Quote Originally Posted by bunthorne
The reason I rant a lot is because whenever I lose a large pot, it is usually to someone who has played unconventionally, erratically or bloody badly against my textbook-like play.
What proportion of large pots you win are due to your opponents' unconventional, erratic or bloody bad play? I'd wager you don't know, because you don't have a tally of rants to document them like you do your losses.
nor do I have a problem with the fact that an occasional fishy play will get lucky and take a big pot off me. But it happens too much.
Sounds like you do have a problem.
Comparing my two local card clubs and casinos, straights and flushes appear around 5% of the time, whereas online the figure is more than 10%
Do you mean people show down more straights and flushes or you're seeing more boards with three to a straight or flush? Either way, I'd like to know where your statistics come from. Don't forget that your opponents drawing against the odds you're betting with is how you make money.