From Last Weekend

[brownsfan019 17]

Got one to share...

 

Playing at a local church festival. In Ohio, poker is illegal unless a charity is benefiting. Go figure, to play poker, I have to go to church (another discussion in itself).

 

I am playing a $1/$2 no limit game. Been playing my standard tight/aggressive style. I mainly look for opportunities to pounce and take decent pots down and then play it cool.

 

Prior to this hand, I am up a decent amount for me. Started w/ $100 and floating around $200 or so. Not huge stakes, but where I am comfortable currently.

 

I got KQ off out of position and limp in. A raise after me, 1 caller and I call. Flop comes K, 4, 7 rainbow. I'm first to act and bet $20. Both players call me. About $80 or so in pot now. Turn is 6. I now see the possible straight but doubt that a 5/8 stuck around in the hand. I push all in. Big over bet on purpose. Both players call me. I'm thinking I am toast. Player A has K,10 and Player B has 8,10. So I have them dominated - Player A has top pair like me, weak kicker. Player B is on a gut shot draw to the 5 and 5 only.

 

And the river...

 

5.

 

Giving player B a straight and 'my' pot.

 

And the standard 'I knew it was coming' followed shortly thereafter.

 

:crap:

[Soultrader 12]

Thanks for sharing. I have had my string of unbelievable bad beats also. I analyzed these situations intensely and what changed my mind was asking this quesiton:

 

Did I lose because he got lucky at the river? Or did I lose because I limped in when I should of raised to push the weak hands out of the pot? A raise would of kept the K,10 in and pushed away the 8,10. Interesting isnt it?

 

Here is what I do now. I may limp in with mediocre hands... but never make it cheap on solid hands.

[brownsfan019 17]

I agree James.

 

KQ off suited, out of position was not a hand that I wanted to get into a big pot w/ preflop if I could at this table. In hindsight, I overplayed top pair and outside of that damn 5 hitting the river, I was happy... till then. LOL

 

I'm still learning how to play cash games better. I was brought into poker via the tournament circuit but actually prefer cash games as I am a very patient player. I just have to learn how to bet better.

[InvestingFish 10]

To be fair, The T8o had a double gutshot to the 5 and 9. Still unlucky though.

[firewalker 10]

  brownsfan019 said:

Got one to share...

 

Playing at a local church festival. In Ohio, poker is illegal unless a charity is benefiting. Go figure, to play poker, I have to go to church (another discussion in itself).

 

 

In Belgium, playing poker for anything higher than a very low stake (I think 0.60cent) is illegal and can be prosecuted unless you are playing in a casino.

 

You'd think they don't actively go looking for poker players, but since the popularity of Hold 'em has peaked, I had to read in the papers a while ago that the police broke up a poker game... between students! Yes they were playing for money, but they were doing it in their own dorm...

 

What happened to fighting real criminality?

Anyway, that's another discussion... just wanted to vent that too