I had some a few dodgy hands and some crazy luck late on. I was applying pressure with my 25k stack (blinds were 400/800) pretty shallow stacks. A guy min raised (soft table) I shoved in the cut off with the monster that is 97off and got called on the button by JJ. Luckily he only had a 4k stack..... or so I thought. Caught a 7 on the flop, 9 on the turn, and rivered a fh with a 7 just to rub it in. Then later the button raised 3k (500/1000) I had A9 suited so shoved and he had KK which held. That hurt me, I managed a double up with some more crazy luck 87suited vs AKoff. Ace hit on the flop, turn gave me opened ended straight, river brought it home lol, but was hovering around 15-20k constantly as the blinds had crept up. Eventually picked up JJ and shoved got called by 100k stack chip leader with AQsuited and couldn't hold up! Not to say I didn't have my luck, but I seem to be able to FT in low stakes MTT's quite a bit but very rarely TID. I always loose big flips with 4/5 left.
Played a £5.50 dym. TP K-kicker guys has 77, 7 on river. £750 bh, running really well, took 4 heads, for fiver profit did well not to go bust with overpair vs set then as that took 50% of my stack I eventually got it in JJvs88 with about 12bb, villain only just had me covered so called for his tourney life with 88!! 8 on the river...... fuming. Running really badly in the late stages of tourneys.
then enters £400 bounty hunter my KQsuited vs K4off cant hold up when ive hit my king. Villian calls raise then 3bet with K4off then gii when king hits..... oh lawdy. 4 on turn. cheers sky.
lost £8 at cash and did nothing in £300bh except take a head but had cashes in £200 gtd and £150bh.
the £200 gtd came down to another losing flip for me. ironically AQvsJJ with me having the over and not hitting (the exact reverse of the other day).
The £150bh was particularly brutal. I saw all sorts of bad beats and suck outs. (some for, some against) 3 handed my top 2 pair ran into the rivered nut flush which hurt my stack a lot. then lost a few smaller pots and I was down to 10bb, shove the button with air and got called by Q6suited which hit the Q on the flop. Took a few heads as well though.
ShaunyT03£14.54 + £8.38 Head Prizes5 ShaunyT05£21.20
DTD1 AAvsKKvs55 5 hits. Standard. DTD2 crippled by a marginal call then shoves A9 over a min raiser who has AK, hits my 9 WAHEYYYY board double pairs QQJJ so counterfeited, split pot. Next hand 44 on button with 12bb shoves into AA. ace on flop and turn. goodnight sweet prince. Cant remember DTD3.
bounty hunters. 2nd hand 77 in bb, full table limp. raises get 4 callers 763 flop quality. utg leads out, 1 caller in cold 3bet gets shoved on by utg who has 45 offsuit. UTG limp caller 45off!!!
Then next bounty hunter QQ vs AK aipf. Lose race as per.
in one last bounty hunter now then im off to bury the laptop in the back garden.
cashed in the £150bh with 2 heads but FT bubbled when I shoved my 55 into A5 and villan hit his ace on the river. standard for me.
Crippled in the £3oo bh by this hand
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
ROSSRL
Small blind
10.00
10.00
3730.00
catseyes18
Big blind
20.00
30.00
1700.00
Your hole cards
8
9
hills06
Call
20.00
50.00
1760.00
goose27909
Fold
ShaunyT
Raise
60.00
110.00
2550.00
kai5
Fold
ROSSRL
Call
50.00
160.00
3680.00
catseyes18
Fold
hills06
Call
40.00
200.00
1720.00
Flop
7
K
10
ROSSRL
Check
hills06
Check
ShaunyT
Bet
100.00
300.00
2450.00
ROSSRL
Fold
hills06
Call
100.00
400.00
1620.00
Turn
10
hills06
Check
ShaunyT
Bet
200.00
600.00
2250.00
hills06
Raise
400.00
1000.00
1220.00
ShaunyT
All-in
2250.00
3250.00
0.00
hills06
All-in
1220.00
4470.00
0.00
ShaunyT
Unmatched bet
830.00
3640.00
830.00
hills06
Show
4
10
ShaunyT
Show
8
9
River
7
hills06
Win
Full House, 10s and 7s
3640.00
3640.00
thoughts? just unlucky?
