Bad Beats Thread

This is a thread where you should post your bad beats. It is the general consensus of the familiars of FTR that we need to clean up the bad beat clutter in this forum. Bad beats are a fact of life and no one enjoys reading them but at the same time posting them is therapeutic.

So I have created this sticky to be the graveyard for bad beat stories. This is where bad beats should now come to die. The only bad beats that may be posted outside of this thread are amazingly hilarious bad beats but your general 2 outers or runner runner flushes go here.

You must learn that bad beats are the reasons why you are making money. If you dream of a world where no one lays any bad beats, it would be a fuggin grind that I sure as hell don't want to play in. Once you've accepted them, you simply brush them off and keep on chuggin.

STBY.

-'rilla

{Spring cleaning by a500lbgorilla}

"I'm seriously you guys." - Cartman.

-'rilla

Let me be the first...

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #539,131,110
Table Pittsfield, 1 Jan 2005 01:08 AM

Seat 3: maybelucky ($17.65 in chips)
Seat 5: bigdreams1 ($46.25 in chips)
Seat 8: JohnnyTee ($39.60 in chips)
Seat 9: Montimus [QH,QD] ($12.90 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
JohnnyTee posts blind ($0.10), Montimus posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
maybelucky calls $0.25, bigdreams1 calls $0.25, JohnnyTee folds, Montimus bets $3, maybelucky calls $3, bigdreams1 folds.

FLOP [board cards JC,4C,9H ]
Montimus bets $5, maybelucky bets $10, Montimus calls $4.65 and is all-in.

TURN [board cards JC,4C,9H,9C ]

RIVER [board cards JC,4C,9H,9C,7C ]

SHOWDOWN
maybelucky shows [ 6C,4H ]
Montimus mucks cards [ QH,QD ]
maybelucky wins $0.35, maybelucky wins $24.85.

SUMMARY
Dealer: bigdreams1
Pot: $26.50, (including rake: $1.30)
maybelucky, bets $13.25, collects $25.20, net $11.95
bigdreams1, loses $0.25
JohnnyTee, loses $0.10
Montimus, loses $12.90

Here's one from the casino: (1/2 NL Hold Em)

Im first to act and I get Ah/Kd. I raise to $5 and get 2 callers.

Three players to the flop. Me, player A, and player B

Flop shows Ac/2d/Js. I lead off with a $5 bet. Player A calls, player B raises to $10. I call, player A calls.

Turn shows 9h. I bet $15. Player A folds, player B calls.

River shows 8c. I bet $15 again, player B calls.

I show my top pair, player B shows 2/8...takes me on two pair. The mere fact that he would raise a $5 bet and also call $15 on the turn with a pair of twos still baffles me to this day. He was on no flush draw.

First off, thanks for the great idea. Wonder what will happen to this forum without the constant bad beats flowing in. Anyway, best bad beat I have ever given:

4 way all in on the flop (playchip)

Flop: Q 10 7

Me: 35o
Player1: KK
Player2: Q5
Player3: J10

Turn: 3
River: 3

Was fairly funny, got yelled at for quite a while =P

Worst Ive ever taken was going out with AA vs KK in a $100 tournament on UB. For the stakes, not the odds.

quad aces vs straight flush, hit his gut shot on the river *sigh*

-anto

Got JJ.
Flopped J A X
Bet hard.
Put my opponent on an A.
planned to checkraise the turn which was a random card, but he checked to.
River: 10. Bet 30 BBs.
Got raised all-in. Called.
He showed me KQ. Lost two buyins, the profit of the whole day (which was a good one).

Learned: Always bet hard on the turn.
Always watch out for possible straights and flushes.
DON`T GET SO AROUSED OF YOUR BIG HAND THAT YOU DON`T CONSIDER FOLDING.

Just beat out of a tourney on a rollercoaster hand. I went all-in (pushing aggressively, Rippy-style) with pocket 5s. One caller who had A10 suited. He hits a pair of aces first, then I make trip fives, but he runner-runners a flush to finish me off. Oh well. I like the move and almost liked the result... they just needed to stop dealing cards after the turn. Very Happy

Heh...my number 2 post in this thread...

Playing at a pretty loose .50/1.00 NL table, sitting with around 40 bucks. Get dealt KK in the hole UTG. I meant to bet 3 bucks, but I clicked raised before I hit the 3. Very LAgg guy raises to 5, and I in turn raise 15 more. He calls. Flop comes 2/9/10 rainbow. I push in the rest of my stack...about 20 more, and he calls(which nearly puts him all in)...river comes 7 and 8, he shows AJ.

I'm going to have to kill someone soon. I have taken the longest string of bad beats (or improbable beats) over the last couple days. I'm down like two hundred dollars through this. Here are some examples:

- this morning, have K5 on the big blind, flop two fives (and a three). Get called down and then raised on the river by someone who has... pocket threes.

- also this morning, have QK and bet on my pair of queens on the flop. Called down by a guy who held A6 and had only a pair of sixes, until he hit trips on the river and took all my money.

