Is poker worth the time it costs.

Originally posted by Dumbledork

Originally posted by bohemiagrove

Originally posted by Dumbledork
Yeah, if you get the nuts. Which happens every few hundred hands if you only play the good cards.

We count only the hands you do play aren't we?
I play alot of hands cuz I am strong post-flop player.

Believe me, I've tried that. Whatever hand I have there always seems to be at least someone who has a better one. I usually lose against players like you. They play any crappy hands and yet most of the time manage to get good card on the table. That's absolutely sickening.

I can't even count the number of times I lost on the turn to a crappy straight or a crappy flush.

Sorry my friend...Mb you should try playn tornaments?
There is more math and easier dession making since you have fixed amount of chips...Try sng's play TAG style and have patience I have no douth that any one can learn poker and even win money with patience Tag-y play and ofc protect your made hands don't let cheap draws get there...especially if this makes you feel bad.

Originally posted by SilverSag

It takes skill to get lucky

Doyle Brunson (R.I.P.)said some thing like this: If luck is the door then you should come in from the window.

Originally posted by bohemiagrove

Doyle Brunson (R.I.P.)

O_o... when did he die?

I tried tournaments, but they bore me very quickly. The last 10 tournaments I was in I didn't win anything.

I probably have the worst luck when it comes to poker.

First good hand I got today (Q/Q) got beat by 3/3.

I don't know what else to do if even such great hands always lose to lower pairs. The last 5 times I had pocket Aces, Kings, Queens, and Jacks I lost each time.

You still at it? I had a run when I lost all-ins with AA 16 times out of 17! Just shut up and go read some articles about variance! Or just stop playing if you can't take it!

Originally posted by SilverSag

Originally posted by bohemiagrove

Doyle Brunson (R.I.P.)

O_o... when did he die?

I wanna know too!

Originally posted by belayd

Originally posted by SilverSag

Originally posted by bohemiagrove

Doyle Brunson (R.I.P.)

O_o... when did he die?

I wanna know too!

He's not dead

answer yourself simple question:

Omg I killed Doyle Brunson...Some one told me that lie.
Sorry Doyle,you are my idol.

Originally posted by bohemiagrove
Omg I killed Doyle Brunson...Some one told me that lie.
Sorry Doyle,you are my idol.

I looked up on the net... apparently this is not the first time it happens. It almost looks like there is a tradition to announce him dead every year around April 1.

This is from 2009:

http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/doyle-brunson-not-dead-052509.html

This on eis from this year:

http://www.cardking.info/artikel.asp?id=132

The sad thing is, when Doyle does pass away, people will think it's a hoax.

Originally posted by belayd
The sad thing is, when Doyle does pass away, people will think it's a hoax.

Which, in turn, will make him basically immortal

Probably my last post here. I've decided to stop poker. There's simply no fun in it if you never win and when it's always the players with crappy hands who get my chips.

Originally posted by Dumbledork
Probably my last post here. I've decided to stop poker. There's simply no fun in it if you never win and when it's always the players with crappy hands who get my chips.

What article/video/expert opinion made you believe you could expect quick results?

People have been telling you for the past five days that you can't evaluate your results until you've played about 100,000 hands. You're not listening.

Given your attitude, it might be better if you take up something else.

Originally posted by Dumbledork
Probably my last post here. I've decided to stop poker. There's simply no fun in it if you never win and when it's always the players with crappy hands who get my chips.

Please don't give up. Poker is a great game.
Next time you have a bad beat (like QQ vs 33). Please post the actual hand history. I'd love to walk you through and let you know if it was a legitimate bad beat or if we can give some advice to improve your play.

I've uninstalled all my poker software and probably won't return. My mental health is too important for me and being frustrated all day is rather unhealthy. There are a lot of more constructive pastimes than this, and they don't make me mad.

For the first time in a long time I feel free.

Originally posted by Dumbledork
I've uninstalled all my poker software and probably won't return. My mental health is too important for me and being frustrated all day is rather unhealthy. There are a lot of more constructive pastimes than this, and they don't make me mad.

For the first time in a long time I feel free.

Sounds like you actually had a problem with poker?

Bad runs do happen.

I've uninstalled all my poker software and probably won't return. My mental health is too important for me and being frustrated all day is rather unhealthy. There are a lot of more constructive pastimes than this, and they don't make me mad. For the first time in a long time I feel free.

See you next week.

Yeah, bad runs happen, and yes, I've read about variance, but come on, my bad luck is not normal.

Some examples.

1) I have A/K (usually I hit something on the flop with those cards 1 time in 5 or 6). I bet 3 big blinds. I get A/K/5 on the flop. I bet a large amount, another player goes all-in. I call and laugh when I see that he has A/J.

Result: J on the turn and J on the river.

2) I have A/A (which happens maybe once in 100 hands). The last 3 times I bet 3 big blinds no one called. Isn't that suspicious? Usually there's always someone who bets preflop, yet if I do the same no one calls, even if it such a small bet.

3) pocket pairs. About 4 times in 5 when I call one big blind with a pocket pair there's an asshole who bets 5 big blinds, forcing me to fold. Most of the times when that doesn't happen I don't hit anything on the flop. Last time I had K/K. I got K/8/8 on the flop. I went all-in and got called. What did the other guy have? 8/8

And I don't even want to mention flushes. I'm so sick and tired of all the bastards who play every suited cards they have.
Honestly would you continue playing if that happened to you all the time. My 50$ dropped down to 38.

Sounds like pokersite has you in the rigged list.