HATERS OF THE BAD BEAT POST - A SOLUTION

[intheflatfield]

It seems as though this site (and many others) are beset by an infestation of bad beat posts and the new and improved disguised bad beat posts that have become so popular as of late.

I say this as former offender myself.

After much thought and deliberation...(Alright, while I was drinking a beer last night) I came up with what I believe to be a viable solution to this increasingly annoying occurance.

We need a Bad Beat Forum - Have a bad beat story that you've just been dying to unleash on someone, this is place for it!! Many, I suspect will derive guilty pleasure in reading and posting in this new forum. And it should effectively end the equally annoying I hate bad beat Posts and the flame fest that so ensues.

ENOUGH I SAY!!!

That's all I have to say about that....

[nrinker]

I dont see why anyone enjoys posting a bad beat in the first place. Why not just outlaw them? These type of posts don't help anyone get better.

[4_2_it]

Wouldn't this put that Waaambulance guy out of business?

[intheflatfield]

but at least they funnel them to less visible and less bothersome avenues.

[noggindoc]

I vote for it not because I like the bad beat posts or I even want to read them, but because it serves a need. It is human nature to want to whine about misfortune. I say go for it.

[intheflatfield]

My own personal view is that many people get some sick pleasure in catching an offender in the act and roasting him ad nuaseum..enough so, that they actually look forward to the occurance..

[TheWorstPlayer]

Part of being a poker player is having discipline and coping with beats, bad and otherwise. Why should a poker forum do something like having a bad beat forum which encourages lack of such discipline? Those forums just breed trolls and idiots who then spill over into strategy forums. Yuck.

[intheflatfield]

TWP, I certainly respect your opinion, however, I think it would clear up the other forums for legitimate use.

[intheflatfield]

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Villian reads after 300 hands:
Volume put into the pot: 9%
Saw Flop: 11.5%
Aggression Factor: 3.8
Went to Showdown: 17%
Raised Preflop: 4%

$200 NL Party

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with As, Ah.
4 folds. Hero makes it $8. 2 folds. Button Calls. Blinds fold.

[Pot $19] Flop: 3h, Kd, 3d (2 players)
Hero bets $15. Button Calls.
[I put him on AK here. KK would have reraised preflop.]

[Pot $49] Turn: Qc (2 players)
Hero bets $40. Villian Calls.

[Pot $129] River: Js (2 players)
Hero bets $100. Villian goes all-in. Hero makes a crying call.

Results in white:
Results:
Villian has 4 of a kind, 3's.
Hero has 2 pair, Aces and 3's.
Final Pot: $418.90


If I had checked the river and he went all-in, would this be a clear fold? Thanks for your help guys.

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Need I Say More - Is this what we want to weed through in order to get to something of actual use?

[theblitz]

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Villian reads after 300 hands:
Volume put into the pot: 9%
Saw Flop: 11.5%
Aggression Factor: 3.8
Went to Showdown: 17%
Raised Preflop: 4%

$200 NL Party

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with As, Ah.
4 folds. Hero makes it $8. 2 folds. Button Calls. Blinds fold.

[Pot $19] Flop: 3h, Kd, 3d (2 players)
Hero bets $15. Button Calls.
[I put him on AK here. KK would have reraised preflop.]

[Pot $49] Turn: Qc (2 players)
Hero bets $40. Villian Calls.

[Pot $129] River: Js (2 players)
Hero bets $100. Villian goes all-in. Hero makes a crying call.

Results in white:
Results:
Villian has 4 of a kind, 3's.
Hero has 2 pair, Aces and 3's.
Final Pot: $418.90


If I had checked the river and he went all-in, would this be a clear fold? Thanks for your help guys.

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Need I Say More - Is this what we want to weed through in order to get to something of actual use?

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Why is this a bad beat?
This is just plain bad play.
Hero must know he is beat when the J comes up.