Just Another Hand

Posted by wynn on Jun 21, 2010 in Bad Beats, Donkeys, Table Talk | 1 comment

I see so-called players every session get emotional about cards. Some celebrate a winning hand. That is to say, they cheer when they get lucky and come from behind; a reward for bad play. Others get tilty when they either put it in bad after being outplayed or when they get beat badly after being outdrawn. At the table Saturday night, a variation on this theme...

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Bad Run is Over

Posted by wynn on May 18, 2010 in Bad Beats, Donkeys, Great Reads | 0 comments

It was a generally tough weekend of play. I managed to walk out with a modest gain, but it was tough beat after tough beat. The one that made me almost puke at the table was me flopping Broadway with a gutshot Royal Flush on the turn. My opponent was dead to the 7d. Guess what came on the river. I went on a good, solid run yesterday. But, I would like to share...

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The Morning After

Posted by wynn on May 14, 2010 in Bad Beats, Donkeys | 0 comments

The morning after a bad beat sucks. I can’t fault the play of me or my opponent too much. It is just the way the cards fell. But, my opponent was a weak player that seemed to put it in bad all night but catch the miracle card to win the hand. I finally get in a hand with this player, and I was way ahead. Until the flop, that is. My opponent limps in under...

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Recall

Posted by wynn on Mar 12, 2010 in Bad Beats, Rounders | 0 comments

[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “In Confessions of a Winning Poker Player, Jack King said ‘Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems. But every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career.’ Seems true to me. Because walking in here, I...

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Seat Open

Posted by wynn on Jan 28, 2010 in Buy-in, Donkeys, Table Talk | 0 comments

I have played my last hand of poker. It is time to find a new source of income. One without extreme disappointment and longshot odds. What is driving this? In addition to me being generally tired of playing with bad players, drunks, and scumbags? I have taken some brutal bad beats lately. Especially yesterday. I lose to the worst players and they give the money...

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