- yesterday in a SnG, knocked out early when I go all in with QQ, called by a guy with Q7 - and his 7 makes a straight.

This is just unbearable and unbelievable. I've lost every conceivable way during this span: guys sucking out with terrible hands; calling to the river with lots of outs (straight draw + flush draw + a middle pair, that sort of thing) and missing all of them; people calling pre-flop raises they shouldn't and then flopping lucky two pairs or whatever. Mixed in with this has been several periods where I just couldn't get a hand... a two hour stretch yesterday where, playing two tables, I didn't take a single pot (no lie, it was that bad). I'm close to burnout.

Thanks for listening to me vent.

WTF is wrong with people????

***** Hand History for Game 1397884121 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Thursday, January 06, 11:27:38 EDT 2005
Table Table 11332 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 9: anna82 ( $60.15 )
Seat 7: stressball10 ( $40.14 )
Seat 4: bBuYLoEWeN ( $45.8 )
Seat 10: barnettbank ( $26.6 )
Seat 6: jdubinkc ( $26.7 )
Seat 3: Dalsland79 ( $32.45 )
Seat 8: Vesperxx ( $6.25 )
Seat 1: MiamiTony ( $9.7 )
Seat 5: BusaNJ ( $30.6 )
Seat 2: Ashurst ( $21.5 )
barnettbank posts small blind [$0.25].
MiamiTony posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Ac 9h ]
Ashurst calls [$0.5].
Dalsland79 folds.
bBuYLoEWeN folds.
BusaNJ folds.
jdubinkc folds.
stressball10 calls [$0.5].
Vesperxx folds.
anna82 folds.
barnettbank calls [$0.25].
MiamiTony checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 9d, 4c ]
barnettbank checks.
MiamiTony checks.
Ashurst checks.
stressball10 bets [$1.9].
barnettbank folds.
MiamiTony calls [$1.9].
Ashurst folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
MiamiTony checks.
stressball10 bets [$5].
MiamiTony is all-In [$7.3]
stressball10 calls [$2.3].
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
stressball10 shows [ Ac, 9h ] two pairs, aces and nines.
MiamiTony shows [ Jh, 6d ] three of a kind, sixes.
MiamiTony wins $19.4 from the main pot with three of a kind, sixes.

Second time in one morning that I had some jackass call a pot-sized bet on the flop with a weak middle pair, and then make trips on me. I literally wanted to rip his stupid head off. At least this dumbass hit his before the river (so he didn't have to call TWO pot-sized bets).

dale if youre gonna play a hand raise it pre flop, the guy with the J6 would have probably folded and you would have won the hand, thats the risk with limping, so to avoid this in the future just raise it up

-anto

edit:

so mad i can't even demonstrate which emoticon cards to use

***** Hand History for Game 1407739721 *****
$1/$2 Hold'em - Saturday, January 08, 14:27:10 EDT 2005
Table Hot porridge (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: zman1 ( $68.75 )
Seat 4: Pureblade ( $88.75 )
Seat 5: Vecchioni ( $34.5 )
Seat 10: jmapih ( $40.5 )
Seat 1: illini28 ( $59.75 )
Seat 6: TC51560 ( $93.5 )
Seat 9: Cadieux ( $46.75 )
Seat 8: anisotropy ( $36 )
Seat 3: ZZwaste ( $61.5 )
Seat 7: nvsweet ( $16 )
ZZwaste posts small blind [$0.5].
Pureblade posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Vecchioni [ Ad As ]
Vecchioni raises [$2].
TC51560 folds.
nvsweet folds.
>You have options at Home Run Table!.
anisotropy folds.
Cadieux folds.
jmapih raises [$3].
illini28 folds.
zman1 folds.
ZZwaste raises [$3.5].
Pureblade folds.
Vecchioni calls [$2].
jmapih calls [$1].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, Td, Ks ]
ZZwaste bets [$1].
Vecchioni raises [$2].
jmapih calls [$2].
ZZwaste calls [$1].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
ZZwaste bets [$2].
>You have options at Home Run Table!.
Vecchioni raises [$4].
jmapih raises [$6].
ZZwaste calls [$4].
Vecchioni calls [$2].
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
ZZwaste checks.
Vecchioni checks.
jmapih bets [$2].
ZZwaste calls [$2].
Vecchioni raises [$4].
jmapih raises [$4].
ZZwaste calls [$4].
Vecchioni calls [$2].
jmapih shows [ Kd, Kc ] three of a kind, kings.
ZZwaste doesn't show [ Qh, Qs ] a pair of queens.
Vecchioni doesn't show [ Ad, As ] a pair of aces.
jmapih wins $54 from the main pot with three of a kind, kings.

