What's going on? Okay, I know all of you guys are probably sick and tired of hearing my bad beat stories...But I seriously need to know WHAT IS GOING ON? Just a little venting even though when you lose in poker, life is rough and that's poker move on right? But this is driving me insane. Especially in SNG's and Tournys lately, but also on the cash tables I have suffered the worst bad beats and ALL THE TIME. I just cannot seem to win in the past 3-4 days. Now that may not seem like a long time to a lot of you, but I play about 9 hours a day because I'm trying to make poker my job since I am handicapped for the past 4 months due to my motorcycle head on collision with a car(not pretty). So I have nothing to do so a friend got me into poker and I found I was not so bad at it.
I had AKs today and I pre-flop raised (.5/1 limit cash tables). BB calls.
Flop: AK3
I bet, he calls
Turn: 7
I bet, he calls
River: 7
I bet, he calls.
HE TURNED OVER 37o!!!!!! What in the world is going on? That's not even a flush chase, those aren't so bad but this was terrible especially since it was a heads up situation. Here is another one from the tourny I just got put out from. Since he was holding a King, I realize I had little chance of making trips, and I wasn't as large of a favorite had he not been holding one. But I was shellshocked that he would call my pre-flop raise and then proceed to go all-in and he wins. Just a little venting, but it seems like over the course of the past 3-4 days it is impossible for me to win, and I'm stuck like chuck in the $380-450 range and can't get out. Here it is:
PokerStars Game #1758622652: Tournament #8145444, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2005/05/24 - 13:02:24 (ET)
Table '8145444 6' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: kmgpop (2660 in chips)
Seat 2: yahtzee_69 (1355 in chips)
Seat 3: Neutrality (3205 in chips)
Seat 4: BigPD_ca (7645 in chips)
Seat 5: kingsarewild (525 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: iopenedmyeye (3185 in chips)
Seat 7: niq23 (790 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: jw138 (8515 in chips)
Seat 9: cicballa (4065 in chips)
kmgpop: posts the ante 25
yahtzee_69: posts the ante 25
Neutrality: posts the ante 25
BigPD_ca: posts the ante 25
kingsarewild: posts the ante 25
iopenedmyeye: posts the ante 25
niq23: posts the ante 25
jw138: posts the ante 25
cicballa: posts the ante 25
kingsarewild: posts small blind 100
iopenedmyeye: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Neutrality [Ks Kh]
niq23: folds
jw138: folds
cicballa said, "anyone in that 2 dollar qualifier right now?"
cicballa: folds
kmgpop: folds
yahtzee_69: folds
yahtzee_69 said, "nope"
Neutrality: raises 400 to 600
BigPD_ca: folds
kingsarewild: folds
iopenedmyeye: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Jh Qc 6c]
iopenedmyeye: bets 2560 and is all-in
Neutrality: calls 2560
*** TURN *** [Jh Qc 6c] [6h]
Neutrality said, "OMG"
*** RIVER *** [Jh Qc 6c 6h] [8c]
BigPD_ca said, "wow"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
iopenedmyeye: shows [6d Kd] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Neutrality: shows [Ks Kh] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
iopenedmyeye collected 6645 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6645 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Qc 6c 6h 8c]
Seat 1: kmgpop folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: yahtzee_69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Neutrality showed [Ks Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 4: BigPD_ca (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kingsarewild (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: iopenedmyeye (big blind) showed [6d Kd] and won (6645) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 7: niq23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: jw138 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: cicballa folded before Flop (didn't bet) |