then entered the £500 bh built a nice stack up then this happened
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
bogacki05
Small blind
30.00
30.00
1120.00
vrp25
Big blind
60.00
90.00
1580.00
Your hole cards
Q
Q
xxMIANxx
Fold
ShaunyT
Raise
180.00
270.00
2700.00
NANNYB
Call
180.00
450.00
3450.00
bogacki05
All-in
1120.00
1570.00
0.00
vrp25
Fold
ShaunyT
All-in
2700.00
4270.00
0.00
NANNYB
Fold
ShaunyT
Unmatched bet
1730.00
2540.00
1730.00
bogacki05
Show
A
3
ShaunyT
Show
Q
Q
Flop
3
10
9
Turn
8
River
3
bogacki05
Win
Three 3s
2540.00
2540.00
again, thoughts welcome.
I just seem to be running terribly. On top of this I'm having major issues with the sky software (sky move your threads to the feedback area and don't even bother commenting- cheers sky). Posting hand histories to see where im going wrong is a ballache so im inclined not to bother. All in all, very pee'd off at the minute and thinking of just withdrawing my money and moving on. Maybe that's just the bad beats speaking. I don't know. But I am starting to see why sky poker isn't the premier uk poker site it should be. Which is a real shame because the people on here are great, and the DTD tourneys on Monday are great fun (except when my AA gets cracked).
i honestly dont know how you MTT heads cope with the variance.
if i get a hand cracked and lose a buy in i can just play another 10 sng's in an hour and usually forget about most beats. but to have a 3hour grind get shot down and only be able to play 3-4 MTT's max in a night i can see why it would tilt any rationality right out of you.
i honestly dont know how you MTT heads cope with the variance. if i get a hand cracked and lose a buy in i can just play another 10 sng's in an hour and usually forget about most beats. but to have a 3hour grind get shot down and only be able to play 3-4 MTT's max in a night i can see why it would tilt any rationality right out of you. Posted by TeddyBloat
its all about volume!
I get what your saying though - it is crushing sometimes to play well for hours, get into a good position deep in a tourney then take a beat just before the decent money
on the other hand though, nothing beats the feeling of winning an MTT IMO. you have the potential to win many times your buy in, and in some ocassions 100's x your buy in. imagine the rush playing for that kind of money. that is the high all of us "MTT heads" chase.
In Response to Re: My Diary : its all about volume! I get what your saying though - it is crushing sometimes to play well for hours, get into a good position deep in a tourney then take a beat just before the decent money on the other hand though, nothing beats the feeling of winning an MTT IMO. you have the potential to win many times your buy in, and in some ocassions 100's x your buy in. imagine the rush playing for that kind of money. that is the high all of us "MTT heads" chase. Posted by chicknMelt
i honestly dont know how you MTT heads cope with the variance. if i get a hand cracked and lose a buy in i can just play another 10 sng's in an hour and usually forget about most beats. but to have a 3hour grind get shot down and only be able to play 3-4 MTT's max in a night i can see why it would tilt any rationality right out of you. Posted by TeddyBloat
Its tough sometimes, but like chicknmelt said FT'ing a big field and/or taking it down is a great feeling.
I love poker, sometimes the beats are hard to take, especially the 1/2 outers when you have been sat 3 hours like you say, but that's parts of the game. I guess the way I see it (when im in a good mood lol) is its entertainment. If I play poker for 3 hours and play well and lose its annoying, but if ive enjoyed it I don't feel as bad.
I agree. Nothing beats coming through a large field and winning. I could finish 2nd for £1000 and fin first for £900 and I would still get more of a buzz from winning!
On the flip side it does suck big time when you get unlucky after playing for a few hours and get busted or crippled.
£300BH so after having my KK cracked by QJ even when I've hit my set, im crippled to 180 chips, I get a triple uo and pick a pot up to get to 600 chips then this happens
So, I've had a bit of luck in the £150 BH. very first hand I had (late reg) I get JJ, raise, get a call from a station (notes) flop come KJ9 2 hearts, so very draw heavy board, I bet out, villain calls, turn is a brick, I check, villain bets, I shove he calls with A9 lol. Bounty and a near double up. Took another head but then got a bit short. Thought I was actually gonna win a race (silly me)
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
angie6579
Small blind
150.00
150.00
10122.50
TELLO-210
Big blind
300.00
450.00
12475.00
Your hole cards
3
3
cheeky1985
Fold
ShaunyT
All-in
3075.00
3525.00
0.00
ryanmars
Fold
angie6579
Call
2925.00
6450.00
7197.50
TELLO-210
Fold
angie6579
Show
9
A
ShaunyT
Show
3
3
Flop
6
5
6
Turn
10
River
5
angie6579
Win
Two Pairs, 6s and 5s
6450.00
Out just before the cash 14th or something.
