ten and keep it in sight till the poor guy's wife died a few years later. I still have it.

[KrazyHorse]

Holy ****.

Just joined pokerroom.com. Put in 100$. Playing .25-.50 limit hold 'em with about 10 at each table. Was down to 70$ after an hour (was playing as loose as I do at my regular game, where I'm known as the wild man, but am able to pull it off usually). Switched it up to where I only play a Q-10 if I've got good position. In two hours I went from being 30$ in the hole to where I'm 55$ up now (didn't do this with just one big hand; I get a 5-10$ hand every 10 minutes or so, and don't lose very much at all since I fold my losers without hesitating).

These morons draw out on everything. They don't know the meaning of the word "fold". I keep 3 windows open at once (to three different tables) and use autoplay as much as possible.

I'll take 40$ an hour to play poker any day. SWEEEEETT.

[KrazyHorse]

I don't even notice the 5% rake. So frigging easy. This is like shooting fish in a barrel.

[Guynemer]

Last time I played was last month; I had a week off from the hospital, so I went back home to Ann Arbor.

My old roommate was going to a poker night with some of the other residents in his ER program, and I came along. I'm playing against 10 other folks who have never met me before in their life, let alone play cards against me. Excellent. $20 buy-in, Texas Hold 'Em, $2 limit, .25-.50 blinds.

First hand of the night, and I'm acting first. A-J suited, hearts. I am, needless to say, intrigued. I'm in for a buck. Luckily for me, ER residents are more well-known for being brash and aggressive as opposed to bright, so the majority of them stay in.

Flop: Q-10-6, mixed suits. I again go for a $1; the large blind raises me, and I call (as do a couple others). Probably not the smart play, but I decided I'd be fairly aggressive early on with a halfway decent hand, establish a reputation.

Turn: K Yahtzee! At this point, I bet $2, and everyone starts getting nervous. One person calls, the big blind re-raises another $2 (!), and me and the other guy both call.

River: 4 More max bets and reraising. Wash, rinse, repeat. There is a rather large amount of chips in the pot now.

The other guy shows a K-10, for two pair. Tough luck.

The big blind shows a pair of queens for three of a kind! I felt kinda bad about that. But I got over it.

I doubled-up my buy-in on the first hand, and never went below that again before we had to leave relatively early. I have the feeling that I won't be invited back to poker night the next time I'm back home.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I don't even notice the 5% rake. So frigging easy. This is like shooting fish in a barrel.

I'm oncall tomorrow night, but we should try to get a game on there together.

For serious this time.