Since a lot of the people on the site seem to be keen poker players. I thought I might create a topic where people could discuss games they've played in, or hands they've been involved in. Most people tend to remember there bad beats over everything else, but half the stories I've heard I don't believe qualify as bad beats.Over time I've generally questioned my own play rather than just blaming the opponent for making a bad, reckless or poorly calculated plays. I'm generally low stakes on the internet, so I'm only playing for fun mainly playing heads up and sit and gos. I'm quite successful in live games, and greatly prefer it over internet play. Given that you have more time to make key decisions, tiredness becomes a bigger factor and you can make deals to resplit prizes which is favourable in the long term.
Here's some interesting hands I've been involved in.
BAD BEAT
Backstory: This is what I tend to find frustrating about online play, Domiment player at the table is a maniac, bordering on being a gambler. Playing too many hands, raising too much too often, and always seeming to get lucky when it comes down to a show down. Even more annoying whenever I re-raise (often as a bluff or semi-bluff) the opponent nearly always seem to do a massive re-raise back or go all in which makes it too awkward to call. On this particular hand I finally thought I trapped him.
Me = 3500 chips
Opponent = 12000 chips
Average = 5000 chips
Big Blind = 200 chips
Players = 5
I'm the small blind, opponent is second to act.
Player 1 folds, opponent raises to 400, player 3 folds, I call, big blind folds
FLOP comes Q-9-Q
I'm holding Q9, so I have a full house. At this point I consider my opponent to be drawing dead
Oponent raises to 200, I call
Next card is an Ace
Opponent raises to 600, I call
Last card is an Ace
I go all in and get instantly called
Opponent shows A3 so I lose to a higher full house
SATISFACTORY WIN
Backstory: This was a live game, I just lost a fairly large pot to my opponent 5 hands ago. After being smooth talked all the way through and slow rolling his hand. Falsely thinking I was on tilt we then squared up on this hand.
Me = 22000 chips
Opponent = 19000 chips
Average = 8000 chips
Big Blind = 400 chips
Players = 7
I have 88 and my opponent has QJ
Opponent raises to 1000 making everyone fold but me
Flop comes 8-J-Q
Opponent raises to 2000, I quickly re-raise to 6000, opponent hesitates for a while and calls
Next card is a 5
Opponent begins to start smooth talking me, I realise this means he has a very good hand and is unlikely to fold. He then raises to 4000, I begin to hesitate on this for a while fearing QQ or JJ based on the previous hand I played against him. He then said something which gave me an incline that his hand was not as good as mine, I then go all in and get called based on the fact that the opponent was too pot commited and had a hand that was too good to throw away. Neither of us show hands right away because we want to slow roll each other.
Last card is a 2
Dealer asks me to reveal my hand, I casually show my hand and my opponent imeadiatley starts screaming f***!!! several times while walking away from the table. I then demanded to see his mucked hand. I don't generally approve of slow rolling, but this guy was just asking for it. and I never get tired of rewinding the story in my head of how I inflicted maximum devastation to my opponent.
ACTION HAND
Backstory: This is another live game. Four people were involved in this, everyone including me thought they had the winning hand
Me = 120,000 chips
Player 1= 10000 chips
player 2 = 8000 chips
player 3 = 45000 chips
Average = 30000 chips
Big blind = 600
Players = 8
6 players including me call to see the flop
Flop comes 5s-6s-5d
Minimum raise from player 3, 2 players fold and me and 2 other players call.
Next card is an 8s
As soon as the card fell I knew it helped player 3. I'm holding As and 7s, so I have an Ace high flush and an up and down straight flush draw. I assume that player 3 has just made his flush. Player 3 checks players 2 and 3 go imeadiatley all in. I raise to 17,000, then player 3 raises to 34,000. I go all in and opponent calls. Player 1 was first to show and shows 7-9, a straight. Next player then shows JsKs a king high flush. I then show my hand and player 3 reveals he has 88, a full house.
Last card is a 9d
Sure I lost the hand, but it's very rare to be involved in a multi hand like that. It was like Casino Royale, with me playing the role of Le Chiffre
