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how is this fair? please help me guys im losing all the love i used to have for poker.....
mclexx
Member Posts: 2
right here goes,
after a lot of bad beats in a lot of tourneys and a LOT of money down the pan i started playing lower buy in tourneys to hopefully get my game back and also some money back.
i was in a £150gtd tourney the other day where top 3 places were paid. i was playing my normal game and it was going quite well, i got down to the last 4 players and it was a real battle- everyone was playing really tight and not many hands were getting called due to the blinds being so big. i was giving the impression i was a tight player (ie not calling much, not defending big blinds, not bluffing etc..) i lost a few pots and was down to just over 6000 chips. i was dealt aq off-suit and with a raise before me and blinds at 200/400 i went all in (right or wrong??) then a mr. rigrat called me with a2 off suit and hit a 2 on river and knocked me out. i was not happy and to make it worse it was my last bit of money and i really could have done with a win to tide me over. in my opinion that is weak play due to the fact he would have put himself into last place chip-wise if my hand held up. it makes me sick when this seems to happen a LOT atm. would anybody call in his position is my question i guess? i personally wouldnt. if he had say like 20,000 chips i could understand but why play such a weak hand at such a crucial point in the game? i asked him what his view on why he called but no answer. i have posted the hand details below could someone please give me some sort of feedback regarding this as ive been beating myself up about it since.
ive had countless bad beats just like everyone else and i understand that sometimes you have a bad run but i cant get my head around why what seemed a good player (rigrat) would make such a dangerous call??
i love poker and i really enjoy this site it think its got one of the best formats on the web but im really getting put off by all these bad beats.
thanks for reading guys.
after a lot of bad beats in a lot of tourneys and a LOT of money down the pan i started playing lower buy in tourneys to hopefully get my game back and also some money back.
i was in a £150gtd tourney the other day where top 3 places were paid. i was playing my normal game and it was going quite well, i got down to the last 4 players and it was a real battle- everyone was playing really tight and not many hands were getting called due to the blinds being so big. i was giving the impression i was a tight player (ie not calling much, not defending big blinds, not bluffing etc..) i lost a few pots and was down to just over 6000 chips. i was dealt aq off-suit and with a raise before me and blinds at 200/400 i went all in (right or wrong??) then a mr. rigrat called me with a2 off suit and hit a 2 on river and knocked me out. i was not happy and to make it worse it was my last bit of money and i really could have done with a win to tide me over. in my opinion that is weak play due to the fact he would have put himself into last place chip-wise if my hand held up. it makes me sick when this seems to happen a LOT atm. would anybody call in his position is my question i guess? i personally wouldnt. if he had say like 20,000 chips i could understand but why play such a weak hand at such a crucial point in the game? i asked him what his view on why he called but no answer. i have posted the hand details below could someone please give me some sort of feedback regarding this as ive been beating myself up about it since.
ive had countless bad beats just like everyone else and i understand that sometimes you have a bad run but i cant get my head around why what seemed a good player (rigrat) would make such a dangerous call??
i love poker and i really enjoy this site it think its got one of the best formats on the web but im really getting put off by all these bad beats.
thanks for reading guys.
Hand History #379993433 (18:56 08/06/2011)
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WETDREAM | Small blind | 200.00 | 200.00 | 13332.50 | |
| scorpio13 | Big blind | 400.00 | 600.00 | 10740.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| rigrat1 | Raise | 800.00 | 1400.00 | 16490.82 | |
| mclexx | All-in | 6036.68 | 7436.68 | 0.00 | |
| WETDREAM | Fold | ||||
| scorpio13 | Fold | ||||
| rigrat1 | Call | 5236.68 | 12673.36 | 11254.14 | |
| rigrat1 | Show |
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| mclexx | Show |
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| Flop | |||||
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| Turn | |||||
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| River | |||||
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| rigrat1 | Win | Pair of 2s | 12673.36 | 23927.50 | |
Comments
Hmmm,,.......know exactly how ya feel pal....see my post on How do they know when to call real silly hands..
gl in the future!
he got lucky in the end, but on another day against another player he would lose.
ps. i wudnt put ur whole br on the line for a tourny which is harder to win, i would grind it out dyms, hu or cash games.
It happens to us all see below. IMO Ace is worth more when only 4 player left, shove or call its a race.
'Usually when ppl tell you this they are runners for the site and receive commision on every post they make....
I can gurantee you this does not happen on here, seriously i know your down about poker etc at the mo but the above statement is ridiculous
The bottom line is people like to gamble so make bad calls, maybe they believed in the theory the chip stack always wins and got lucky this 1 time it happens. AJ v 82 i think its like 60/40 really so you should win 6/10
which is 3 in 5 times doesnt seem so bad then does it? seriously your not going to improve or get your mindset better if you keep blaming the site etc dude chin up we all get them
Text results appended to pokerstove.txt1,712,304 games 0.004 secs 428,076,000 games/secBoard: Dead: equity win tie pots won pots tied Hand 0: 67.220% 67.01% 00.21% 1147479 3530.00 { AcJd }Hand 1: 32.780% 32.57% 00.21% 557765 3530.00 { 8h2s }
rest still makes sense i think