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Gameface said:
May need to just go ahead and start a bad beat thread, but I've taken some tough losses but this is a bad beat.

$.25/.$50 "zone" poker cash game

I'm in the small blind with T9

Bad guy is UTG+2 he has TJ (but of course I do not know this at the time)

Fold to him, he raises pre-flop to $1.19 (remind me to make a pet peeve entry about people who bet odd amounts, like $1.19)

I take a flyer and call.

Big blind calls.

Flop -- 8QJ (suits aren't going to be important)

I check...

Big blind bets $2.57

Bad guy calls $2.57

Me -- Raise to $6 (<-- this guy makes raises in chip sized increments)

Big Blind folds

Bad guy calls for $3.43

Turn -- J

So a full house is possible, but I'm willing to take my chances.

Me -- All in for $16.56 more

Bad guy calls

Now I see his three Jacks. I'm pretty pumped!

Flop -- J

Mother ****er made four of a kind jacks!!!

Okay. :rolleyes:

As I typed this out I saw that my issue was not betting enough on the flop for my check raise. But I had the current nuts so I wanted action. I was even pretty ****ing happy getting the call on the turn, so I can't say I'd do it all that differently, but had I raised to $10 on the flop maybe he folds his pair of Jacks with an inside straight draw.
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These kinds of stories urge me to pick the deck back up. I wish I was still smart enough to.


My initial take away was the same as yours fwiw (taking what I perceive as your style into account). You still got it in having the best of it so it's not a bad beat. You should hope for more calls like that (I know you do). That's where the grind of poker overtakes the pleasure.
 
franklin said:
These kinds of stories urge me to pick the deck back up. I wish I was still smart enough to.


My initial take away was the same as yours fwiw (taking what I perceive as your style into account). You still got it in having the best of it so it's not a bad beat. You should hope for more calls like that (I know you do). That's where the grind of poker overtakes the pleasure.
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I wish I was smart enough to play big boy poker, but at these stakes it's straight ABC basics. I'm definitely going tight/aggressive, but I was a little too aggressive and it's funny because I think the over aggressive strategy makes the fish think you're just trying to bully them and they call with mid-pairs, flush draws, etc. and it's really hard to know when they hit until they reraise on the river.
 
Gameface said:
I wish I was smart enough to play big boy poker, but at these stakes it's straight ABC basics. I'm definitely going tight/aggressive, but I was a little too aggressive and it's funny because I think the over aggressive strategy makes the fish think you're just trying to bully them and they call with mid-pairs, flush draws, etc. and it's really hard to know when they hit until they reraise on the river.
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You are smart enough. To be an ***, your complaints are the same lazy complaints as lazy people like me when playing bored drunks in Wendover. Play people with something to lose, not guys entertaining the last couple hours of their drunken night. Actually, scratch that, money maker.

Maybe I'll grab an account where you're at and we'll have a bit of a competition. Is it legal in the US?
 
Here's a layup. Guillermo Rigondeaux beating Drian Francisco tonight on the Cotto-Canelo undercard. There's a few ways to play it, you can decide on that though.

The odds are going to be scary steep, you get what you pay for though.. this isn't like betting on Rousey to beat Holm, that type of upset is simply not gonna happen, there's not a person on this earth at 118lbs that could dominate Rigo, like Rousey got dominated by a huge underdog, there might not be anyone who can beat him at 118lbs period

Rigo has a legit claim at being the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world now that Mayweather's retired. I wouldn't argue it. He regularly destroys top fighters that outweigh him by 20-40 lbs in sparring sessions, he's no joke.

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Rigo fights are like a master-class in Cuban Style boxing. He's a master counter puncher. There's no way he's gonna lose this fight.. He's going to win it in convincing fashion.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Nope.

Hope you guys took my advice.

Good call Cy on OKC too.
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In that game my wins: Brady under yardage, blount under rushing yardage, lafell under on catches, mccoy over on receiving yardage, first points would come from a field goal, shortest td would be over 1.5 yards (my favorite bet to make), longest td would come from the bills, and total successful field goals by buffalo over 1.5

My losses? Karlos Williams to score the first td and buffalo to score the first points of the game.

Won 8 of 10. Not bad

Also won a parlay on San Antonio and Milwaukee, serge ibaka to get less than 8 rebounds, serge ibaka to get less than 22 points and rebounds combined.

Lost on Hayward over 1.5 made threes and lost on hood over 1.5 made threes. Lost on kanter over 22 points and rebounds total. (That was just a stupid bet by me)

All in all I did pretty well last night
 
fishonjazz said:
In that game my wins: Brady under yardage, blount under rushing yardage, lafell under on catches, mccoy over on receiving yardage, first points would come from a field goal, shortest td would be over 1.5 yards (my favorite bet to make), longest td would come from the bills, and total successful field goals by buffalo over 1.5

My losses? Karlos Williams to score the first td and buffalo to score the first points of the game.

Won 8 of 10. Not bad

Also won a parlay on San Antonio and Milwaukee, serge ibaka to get less than 8 rebounds, serge ibaka to get less than 22 points and rebounds combined.

Lost on Hayward over 1.5 made threes and lost on hood over 1.5 made threes. Lost on kanter over 22 points and rebounds total. (That was just a stupid bet by me)

All in all I did pretty well last night
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Stud.
 
Took the hawks -2 at home last night.
 
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