***** Hand History for Game 1408877254 *****
$1/$2 Hold'em - Saturday, January 08, 18:34:54 EDT 2005
Table Loyalists (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: whatname ( $56.5 )
Seat 3: RiceDish ( $40.13 )
Seat 4: Volk33 ( $137.88 )
Seat 5: res077y2 ( $31.5 )
Seat 8: jmn101665 ( $37.5 )
Seat 10: Jaden1313 ( $39.5 )
Seat 1: TimVecchioni ( $79.75 )
Seat 7: poker_markus ( $50 )
Seat 9: rpawpaw ( $50 )
TimVecchioni posts small blind [$0.5].
whatname posts big blind [$1].
rpawpaw posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to TimVecchioni [ Ts Qs ]
RiceDish folds.
Volk33 calls [$1].
res077y2 folds.
poker_markus calls [$1].
jmn101665 folds.
zbaisley has joined the table.
rpawpaw checks.
Jaden1313 folds.
TimVecchioni calls [$0.5].
whatname checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 2h, Kc ]
TimVecchioni checks.
whatname checks.
Volk33 checks.
poker_markus checks.
rpawpaw checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
TimVecchioni checks.
whatname checks.
Volk33 checks.
poker_markus checks.
rpawpaw checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
TimVecchioni bets [$2].
whatname folds.
Volk33 folds.
poker_markus folds.
rpawpaw raises [$4].
TimVecchioni raises [$4].
rpawpaw raises [$4].
TimVecchioni calls [$2].
rpawpaw shows [ 2d, 2c ] four of a kind, twos.
TimVecchioni doesn't show [ Ts, Qs ] a straight, ten to ace.
rpawpaw wins $20 from the main pot with four of a kind, twos.
ouch

Two diff. tables, just a few hands apart:

Table 1. Dealt aces, raised pot-sized (about 3XBB). Called by one player. Flop is rainbow rags with a 4 on it. He bets, I raise, he puts me all in and I call. He held: pocket 4s.

Table 2. Dealt 89o and playing for free from the blind. Flop is 893 rainbow. Another player bets, I raise, he re-raises me all in. I call. He held: pocket 3s.

Down: $45 today.

That is just ridiculous.

was playin in a ring game .25/.50, i had K 9 o/s in SB, one limper before me, i limp, BB checks

flop comes J K A... I bet the pot, hoping to either be folded out or re-raised... both calls... ok...

Turn comes A... figure ill rep the A and scare them, i bet pot again and 1 call 1 fold... ok....

River comes J... i bet $8, he raises $8, I call, he shows J 2..........

Man I wanna kill people who make my day a living hell like that!!

-Chris

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

***** Hand History for Game 1463816689 *****
$25 PL Hold'em - Thursday, January 20, 11:01:28 EDT 2005
Table Betters Paradise (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: Rusty_Salyer ( $56.65 )
Seat 7: lebridgeur ( $24.45 )
Seat 4: stressball10 ( $31.05 )
Seat 6: br9467 ( $26.6 )
Seat 3: Robert1227 ( $40.15 )
Seat 10: GoodSR ( $75.8 )
Seat 2: corona_12 ( $21.25 )
Seat 8: decoyjg ( $23.25 )
Seat 1: Mike25home ( $19.8 )
Seat 9: phucker ( $3.85 )
corona_12 posts small blind [$0.25].
Robert1227 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Ac Ah ]
stressball10 raises [$1.75].
Rusty_Salyer folds.
phucker: nh
br9467 folds.
lebridgeur folds.
decoyjg folds.
phucker folds.
GoodSR calls [$1.75].
Mike25home folds.
corona_12 folds.
Robert1227 calls [$1.25].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 5d, Qs ]
Robert1227 checks.
stressball10 bets [$5.25].
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GoodSR calls [$5.25].
Robert1227 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
Rusty_Salyer: speed tourney, be back in a few
stressball10 bets [$15.2].
GoodSR calls [$15.2].
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
stressball10 is all-In [$8.85]
GoodSR calls [$8.85].
stressball10 shows [ Ac, Ah ] a pair of aces.
GoodSR shows [ Qc, 2h ] two pairs, queens and twos.
GoodSR wins $61.1 from the main pot with two pairs, queens and twos.

Happened last night in a .25/.50 NL game

Dealt QcTc

2 Callers and myself on the PF. No raises I was in the CO, and the button and BB were in. Both opps where tight aggressive.

Flop [4s 4c Qh]

BB throws a min bet out, I raise 5X BB, Button folds, BB calls.
At this point I'm putting him on the 4 set since he is tight and would never have called my bet otherwise.

Turn [Qs]

Pretty happy with that! Got the nuts and go all in. Our stacks were pretty equal in size. I was up about about 20BB. He calls and I'm all set to take his chips

River [4h]

Son of a BITCH!!! Beat by the river!

weeeeeeeee runner runner 3 times to take me out in the 5+50 in PokerStars and pokeroom and the $3 in the PokerStars mtts.

first PokerStars $5 + .50 MTT

I waise to 300 blinds at 50/100 w/ 77.

BB reraises me all-in. I think then I call.

He turns AQ offsuit

flop K 10 6 rainbow.

Turn 3c

River - yup the Jack.

PokerRoom $5+.50 MTT

In the BB with AK

SB limps in I raise all in. Before he calls he says good luck cster. I say the same.

