Re: worst run ever


"PokerGuy00" <dale_wellman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've lurked here for awhile and, after my run last night on Empire, I just
> had
> to vent some frustration. I enjoy the cheapy 5/10 dollar SNGs there and
> have
> built up my initial $50 buy in to over $700. It's taken a pretty long time
> but
> I've used it for more of a learning experience than a money making one.
>
> Anyway, last night I had about the worst run of 8 or so tables in a row -
> EVER.
> Here are some of my exits - all in later rounds since I almost never play
> levels
> 1-3.
>
> KK v JJ all in preflop - hits JJJ
> QQ v 10s - trips on the turn, no over cards on the board
> 56o v AA - dude slow played AA preflop, I checked in the BB, hit a
> straight on
> the flop and he hit runner runner 8's for a full house
> KK v 66 all in preflop - hits 666
> A10s v KQo - flop comes A, J, 10
> KK v J10s all in preflop - dude hits a flush on the river
> 10s v Q9 real late in tourney all in preflop - guy hits 2 pair
>
> One table I had my KK run into AA TWICE! WTH are the odds of that in one
> SNG!?
> Now, I'm not one to say, "blah blah online poker is so fixed yada yada
> yada".
> But holy hot cakes, under pairs and other weird stuff sure hit alot.
>
> Anywho, I didn't want this to turn into an "is it fixed thread". More of a
> "wallow in self pity with me" thread! What other string of bad beats have
> folks
> taken?

Feel free to vent here. There are always some in the bunch who are going to
critique your play and call you a loser, but at the very worst, it might
make you a better player while keeping you off tilt.

Last weekend, I played in a B&M tourney where I got bad beat on two straight
hands to take me from first place overall to getting beat on the bubble, and
both hands were almost identical.

In the first, I had K-7 offsuit in the big blind. No one raised, so I got
to see the flop for free. The flop was 10-7-7. I felt like I was in pretty
good shape, but I'm not willing to risk my position in the tourney for the
possibility that someone else might have a better 7 than I. I bet about
half the pot, and I got two callers. The turn card was a K. I filled up,
and I was feeling good about it. I checked, hoping that the check would
represent that I was holding a 10. The player behind me bet, and the player
behind him raised all-in. In the spirit of being a good sport (trying to
eliminate someone), I simply called. The player behind me then also raised
all-in, and I was pot vested with a chance to take out two players. I also
called.

The first player (the one with the bigger stack) showed A-7, and the second
player (the one with the smaller stack) showed a pair of slow-played A's. I
chuckled to myself as the realization set in that I had just made the money
with a well played premiere hand. There was one card in the deck that could
beat me, and guess what...it came on the river. That A filled up both of my
opponents, and I could only shake my head as the AA took home the main pot
and the A-7 took home the side pot.

On the second hand, I got A-Q suited in the small blind. Again, no one
raised, so I called to see the flop (I didn't want to raise with three
players already in the pot....not with AQ from the small blind. If I had
position, things would have been a bit different). The flop was Q-Q-4.
This time, I checked from early position. The next player (UTG) bet about
twice the pot, which made me think about what he could have. I couldn't
imagine him limping with pocket 4's UTG, and I couldn't imagine him limping
with Q-4 in any position. The player after him raised all-in. That really
put me in a connundrum. This time, I wasn't taking chances. I reraised
all-in and the player behind me who had a few more chips than I called. He
showed pocket 4's. The other all-in showed Q-4. With only nine outs on the
next two streets, I never did fill up. I left the table shaking my head
with the realization that I had finished one off the money after losing with
the two best hands I had seen all day.


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