Bad Beats, Monster laydowns...Poker discussion

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kev20

kev20

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Ugh! Playing online last night and this total douche got lucky against me. Pocket AA, raised the pot pre-flop. Two callers. Flop comes 10,2,6, I put in enough to put one of the two all-in. One folds, the other calls with pocket 55? Guess what lands on the turn. Yep, a 5!!! I'm sure everyone has stories like this, but what the hell was that idiot calling for? He couldn't have really thought his 5's were good. I'm not bluffing off that many chips and the only thing he could have thought was that I had a pair of 2's, 3's or 4's. Not likely.
 
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That is why I got tired of playing online poker. Too many idiots made it not fun to play. Mind you, I was not playing for real cash, just for fun. In the long run, the percentages would punish bad play like this, but I know that does not necessarily take the sting from your bad beat.
 
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On Saturday, I played $1/$2 no limit at a cardroom in Daytona. Bad beat jackpot was $120,000. Guy to my right had quad 7's beaten by a straight flush. He got half of the pot, or $60k, the winner of the hand got a quarter of the pot, or $30k, and the rest of the table (seven of us) split the other $30k. Just for folding my king high fluish draw off the flop as those guys went all-in, I got $4200.

So these days I'm not so down on bad beats, lol.
 
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lawgator1 said:
On Saturday, I played $1/$2 no limit at a cardroom in Daytona. Bad beat jackpot was $120,000. Guy to my right had quad 7's beaten by a straight flush. He got half of the pot, or $60k, the winner of the hand got a quarter of the pot, or $30k, and the rest of the table (seven of us) split the other $30k. Just for folding my king high fluish draw off the flop as those guys went all-in, I got $4200.

So these days I'm not so down on bad beats, lol.
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Wow. That is incredible.
 
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lawgator1 said:
On Saturday, I played $1/$2 no limit at a cardroom in Daytona. Bad beat jackpot was $120,000. Guy to my right had quad 7's beaten by a straight flush. He got half of the pot, or $60k, the winner of the hand got a quarter of the pot, or $30k, and the rest of the table (seven of us) split the other $30k. Just for folding my king high fluish draw off the flop as those guys went all-in, I got $4200.

So these days I'm not so down on bad beats, lol.
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Good on ya! I've always wanted to be part of a bad beat at a real table. Then I'm sure I wouldn't be so bitter about it.
 
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vader said:
Wow. That is incredible.
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Each of us guys along for the ride tipped the dealer $300, the big winner tipped him $2,000, and the other guy I think tipped him about $2,000, so the dealer himself took down I believe around $6,000. Course, he tips out 10 percent fo that to the floor people. Still, beats the dollar tokes we throw him after the usual hands.


kev20 said:
Good on ya! I've always wanted to be part of a bad beat at a real table. Then I'm sure I wouldn't be so bitter about it.
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Its a pretty rare thing. Got to enjoy it when it happens.
 
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I quit playing poker because people complain to much about the way others play. When you earn my money, I'll play how you want. As long as the money is mine, I'll gamble how I see fit.
 
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doozer said:
I quit playing poker because people complain to much about the way others play. When you earn my money, I'll play how you want. As long as the money is mine, I'll gamble how I see fit.
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did you have a Dale jr card protector
 
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doozer said:
I quit playing poker because people complain to much about the way others play. When you earn my money, I'll play how you want. As long as the money is mine, I'll gamble how I see fit.
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Play the right way and no one will complain.
 
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A couple of years ago I was a Party Poker junkie. I'd waste numerous hours at the tables and playing tournaments. But then the Safe Ports Act (or whatever it was called) stopped most sights including Party Poker (I cashed in all my points for so much advertising merchandise it was ridiculous).

I haven't kept up with the law at all nor done any investigating on online poker sites. But I do have some friends that still play on some sites for real money like Full Tilt I think. My questions:

1. Is it legal?
2. If it is legal, what is the best sight now? Some sights won't take US based credit cards.
 
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I play at Full Tilt. Used to be on Paradise until the law passed. Not sure if it is 100% legal or not, but it hasn't really stopped many people as far as I can see.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
1. Is it legal?
2. If it is legal, what is the best sight now? Some sights won't take US based credit cards.
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1. It is my understanding that it is not legal for the sites to host US players for real money. I have not heard of any player being prosecuted for playing, only payment processors and gaming sites.

