Any Poker Players?

[wal66]

So I know everyone who plays has plenty of bad beat stories but beyond all that what's you longest winning stretch or losing streak.

Unlike capping I'm actually pretty good at poker but for the past 4 months I can't get anything going. We don't have real casino's here in Florida obviously but we do have poker rooms. Only problem is you can only buy in for $100 max. I guess for this reason everyone who sit's down is looking to gamble more than they would if stakes were higher. I guess too for this reason you have to be lucky more so than good.

I never used to do this but being that my downward spiral has gone on for so long now I actually started tracking my hands about two and half months ago just to see if it was me or fate. The numbers don't lie but they don't make sense either. I am the favorite when my money goes in the pot 86% of the time and I have won just under 12% of those situations.

I know if you keep playing good cards in good situations things will turn around but damn the wait might break me.

I still do ok in tournaments and that is my prefered style of play. I just play the cash games because the tournaments of quality are fewer now since no-limit is allowed here.

Anyone else wanna sound off about bad play bad luck or anything poker in general?

[Seanie Mac]

why cry about it? good players win over the long haul, and i always have.

in poker....anything can happen and nothing is impossible. suck it up and move onto the next hand.

2 years ago i lost a $3100 pot playing 5-10 no-no, with quads over quads, true story. suck it up

[be47320]

doesnt sound like he is crying about it

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by be47320

doesnt sound like he is crying about it

yup...doesn't sound like it to me either...ole deion sanders there just interpreted like that so he could chime in with how great he is at poker

[Gerk]

Shark 23 could write a book on beats I've given him myself

He might be a good person to ask

Now that Summer is almost over, time soon to hit the tables again

[westcoastO]

Originally Posted by be47320

doesnt sound like he is crying about it

just sounded like he wanted to talk about poker. completely agree w/ u

[Seanie Mac]

Originally Posted by lilwal66

Anyone else wanna sound off about bad play bad luck or anything poker in general?

why cry about it is what im saying just move on. im sick of people and their bad beat stories. shit happens, move on.

[wal66]

Wasn't crying by any means. Frustrated yes but no tears. I merely wanted to talk about poker is all. I agree that better players will eventually win out in the long haul I was simply giving an example of the short term struggle. I was also eluding to how here in Florida where we have $100 max buy in for no limit poker it is more of a lotto because there is so little at stake. I've played in home games where you can buy in for any amount and the play tends to be a little different because you stand to lose more at any one time.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by lilwal66

Wasn't crying by any means. Frustrated yes but no tears. I merely wanted to talk about poker is all. I agree that better players will eventually win out in the long haul I was simply giving an example of the short term struggle. I was also eluding to how here in Florida where we have $100 max buy in for no limit poker it is more of a lotto because there is so little at stake. I've played in home games where you can buy in for any amount and the play tends to be a little different because you stand to lose more at any one time.

oh i have watched higher stakes online and there are donkey plays even at the higher stakes

[Alworth]

I am the favorite when my money goes in the pot 86% of the time and I have won just under 12% of those situations.

I suspect your math is skewed because all of your showdowns aren't heads-up. $100 max buy-in is an invitation to play loose and call all-ins with marginal (even dominated) hands. You'll get rivered or runner-runnered quite frequently betting with the flopped favorite versus 3-5 callers.

My advice is to go find bigger cash games.

Also, I hope your using different strategy in cash games versus tourneys.

And just to test you, who's the preflop favorite, pocket 2s or AK off?

[wal66]

In response to your test 22 is a favorite. The 51% to 49% for sake of argument.

Secondly I do play cash games differently than tournaments. Maybe some are different but I am willing to gamble slightly more in cash games because a bad move in a tournament sends you to the rail and in a cash game it just sends you to the ATM.

While I agree that the math is different for $100 max buy-ins in Florida we do not yet have an option for higher stake cash games unless they are home games which I do play in from time to time and even said that those games are different. The problem with home cash games are #1 it's either with your friends and that gets old. #2 it's at random houses and that gets suspect at best.

I have no problems with my math or my game for the most part. I simply said I have been in a prolonged bad run and made reference to the types of situations percentage wise.

I started this thread to talk poker. I figured there would be others here that would share stories good and bad alike.

[mrwho]

lilwal where in fl ya at?

[wal66]

Gainesville

[wal66]

The bad streak continued Sunday but this time I really kind of have to blame myself this time. Sure it was still unlucky but had I done what I told myself I should do I would have been out of there before it had a chance to occur.

I went Sunday to play for the afternoon before the Dallas game. Got there around 2:30 in the afternoon. The plan was to play until 5:30 or my limit was met.

I was back and forth for the most part of the afternoon but stayed up throughout. Remember this is Florida and the poker rooms are only allowed to let you buy in for $100 max.

Anyways I was sitting at the $2/$5 table and I had $350 in chips in play. There was a couple players around $200 and only one player with more chips he had around $400. I see a buddy leaving and check the time and realize it's 6:00 but I am running good and my reads have been decent so I decide to play a few more hands.

I'm in the BB and have QJ diamonds. First and second position fold and the third position raises to $20. He only has $85 when the hand begins. Fold, fold, call ( the big stack) fold fold. I call because it's $15 to win $60 and the Royal Flush Jackpot $58,000 is in diamonds. Anyways the flop comes,

K spades
9 hearts
10 clubs

Absolutley love this flop. No jackpot is coming my way but I'll take the nuts and be happy.

Initial raiser first to act pushes all-in for $65. He hasn't shown himself to be the type of player that would bluff. He has proven to draw a few times but from the calling role only. So I figure with his pre-flop raise and now all-in he either has AA or flopped a set. Certainly not concerned about the AA and he still has to catch for his set to be any good. Now the big stack calls. A flat call and I have no idea because this guys has actually played so differently from hand to hand. I flat call.

Turn comes and it's

6 spades

Big stack checks. I bet $100 and he comes over the top all-in. It's an easy call for me and the cards flip over.

Initial raiser had AK so he's dead. The big stack had 8s7s so he made the bottom end of the straight.......................

River comes a nut busting spade.

Bad runs continues. Only unlike some I couldn't be as pissed at the situation because it was my fault. Partially because if I don't get greedy and flat call after the flop maybe big stack goes away. However in these types of situations with these types of players open ended is as good as the nuts so I doubt he folds anyways.
The main reason I was more upset with myself than the situation is because had I stuck to my gameplan I would have been out of there before this had a chance to happen.

As for my skewed math in this hand it turns out I was 90% favorite on the flop and a slightly demminished 80% favorite on the turn.