So Standard

[GeoffM]

New pictoral thread ?

[X-Longshot-X]

Its not that im trying to show every bad beat that happens, but i dont play but one or two games a day, and when this is honestly the only way i have been losing lately it sucks. Its variance and i know it will even out in the long run but its still hard. The thing that i think is worse though is that it wont work out in the long run. Maybe i overthink these things, but i am NEVER putting my money in the spot that this guy did so i will never get the chance for it to even out. Its not really about all the bad beats but with the roll that i currently have and the run that i am on it is difficult to take blow after blow like this.

[Zybomb]

That isn't the point.

There point is you will win this a set % of the time in the long run -- so as long as you continue to get your money in in these situations, they will sway in your favor -- in fact Im willing to bet they are already in your favor -- you just dont remember the times when your hand holds up and you do remember the times that it doesnt bc they stick out more.


The fact that you usually wont get your money in bad is irrelivant... I generally dont get my $ in bad, so I don't give out a lot of bad beats (unless you consider calling a PFR with 97s and hitting two pair vs an overpair a bad beat, which I certaintly don't.... especially when they'll gladly put all the $ in on the flop )

Not giving out bad beats is different than having the best hand hold up as often as it's supposed to, and thats what will bring you into the +

[Reel Deal]

You've NEVER put your money in with top pair/second kicker on a board like that? Wow, and I thought I was a nit.

[X-Longshot-X]

Not when i play it just like i did....What can i have that im gonna play like that and not have him beat? I guess you guys havent seen me play much but i not raising the flop with anything less than AK and most likely not pushing the turn with anything less than AK either. Maybe he hadnt seen me play enough but im definately not pushing there when behind. Unless he has a set, which he woulda shoved flop.....I mean im not saying im the tighest player ever, but when in a tourney, im not calling off all my chips with TP 2nd Kicker but thats just me, in a cash game ide probably gladly call, but there is just too much i am behind here

[Talking Poker]

Wow. Just when you had me questioning if you are better than I think you are, you go and write something like this that tells me in reality, you are worse than I thought you were.

[X-Longshot-X]

The only reason im getting so tight is that its getting close to the money, no reason to get too many chips in the pot without a hand, early in the tourney and later in the tourney sure ill play KQ like this, but its like 25 till the money and i can easily cash w/o doing anything stupid, so why push it?

[Talking Poker]

I dunno. Maybe because you are trying to win the tourney and not just squeak into the money. Or maybe so your opponen't don't constantly run you over. Or maybe because you are trying to build up a stack you you can withstand the inevitable bad beat that always knocks you out of the tourney later on....