Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

just going over my PT sessions, and I'm seeing a trend over the last month. That all the times I'm in a truly large pot, and have the lead hand, I end up splitting it with someone whose been dealt an identical hand.
For some reason, I find that more annoying than just losing the hand. After all, I'm just getting my money back less rake. Well, a few extra bets in there usually from the loosy gooseys early on.

I dunno, how do you guys like the "chop-chop"?

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

yes, very fustrating when you get dealt something like A8, flop comes A8Jr, so you slowplay your 2 pair, only to find another jack coming up, making your 2 pair obselete! it really annoys me to see the rake take your money. especially when you see someone go allin, even though both you and he know it is a split pot, and the rake is going to take your money.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

heck, I'm not even talking about when the board counterfeits your kicker or the like, I'm seeing (in PT) a lot of incidenced of identical hole cards sapping my "victories" like I'm dealt 63o in the blind, and just check into the flop, get 245, end up in showdown with UTG who shows... 63o. Amazing.

But I'm not bitter. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

actually, you know, it would be profitable for the poker rooms to rig cards to give split pots... someone could make an interesting case for this...

to what you were saying, i wonder what the probabilities of having 2 identical hands in one hand.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

no. resentment is a form of emotion that leads to tilt. Bad plan. Especially if you are pissed about NOT LOSING.

peace

john nickle

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

It's even worse when you have JT and the flop comes AKQ and someone calls your bet with Jx and the turn is the T. Or how about the time in 3/6 when my friend has AK and the flop is JTQ. The board hits running AK, but someone hit the flush! LOL.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

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actually, you know, it would be profitable for the poker rooms to rig cards to give split pots... someone could make an interesting case for this...

to what you were saying, i wonder what the probabilities of having 2 identical hands in one hand.

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It wouldn't be any more profitable than taking the same amount of rake but making one person the winner.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

I would rather split the pot than lose the whole thing.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

Well, I really hate it when I am on the bubble in a SnG and am all in with A8 and I make a 8 high straight and split with Q8.

Not like this happened an hour a go, or anything.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

I hate it. I hate it even more when I had the best hand and the low card on the board pairs, counterfeiting my kicker.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

I had a recent split pot at the Taj in AC that totally pissed me off. It wasn't a match hand, but a poor play that resulted in two str8's being made.

I am on the button at a 10 headed 1/2 NL ($300 max). Everyone limps in and I look down at 6d 8h and limp in as well. Flop comes 5d 7d 9h. An early position guy bets out $10 and a middle position goes all in for $78. I check my cards again to verify the flopped nuts. I think about it and worse case scenario I am against a flush draw and a set, discounting somewhat the strength. At this point I know the only move is all in to push out the flush draw. I move all in for $285 and the early position player with $12 invested in the hand says "HE HAS TO CALL". He flips over 4d 8d giving him a gutshit srt8 flush draw (which is actually dead because I am holding the 6d). The other all in guy was semi-bluffing with 6 4 the ass end outside draw.

Well anyhow the turn pairs the seven and the river is a 6 making it a split pot. We ended up splitting the $78 all in. Would anyone agree that the call by the original bettor was horrible? He had $12 invested in the pot and he could easily have been drawing to a one-outer flush (6d).

Plus the guy was real cocky at the table and I hated to have to split that money with him.

Re: Do you resent splitting the pot?
 

Hero Holds Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
Villian1 Holds J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
PotSplitter holds Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[Loads of betting/raising]
Turn: [ K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]]
(Alot of reraising)
River [ K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]]
Showdown 36.5 BB pot.


Split - Yep hurts, But losing hurts more [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]