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thestoryteller Singapore. Apr 04 2008 06:20. Posts 319

Possibly the worst bad beat I've ever had. I'm not sure whether to laugh or to cry.

Submitted by : thestoryteller

POKERSTARS GAME #16476250660: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/04/04 - 08:05:59 (ET)
Table 'Wempe II' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Karen668 ($9.90 in chips)
Seat 2: DerDudeESP ($1.60 in chips)
Seat 3: mcmoneysock ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Dutchschult ($10.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Spleen25 ($11.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Raptor303 ($15.05 in chips)
Seat 7: give_hard ($9 in chips)
Seat 8: kammbo ($5 in chips)
Seat 9: Don Sensible ($5.70 in chips)
Karen668 : posts small blind $0.05
DerDudeESP: posts big blind $0.10

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Karen668
mcmoneysock: folds
Dutchschult: calls $0.10
Spleen25: folds
Raptor303: raises $0.30 to $0.40
give_hard: folds
kammbo: raises $0.60 to $1
Don Sensible: folds
Karen668 : raises $2 to $3
DerDudeESP: folds
Dutchschult: folds
Raptor303: folds
kammbo: raises $2 to $5 and is all-in
Karen668 : calls $2

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $10.60)



Turn(Odds) (Pot : $10.60)



River (Pot : $10.60)



Showdown
Karen668 : shows (a pair of Aces)
kammbo: shows (a flush, Ace high)
kammbo collected $10.10 from pot

Summary
Total pot $10.60 | Rake $0.50
Board
Seat 1: Karen668 (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: DerDudeESP (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: mcmoneysock folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Dutchschult folded before Flop
Seat 5: Spleen25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Raptor303 folded before Flop
Seat 7: give_hard folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kammbo showed and won ($10.10) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: Don Sensible (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I think I'll cry!

My winrate at NL10 is 1.97PTBB/100 and it cannot just be that NL10 is cursed or something. I must be doing something wrong because at NL5 I could take bad beats and still have a win rate of 19PTBB/100 (after a break even stretch of 1000 hands). I know I have to change my play somehow but I don't know how. Play looser? Play tighter? Hmmm... Anyone have any suggestions?

I really don't want to grind NL10 slowly and move up without knowing that I can beat it, because I'm sure the problems I'm facing will return to haunt me. For the same reason I don't want to go back to playing NL5 to build up my bankroll and skip NL10 altogether. Okay, so people say NL25 is easier but it's going to get harder again as I move up and I don't really want to end up in NL25 for the rest of my life either.

Sigh.

Arthritis medicine is really working fantastic for the dog though and she's jumping around happily. That's keeping me from tilting!

EDIT: I may have found the answer. The secret to beating NL10 lies in adding 72s to my repertoire!

In the big blind I am dealt 27s. Two players limp, I check and turn my attention to the pairs of queens on some other table that gets no callers. When I look back, the flop has come 772.

Wary of frightening my prey, I gently enter a 2/3pot bet. One player folds. The other min raises. I gasp. He's got a monster the size of a porn star's schlong!

I call and bet the turn. He calls. I bet the river. He calls that too. The money goes in the pot and I triumphantly fling my 72s in his face! There is a long pause for the villain to decide whether or not to press the

YOU LOST
SHOW HAND

button. I use the pause to scream, "SON OF JOR-EL!!!!! KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!!!"

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/417986

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Last edit: 04/04/2008 06:44

jase Australia. Apr 04 2008 06:33. Posts 1604

post your stats for nl10

thestoryteller Singapore. Apr 04 2008 06:40. Posts 319

http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/447039/NL10_Stat_check.html

KwarK United Kingdom. Apr 04 2008 07:50. Posts 1019

No seriously. 10nl is cursed. Ask anyone. I broke even there for 65000 hands (although at times I 12 tabled which may explain why). Also if that's the worst beat you've had I envy you. What about one outers?

Aphelion United States. Apr 04 2008 11:06. Posts 267

10nl is really fucking gay, I barely broke even for a long time I just beat it yesterday. I had a 24bb/100 average on 5nl and was stuck at like 3bb/100 at 10nl for the longest time

SPEWTARD Peru. Apr 04 2008 11:56. Posts 4307

in the 72s hand id value shove river tho

Rise and Shine

thestoryteller Singapore. Apr 04 2008 20:01. Posts 319

On April 04 2008 06:50 KwarK wrote:
No seriously. 10nl is cursed. Ask anyone. I broke even there for 65000 hands (although at times I 12 tabled which may explain why). Also if that's the worst beat you've had I envy you. What about one outers?

Ahaha... plenty =D