…I’d have known it was National River Week.
I took a shot at a 1/2 $200 NL game on Full Tilt and found myself seated with three aggro players. Standard m.o. was to raise the pot pre-flop and bet the pot post-flop. Finally I called with a pocket pair, saw the ragged flop, and put the aggro to the test with a check-raise (not a minimum raise, either). He min-raised me, and I considered my options. It was possible that he had a bigger pocket pair, but unlikely. I called. The turn was another rag, and I put him all-in. He called, getting perhaps 3:1 from the pot. He flipped up overcards and was drawing to six outs, one of which came on ….
So that makes three $300 pots I’ve lost this week to river beats. Which should make me the poster child for something.
Bankroll management dictates I step down in limits (it’s boring down here) and that goes for live play, too. Which is too bad, because the 1/2 NLHE game seemed a hell of a lot more interesting than the .50/1 and .25/.50 NLHE games. But I just can’t afford those swings.
I saw one of those beats… sorry man. Hang in there. You know you played those hands right and were simply outdrawn. You got all your money in those pots when you had the best hand. It will come back your way, soon, I hope.
Those types of beats are why I’ve been hovering at the .50/1 NLHE tables for awhile now. Except for Noble Poker, I usually play the 1/2 table there.
Ouch.
Sorry I missed ya last night
Ouch. Just imagine how great it will be though when the pendulum swings back in your favor – double-ups galore!
Just think, if you hadn’t had that bad beat last night, you wouldn’t have stepped down to the limits I was playing.
kismet. or karma. deja vu. whatever.
facty
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