Bad beat insurance

Ulysses · #1 03-09-2004, 12:10 AM

In "any two will do" games, Aces will get cracked a lot. And it sucks. Especially when guys call a lot of bets pre-flop w/ complete garbage and then call the flop needing perfect-perfect to beat you. And boy, those hands really stick out. But, especially at B&M (where you don't see the losing hands), it's easy to overlook the times guys pay you off with complete crap. Online, hand histories make it a little easier to see why Aces get cracked. I look at hands like these two as bad beat insurance. I shouldn't have made nearly as much as I did. So, these bets go in the bank and I won't get mad next time my Aces get cracked. I'll just think it was a good thing I got that bad beat insurance. Both hands are against the same lineup and BB in Hand 1 is same guy as UTG in Hand 2.

Hand 1

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Preflop: akshawnd is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
akshawnd raises, MP 3-bets, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls, akshawnd caps, MP calls, BB calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets, akshawnd calls, MP raises, BB calls, akshawnd calls.

Turn: (9.25 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets, akshawnd raises, MP calls, BB calls.

River: (15.25 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, akshawnd bets, MP calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 18.25 BB

Results in white below: 
BB shows Jh 3d (two pair, jacks and threes).
akshawnd shows Ad Ac (three of a kind, aces).
MP shows As Qs (one pair, aces).
Outcome: akshawnd wins 18.25 BB. 

Hand 2

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Preflop: akshawnd is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, MP folds, akshawnd raises, SB 3-bets, BB folds, UTG calls, akshawnd caps, SB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (13 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets, UTG calls, akshawnd calls.

Turn: (8 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets, UTG calls, akshawnd raises, SB calls, UTG calls.

River: (14 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, akshawnd bets, SB folds, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 16 BB

Results in white below: 
UTG shows Kd 8d (two pair, queens and eights).
akshawnd shows Ac Ad (full house, aces full of queens).
Outcome: akshawnd wins 16 BB.