2. Full Tilt will host US players, as will, I believe, Doyles Room and Bodog. There is another large site that escapes me right now. I don't know of any site that accepts credit cards, and I don't think paypal or netteller work anymore, either. You'll probably have to wire the money via moneygram or some similar service to fund the account. At one time you could direct deposit from a checkcard or checking account, but I don't know now. The info page at the sites should tell you if US players are welcome and if so how to deposit funds.
 
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kev20 said:
Play the right way and no one will complain.
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That's the thing about poker, TX Holdem especially. There is no "right" way to play. It's pretty much a crap shoot at times. I have been pissed more than once on bad beats.
Some people play lose as can be. Thay are usually the people that have the money and are not afraid to lose it. Pocket Aces lose more than you would think they would if you don't go all in on them before the flop because you allow people to hang around and catch cards.
 
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Yes, I understand all that, but there is still no way that guy could have thought he was ahead in the hand.
 
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That is true. I have played with a few people like that. They will call almost anything. It's very frustrating. Some people have more money than they have sense. A group of friends and I play every Wed. That is the running joke that pocket Aces never win because they seem to lose so much if you don't play them just right.
 
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I used to play like a jackass just to piss others off. I was always about even with the douchebags who claimed they played 'right'.
 
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I miss my regular game. Haven't played live cards nearly as much since I made the move from MI. :(
We used to play every other Friday or Saturday night, 2-3 tourneys each time.
 
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I had pocket aces twice on Saturday and lost both times in $1 /$2 no limit game.

In the first one, I raised under the gun to $10 and got two callers. One guy took me for $160 total after I bet the flop, the turn, and the river. His hand was 7 8 suited, and the flop was 5,9,6, and I did not improve after he had flopped the joint.


The next time I raised with AA in the big blind, this time to $15 and I had one caller. Flop was K K J and of course she had K J in her hand and could only push for another $22 so it all got in there.

In live action cash games, they are just not that great a hand because people call with hands like 7 8 suited or K J fully expecting that they are playing for some kind of drawing hand.

I find that they hold up much better in tournament games, where the play is considerably tighter.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I had pocket aces twice on Saturday and lost both times in $1 /$2 no limit game.

In the first one, I raised under the gun to $10 and got two callers. One guy took me for $160 total after I bet the flop, the turn, and the river. His hand was 7 8 suited, and the flop was 5,9,6, and I did not improve after he had flopped the joint.


The next time I raised with AA in the big blind, this time to $15 and I had one caller. Flop was K K J and of course she had K J in her hand and could only push for another $22 so it all got in there.

In live action cash games, they are just not that great a hand because people call with hands like 7 8 suited or K J fully expecting that they are playing for some kind of drawing hand.

I find that they hold up much better in tournament games, where the play is considerably tighter.
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I like connectors if there will be many people in a hand but an under the gun raise by you I would fold KQ suited.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I had pocket aces twice on Saturday and lost both times in $1 /$2 no limit game.

In the first one, I raised under the gun to $10 and got two callers. One guy took me for $160 total after I bet the flop, the turn, and the river. His hand was 7 8 suited, and the flop was 5,9,6, and I did not improve after he had flopped the joint.


The next time I raised with AA in the big blind, this time to $15 and I had one caller. Flop was K K J and of course she had K J in her hand and could only push for another $22 so it all got in there.

In live action cash games, they are just not that great a hand because people call with hands like 7 8 suited or K J fully expecting that they are playing for some kind of drawing hand.

I find that they hold up much better in tournament games, where the play is considerably tighter.
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Here in CO there are no NL games in the casinos. $5 max bet so everyone pretty much stays around until the end and catches cards like nobody's business. Won't play in the casinos here unless it is tourney action. Can't get people off their hands otherwise, even if it is 72o.
 
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kev20 said:
Here in CO there are no NL games in the casinos. $5 max bet so everyone pretty much stays around until the end and catches cards like nobody's business. Won't play in the casinos here unless it is tourney action. Can't get people off their hands otherwise, even if it is 72o.
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Low limitis full of bingo players who could care less about becoming a poker player.
 
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