Currently in the £300 with no heads EDIT. Just had KK cracked by 66 for a big pot and a head. the run continues
Well haven't posted in a while because I cant bring myself to tell you about all the bad beats. Basically on a £200 downswing, which considering I play lowstakes is pretty brutal.
The annoying thing is I'm not just getting it in good, I'm getting it in 95% good, and losing EVERY SINGLE TIME. The beats are just never ending.
Yesterday I lost 2 £30 buy ins at cash. QQ vs AJ on a 10 high board with only the river to come Ace on the river. KK vs QQ villain hits 4flush. Every tourney I enter my exit hands are unbelievable.
Yesterday I had 22 in the sb with UTG limp. I limped bb checked. flop Q55 I check, bb leads utg calls (obv im behind to one of em) I float, 2 on the turn. I lead out bb raises utg folds, I re raise bb shoves I call. Villain shows the expected 5 for trips to my FH. 5 on the river. Standard.
A9 suited in the bb, folded round to sb who limps, I 3x raise he calls. Axx flop, he checks I check as I feel I'm way ahead, turn brings in my nut flush draw to go with top pair, villain leads out (maybe 2 pair poss) I raise he shoves I call. Villain shows A6, so I have him dominated and one of his outs completes my flush, but noooooo he hits 1 of the 2 outs he has.
These are just some of the horrendous beats. On top of this I never win races, or even 70/30's. When my QQ gets called by ace jack its either the ace hitting of some spurious 4flush or straight that comes in. Everytime some has suited card they hit the flush against me. When I get it in with the same cards AK vs AK I still manage to lose.
I don't play high volume online, so when you get 10/15 really bad beats in the space of 2/3 days its really hard to deal with. Especially when your are 95% to win the hand. I can cope with losing flips but c'mon give me a break.
I think my poker will be taking a back seat for a while, off to the gym to get ripped for the summer and going to try play more live. I will play the DTD's as they are great fun but at the minute playing on here is no fun at all. (except when mrsduck rails me!!) She is witness to some of these beats.
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That hurt me, I managed a double up with some more crazy luck 87suited vs AKoff. Ace hit on the flop, turn gave me opened ended straight, river brought it home lol, but was hovering around 15-20k constantly as the blinds had crept up. Eventually picked up JJ and shoved got called by 100k stack chip leader with AQsuited and couldn't hold up! Not to say I didn't have my luck, but I seem to be able to FT in low stakes MTT's quite a bit but very rarely TID. I always loose big flips with 4/5 left.
BR £545.39
RP 467
£545.06
RP 482
the £200 gtd came down to another losing flip for me. ironically AQvsJJ with me having the over and not hitting (the exact reverse of the other day).
The £150bh was particularly brutal. I saw all sorts of bad beats and suck outs. (some for, some against) 3 handed my top 2 pair ran into the rivered nut flush which hurt my stack a lot. then lost a few smaller pots and I was down to 10bb, shove the button with air and got called by Q6suited which hit the Q on the flop. Took a few heads as well though.
ShaunyT03£14.54 + £8.38 Head Prizes5
ShaunyT05£21.20
My ratio of FT to win is shocking lol.
BR £562.68
RP 524
Can I change my name to Doctor Run Bad?
DTD1 AAvsKKvs55 5 hits. Standard. DTD2 crippled by a marginal call then shoves A9 over a min raiser who has AK, hits my 9 WAHEYYYY board double pairs QQJJ so counterfeited, split pot. Next hand 44 on button with 12bb shoves into AA. ace on flop and turn. goodnight sweet prince. Cant remember DTD3.
bounty hunters. 2nd hand 77 in bb, full table limp. raises get 4 callers 763 flop quality. utg leads out, 1 caller in cold 3bet gets shoved on by utg who has 45 offsuit. UTG limp caller 45off!!!