He calls I have more chips

He flips over K10o

FLop 379 rainbow

Turn K

River 10. runner runner sigh....

Just knocked out of a SnG. Not big stakes so I don't really give a crap, but the hand was annoying. I'm in a pot with the big blind, who is also the big stack, having knocked out two players within the first four hands (!). I raise 3X BB from the button with pocket queens, and he is the only caller. Flop is a bunch of undercards. I bet the pot, he calls. Turn is another blank. I bet close to the pot, which is about half my remaining stack. He thinks and then raises me. I re-raise him, going all-in. He thinks again and calls. Flips over KQ (yes!)... river card is a king (noooooooo!). C'mon, like the big stack needs help from a 3 outer. Let him lose this one, poker gods!

Queens are my nemesis today. Just now in a ring game, button raises 5X BB... I call in the small blind with AK, and one other guy calls. I flop an ace... I bet half the pot (a little ginger, sniffing him out... I figure if he's on an underpair or a hand like mine, he'll just call). He calls. Turn is a queen. I bet again, he calls. I check the river and he checks (don't know why), showing down AQ for top two pair. NO MORE THREE OUTERS TODAY, POKER GODS. THANKYOUTHATISALL.

in a Party Poker 100NL

had $105 at the table

I have 44 in the SB

Flop: A45

Me: Check
Player 2: bets 10
Me: Call

Turn: 8

Me: Check
Player 2: bets 10
Me: raise to 25
Player 2: All in
Me: call

River: J

No flush possible player 2 shows 23o not even in a blind. Takes down a $230 pot

That hand put me on tilt for a bit

Playin a little 50NL 6max with a fellow FTR'er.

#Game No : 1472310513
***** Hand History for Game 1472310513 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Saturday, January 22, 01:19:17 EDT 2005
Table Table 15167 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 3: Harib_Allsak ( $120.87 )
Seat 5: GrisGris4Pat ( $35.01 )
Seat 6: Harri_Seldon ( $48.5 )
Seat 8: wmd007 ( $95.85 )
Seat 10: vlnoogoolgah ( $93.45 )
vlnoogoolgah posts small blind [$0.5].
Harib_Allsak posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Harib_Allsak [ 6s 6h ]
GrisGris4Pat folds.
Harri_Seldon folds.
vlnoogoolgah calls [$0.5].
wmd007 has left the table.
Harib_Allsak checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 6d, 9h ]
vlnoogoolgah checks.
Harib_Allsak bets [$2].
vlnoogoolgah raises [$4].
Harib_Allsak calls [$2].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
vlnoogoolgah checks.
Harib_Allsak checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
vlnoogoolgah bets [$15].
Harib_Allsak is all-In [$115.87]
vlnoogoolgah is all-In [$73.45]
vlnoogoolgah shows [ Qd, 9c ] a full house, Queens full of nines.
Harib_Allsak shows [ 6s, 6h ] a full house, Sixes full of queens.
Harib_Allsak wins $27.42 from side pot #1 with a full house, Sixes full of queens.
vlnoogoolgah wins $184.9 from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of nines.
Game #1472314371 starts.

Kinda an odd note to call it a night on. A huge hand from the blinds too.

-'rilla

This one hurt. It was early in a 150 (or so) person tourney and I was doing pretty well. I thought nautilus117 was either trying to steal the pot or (rather poorly) slowplaying the flush. I was hoping for the latter, as he would call my raise. I'm not sure why I called the bet after the flop, but there was a lot of pot stealing going on... What would you have done here on the river?

Sunday, January 23, 14:48:44 EDT 2005
Table EU $2,500 Guaranteed(216102) Table #2 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: ozooo ( $1480 )
Seat 2: nautilus117 ( $2910 )
Seat 3: robmojo ( $2615 )
Seat 5: Siminiminima ( $1530 )
Seat 6: rejsekok ( $435 )
Seat 7: KingofAce69 ( $720 )
Seat 8: playtimev ( $495 )
Seat 4: piermonkey ( $1955 )
Seat 9: Laila69 ( $830 )
Seat 10: Stonie100 ( $3455 )
Trny:8928968 Level:3
Blinds (15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to robmojo [ 4 Heart

7

]
piermonkey calls [30].
Siminiminima folds.
rejsekok folds.
KingofAce69 folds.
playtimev folds.
Laila69 calls [30].
Stonie100 calls [30].
ozooo folds.
nautilus117 calls [15].
robmojo checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7 Club

, K

, 5

]
nautilus117 checks.
robmojo checks.
piermonkey checks.
Laila69 checks.
Stonie100 bets [45].
nautilus117 calls [45].
robmojo calls [45].
piermonkey calls [45].
Laila69 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7 Diamond

]
nautilus117 checks.
robmojo checks.
piermonkey checks.
Stonie100 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 4 Diamond

]
nautilus117 bets [835].
robmojo is all-In [2540]
piermonkey folds.
Stonie100 folds.
nautilus117 calls [1705].
nautilus117 shows [ 7 Spade

, 5

] a full house, Sevens full of fives.
robmojo shows [ 4 Heart

, 7

] a full house, Sevens full of fours.
Player robmojo finished in 88 place
nautilus117 wins 5410 chips from the main pot with a full house, Sevens full of fives.

