Poker Brutality

Posted by wynn on Jun 25, 2010 in Bad Beats, Buy-in, Great Reads | 2 comments

Wow! What a rough night last night was. Not a single playable hand for the first three hours. I pay attention to what is on the board to see if maybe I am playing too tight. But, for the first 100 or so hands, not a single hand would have held up even if the hand ended on the flop. My first playable hand was a 1000-to-1 disaster. Got away fairly cheap when my...

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Tundra

Posted by wynn on Dec 21, 2009 in Bad Beats, Laydowns | 0 comments

My wave of frozen cards continues. It is incredibly frustrating when one begins to run bad after running so good. One of my rounder friends, “B”, is going through the same tundra as me right now. I got unlucky on my first hand yesterday. Flopped a set against someone who could not fold Aces. She rivered the case ace for a better set. Had pocket tens...

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Frozen Solid

Posted by wynn on Dec 20, 2009 in Laydowns, Table Talk | 0 comments

Talk about cold decks! Last night, it was frozen solid. Here is pretty much what happened during a four hour session: Q-Q: no callers pre-flop 9-9: flopped a set but beat by a flush K-K: no callers pre-flop K-Q: no flop – had to fold J-10: no flop – had to fold A-Q hearts: took down small pot on flop with straight and flush draws K-Q: no flop...

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