Then next bounty hunter QQ vs AK aipf. Lose race as per.
in one last bounty hunter now then im off to bury the laptop in the back garden.
FML
cashed in the £150bh with 2 heads but FT bubbled when I shoved my 55 into A5 and villan hit his ace on the river. standard for me.
Crippled in the £3oo bh by this hand
then entered the £500 bh built a nice stack up then this happened
I just seem to be running terribly. On top of this I'm having major issues with the sky software (sky move your threads to the feedback area and don't even bother commenting- cheers sky). Posting hand histories to see where im going wrong is a ballache so im inclined not to bother. All in all, very pee'd off at the minute and thinking of just withdrawing my money and moving on. Maybe that's just the bad beats speaking. I don't know. But I am starting to see why sky poker isn't the premier uk poker site it should be. Which is a real shame because the people on here are great, and the DTD tourneys on Monday are great fun (except when my AA gets cracked).
BR £488.34
RP 618
if i get a hand cracked and lose a buy in i can just play another 10 sng's in an hour and usually forget about most beats. but to have a 3hour grind get shot down and only be able to play 3-4 MTT's max in a night i can see why it would tilt any rationality right out of you.
I love poker, sometimes the beats are hard to take, especially the 1/2 outers when you have been sat 3 hours like you say, but that's parts of the game. I guess the way I see it (when im in a good mood lol) is its entertainment. If I play poker for 3 hours and play well and lose its annoying, but if ive enjoyed it I don't feel as bad.
I have 10 outs to win the hand if I put him on a set (which I did but called anyway.... DONK) but was hoping he had a massive draw or possibly 77.
£300BH
so after having my KK cracked by QJ even when I've hit my set, im crippled to 180 chips, I get a triple uo and pick a pot up to get to 600 chips then this happens
I just don't know what I have to do.
Becoming ever more frustrated
Hand History #757857883 (12:27 20/03/2014)
So, I've had a bit of luck in the £150 BH. very first hand I had (late reg) I get JJ, raise, get a call from a station (notes) flop come KJ9 2 hearts, so very draw heavy board, I bet out, villain calls, turn is a brick, I check, villain bets, I shove he calls with A9 lol. Bounty and a near double up. Took another head but then got a bit short. Thought I was actually gonna win a race (silly me)
Out just before the cash 14th or something.
Currently in the £300 with no heads EDIT. Just had KK cracked by 66 for a big pot and a head. the run continues
been a good read so far
keep it up
The annoying thing is I'm not just getting it in good, I'm getting it in 95% good, and losing EVERY SINGLE TIME. The beats are just never ending.
Yesterday I lost 2 £30 buy ins at cash. QQ vs AJ on a 10 high board with only the river to come Ace on the river. KK vs QQ villain hits 4flush. Every tourney I enter my exit hands are unbelievable.
Yesterday I had 22 in the sb with UTG limp. I limped bb checked. flop Q55 I check, bb leads utg calls (obv im behind to one of em) I float, 2 on the turn. I lead out bb raises utg folds, I re raise bb shoves I call. Villain shows the expected 5 for trips to my FH. 5 on the river. Standard.
A9 suited in the bb, folded round to sb who limps, I 3x raise he calls. Axx flop, he checks I check as I feel I'm way ahead, turn brings in my nut flush draw to go with top pair, villain leads out (maybe 2 pair poss) I raise he shoves I call. Villain shows A6, so I have him dominated and one of his outs completes my flush, but noooooo he hits 1 of the 2 outs he has.
These are just some of the horrendous beats. On top of this I never win races, or even 70/30's. When my QQ gets called by ace jack its either the ace hitting of some spurious 4flush or straight that comes in. Everytime some has suited card they hit the flush against me. When I get it in with the same cards AK vs AK I still manage to lose.
I don't play high volume online, so when you get 10/15 really bad beats in the space of 2/3 days its really hard to deal with.
Especially when your are 95% to win the hand. I can cope with losing flips but c'mon give me a break.
I think my poker will be taking a back seat for a while, off to the gym to get ripped for the summer and going to try play more live. I will play the DTD's as they are great fun but at the minute playing on here is no fun at all. (except when mrsduck rails me!!) She is witness to some of these beats.
Hope the rest of you have better luck than me :-D