PAUL-IN
02-20-2004, 05:06 PM
27 has typically been relegated to the "bottom of the barrel" status when it comes to hole card value, for obvious reasons. it's a classic play where you take the worst and most unfavorable hand and turn it into a winner.
people sometimes get bored and like to put a show on, make things fun, and with luck, try to outflop, outturn, and outriver the other players into oblivion. i wouldn't personally do it but whoever played that hand is probably pumping gas to make back whatever he lost that night to put on that show.
it is fun to see chips sliding away from an opponent who did everything right in the hand but still lost. why? primal instincts. outdrawing happens, and we all rely on it more than we like to think. we all love an underdog who comes back to tear the bigbosses nuts off with a hatchett(figuratively speaking), and when it happens that the worst hand in fights the better hands in the game, we yipp and holler, saying how horrible or awesome that was.
Example. early position shortstack makes it 350 to go, blinds 50-100, i have KK in cutoff. folded to me, and I raise to 800. he only has about 400 left, and calls. he shows 55, and flop comes K-x-x. suddenly, the whole table goes, "tsk-tsk. runner runner quads." i'm all, "WTF??" you ALL wanna see a bad beat and be amused and disgusted at the same time? should i have been bad beat?? and, no it wasn't personal, and i didn't take it personally, but geez....
again it happened about 20 mins later, one guy limps with aces, BB checks, flops middle pair with Q7 , AA and Q7 go all in, and everyones like, "ohhhh here it comes...." then BANG, a queen hits the turn. AA is out. everyone gets a laugh. primal instincts, dude. as long as it's not us, we love seeing someone get beat by someone weaker. there are other times when the "suckout" seems to not bear any justice to anything at all. i.e. this following hand...
i get AQ middle position, UTG makes it 300 to go. blinds 50-100, i call. heads up. flop is T-x-x. he bets 100, i make it 450, he thinks, and calls. turn is K. he checks, i bet all in, he calls and shows AK. i say "good. need jack." then BANG. JACK. everyone squirms and shakes their heads. my opponent flinches like he got a knife stuck in his fat side. OOPS!
i'd like to hear other peoples bad beats, and REALLY bad beats, either given or taken!!
people sometimes get bored and like to put a show on, make things fun, and with luck, try to outflop, outturn, and outriver the other players into oblivion. i wouldn't personally do it but whoever played that hand is probably pumping gas to make back whatever he lost that night to put on that show.
it is fun to see chips sliding away from an opponent who did everything right in the hand but still lost. why? primal instincts. outdrawing happens, and we all rely on it more than we like to think. we all love an underdog who comes back to tear the bigbosses nuts off with a hatchett(figuratively speaking), and when it happens that the worst hand in fights the better hands in the game, we yipp and holler, saying how horrible or awesome that was.
Example. early position shortstack makes it 350 to go, blinds 50-100, i have KK in cutoff. folded to me, and I raise to 800. he only has about 400 left, and calls. he shows 55, and flop comes K-x-x. suddenly, the whole table goes, "tsk-tsk. runner runner quads." i'm all, "WTF??" you ALL wanna see a bad beat and be amused and disgusted at the same time? should i have been bad beat?? and, no it wasn't personal, and i didn't take it personally, but geez....
again it happened about 20 mins later, one guy limps with aces, BB checks, flops middle pair with Q7 , AA and Q7 go all in, and everyones like, "ohhhh here it comes...." then BANG, a queen hits the turn. AA is out. everyone gets a laugh. primal instincts, dude. as long as it's not us, we love seeing someone get beat by someone weaker. there are other times when the "suckout" seems to not bear any justice to anything at all. i.e. this following hand...
i get AQ middle position, UTG makes it 300 to go. blinds 50-100, i call. heads up. flop is T-x-x. he bets 100, i make it 450, he thinks, and calls. turn is K. he checks, i bet all in, he calls and shows AK. i say "good. need jack." then BANG. JACK. everyone squirms and shakes their heads. my opponent flinches like he got a knife stuck in his fat side. OOPS!
i'd like to hear other peoples bad beats, and REALLY bad beats, either given or taken!!