I just cannot get these people to fold no matter what I bet? I played a Tournament this morning starting at 10:00 UK time. It is now 14:40 UK time and I'm out. There was no skill in my play, it was just a case of close your eyes and pray you didn't suffer a suckout.
At one stage I did not play a hand for 75 minutes, not even my blind because there was a preflop steal/raise on virtually every orbit. I would have total trash in the SB/BB and certainly nothing I could play back with. So I had to sit and suffer.
I then got dealt QQ in MP so I made a 4BB raise as there was one limper. EVERY SINGLE PLAYER BEHIND ME CALLED!!
The flop came K 7 2 which normally would suggest I have a possible chance of being ahead against one player and depending on how they bet I would soon know if I was good or not. SB/BB checked but the original raiser bet 1/2 the pot. I had to fold with so many behind me to act. If I call then experience at the table says one or more will call and someone would more than likely shove.
I was right and the player to my left raised all in. Three more players called and the turn came 3 and river 3.
The cards were shown and the winner had K3 os!!!!! Now I've played this game long enough to see stupid play but that play was right up there! The other two both held a K!!
I actually felt happy to get away with just a loss of 4BB.
I sat back and waited patiently, getting a few plays from the BB and flopping a flush with junk to pick up some handy chips. I then had some real bonus chips when I had QQ again on the button this time. It was a family game with all but one of the players calling preflop. I shoved (a bit of angst I freely admit) and just the BB called. The cards came over 4 Q 6
and he was showing Q 
T
I couldn't believe my luck.
I just sat back and watched as the others raised re-raised etc. It was like a game of snap as opposed to Poker.
I was now of the opinion that a huge raise or a shove was the way to get heads-up to take your chances. I was dealt A
K
so I raised 10BB from the cut-off - my theory failed and three players called me to see a flop of K 
J
9
So I had TPTK and a draw to the nut flush. The BB shoved, I naturally called as did the button.
Turn 8
River 9
The BB had 9
8
That crippled me and I lost with JJ to Q5 when a Q hit the turn!
So I ask again, how on earth can you beat these players? They are like Zombies in the Walking Dead, you kill off 6-7 of them and another crowd appear!! These players had VPIP of 65-90 and their lifetime profit varied from -$6K to - $16K!! They're not winning overall but they're kicking my @rse big style at the moment!!
The other thing I have noticed is they fight each other for a pot by calling all in when they have a pair or two pair on a board that is showing flush and straight draws are very likely. Somehow their middle pair holds up and they take down a monster! Why can't I do that?
At one stage I did not play a hand for 75 minutes, not even my blind because there was a preflop steal/raise on virtually every orbit. I would have total trash in the SB/BB and certainly nothing I could play back with. So I had to sit and suffer.
I then got dealt QQ in MP so I made a 4BB raise as there was one limper. EVERY SINGLE PLAYER BEHIND ME CALLED!!
The flop came K 7 2 which normally would suggest I have a possible chance of being ahead against one player and depending on how they bet I would soon know if I was good or not. SB/BB checked but the original raiser bet 1/2 the pot. I had to fold with so many behind me to act. If I call then experience at the table says one or more will call and someone would more than likely shove.
I was right and the player to my left raised all in. Three more players called and the turn came 3 and river 3.
The cards were shown and the winner had K3 os!!!!! Now I've played this game long enough to see stupid play but that play was right up there! The other two both held a K!!
I actually felt happy to get away with just a loss of 4BB.
I sat back and waited patiently, getting a few plays from the BB and flopping a flush with junk to pick up some handy chips. I then had some real bonus chips when I had QQ again on the button this time. It was a family game with all but one of the players calling preflop. I shoved (a bit of angst I freely admit) and just the BB called. The cards came over 4 Q 6
and he was showing Q 
T
I couldn't believe my luck.I just sat back and watched as the others raised re-raised etc. It was like a game of snap as opposed to Poker.
I was now of the opinion that a huge raise or a shove was the way to get heads-up to take your chances. I was dealt A
K
so I raised 10BB from the cut-off - my theory failed and three players called me to see a flop of K 
J
9
So I had TPTK and a draw to the nut flush. The BB shoved, I naturally called as did the button.Turn 8
River 9
The BB had 9
8
That crippled me and I lost with JJ to Q5 when a Q hit the turn!
So I ask again, how on earth can you beat these players? They are like Zombies in the Walking Dead, you kill off 6-7 of them and another crowd appear!! These players had VPIP of 65-90 and their lifetime profit varied from -$6K to - $16K!! They're not winning overall but they're kicking my @rse big style at the moment!!
The other thing I have noticed is they fight each other for a pot by calling all in when they have a pair or two pair on a board that is showing flush and straight draws are very likely. Somehow their middle pair holds up and they take down a monster! Why can't I do that?
