i hate poker - Page 4

x2ski · #31 04-30-2005, 01:50 AM

Feast your eyes on this one... I just knew it at the end [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img].

99 never occurred to me until after the hand was over... anyone slow down before the river?

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
3 folds, MP1 calls, 1 fold, MP3 calls, CO calls, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (5 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP3 bets, CO calls, SB calls, Hero calls, MP1 raises, MP3 calls, CO calls, SB calls, Hero 3-bets, MP1 caps, MP3 calls, CO calls, SB calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (12.50 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 bets, MP3 calls, CO folds, SB calls, Hero raises, MP1 3-bets, MP3 calls, SB folds, Hero caps, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.

River: (25.50 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 28.50 BB

Results in white below: 
Hero has 9c 8c (full house, eights full of nines).
MP1 has As 8d (full house, eights full of aces).
MP3 has 9h Ah (two pair, aces and nines).
Outcome: MP1 wins 28.50 BB.

Blarg · #32 04-30-2005, 03:21 AM

That doesn't seem like all that harsh of a beat to me.

99 was always a possibility, but I don't see anything wrong with betting a flopped full house hard as hell. Sometimes you're just going to lose, that's all. But it seems to me that you still have to push a hand like that.

PokerAce · #33 04-30-2005, 12:39 PM

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First month of playing professionally.

29,219 hands, down 234 BB.

Variance does suck. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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You might want to rethink your profession. That's getting to the point that it's not variance.

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Yeah, thats nearly 3SD assuming he is a 2BB/100 winner.

-SmileyEH

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Trust me, when I was going through this I doubted my ability to play. Upon further inspection, the mistakes I was making were relatively minor compared to how often I was getting unlucky.

The good news? In the past 13k hands, I'm up over 250 BB. [censored] happens, I'm still confident in my game.

x2ski · #34 04-30-2005, 03:35 PM

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I don't see anything wrong with betting a flopped full house hard as hell. Sometimes you're just going to lose, that's all. But it seems to me that you still have to push a hand like that.

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Good... thanks man.

badplayer · #35 04-30-2005, 04:10 PM

Seriously all. All those variance (and even the bad beat) stories make me feel better.

-225 BB in 20k hands (as shown in my "Am I hopeless"? post).

Harv72b · #36 04-30-2005, 06:14 PM

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Feast your eyes on this one... I just knew it at the end [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img].

99 never occurred to me until after the hand was over... anyone slow down before the river?

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I would've bet/called the river. That's happened to me before, too--it sucks.

Fabian · #37 04-30-2005, 06:29 PM

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-217BB in 3,100 hands (175 of those BB today in 2,260 hands). Take that!

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Running -217BB over 23k hands is much worse for a winning player.

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This was exactly what I was going to say.

x2ski · #38 04-30-2005, 09:30 PM

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-217BB in 3,100 hands (175 of those BB today in 2,260 hands). Take that!

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Running -217BB over 23k hands is much worse for a winning player.

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This was exactly what I was going to say.

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I grabbed it all back the next day too... talk about one drastic millisecond in the lifetime of a poker player [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]