Latest moron to take me out

[Absolution]

I had one of my best finishes in those 1500 person TEC freerolls on UB - 164th. I was doing well and managed to dodge the riverrats up until then. I was sitting at about the average and really only needed one more big pot to get me to the end. And then they came: pocket aces and I'm on the button. It goes around the table and many try to limp in. I'm like screw that and I bet big (4x bb). Only one stays in. I'm thinking, this is perfect, I get all of those calls (which are big at this time) and I get one sucker. The flop comes 10 9 3 rainbow. Even better. I'll just bet the pot now and get rid of this guy who I am pretty sure has suited overcards or a lower high pair. I go all-in. He sits there for about a minute and then CALLS. He flips over KQs. Okay, sweet, no way this guy beats me. WRONG. turn - club river - club. He gets his flush. I couldn't help myself, I asked the guy what the hell he was thinking? He says "I thought you were bluffing". Idiot. I'm the tightest player at the table and raised pre-flop huge. Even if I was semi-bluffing he is going to risk most of his stack with king high and only a backend flush? Guess he is. Two hours of wasted time. Oh well. I'm in again at 2:30.

[thecadman]

I was always getting hammered by river rats. If you can't beat em join em. I started betting to the river on str8 and flush draws far more often and have been getting a whole heck of a lot of them. The implied winnings are huge! Also, if you don't hit then you look like a flippin idiot who bets anything and when you get a solid hand play it the same way and nail em to the wall when they thought they had you read. I love the idiot image and it's the first thing I work on when I enter a table now. Give a little then take a whole lot back!

What I keep getting beat by now though seems to be one card higher. Q's to my J's, 3'over 2's to my 2's over 3's. 10 straight to my 9. Driving me nuts! Luckily I readjusted my betting habits to limit losses

[Absolution]

Yes, sometimes I'll chase a OPEN ended straight or a nut flush if I think the implied odds are good, but these guys chase the backenders and the gutshots. There's a difference.

[PuckJunkieNY]

That happening in a Freeroll is bad enough, but when you pay $ to enter a tourney...that kinda Sh*t really makes my blood boil!

My last multi, and I'm in 29th out of the 179 remaining:
Hole = AQs, healty 3xBB bet preflop, two callers.
Flop = Ac 2c Qd, I go all in. One folds, one calls (w/smaller stack)
Turn = 9s, feelin good
River = 4c, OK still feelin good...until dude flips 8c 9c! Fuk'n A!

Wipes out most of my TC stack....I go on to lose later w/QQ made trips to a straight draw.

Breath in....Breath out...breath in.....Breath out

[Absolution]

Yep, 2:30 I'm out again to ridiculous river. EVERY SINGLE TOURNAMENT. How is this possible? It's the last 130 or so out of 1500 and I'm a little low, but not in trouble. I get pocket 6s and call the bb. 2 others come in with me. Flop is k6q rainbow. This is the kind of flop I dream of. I could barely place one down better. I check from early pos to slow play them. One guy bets big - about half my stack. It's late and people are loose so I think top 2 pair at worst. I reraise all-in. He's got a bigger stack then me so I figure he'll call with top 2 pair and fold everything else. He calls. We flip over and he has pocket aces. Okay, I am relieved. He should have folded, but I know these drones can't fold aces no matter what comes up. Turn is rag and I'm almost home free. River is ace. Yep, and I'm out at about 130th to pure luck. I'm like 9-1 favorite there on the flop. I couldn't believe that aces flipped over. This just seems to happen too often, but I know I'm just steaming. I live in a statistical void. The laws don't apply to me. I think part of the problem is that these ya-hoos make you go all-in on almost every flop you play if it's anything good. They have no moderation. They either all fold, or raise so big you basically have to go all in. So all it takes is the one beat to get you and that's why it seems to happen so often.

I hear what you are saying Puck, and that's why I haven't put in real money yet. I have heard enough horror stories on poker sites to see that unless you play high stakes you are in for the same beats on the low limit real money. They still treat it like play money. I am very weary to step up to the real money. It just looks like gambling to me. I could go put quarters into slots or play BJ if I wanted to piss away money gambling.

[Leo]

i lost this morning at an UB-freeroll with QQ to 44. the guy floped the quads! unbelivable!

[Sente]

I had something similar happen to me last week. Had JJ, flopped J44. Other guy had quads.

Tourneys are full of bad beats. Last night, I'm sitting in the BB with AKs, UTG goes All-In, Big Stack (lucky idiot or LI for short) calls, and I'm a bit below average stack so I decide to come over the top. LI calls. UTG has AQ, LI has K3. Great, both hands are dominated. The only thing that paired the 3, of course.

I thought I posted a warning already that 90% of the time (at least) that when you get knocked out a tournament, it will because of bad beat. You just have to do you best and keep plugging away. Tis the nature of the beast.

[JohnnyCache]

I think if you are a good player, you're almost always going to get beat by a nasty, improbable hand . . . because you would have laid down to a high hand the guy was *likely* to have. . . .