Bad beat stories

[RED-DOG]

Why do we have such an overpowering need to share our bad beat stories?

We know no one wants to hear them, we know it happens to everyone on a regular basis, and we know, that in the grand scheme of things, especially when compared to some of the horrors that people have to face in the real world, they are insignificant

Still, have to admit I have been dying to put a post on here cataloguing the unbelievable run of outdraws Ive suffered this week, but why?

My theory is, we all want someone to reassure us that we did the right thing, we need to know they understand how we feel, and that they have sympathy for us and will support us when things are going wrong

When I first started playing someone told me that poker reflects life, the more I play, the more I understand what he means

[danmonkey]

Everbody likes a whinge now and again. 

Posting/talking to other players is probably due to the desire to tell someone who might understand.  After a series of body blows last night I received little sympathy from the missus who merely accused me of 'wasting our money'.

I'm thinking of starting an 'Ironside Inflicted Bad Beats' thread after a particularly painful one by the big man last night.   

[BigArmo]

Hi Red,

The bit i don't understand ?

If you have a BB.
That means you put your money in with the best hand.

You have a series of BBs.
You are now consistantley reading the situation correctly and getting other players to commit there chips when behind.

The only way you lose in 90% of tournies is to BBs.
Praise the lord you will be rolling in it SOON .

My personnel aim is to reach level 3 as quickly as possible.
Lets face it these things do even out and u can't mess with the odds/chance.

Bring on the BBs PLEASE !!!!

Regards
BA

 

[Sunday8pm]

red-dog,

must be something in the air at the minute mate......im running so bad i cant remember the last reasonable pot i won must have been back a month or so ago....lost some really bad biggies recently and to be honest i cant be bothered anymore.

3 years of online poker, 1 year of winning nice money through good play (i think).....to be ruined by 2 months of sick cards.

The standard of play online now makes it almost impossible to determine what cards the other playr has got.

BLONDE you heard it first I QUIT!

[Maroon]

I agree must be something in the air.  I have not hit the money in the last 11 STT's.

BLONDE you heard it first I QUIT!

Don't quit, mate.  Take some time off instead.  Come back refreshed.   

[Sunday8pm]

im just sick of it maroon, and by the sounds of some other players im not the only one......

1, i no longer enjoy playing poker on the internet because in my view it really is a lottery

2, i no longer have any consistency

3, ive recorded a bigger loss than i could afford the past 3 months in total

4, i no longer have any confidence in my ability to play

5, i think the online players are unbeatable

im jacking it in before it gets me into trouble! mentally and financially

ill still play live though

[chrisbruce]

I quit online poker 8 months. When you start to question putting your cash into a pot when you know you are in front and against drawing hands its time to quit. In a live game you cant get the money in quick enough.

[claypole]

Couldn't agree more Red Dog - after a rollercoaster 4 months, I just can't seem to draw, and I want to share it to stave of depression

Imagine a tournement P&L that readsMay +10,000, June +25,000, July - -25,000 (inc Vegas exes) and Aug to date -12,000....

...my comparison to life is going on a roll,, having 3 decent looking , well natured girls after you at once - only to shag it up by being unable to make a decision and being lonely 2 months later and only interesting the overweight, spotty girl who's 4o plus in crap club

And that from a non pro, day to day player

I'm sick too and wnat to talk 

[luckyblind]

Couldn't agree more Red Dog - after a rollercoaster 4 months, I just can't seem to draw, and I want to share it to stave of depression

Imagine a tournement P&L that readsMay +10,000, June +25,000, July - -25,000 (inc Vegas exes) and Aug to date -12,000....

...my comparison to life is going on a roll,, having 3 decent looking , well natured girls after you at once - only to shag it up by being unable to make a decision and being lonely 2 months later and only interesting the overweight, spotty girl who's 4o plus in crap club

And that from a non pro, day to day player

I'm sick too and wnat to talk

Why did you have to choose? Didn't realise you'd changed so much since school! 

[dan]

i totally agree with this point.before i go on i dont want you all to think i am ranting on about bad beats but this just sums up what a lottery it is

tonight i enter the 10k gtd on crypto, i know it is only a 20 buy in but there is 2.5k 1st prize up for grabs so you would think that people would be trying their best.

im on the cutoff and the blinds are 50/100. there is one caller to my right so i raise 300 with AQ suited(clubs) button and blinds pass. the 1 caller moves all in i think for a bit and call. (i have played against this player before and dont have him down for slow playing premium pairs)
so i think im in front, i just about had him covered.
 i cant believe my luck when he shows J2 yes J2suited (clubs) my delight turns to anger and rage when a J hits the flop and i dont improve.
how can you play against that. it is a lottery and im not sure i want to keep staking my money on a lotery.

[Sunday8pm]

yep, i think its because they see players like hellmuth and negraneu re raising that trash on the telly...

some people any draw any top pair they INSTA-PRESS the all in button and hope. they do this because they think they are being 'agressive' fact of the matter is good agressive players find out where they stand before COMMITTING their chips bad players call, call, call, call and go all in thats their library of moves.

and with 5 or even 2 cards yet to be seen this can be dangerous for they guy whos winning at that point.

just a thought

keep soldiering on Dan your off the the West Indies in november remember:)

sunday

[Ironside]

Everbody likes a whinge now and again.

Posting/talking to other players is probably due to the desire to tell someone who might understand. After a series of body blows last night I received little sympathy from the missus who merely accused me of 'wasting our money'.

I'm thinking of starting an 'Ironside Inflicted Bad Beats' thread after a particularly painful one by the big man last night.

dan atleast i was playing poker when i took you out with my jacks v your AQ so the flop was queen high and you trapped checked me only to get rivered by a straight thats poker

when i went out with a health stack holding AA to the winner with his 83s (no i didnt slow play) now that hurt

[ACE2M]

Bad beats all night long. 4 4ths on stt's 3 of them horrific beats on the river.

And i'm playing crap too, which certainly doesn't help.

The deck is cold as ice and i couldn't steal candy from a baby.

if it wasn't for a flopped j to make my set against AA and getting fully paid off on the cash tables i'd be suicidal.

[RED-DOG]

Hi Red,

The bit i don't understand ?

If you have a BB.
That means you put your money in with the best hand.

You have a series of BBs.
You are now consistantley reading the situation correctly and getting other players to commit there chips when behind.

The only way you lose in 90% of tournies is to BBs.
Praise the lord you will be rolling in it SOON .

My personnel aim is to reach level 3 as quickly as possible.
Lets face it these things do even out and u can't mess with the odds/chance.

Bring on the BBs PLEASE !!!!

Regards
BA

 

Thank you Armo, this is the kind of response I was trying to encourage

What I wes trying to say was, we all feel like sharing our bad beats, thats only human nature, but in the grand scheme of things they are not bad beats at all

I would wish you luck, but if the people that matter to you in your life are ok then your lucky already, and if you keep getting your money in with the best hand, you wont need it

[tikay]

It's not the beats you take, it's how you take the beats. In life, as in poker.

Get your money in with the best hand, and over time, you will win. It's that simple. The "beats" bit is called variance, & you just have to learn to live with it, or you may as well quit poker. But you would not quit life if your luck was out, you'd understsand that in the fullness of time, luck will even out. It just WILL.

Some of us see the glass as half full, others see it half empty. When peeps make bad calls, that's a GOOD thing, x times out of ten. And x is more than 5, by a considerable margin.

Come on guys, enjoy!