For Sale: Poker paraphenalia

[TightPaulFolds]

All my books, chips, cards, PC, laptop, Cincins card, 423 cans of redbull (cased), 43 proplus. I cannot play poker any more with this going on:


Hand #39125776-117 at SnG-0032b (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
Started at 27/Jan/07 20:34:43
 
     dukerules01 is at seat 4 with 3825.
     USukAtDis is at seat 5 with 5175.
     The button is at seat 4.
     
     dukerules01 posts the small blind of 75.
     USukAtDis posts the big blind of 150.

     dukerules01:  -- --
     USukAtDis: 

Pre-flop:
 
          dukerules01 calls.   USukAtDis checks.   

Flop (board: ):
 
          USukAtDis checks.   dukerules01 bets 150.   USukAtDis
          calls.   

Turn (board: ):
 
          USukAtDis checks.   dukerules01 bets 600.   USukAtDis
          raises to 1900.   dukerules01 goes all-in for 3525. 
          USukAtDis calls.   

          Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
 
               dukerules01 shows .
               USukAtDis shows .
         

River (board: As ):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

         

Showdown:
 
     dukerules01 has As: straight flush, five high.
     USukAtDis has As: flush, ace high.
         

Hand #39125776-117 Summary:
 
     No rake is taken for this hand.
     dukerules01 wins 7650 with straight flush, five high.
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The guy was a total nutter so I had to go 'passive' on him. I mean not only was he a maniac, he'd call with anything at any stage. Would you play suited conns preflop differently here? Against a nut?

[thetank]

I'll give you 50p for them

[ChipRich]

I'll give you 50p for them

Unlucky Sir, cant be helped though can it

[TightPaulFolds]

I'll give you 50p for them

Unlucky Sir, cant be helped though can it

I know mate, nothing you can do. I'll try to remember all the bad beats I've ever inflicted, that'll numb it. Blonde should have a bad beat corner.

[TightPaulFolds]

For sale: One keyboard. Slight traces of blood from forehead bashing.

Jesus, where do these people come from???


Hand #39158066-99 at SnG-0032s (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
Started at 28/Jan/07 18:56:56
 
     glassmaker20 is at seat 3 with 4455.
     USukAtDis is at seat 5 with 4545.
     The button is at seat 3.
     
     glassmaker20 posts the small blind of 50.
     USukAtDis posts the big blind of 100.

     glassmaker20:  -- --
     USukAtDis: 

Pre-flop:
 
          glassmaker20 raises to 300.   USukAtDis calls.   

Flop (board: ):
 
          USukAtDis checks.   glassmaker20 bets 600.   USukAtDis
          raises to 1200.   glassmaker20 goes all-in for 4155. 
          USukAtDis calls.   

          Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
 
               glassmaker20 shows Ah.
               USukAtDis shows .
         

Turn (board: ):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

River (board: ):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

         

Showdown:
 
     glassmaker20 has : straight, seven high.
     USukAtDis has : three sevens.
         

Hand #39158066-99 Summary:
 
     No rake is taken for this hand.
     glassmaker20 wins 8910 with straight, seven high.
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[TightPaulFolds]

felt like this...

[ifm]

I lost a huge pot in Vegas holding , flop came action to me.
I check player bets $20 i call, turn he bets $40 i raise to $100.
River 10s i go allin he calls with AJs.

To add insult to injury there is a high hand bonus at the Paris and for the 9 high straight flush it was $462, he took nothing with his high hand because he only used 1 card.

[TightPaulFolds]

whoa, that is REALLY rough. Sorry mate.

[RED-DOG]

It's a well known fact that most poker players, myself included, suffer from an almost irresistible urge to tell everyone their bad beat stories. We post them on the forum, or worse still, we button-hole some poor sod during the break in a tourney and regale them with our bad luck stories. We interupt their conversations and insist they listen. We grab their arm and turn them around to face us. Totally oblivious to the fact that their eyes have glazed over, or that they are desperately trying to escape by pretending that they have suddenly taken short, we polugh on, determined to make sure they understand exactly how unlucky we are.

Why do we do it? Well I've been thinking about that over the last year or so, and I've come to the conclusion that it's mostly because we need to prove to ourselves, and to everyone else, that we didn't lose because we played badly, but because the other guy got lucky. We need the sympathy of others, to share in, and therefore somehow ease our pain.

