I didn’t play much poker in the last week. Only one session on Party Poker for a few hours and a $1.50 loss.
Yesterday I headed over to the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant for some live action. I walked into the poker room at about 11:15 and was seated at a $3/6 table in [...]
Tag Archives: Bad Beats
Live Again
November 13, 2005 – 1:34 pm
Poker Podcasts
November 1, 2005 – 9:15 pm
On my rides to and from work each day I’ve been listening to poker podcasts. Listening to poker discussions keep my mind off the traffic. In the mornings the poker talk gets my mind thinking and after work it helps to relax me after a long day.
My favorite poker podcast without a doubt is Card [...]
The Losing Continues
October 16, 2005 – 11:15 am
I’ve run into a series run of losing. 2-5 outters are hitting like Barry Bonds on steroids. Just another example…
Down to 4 in a $10 SNG and I pick up big slick. I put in a raise to 3x the BB. The big blind goes all-in with A9 suited. I flop a K and he’s [...]
A rebuilding night
October 11, 2005 – 4:11 pm
Once again this weekend, I went to the casino for a few hours to play some poker and hang out with friends. Thursday night I drove over for about three hours and lost $160 very quickly, but won it all back and walked away $50 ahead, but not from poker. I played roulette [...]
Brutal
October 9, 2005 – 5:29 pm
This morning I played for about 2 hours on Party Poker and it might have been the most brutal session of poker I’ve ever played. The Bad Beat Jackpot was over $200,000 and anytime it’s that high my table of choice is the $2/4. I had four tables open almost the entire time and I [...]
Back to limit
October 5, 2005 – 2:06 pm
Lately I’ve been trying to build my bankroll back up after a horrible streak of bad beats online in the past week or two. I was playing .25/.50 no-limit hold ‘em on Full Tilt, but was getting a pretty bad run. After visiting the casino these past weekends, I decided to try my [...]
Soaring Eagle
September 27, 2005 – 10:04 am
This weekend I headed over to CMU to party with some of my friends for one of their birthdays. I got pretty wasted on Friday, and on Saturday I decided to pay a visit to the Indians at the Soaring Eagle Casino. I arrived at the casino about 3:00 p.m. and headed straight [...]
A Good Showing
September 17, 2005 – 5:28 pm
A quick post. Last night Bodog had a $7,500 guaranteed for $10+1, so I signed up. There were only 571 playing, so nearly $2,000 was added to the prize pool. I was short stacked most of the tournament, but as we approached the money (top 54) I finally went above average with a nice rush. [...]
Bring on the Tilt…Full Tilt
March 9, 2005 – 11:31 pm
Tonight I installed Full Tilt and deposited $50 just in case I feel like playing the WPBT HORSE event on Sunday. I figured I might as well check out the interface, so I signed up for a $5+0.50 SNG.
Minimum raises were the norm and it was a rather tight table for the most part. I [...]
Ready To Quit
February 14, 2005 – 8:09 pm
I’m seriously ready to quit. That’s how bad it’s going. If I wasn’t witness to the string of bad beats I’m going through I wouldn’t have believed it was possible. Seriously…it’s that bad. I’ve bled off 1/3 of my bankroll in a week. No lie. My opponents gut shot straight draws are hitting much more [...]
Is It Rigged?
February 13, 2005 – 1:58 pm
I haven’t posted since Tuesday, so I thought I’d give a quick update of how it has been going at the tables. In one word…shitty! The bad beats are coming in from all directions. I flop 2 pair and someone calls me down going runner runner for a bigger two pair. I flop the nut [...]
BIGGGG Bad Beat Jackpot
January 14, 2005 – 6:03 pm
If you aren’t playing on Party Poker right now, what the hell are you thinking? The bad beat jackpot is almost at $700,000! Yes, that’s nearly 3/4 of a million!
3rd Royal Flush of My Life
January 5, 2005 – 9:13 pm
It’s always fun hitting that one out to win the hand on the river, especially when I’m betting and raising the whole way. Turned out no one had the other ten, but someone was playing AJ and just called me to the end. Bad beat for him and I do have to say I felt [...]
It Never Ends
December 21, 2004 – 11:52 pm
When will the bad beats end? Seriously!?
Big slick ends up splitting a pot with A3o after the board pairs on the turn and the river, giving us the same full house.
Big slick, which paired the A, loses to a gutshot straight draw on the river.
Pocket tens loses to a guy raising me like crazy with [...]
The Streak Continues
December 16, 2004 – 2:42 pm
Losing streaks suck!
I played some no-limit again last night and the cards are just not coming. I can’t hit a flush draw. Can’t win when I call someone’s bluff. Can’t get someone to fold when they should. It’s very frustrating. But…after winning for the first 2+ months of my new serious play, I figure variance [...]
Bend over and grab my ankles
November 28, 2004 – 3:54 am
This is just a sample of how the past two nights of online poker have gone…
What are the odds?
November 22, 2004 – 10:18 pm
Can I get a hand to hold up today?
Beat by a 2 outer on the river for a $60 pot.
Beat by a 2 outer on the river for a $40 pot.
Flop trips and get beat by a straight…three times.
Hit a straight on the turn and lose to a full house on the river.
Flop top pair [...]
Tilt-A-Whirl
October 5, 2004 – 8:47 am
Last night I realized something. Usually when I have a bad session, it’s related to going on tilt for a bit. I know I shouldn’t do it and I always try to prevent it, but sometimes I just don’t see it coming until after I’ve lost everything I sat down at the table with. Afterwards [...]
Outdrawn
October 2, 2004 – 4:08 am
During a series of 6 hands tonight I was a pre-flop raiser in 5 of them. I lost all 5 hands, 4 of them to inside straight draws. I did play the hands well though, only going to showdown on 2 of them because I knew I was beat. Here were my cards for the [...]