If you are going to play a low middle pair on a 3-flushed flop (not that I am recommending that) you have to raise that on the flop to thin the field and/or find out that you are beat.

- sed

My weekend in 3 hands...

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

Preflop: Fnord is MP3 with K Heart

, K

.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, Fnord raises, CO calls, Button 3-bets, SB calls, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, Fnord caps, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (26 SB) 8 Club

, 2

(6 players)
SB folds, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, Fnord bets, CO calls, Button raises, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, Fnord 3-bets, CO calls, Button calls, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (19 BB) Q Heart

(4 players)
UTG+1 checks, Fnord bets, CO calls, Button folds, UTG+1 calls.

River: (22 BB) Q Diamond

(3 players)
UTG+1 bets, Fnord calls, CO calls.

Final Pot: 25 BB

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 2c 5s (full house, twos full of queens).
Fnord has Kh Kc (two pair, kings and queens).
CO has Ks 8s (two pair, queens and eights).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 25 BB.

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Fnord is BB with Q Heart

, A

.
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, Fnord 3-bets, UTG+1 caps, Fnord calls.

Flop: (8.33 SB) K Diamond

, T

, A

(2 players)
Fnord checks, UTG+1 checks.

Turn: (4.16 BB) 6 Club

(2 players)
Fnord bets, UTG+1 raises, Fnord calls.

River: (8.16 BB) 4 Heart

(2 players)
Fnord checks, UTG+1 bets, Fnord calls.

Final Pot: 10.16 BB

Results in white below:
Fnord has Qh Ah (one pair, aces).
UTG+1 has 6h Th (two pair, tens and sixes).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 10.16 BB.

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

Preflop: Fnord is SB with T Diamond

, T

.
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, Fnord 3-bets, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 5 Club

, 6

, J

(4 players)
Fnord bets, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP2 raises, Fnord 3-bets, UTG+1 caps, MP2 folds, Fnord calls.

Turn: (11 BB) K Spade

(2 players)
Fnord checks, UTG+1 bets, Fnord calls.

River: (13 BB) T Club

(2 players)
Fnord checks, UTG+1 bets, Fnord raises, UTG+1 3-bets, Fnord calls.

Final Pot: 19 BB

Results in white below:
Fnord has Td Ts (three of a kind, tens).
UTG+1 has 4c 9c (flush, jack high).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 19 BB.

Combination bad beat/morning-long suckage. First off, I'm at a table with a guy who (unbeknownst to me - I just sat down) is playing any hand for any amount of money. He limps, he calls raises, whatever. So he comes into a pot where the flop is K22... the K and one of the 2s are diamonds. I'm playing 78 of diamonds in late position. He checks, there is a bet, I call it and so does he. Turn is another diamond. He checks, I bet 2/3 of the pot and he raises me a few dollars. I'm thinking maybe a higher flush but I want to see it out so I call. On the river he bets $5 and I call. At this point if he had the better flush I would just congratulate him and move on, but he holds K2o. Which he limped UTG. Unbelievable. I didn't say a word, just couldn't believe it.

Ever since then I can't get a hand that's worth a crap. It's like the shadow of this beat has fallen over my entire day of poker. I'm getting no pocket pairs except low ones (4s and 2s) that miss the flop when I am able to limp, but often I just have to fold because of position or a pre-flop raise. I've had AQ suited once and the flop missed me badly, had to fold it eventually. My most promising hand was K10 of spades, flop AQ of spades to go with it, but never got a jack or a spade and lost about $8 chasing (with good pot odds, but still). For about 45 minutes I played three tables at once, which is unusual for me, and folded nearly every hand on all three.

Poker can be immensely frustrating when the cards aren't coming.

Update: I finally get AK suited UTG, raise 3X BB and it folds all around. Net profit: 75 cents. Jesus Christ.

Update: this has been a very frustrating day. I've had a few good hands, always followed by something like this: hold 2 4 in the big blind, flop two pair (with a queen on the board)... bet the pot, called... turn is an 8, bet the pot, called again... river is another 8 so now this guy has me beat and I have to check/fold. Arrrrgh. Then I continue getting hands like Q7, K6, T4 for a couple hours. Net loss for today, about 180 BB. Maybe it's time to stop.

This is just getting ridiculous now. This morning I started off playing tight and solid, up about $5 ($25 buy-in room). I get KK in late position. A guy (aggressive player) raises 3xBB, and I re-raise him 4xBB. He calls without much hesitation. Turns out he called with QK suited... I had him dominated, but he flopped wall-to-wall diamonds for the flush. So annoying. Luckily for me he tried to slowplay, checking the turn and river after I bet the flop... my natural sense of caution led me to check behind on both streets and he only got my pre-flop raise and the continuation bet for his efforts.

