Pocket 10's in the BB with only $6,500 left. With blinds 1/2K I raise after 2 limpers. BB and 1 limper call.
![[9s]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9s.gif "The Nine of Spades")
X[Ts] and I have my set. YES! With 85 people left and 54 people getting paid, I triple up. Turn is ![[7s]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/7s.gif "The Seven of Spades")
. River ![[8h]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8h.gif "The Eight of Hearts")
. I hope 1 of them doesn't have a Jack cause that would be a really SH*T*Y way to go. 1 of them didn't. They both did. Runner-runner straight draw for both of them and I'm gone. Played one other tourny tonight. 2nd in chips after 20 minutes when I get QQ. Flop is 10 high. Only problem is chip leader had pocket 10's. What worked for him didn't for me. 4 hours of poker today and nothing.
Statistics: Posted by MTPaid — Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:16 pm
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Tonight MTT with 41 people. 6 people left, 5 get paid. There are 2 people almost on empty and I am in 3rd place with much more than them, but about half of what the top 2 have. I get KK in MP. I raise 1/3 of my stack which is about 5XBB. Big Bliind who is chip leader doubles my raise. I go all in and he turns over AQ diamonds. Not only does he get one Ace but 2 Aces on the flop and I'm out one away from the money.
Moral of the story. Dump everything on the bubble because you want to shoot someone after 5 hours of poker with nothing to show for it.
Statistics: Posted by MTPaid — Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:47 pm
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Three more MTT loses (my money went in with the best hand all 3x) and then I started off a $1/$2 session at Absolute with this hand. (Actually it was the 2nd hand.)
![[Ac]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ac.gif "The Ace of Clubs")
[Tc] in SB and it's folded to me. I raise and get called by BB. Flop:
[3d][Ad]I bet and get called
Turn:
![[4c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/4c.gif "The Four of Clubs")
I bet and get called
River:
![[6d]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6d.gif "The Six of Diamonds")
I bet and GET RAISED! 8 BB in the pot so I have to call as he turns over
![[5c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/5c.gif "The Five of Clubs")
[5d] for the runner-runner gutshot straight. I'm left asking the Poker Gods what I have done to offend them and then spend the next hour trying to slowly recover from this hand when my savior comes along.
![[Ks]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ks.gif "The King of Spades")
[9s] in CO. One limp ahead of me, I limp, button limps, SB raises, BB folds, but everyone else calls.
4.5 BB in pot
Flop:
![[8c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8c.gif "The Eight of Clubs")
[Kh][4s]Raiser bets, I raise, he re-raises and I once again ask the Gods why they chose to let me flop top pair when he so obviously has Aces. I have to call this down because the pot is getting so big.
7.5 BB in pot
Turn
![[Qh]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qh.gif "The Queen of Hearts")
He bets and I call.
9.5 BB in pot.
River:
![[Tc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Tc.gif "The Ten of Clubs")
He bets, I call. OK show me your Aces.
11 BB after the rake slide over to me as he shows...................
![[Kd]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kd.gif "The King of Diamonds")
[3h]Statistics: Posted by MTPaid — Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:41 am
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Being a halfway decent poker player, and I believe most of us are, I don't even think that one bad beat sets us on tilt. If that were the case, none of us would be cut out for this game. I can usually laugh a bad beat or 2 off, unless it's a big MTT where there is no 2nd chance. It's when you have that bad beat and take a second to collect yourself and tell yourself all the right things about making the right decisions and profiting and yada yada. You finally calm down and then BAM again!.......and BAM again.....and again....and again. It takes a series of beats and maybe an entire session or multiple consecutive sessions/tables to drive us to tilt.
And here is our "Support Group" in this little section of the forum where I can vent and start out fresh again with no carryover of bad feelings. So how about "Tilt Support Group" even?
Statistics: Posted by MTPaid — Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:53 pm
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I'm really liking this thread. Makes me feel much better at least by getting it off my chest.
Tonight 1-5 w/ AA,KK, and JJ for -11.75 BB.
Funny thing was some guy cracked my Kings w/ JJ when the board came all diamonds inlcuding a King for my set. I had to call the river in case he was bluffing, but he had the J of diamonds. Very next hand I crack his Kings with AQ when I river a spade flush. I told him that we're even now with a smile and he said "fair enough".
On a 10 session losing streak (including tournies) over the last few days for almost $200. I just keep telling myself that I'm making the right decisions and it will more than even out if I just keep doing that and then I get Aces cracked. But seriously, I'm pretty proud of myself for not going on tilt this weekend. I stopped myself short of raising with A2 suited from EP after a rush of bad hands.
The only thing worse than getting no hands is getting good hands all night that end up 2nd best.
Statistics: Posted by MTPaid — Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:33 pm
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MT, you'll love this one. Last week, I saw AA and KK lose to JJ three times when a third J came. A number of times AA or KK lost to JJ. It was a week for Jacks. It happened twice in one SNG. A guy goes all in with KK against a smaller pair and 3 Jacks hit before the river. We all laughed about it. Next week...TENS.
Saw an A high flush go down today to the straight flush. I can only imagine what the guy must have felt when the chips he expected to come his way started sliding across the table. Yikes.
But, the best was yet to come. All in 99 vs AJ and 44. J of clubs on the flop, for two clubs. 4 of clubs on the turn. A club on the river. 9c was the only club to the four flush. There is justice out there, sometimes.
I love these stories, if they're told with a sense of humor. I hate 'em when there's a lot of whining.
CJ
ps--I put a guy out today when I caught a river flush. He whined about me chasing, and I said I had the odds, which I did because the kept betting small all the way. He said I should keep reading my books. (How'd he know my mom reads to me?) I went on to win the SNG. My opponent said the guy probably would be surprised I was that good.
Statistics: Posted by Cactus Jack — Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:35 pm
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Blinds $10/$20 Starting stacks $1500.
I'm BB w/ QQ. 5 limps and I raise to $120 called by 2 people.
Flop is
![[Js]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Js.gif "The Jack of Spades")
X[Ts] Pot is $420 and I bet $400.
There is a call and an all-in. I call thinking a spade draw and I have
![[Qs]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qs.gif "The Queen of Spades")
. Other person calls too. Triple all-in. Cards turned over and I see I'm up against a red KJ and a QJ. I'm an 83% favorite and feeling good. Only 3 kings or 1 jack can beat me.
Guess what the turn card is. One hint: it ain't a King.
Statistics: Posted by MTPaid — Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:17 pm
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