Bad beats are a part of poker. PERIOD. Even that “one in a million” scenario that you NEVER thought could happen… WILL HAPPEN… as long as you play enough poker.
The thing about bad beats is that you can’t let it get you down. I see so many beginning card players whine and complain about their bad beats… always blaming their losses on the “luck” of their opponents, rather than taking responsibility. If you’ve ever thought, “Boy, I just seem to get more bad beats than anyone else,” then I challenge you to quit complaining and start changing your style of play. The fact of the matter is, you CAN take steps to help prevent bad beats. The most effective strategy to adopt a tight-aggressive style of play. When you get a big hand, bet it. Don’t let five limpers see a flop and outdraw your Aces with their 7-2 offsuit. Force out the bad hands and narrow down the field.
In addition to that, don’t confuse “bad beats” with “bad plays”. If you’ve got pocket Queens with the board reading A-A-A-K-Q and your opponent beats your all-in with a King, that is NOT a bad beat. You were just too much of a sucker to play the hand right. OK, so that’s my rant about bad beats. Don’t let them get you down… just move on and stick to your game. I’ve seen more than I can remember, but this one sticks out as the WORST. My best friend and I went to a local tournament. We’re friends away from the poker table, but the fiercest competitors as soon as the cards are dealt. The tournament is good to both of us… and we make it heads-up at the final table.
Winning the money isn’t nearly as important to me as getting bragging rights on my buddy for the next year to come. I’ve GOT to win this. I look down at my cards: K-K. Nice. I make a pre-flop raise. My friend goes over the top of me. I quickly push my entire stack into the middle… and he calls my all-in with no hesitation. He flips over his cards: A-K suitted.
All right… so all I need to do is dodge an Ace. It’s amazing that he had Big Slick suited against my Cowboys in a HEADS-UP The flop hits: 2 2 2 match. But I’m feeling good about my chances.
Wow. Now I’ve got the boat… I still just need to dodge an Ace. The turn card comes: K
What in the hell is going on!? My twos over Kings just turned into Kings over twos. Meanwhile, my friend looks like he’s just seen a ghost. Now an Ace won’t help him… because then he’d have twos over Aces full, which isn’t as good as my Kings over twos. Right now my friend has a full house: twos over Kings. I also have a full house: Kings over twos. Confused yet? Just wait. It gets better… The river hits:2 This final two gives my buddy QUADS with an Ace Kicker. It gives me quads with just a KING kicker. And that means he wins the hand! I was in total disbelief. And of course, my friend got bragging rights as he won the tournament.
Here my contry man got luck..c'mon we all love Daniel Neagreanu.
well i must say i had samething like that couple of times on pokercs.com
I had AA, raise, two guys called, on flop came A 10 and something little, 5 or 7 dont know. So i went all in, one folded, one guy called he had 10 q! on turn came 10 again, i sad ok, i had full house, but when i saw river i coudltn belive. 10 Again. Four of kind tens.. thats right i get kicked from tourney..
And second was when i had 88, guy raised, on flop came 2 8 9, so raised, guy re-reaised, i went all in he called with kk! well i was happy when i saw that, but then on turn came 9, and i thought that's it. i won, but on river came one more 9, and i was so mad, i couldnt belive that happend. i lost it...i dont know if i can found that it was few month's ago... but i was very very dissapointed... sometimes i really think thats set up, but when i see videos like this, when i whatc some real toruney i saw that happend too, but not so often like on line :D