This was just funny, not really a bad beat because I was dominated from the flop. Like the flopped quads weren't bad enough but I had to get beat also by the guy rivering a higher boat...

PokerStars Game #1130012092: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2005/01/26 - 17:42:07 (ET)
Table 'Finsen' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: TiSHkA ($4.50 in chips)
Seat 2: @Providence ($5.35 in chips)
Seat 3: RYBONN ($8.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Mashman ($4.10 in chips)
Seat 5: sed76 ($12.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Capt.Russia ($5.55 in chips)
Seat 7: necubes ($4 in chips)
Seat 8: DaveA717 ($3.85 in chips)
Seat 9: Brelle ($6.65 in chips)
TiSHkA: posts small blind $0.05
RYBONN said, "hehe"
@Providence: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sed76 [3s 3d]
RYBONN said, "nh"
RYBONN: calls $0.10
Mashman: calls $0.10
sed76: calls $0.10
Capt.Russia: folds
necubes: calls $0.10
DaveA717: calls $0.10
Brelle: calls $0.10
TiSHkA: folds
TiSHkA said, " u 2"
@Providence: raises $0.40 to $0.50
RYBONN: folds
Mashman: folds
sed76: calls $0.40
necubes: calls $0.40
DaveA717: calls $0.40
Brelle: folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 3h 2c]
@Providence: bets $0.75
sed76: raises $0.75 to $1.50
necubes: calls $1.50
DaveA717: calls $1.50
@Providence: raises $1.50 to $3
sed76: raises $8.90 to $11.90 and is all-in
necubes: calls $2 and is all-in
DaveA717: calls $1.85 and is all-in
@Providence: calls $1.85 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2h 3h 2c] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [2h 3h 2c 8c] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
@Providence: shows [Js Jc] (a full house, Jacks full of Deuces)
sed76: mucks hand
@Providence collected $2.60 from side pot-2
necubes: mucks hand
@Providence collected $0.40 from side pot-1
DaveA717: shows [2s 2d] (four of a kind, Deuces)
DaveA717 collected $15 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.90 Main pot $15. Side pot-1 $0.40. Side pot-2 $2.60. | Rake $0.90
Board [2h 3h 2c 8c Jd]
Seat 1: TiSHkA (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: @Providence (big blind) showed [Js Jc] and won ($3) with a full house, Jacks full of Deuces
Seat 3: RYBONN folded before Flop
Seat 4: Mashman folded before Flop
Seat 5: sed76 mucked [3s 3d]
Seat 6: Capt.Russia folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: necubes mucked [9h 9s]
Seat 8: DaveA717 showed [2s 2d] and won ($15) with four of a kind, Deuces
Seat 9: Brelle (button) folded before Flop

That's hideous. Got about the best flop you could hope for, barring a pair of threes, and you came in third? Wow.

These are the hands that start me to want to believe some of the conspiracy theorists. Not that online poker is rigged to the point of outright cheating, but in someway to make sure that a number of hands hit to jack up the potsize, hence, increasing the rake to the site. Checkout this hand.

#Game No : 1505695659
***** Hand History for Game 1505695659 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Friday, January 28, 17:41:43 EDT 2005
Table Table 15833 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: mosjef ( $26.92 )
Seat 10: dkhaitan ( $48.38 )
Seat 6: Jayman_33 ( $17.6 )
Seat 3: kick2dante ( $26 )
Seat 5: robba23 ( $21.15 )
Seat 8: haupty141 ( $25.45 )
kick2dante posts small blind [$0.25].
robba23 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Jayman_33 [ 4d 4c ]
Jayman_33 calls [$0.5].
haupty141 calls [$0.5].
dkhaitan calls [$0.5].
mosjef folds.
kick2dante calls [$0.25].
robba23 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 9c, 8c ]
kick2dante checks.
robba23 checks.
Jayman_33 checks.
haupty141 checks.
dkhaitan checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4h ]
kick2dante checks.
robba23 checks.
Jayman_33 checks.
haupty141 bets [$0.5].
dkhaitan calls [$0.5].
kick2dante calls [$0.5].
robba23 folds.
Jayman_33 calls [$0.5].
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
kick2dante checks.
Jayman_33 bets [$4].
haupty141 calls [$4].
dkhaitan folds.
kick2dante raises [$14].
Jayman_33 is all-In [$12.6]
haupty141 is all-In [$20.45]
kick2dante calls [$10.45].
kick2dante shows [ 6c, Tc ] a straight flush, ten high.
Jayman_33 doesn't show [ 4d, 4c ] a full house, Fours full of nines.
haupty141 doesn't show [ 5c, Ac ] a flush, ace high.
kick2dante wins $15.7 from side pot #1 with a straight flush, ten high.
kick2dante wins $52.3 from the main pot with a straight flush, ten high.
wow!

