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JollyGreen
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Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:06 am

I like to play Poker to relax and have been playing for many years. It never ceases to amaze me how much bad luck you can have in No Limit Holden.

Yesterday I had AA dealt to me and there was a raise from a very loose player who had been raising and stealing with complete rubbish. I re-raised and he moved all in, I should've been happy when he showed Q7 off suit :shock: That joy turned to pain when the board came 5 7 7 4 7 and he made quad 7s. You then get the idiotic chat from him where he says "serves you right for trying to bully me!" I know you want these idiots to call but it doesn't make the pain of losing any less bearable!

Then this morning at 7:00 I entered a tournament. I played great poker for 4 hours even folding Aces when I was beat by a lucky river and folding Kings when someone called with 8 6 and the flop came J 6 6.

I made the final table and was a big chip leader. In fact many of the players only had enough chips for 5-6 orbits of the table. I just used my stack to bully them when I had position and it was working nicely.

I was then dealt AK in the big blind and the small blind moved in. I called and he showed A 6. I had him dominated but he hit a 6 on the turn...loss #1

Later I had AK and once again the same player shoved. He showed K 4 and he hit a 4 on the flop loss #2

Then I had JJ and made a raise which was called. The flop came J K 9 and my opponent moved all in. I naturally called and he showed 7 8 off suit. I mean come on he realistically has just 3 Tens in the deck but sure enough a Ten came on the turn and he made a straight Loss #3

SO now my stack is dwindling and I wonder how long this luck can last. I and dealt AK and I raise enough to put a short stack all in. He called and showed KJ and he hit a J on the flop Loss #4!! Thankfully he was very low so it didn't affect me too much. I also couldn't blame him for calling because he was about to be killed by the blinds and antes.

I sat tight for a while because I was being dealt dross and when I had a marginal hand there was a big raise which forced me to fold.

I was then dealt AA again and once again I found myself against the short stack. I raised and he moved all in with A7. Yes you've guessed it he made trip 7s on the flop and I lost again. loss #5

Unbelievably I was dealt AA on the very next hand only this time it was the chip leader who raised and I had to call with this hand. He showed JT off suit........I kid you not!! I was happy to see a flop of A 7 J but the turn was a J and the river was the case J. I could not believe it and the odds that went against me were astronomical!

After 4 hours I went from a massive chip leader to out of the tournament after 6 losses against the odds on each occasion. The only lucky part was the other players had small stacks. Had it been a player with more chips I would have lost quicker.

I don't believe online poker is rigged but the hands you see are crazy. A lot of people say it is just down to the number of hands played but I disagree. I once played a 5 day live tournament and I only saw 1-2 bad beats like that. It really is weird and I think it is because the other players cannot be seen so the embarrassment of calling with a crazy hand is negated.

HO HUM!
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Euler
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For a second with that title I thought it was about today's racing!
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