Slowly, I've come to realise that there is little or no benefit in telling bad beat stories, not for you, and certainly not for the poor wretched soul who is forced to listen. Not only that, but when you allow yourself to get on a "why does it happen to me" trip, it's easy to subconsciously put poor play down to bad luck.

Luck plays a huge part in poker, your game has to be better than your opponents over a long period to overcome that short term luck. Constantly telling bad beat stories just goes to prove that you haven't accepted that yet.

Unless I'm doing a tourney report, genuinely asking for an opinion on my play, or someone asks me directly how I went out, I try not to tell bad beat stories now. It's tough, I don't always manage it. Sometimes they just force themselves out of my mouth (or my keyboard) during that venerable period immediately post beat, before I have got my emotions under controll, but at least I have got to the stage where I kick myself for my weakness afterwards.

I haven't mastered it yet, but I'm convinced that keeping schtum when the nut hand you flopped is beaten by that two outer on the river will not only do wonders for your popularity, but is the first step on the road to serenity.

[doubleup]

Sometimes they just force themselves out of my mouth (or my keyboard) during that venerable period immediately post beat, before I have got my emotions under controll, but at least I have got to the stage where I kick myself for my weakness afterwards.

You are right of course Red, but most ppl have a breaking point and cumulative beats are usually what lead to the breakdown in discipline.  When someone asks how you're running - the answer should always be "great", but when you're demolishing a bankroll at a rate you never thought possible it's very easy to give an honest respose to the question.

[TightPaulFolds]

Half the people you tell your bad beat story to aren't interested and the other half are glad you lost.

This isn't a bad beat thread, I posted my hand for analysis, so repeating what I tailed my hand history with (above):
The guy was a total nutter so I had to go 'passive' on him. I mean not only was he a maniac, he'd call with anything at any stage. Would you play suited conns preflop differently here? Against a nut?

[RED-DOG]

This isn't a bad beat thread

I didn't mean to imply that your thread was a bad beat moan, I just used it as a platform to air something I've been thinking about.

PS- it was a horrible beat though.

[Dubai]

Every thread on here is either :

a) a bad beat
b) a cold deck, with the classic question. "Was there anything i could have done?"

[snoopy1239]

Every thread on here is either :

a) a bad beat
b) a cold deck, with the classic question. "Was there anything i could have done?"

With the exception of the word 'every', I think you have a point there and I'm currently working on a way around it.

[RED-DOG]

It's a well known fact that most poker players, myself included, suffer from an almost irresistible urge to tell everyone their bad beat stories. We post them on the forum, or worse still, we button-hole some poor sod during the break in a tourney and regale them with our bad luck stories. We interupt their conversations and insist they listen. We grab their arm and turn them around to face us. Totally oblivious to the fact that their eyes have glazed over, or that they are desperately trying to escape by pretending that they have suddenly taken short, we polugh on, determined to make sure they understand exactly how unlucky we are.

Why do we do it? Well I've been thinking about that over the last year or so, and I've come to the conclusion that it's mostly because we need to prove to ourselves, and to everyone else, that we didn't lose because we played badly, but because the other guy got lucky. We need the sympathy of others, to share in, and therefore somehow ease our pain.

Slowly, I've come to realise that there is little or no benefit in telling bad beat stories, not for you, and certainly not for the poor wretched soul who is forced to listen. Not only that, but when you allow yourself to get on a "why does it happen to me" trip, it's easy to subconsciously put poor play down to bad luck.

Luck plays a huge part in poker, your game has to be better than your opponents over a long period to overcome that short term luck. Constantly telling bad beat stories just goes to prove that you haven't accepted that yet.

Unless I'm doing a tourney report, genuinely asking for an opinion on my play, or someone asks me directly how I went out, I try not to tell bad beat stories now. It's tough, I don't always manage it. Sometimes they just force themselves out of my mouth (or my keyboard) during that venerable period immediately post beat, before I have got my emotions under controll, but at least I have got to the stage where I kick myself for my weakness afterwards.

I haven't mastered it yet, but I'm convinced that keeping schtum when the nut hand you flopped is beaten by that two outer on the river will not only do wonders for your popularity, but is the first step on the road to serenity.

Please ignore this post.

In a moment of clarity this morning, I realised what it really means, I'M ON TILT!!

All the signs are there, the pompus posts, the comfort eating eating, the shouting at annoying TV adverts, the crying.......


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