What a ridiculous hand huh? Odds of flopping a str8 flush, I don't even want to know. Sad

The weird thing is that I have been playing online for real money since last September. And I normally do pretty well, but it seems like everytime I am attempting to clear a reload Bonus I hit a very long bad run of cards. Just about everytime I reload I am down after the Bonus clears or barely over what I began with. So the Bonus actually does nothing for me except get me close to even or a little better.

I am currently on a Bonus and crazy hands/bad luck have been hitting me hard. Just yesterday I flopped 2 pair 4 times, losing all 4 hands. Flopped trips and also lost; all within about 3 hours or so.

I play low limits and am currently down $200 on my current Bonus run (Bonus amount being $100) with a little over 150 hands to go to clear so there is a good chance I will still be down when I get there. Think I might stop reloading as this just occurs too often. Maybe it is just odd luck that my bad runs always seem to happen during a Bonus clearing, but it just seems odd. Don't get me wrong I'm not really complaining as I enjoy playing online just seems odd.

Anyone else see bad runs of cards during a Bonus clearing? Just curious to know if I am the only one that seems to experience this.

Bah.

CARDSON

*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #1142076334: Tournament #4950756, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/01/29 - 13:12:37 (ET) Table '4950756 1' Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: $Chasen it$ (1215 in chips) Seat 2: dwarfman1990 (1510 in chips) Seat 3: MAC412 (760 in chips) is sitting out Seat 4: Yorkies (1870 in chips) Seat 5: kenndd (1715 in chips) Seat 6: elanto (1915 in chips) Seat 8: pandoid (1910 in chips) Seat 9: mark(tbone) (2605 in chips)
dwarfman1990: posts small blind 50
MAC412: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dwarfman1990 [Td Kd]
Yorkies: calls 100
kenndd: folds
elanto: folds
pandoid: calls 100
mark(tbone): calls 100
$Chasen it$: folds
dwarfman1990: calls 50
MAC412: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c Ks 8h]
dwarfman1990: bets 500
Yorkies: calls 500
pandoid: folds
mark(tbone): folds
*** TURN *** [5c Ks 8h] [3h]
dwarfman1990: bets 910 and is all-in
Yorkies: calls 910
*** RIVER *** [5c Ks 8h 3h] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dwarfman1990: shows [Td Kd] (a pair of Kings)
Yorkies: shows [7h 7c] (three of a kind, Sevens) Yorkies collected 3320 from pot Yorkies said, "wow"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3320 | Rake 0
Board [5c Ks 8h 3h 7s]
Seat 1: $Chasen it$ (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: dwarfman1990 (small blind) showed [Td Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings Seat 3: MAC412 (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 4: Yorkies showed [7h 7c] and won (3320) with three of a kind, Sevens Seat 5: kenndd folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: elanto folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: pandoid folded on the Flop Seat 9: mark(tbone) folded on the Flop

First hand I played today (after folding on the previous two). I was (and still am) speechless. Thanks, Party.

***** Hand History for Game 1524709330 *****
$25 PL Hold'em - Tuesday, February 01, 08:39:48 EDT 2005
Table american nights (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: jdominy ( $25.6 )
Seat 3: iigd2breal ( $14.83 )
Seat 4: Drfberzebrah ( $9.5 )
Seat 5: wgsnet ( $15.25 )
Seat 6: ed1892 ( $29.45 )
Seat 7: AKthresherKA ( $65.6 )
Seat 8: Tazz22 ( $25.55 )
Seat 9: DJAM116 ( $28.15 )
Seat 2: stressball10 ( $24.5 )
jdominy posts small blind [$0.25].
stressball10 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Ts Td ]
iigd2breal folds.
Drfberzebrah calls [$0.5].
wgsnet folds.
ed1892 folds.
AKthresherKA folds.
Tazz22 folds.
DJAM116 folds.
jdominy raises [$0.75].
stressball10 calls [$0.5].
Drfberzebrah folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, Ad, Tc ]
jdominy bets [$0.5].
stressball10 raises [$2].
jdominy raises [$4.5].
stressball10 calls [$3].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
jdominy checks.
stressball10 bets [$4].
jdominy raises [$15].
stressball10 is all-In [$14.5]
jdominy calls [$3.5].
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
jdominy shows [ Ac, Qd ] a full house, Queens full of aces.
stressball10 shows [ Ts, Td ] a full house, Tens full of queens.
jdominy wins $47.05 from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of aces.

Well it's official, Party is trying to take all my money and drive me to suicide. After that winner above:

- guy flops a full house, I turn a flush... luckily (see new thread in this section) I folded, but still lost money on it obviously.

- another guy calls my 3xBB raise with pocket 6s, I have KQ... flops trips to my top pair (kings)... I river two pair and of course he takes all my money with a huge raise.

- Omaha game... I have sixes, flop the second best set... bet the pot and get one caller. Turn is a 9, putting two on the board, and making it so the only hands that beat me are 96, 92, or 99. And of course 96 is pretty unlikely, right? Not really, as it turns out. Lost all my money on that.

