Originally Posted by Atlplayer85
Hope I'm not beating on a dead horse here...
My opinion is probably worth nothing since my entire bankroll is worth a single one of those bets, but I'm a decent player, and I turned my $50 deposit into hundreds... so I can agree with Limpin' that very few players are going to lay down QQ here. Especially with all the money that's already in the pot... I mean, if you look at the board, someone with QQ isn't going to be intimidated by the rags. He'll probably think you missed completely, and that your big bet is a desperation play. Honestly, who would lay down QQ in that situation? I'm sure many of you "pros" would reply "I would", but how many hundreds of dollars have you potentially missed out on b/c of it? Probably the same amount you've gained. That's poker.
I've played alot of players (donks) who don't raise preflop with their QQ, KK, AA and then get it cracked by rags on an obviously straight looking board.
I've laid those hands down before, but I also haven't many times... you know, it's easy to get "married to your hand". There's an endless amount of possibilities where you can get beat by a worse hand, or beat a better hand. We've all gotten lucky, and we've all gotten unlucky. In this particular situation, you were the unlucky one.
I don't think the Joker made a bad play at all, it might be a bad beat, that's true, but he played it like anyone else would... it's happened to me, it's happened to everyone else... deal with it.
Besides, if I'm correct in my assumption that your year of birth is 86, you're probably a spoiled brat playing with his parent's money in the first place... so you shouldn't be too affected by this particular hand, eh?