Winning Online

G Baade · #1 08-21-2004, 11:14 PM

Please someone help me! I would just like to know how you go about winning online with all the maniacs out there. For instance. Today I had pocket AA on the button! I raised and got called by 3 people. Flop comes 10 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. First to act bets next person calls and I reraise. Turn card is a 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. No flush draw no straight draw no full house. They bet and call and I raise again. They all call and the river is 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. I am totally lost now. One person folds to the bet and I raise again. They call. I turn up AA and they turn up a 2 3 o/s. I was so mad I almost broke my keyboard. Thing is is that this happens on a regular basis. I play at Paradise and just have become so disheartened with this type of nonsense. Please dont think I am just being a whiner because this has happened so many times I am sick. I can accept getting beat by a player who played well and had the hand but this is crazy. I guess my question is, what kind of strategy do you use to actually win online. In the brick and mortar 10/20 game I play in I do very well. It just seems that online I cannot win. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

This is my first post also so take it easy on me. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Love the site too! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Webster · #2 08-21-2004, 11:20 PM

You know - there is nothing you can do but except the fact that you had the best hand was beat.

After 30,000 hands online you will come realization that this happens ALL THE TIME but you never know it because you win the hand and don't see them fold.

You only see the dumb ass hands when they win.

Evan · #3 08-21-2004, 11:22 PM

Play solid poker. Solid poker wins money.

JAque · #4 08-21-2004, 11:29 PM

If you use any type of tracker tool for your hands, you will realize that AA,KK, QQ are still probably the top 3 hands after 1000s of hands with variations on the other top hands like AKs, AK , JJ vs 10 10.. etc.

If there were no bad beats, there wouldn't be beatable games.

JAque

G Baade · #5 08-21-2004, 11:40 PM

I hear ya guys. Just seems like it happens an awful lot. Thanks for the advice! I guess I should just stick to the real card rooms!

MarkL444 · #6 08-21-2004, 11:43 PM

Dont worry about the outcomes of hands (whether you win or lose). All that matters is how you play your hands. As long as you continue to play as well as you possibly can you will see a profit.

You played this hand perfect.

Kevin J · #7 08-21-2004, 11:44 PM

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I can accept getting beat by a player who played well...

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There's something inherently wrong with this statement. I can't stand it when someone plays a hand well against me.

daryn · #8 08-22-2004, 02:24 AM

this kind of post is so sad, not because the original poster has no idea what he's talking about. he probably never will.

the sad part is how people try to actually explain things to him. in his mind, online poker will never be the same as live poker. next time when he or anyone else asks for strategies because his AA keeps losing to online players, just tell him/her to start playing the hand he got beat by.

in other words, tell this guy to start playing 23o. either AA is a favorite, or it isn't. if these wackos claim the site is rigged so AA loses, just start folding it preflop, and raising up the 94o, and the 37o.

kevin1125 · #9 08-22-2004, 02:39 AM

maybe you should try some no limit hold'em because you'll have better chance to protect your hand.

handhistoriesdotcom · #10 08-22-2004, 02:54 AM

I just got back from a BM casion and had the exact same type of play you discribed happen all night...infact I play BM quite a lot and find on line play more tight aggressive overall and I play at Party 2/4....Most BM casino tables are loose passive with 6+ seeing most flops with few people raising...Just my 2¢ worth