Beat Down: an exercise for the tinfoil hat crew

[Invigilator]

TOURNAMENT EDITION:

I this would be good for everyones state of mind.

We all get a little titly when we get sucked out on, especially if we have gotten into any depth of a tournament. But we often forget the all of the shitass luck that has helped to get us there.

It might not be a major suck out on a pair over pair all-in preflop, but it might be that 44 that missed the flop, but hit the set on the turn, crushing the slow played aces.

It might be the random marginal shit that we play in the BB that sees a free flop and hits the flop hard or gets so many outs you hang around when you shouldn't and manage to win.

I'd love to see people spend a week posting the "holy crap, I sooooo didn't deserve to win that hand" hands.

I suggest this because I think we have a tendency to forget our luck, and stew over the luck of the enemy. THAT'S a good formula for tilting.

[Penguinfan]

I'm on board. Problem for me is I don't forget the good hands, it's just that the horrid beats usually come at the worst possible time (money bubble, final table bubble, big pay jump, etc...)


Soon as I get it in bad and suck out I will post it here.

[Invigilator]

Keep in mind to examine any winning hand. Especially if they show down. I imagine many of the hands people will find will be where the critical "luck" happened before the river, and often without getting it ALL in.

These may also include the "bullet dodged" sort of things.

[Penguinfan]

Now here is a part I fully agree with. Many times I feel I got lucky simply because I didn't get unlucky.

[Penguinfan]

This is a turbo by the way, hope that explains my play.


Full Tilt Poker Game #8253583999: Satellite to The Fifty-Fifty (61687150), Table 2 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:33:18 ET - 2008/09/27
Seat 1: Penguinfan (3,885)
Seat 2: gen-x-hawaii (6,390)
Seat 3: frank1985frank (7,200)
Seat 4: nakrub (6,390)
Seat 5: J-Money4thewin (4,195)
Seat 6: Jizzo3 (8,840)
Seat 7: ggpokerstars (8,190)
Seat 8: DukeTheDude (9,490)
Seat 9: fuzzyiam (10,155), is sitting out
Penguinfan antes 50
gen-x-hawaii antes 50
frank1985frank antes 50
nakrub antes 50
J-Money4thewin antes 50
Jizzo3 antes 50
ggpokerstars antes 50
DukeTheDude antes 50
fuzzyiam antes 50
frank1985frank posts the small blind of 250
nakrub posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Penguinfan [9d As]
J-Money4thewin folds
Jizzo3 folds
ggpokerstars folds
DukeTheDude folds
fuzzyiam folds
Penguinfan raises to 3,835, and is all in
gen-x-hawaii folds
frank1985frank folds
nakrub has 15 seconds left to act
nakrub calls 3,335
Penguinfan shows [9d As]
nakrub shows [7d 7s]
*** FLOP *** [Th 3s 6c]
*** TURN *** [Th 3s 6c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Th 3s 6c 4d] [Ac]
Penguinfan shows a pair of Aces
nakrub shows a pair of Sevens
Penguinfan wins the pot (8,370) with a pair of Aces
J-Money4thewin stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,370 | Rake 0
Board: [Th 3s 6c 4d Ac]


His call with 77 was horrible being where we are in a satellite, but nontheless the Ace saves me on the river.

[Penguinfan]

Getting to a point where if I can get one more round of blinds I can fold to a seat. The table has been pretty tight with the big stacks folding to a seat, then this:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8253810662: Satellite to The Fifty-Fifty (61687150), Table 2 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:51:23 ET - 2008/09/27
Seat 1: Penguinfan (4,595)
Seat 2: gen-x-hawaii (3,515)
Seat 3: frank1985frank (2,825)
Seat 5: rjlekit (15,226)
Seat 6: Jizzo3 (13,165)
Seat 7: ggpokerstars (8,065)
Seat 8: DukeTheDude (5,810)
Seat 9: fuzzyiam (15,130)
Penguinfan antes 150
gen-x-hawaii antes 150
frank1985frank antes 150
rjlekit antes 150
Jizzo3 antes 150
ggpokerstars antes 150
DukeTheDude antes 150
fuzzyiam antes 150
Jizzo3 posts the small blind of 600
ggpokerstars posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Penguinfan [Kh Qs]
DukeTheDude has 15 seconds left to act
DukeTheDude folds
fuzzyiam has 15 seconds left to act
fuzzyiam folds
Penguinfan raises to 4,445, and is all in
gen-x-hawaii has 15 seconds left to act
gen-x-hawaii folds
frank1985frank calls 2,675, and is all in
rjlekit folds
Jizzo3 folds
ggpokerstars folds
Penguinfan shows [Kh Qs]
frank1985frank shows [Th Ah]
Uncalled bet of 1,770 returned to Penguinfan
*** FLOP *** [8c Td Ts]
*** TURN *** [8c Td Ts] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [8c Td Ts Jc] [9h]
Penguinfan shows a straight, King high
frank1985frank shows three of a kind, Tens
Penguinfan wins the pot (8,350) with a straight, King high
frank1985frank stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,350 | Rake 0
Board: [8c Td Ts Jc 9h]
Seat 1: Penguinfan showed [Kh Qs] and won (8,350) with a straight, King high
Seat 2: gen-x-hawaii folded before the Flop
Seat 3: frank1985frank showed [Th Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 5: rjlekit (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Jizzo3 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: ggpokerstars (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: DukeTheDude folded before the Flop
Seat 9: fuzzyiam folded before the Flop

Again, I don't think he can call here with A 10 and me already in, but after that flop I need runner-runner and get there.

Go figure.

[Invigilator]

The KQ hands is a fabulous example. Hopefully, as things progress with this thread however, we will see submissions of a more subtle nature (not just AIPF).

I will admit that contributing to this will be hard for me as I am playing very little right now and won't be able to do much more untill December.

Hardest workload of career + Detroit 1/2 marathon in Oct. + Shodan test in Nov = slight increase in stress.

but I digress.

How did you end up doing in those the KQ tourney?

[Penguinfan]

They were from the same tourney. Got a seat but was too tired to play last night so I unregistered and have T$ to use in something today.

If I cash something nice it will only have happened because of surviving the above two hands, so the last one is a potential 5 figure suck out.

[Tony Cheval]

Don't have a HH, but in a recent tournament I did get lucky one hand with AQ>AK, would've had $20 left if I'd lost that.