Bad Beats in Poker

[Zero]

I have my own devastating poker loss story.

My J10 loses toQ10 .

Flop comes 10,J,Q, 10 on 4th street and 7 on river.

That stupid Queen on the flop! Cant believe I was fighting a higher full house on 4th street. I thought I had the guy all baited for a straight possibility...

[David Floyd]

THIS IS ****ING BULL****!

So I play again tonight, $100 buy in. I'm playing OK, fairly tight, but winning some money. I drop a little bit on a few bad calls, but start bringing it back up - I double up a couple times, and I'm feeling good.

A guy on my right, who is on an incredible rush, puts in a $40 BLIND raise. BLIND. I look at my cards, and I have QQ. I'm thinking that this guy just lost $40. I reraise all in, another $150 or so. I figure either I pick up the $40, or he calls me and loses with his bull****.

He calls me BLIND. Doesn't look at his cards. I flip up my cards. He looks at my queens for a second, shrugs, then flips up his cards. His cards just so happen to be ****ING KINGS. I know he wasn't cheating - he wasn't dealing. He ****ing played almost a $200 preflop bet BLIND, and flipped up the main hand.

Obviously, I got no help with the next five cards. I'm ****ing pissed to the point where I'm done playing for a while. It's not that I'm playing badly, it's just a load of ****ing ****.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Zero
As for never fold on pocket Ace? Depends on the situation. In this case it was all in on pre flop so I do feel u, You did everything that you were supposed to do. But Pocket Ace isnt God mode... Most inexperienced ones make that mistake.

Pocket aces are unbelievably dominant Pocket aces against AK suited are about 6-1. I'd much rather have 6-7 suited than A-K suited against aces. Then I'm a 71-29 dog instead of 6-1.

You need to learn to drop them good hands. That comes with discipline.

If I see 4 flush cards or the 4 inner cards of a straight on the board I'll drop my aces every time unless I have a great read on the guy.

You dont slow play pocket ace. Terrible Idea. When your clearly in the lead with a high pair you don't wanna give free flops.

Are you insane? If you're playing against good players and you start raising like a madman preflop they will fold in a heartbeat and you'll have taken the blinds with aces. If you do this you deserve to be shot. A moderate raise with some loose players who will call it is okay.

Risking all the players with possible flush/straight hands to continue?Thats just dumb.

No, what's dumb is not realising that poker is about winning money, not hands. Using your method against decent players will get you 5 times the big blind (against a moderately loose table) every time. Slowplaying a bit (if you've got 2 of 3 cards on the flop suited I agree with taking a slightly more aggressive stance) might get me 50 times the big blind once every 4 hands. I've got you destroyed in money even if you've got me beat on number of hands won. With aces you want to get as much money into the pot as possible, not knock people out of it. Every bet they call is paying you. The best place to do this is if some nice face cards hit the flop. If you're up first it's best to check so that somebody else is betting into you with their strong queens or something.

If you're playing against rank amateurs then you can bet hard and bet early since they'll call anything.

I'll take the risk of somebody rivering a flush on me every time if it means that they'll pay out. It's a strategy that will make you money in the long run, even if it causes you heartbreak once in a while.

[KrazyHorse]

Most sage poker advice I have ever heard: "You can't bluff a bad player"

2nd best (internet poker only): "You never know when pocket aces are coming, but you also never know when you'll have to take a ****. Always keep a bucket next to the computer, that way you'll never miss the aces."

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by David Floyd
THIS IS ****ING BULL****!

So I play again tonight, $100 buy in. I'm playing OK, fairly tight, but winning some money. I drop a little bit on a few bad calls, but start bringing it back up - I double up a couple times, and I'm feeling good.

A guy on my right, who is on an incredible rush, puts in a $40 BLIND raise. BLIND. I look at my cards, and I have QQ. I'm thinking that this guy just lost $40. I reraise all in, another $150 or so. I figure either I pick up the $40, or he calls me and loses with his bull****.

He calls me BLIND. Doesn't look at his cards. I flip up my cards. He looks at my queens for a second, shrugs, then flips up his cards. His cards just so happen to be ****ING KINGS. I know he wasn't cheating - he wasn't dealing. He ****ing played almost a $200 preflop bet BLIND, and flipped up the main hand.

Obviously, I got no help with the next five cards. I'm ****ing pissed to the point where I'm done playing for a while. It's not that I'm playing badly, it's just a load of ****ing ****.

That dude sounds like me.

[KrazyHorse]

Another couple of sessions and now I'm up to 270$ total (170$ in profits).

[KrazyHorse]

I'm averaging about 20-25$ an hour. Might try playing during the day more. The night crew seems to be more aware/more experienced. The 0.5-1$ tables are slightly less stupid but you can occasionally find some that are full of morons and take them for some huge pots.

[Drake Tungsten]

Hold em sucks, Omaha hi-lo is fun.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I'm averaging about 20-25$ an hour. Might try playing during the day more. The night crew seems to be more aware/more experienced. The 0.5-1$ tables are slightly less stupid but you can occasionally find some that are full of morons and take them for some huge pots.

Once that Neteller registration thing goes through, I'm gonna start stalking those tables.

[KrazyHorse]

Like I said. I'm eudoxus. There's plenty of territory for the both of us.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

UUUUUUGH!!!

Tonight...I had pocket Aces...the flop was Ace Five Three

Of course...I went all in...one of the other two had pocket Fives

Fourth Street: Jack

River: FIVE!!!

I thought I had it...but guess what...I was beaten by a person who had ****ing POCKET FIVES!

I lost a ****ing 25 dollar pot!

4 Fives to my 3 Aces...****ing hard luck...

[Urban Ranger]

Losing to 4 of a kind should be some kind of honour

[The Emperor Fabulous]

It should be...coupled with chips given to me that equal what I lost...

[Guynemer]

Losing with a set of Aces is never an honor.

[David Floyd]

No, but cracking a set of Aces certainly is