WHY WHY WHY????????????

[nicthestick]

ARRRRRRRRGH!!!!!! I am sooooooo tired of losing the same ways, and NEVER winning in those ways. Example. If I go into a pot preflop and raise with pocket 10's, board ALWAYS pairs other dudes K or A. If I am sitting on Big Slick Vs. underpair, no big cards in the board. very frustrating. I know that I am on a rant here, but does anyone else experience this online as much as me? I realize that pocket 10's are a slight favorite vs overcards, but nearly 90% loss ratio? very curious. I have been keeping track lately. The last 9 hands that I have had middle pocket pairs, I have lost 8 to one overcard on the board. Just an observation.
Nic

[Dave B]

Sure-everyone has experienced that. Take a break, slam a beer, take a dump, go back and wait for things to change. One thing to remember, every bad beat you take is a nice draw for someone else. People dont rant when the cards are going there way, they just chuckle and stack their chips. Keep on tracking-things have a way of working their way out.

[highscty]

Are you playing heads up or against a full table? In heads up, yes you should win slightly more than 50 percent of the time but if your against 2 or more opponents you arent going to win that often. Expect to be outdrawn.

[nicthestick]

in a ring game with a middle pocket pair, i will raise preflop to weed out the draws. I understand that I stand to lose roughly 1/2 of these hands, but not 90%

[Poker_Vendetta]

It certainly wasn't pretty...but DaveB did a nice explanation. Just fogetaboutit.

[nicthestick]

Thanks fellas. Things will turn around soon i'm sure.

[Neekburm]

In a loose low limit ring game I would be more inclined to play a pair of 10s like a low pair. Limping in, keeping everyone in the pot, and hoping I make my set.

If you raise coming in, and an overcard to your 10s flop, and there is ANY action at all afterwards I would muck my 10s.