just one of those nights...

by **05_RAVEN_R6** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:53 am

well i went to a house game... $0.25/$0.50 ring game... i buy in for 20 and get shit for cards for the first 2 hours... i manage to still have about 14 bucks in chips around 1am without winning a hand... and i finally get AA, the action is really fast at the table so i push all in for 14 and get 3 callers.. flop comes 48J check around... turn 10 one guy bets 2bucks... call around... river 9 and the same guy bets all in and everybody else folds... he turns over a 7 to win the pot with a jack high strait... his second card was effing 2 he called a substantial raise all in against a very tight player that had aces and sucked out a runner runner strait... no big deal right so i buy in another 40 and the verry next hand i get KK... and i raise 5 preflop... table calls around... i guess they think im on tilt or something... flop comes J,10,3... i bet 10 and folds around to the same guy that beat me with 7-2 the last hand.. he calls... the turn comes a 10... i bet all in for 25 bucks... and he calls... he turns over 3,4 of diamonds and hits the third 3 on the river giving him a full house to my 2pair... so at this point... im to say the least furious with the bad beats i have been given... so i buy in for my last 10 bucks to try to make an attempt at something... i play for about another hour without winning a pot and i get down to like 3bucks left and i get AK of spades... i go all in and one person calls and turns up 22 and nothing comes on the flop turn or river... so i leave after playing for about 3 hours without winning a hand the whole night

i was just wondering if anybody else has nights like theese... i play what i consider very solid poker and i still cant seem to win a single hand to save my life... well atleast i had the best of it when i got my money in.

how might i be able to avoid nights like this in the future???

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by **Arizona DONK** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:19 am

I haven't played nearly as many hands as the rest of these guys, and I haven't had nearly as many bad beats, but it still sucks all the same.

If you got your money in with the best hand, you're the winner. You played good poker and anyone with half a brain knows it.

You did the right thing.

(that's how I cheer myself up)

by **05_RAVEN_R6** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:44 am

ya but it is hard to cheer myself up after loosing 70 bucks like that... im not mad about the 70 bucks because i won it last night playing but it just sucks that i lost it like that... especially after playing for 3 or 4 hours and not raking in a pot all night

by **codelogic** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:15 am

Oh, man. I know exactly where you are coming from. But with me, I have a terrible anger problem so I go on tilt BAD after a bad beat. At a home game, If I lose my second buyin - I quit. Maybe even strongly consider quitting if I've lost my first buyin. If I know i have been playing solid poker and shit still isn't going my way..I'll probably quit. Willing to admit that. Some players are ALOT better at controlling themselves even if they've had like 4 terrible beats in one hour. For me, I can't stand it. I get furious. After a bad beat I'd try bluffing at a few pots to get your confidence back.

Case in point:

I played a 69+6 tourney today on Full Tilt..250 players..and it's down to 50. Things are looking good and I'm 5th in chips. Get AJ under the gun.. raise about 3X the big blind..only get one caller. Flop comes 10, J, Blank. We get the money in.. he's got J7 offsuit. He's toast. Oh but wait..the 7 comes on the river. His excuse for sucking out and crippling my chipstack.. "You should have raised more." WTF? ooookay..

Anyway, I've learned that of course suckouts and donkeys are part of poker and that donkeys are supposed to pay you off bigtime but they never do. Well, I wont say never - but in my experience even if I make $100 off of one donkey, another donkey luckboxes a hand and kills my profits. I went to winstar a couple of weeks ago and some dude called my all in bet of about $100 with a flush draw. Good thing he didnt catch because I dont know what I would have done to that guy. Another topic talks about this issue - I really just think it comes down to being able to keep your focus after a bad beat - not let it get to you. Something I need to work on for sure.

by **CmeTilt** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:53 pm

Don't beat yourself up over these types of beats. At home games, expecially at the lower limit games, you will have donkeys galore and they will win their fair share of pots with shitty cards. However, if you keep playing the way you did, by getting your money in with the best cards, over time you will come out ahead. I agree with Code, that there are just some nights when the poker gods are getting drunk or something and nothing seems to go your way. If I feel that kind night is upon me, I quit for that night. Go home re-evaluate and come back the next time with confidence.

Bad beats are part of this game, so suck it up and don't let it get you down.

by **Arizona DONK** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:57 pm

Cmetilt wrote:Don't beat yourself up over these types of beats. At home games, expecially at the lower limit games, you will have donkeys galore and they will win their fair share of pots with shitty cards. However, if you keep playing the way you did, by getting your money in with the best cards, over time you will come out ahead.

Also keep in mind RAVEN that the more you play and the better bankroll you get, the higher stakes you can play, which means fewer donkeys...

by **05_RAVEN_R6** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:41 pm

thanks guys... like i said before the 70 i lost was winnings from the night before so it wasnt that bad

all in all i lost only 20 for the weekend and probly played 8hours of poker so i think i did ok small price to pay for a lot of entertainment (torture)

by **Vanman** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:59 pm

Arizona Don wrote:
Cmetilt wrote:Don't beat yourself up over these types of beats. At home games, expecially at the lower limit games, you will have donkeys galore and they will win their fair share of pots with shitty cards. However, if you keep playing the way you did, by getting your money in with the best cards, over time you will come out ahead.

Also keep in mind RAVEN that the more you play and the better bankroll you get, the higher stakes you can play, which means fewer donkeys...

Thats not exactly true....You just find richer Donkeys!!!

by **Arizona DONK** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:06 pm

Vanbastard wrote:You just find richer Donkeys!!!

One can only hope...

by **05_RAVEN_R6** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:23 pm

ha richer donkies... not sure if that is a good or bad thing

by **B. Rad** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:34 am

Everyone has those nights. Nights where it seems no matter what you have, somehow someone has just a bit better hand. Everytime My set comes out,a flush is made, things like that. I had a really good nigth at aces one night. I didn't come up that much, maybe 50 or so, but I felt like
I was playing good poker, and I played for a long time, those are my favorite nights.

by **Neko's Ohana** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:06 am

I will requote Ted Forrest. A guy chased him all the way to the river to hit his gut shot draw at 300/600. Ted turned to the interviewer and simply said: "I guess we arn't playing high enough..."

by **hippietex** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:54 pm

I have played at games exactly like this. The people playing the game have no respect for the table. In other words, the blinds are too low, they will continue to rebuy until they spend $200 if that's what it takes.
I don't know you, but I can say that your first error was buying in for only $20 with the blinds at .25/.50. Also, it seems that you were playing tight for quite a while after your first bad beat, right. During this time were you not observing the other players, picking up tells? And finally, if you know someone is a calling station, why would you risk your entire stack without knowing you have the nuts?
That is all
Good day

by **thejim** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:50 pm

hippietex wrote:I have played at games exactly like this. The people playing the game have no respect for the table. In other words, the blinds are too low, they will continue to rebuy until they spend $200 if that's what it takes.
I don't know you, but I can say that your first error was buying in for only $20 with the blinds at .25/.50. Also, it seems that you were playing tight for quite a while after your first bad beat, right. During this time were you not observing the other players, picking up tells? And finally, if you know someone is a calling station, why would you risk your entire stack without knowing you have the nuts?
That is all
Good day

If they're going to call with anything, you want to get paid off with many more hands than just the nuts.