Down $50 in one f**king hour of play. This has got to be some kind of cosmic joke on me.

edit: And made it all back on one hand of Omaha. I think that's enough poker for a few hours.

edit: should have stuck to my word. I went back for more - my bankroll has been yo-yoing up and down as I alternate between bad beats and crazy bluffs. I raise with AQ and flop an ace... bet big... Mr. Short Stack goes all in on me with AJ, and gets a jack on the turn, of course. Next hand the flop is three clubs, I keep betting into a guy (who calls me - I think he had a high club) and he finally folds on the river, donating me $20 in the process. What kind of day is this? I feel like I am single-handedly reversing the laws of poker. If I hadn't taken down about $40 in bluffs today I'd be screaming mad, but instead I'm about even on the day.

(By the way, there is NOTHING as profitable as a fish who doesn't know a bluff from a real bet. Nothing. This guy sitting to my right who just spotted me $20 on one hand does the same thing every time we get in a pot together: he min bets the flop, I raise him, he calls. He checks the turn, I bet huge, he folds... or calls, then folds to my huge bet on the river. Three times now I've taken a pile off of him when he probably had me beat. I think I'd be out my entire buy-in at the table if it wasn't for him.)

Dealt to Vecchioni [ Th 9s ]
Vecchioni calls [$0.5].
hustler25 calls [$0.5].
thebest33 calls [$0.5].
laximpreza86 calls [$0.25].
pokergod1123 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 7s, 7h ]
laximpreza86 checks.
pokergod1123 checks.
laximpreza86: anyone have connection
Vecchioni checks.
hustler25 checks.
thebest33 bets [$0.5].
laximpreza86 calls [$0.5].
pokergod1123 folds.
Vecchioni calls [$0.5].
hustler25 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
laximpreza86 bets [$2].
Vecchioni raises [$5].
thebest33 folds.
laximpreza86 is all-In [$33.75]
Vecchioni is all-In [$27.35]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
Vecchioni shows [ Th, 9s ] a straight, seven to jack.
laximpreza86 shows [ Qs, 7d ] a full house, Sevens full of eights.
laximpreza86 wins $3.4 from side pot #1 with a full house, Sevens full of eights.
laximpreza86 wins $66.7

Just another bad beat.. It kills me when I make a great read and am rewarded by losing everything. Oh well, 1 out of 23 times this kind of thing is just going to happen. I hope this turns out to be the low point of a huge slide I've been on for the past 3 weeks.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Button ($48.5)
SB ($61.75)
BB ($41.3)
Hero ($46.65)
MP ($64.17)
CO ($59.75)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K Diamond

, A

. SB posts a blind of $0.5.
Hero raises to $4, MP calls $4, 2 folds, SB (poster) calls $3.50, 1 fold.

Flop: ($13) T Heart

, T

, A

(3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3, MP raises to $6, SB calls $6, Hero calls $3.

Turn: ($31) Q Heart

(3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP bets $45, SB folds, Hero calls $36.65 (all-in)

River: ($110.65) 3 Diamond

(2 players)

Final Pot: $110.65

Hero has K Diamond

A

(two pair, aces and tens).
MP has 3 Club

3

(full house, threes full of tens).
Outcome: MP wins $110.65.

Thats a tough one! The month of Jan has just been brutal for me. Im down 125 but my cards are cold and when I get a hand I get beat by just enough. Oh well as rilla says 'i must be due for some sweet cards'. Patience patience patience

Waggho, elanto, & dalai: Thanks for the support.

Hi everyone, I've been looking around these boards for a while but didn't decide to sign up until today. Let's see, I play alot of home games with friends in university, but I've never played online before. Anyways, I had a bad beat yesterday night and I still can't figure out what I could've done better.

The game I'm playing is $20 NL Buy-In with $.25/$.50 blinds.
I am dealt: 88

Preflop: I am small blind and decide to limp. I've been raising $3-5 all night with pocket pairs but always got a caller who would start betting aggressively after the flop, and I never seem to hit a set so I just fold. About 4 others limped in.

Flop: 7 7 8

I flopped a boat! Knowing everyone at the table is pretty tight, I let them have a chance to catch something.

Turn: (7 7 8) A

I check again as I'm first position and everyone else still checks.

River: (7 7 8 A) 7

At this point, I was guessing no one would even call a $1 raise so I just check. To my surprise, the dealer suddenly raises $20. I immediately said, 'call and raise', but I noticed he was getting really excited at the thought that I was reraising so I knew I was in trouble. So I cancelled the raise and he flipped over a 7 for quads.

Thinking back, I'm not sure what I could've done. Preflop, I could've raised to push out any weak hands but everytime I've raised with pocket pair preflop, someone always went over-the-top all-in or would outdraw me on the flop. I've been playing with the person who beat me for a while and I know he's a maniac. I've gone all-in before with KQs and he would call with Q7o and hit a boat! I still remember the flop was something like 7-10-7-Q-5. He does absolutely ridiculous calls all the time and it astonishes everyone how he can catch the craziest things.

In the hand I was talking about, no matter how much I raised on the flop, it would not be able to push out his trip 7's, or on the turn, and obviously the river.

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