So anyway...

[tribey]

... after some shitty beats over an extended period I decided to take a break, clear the head, see the sun, etc.

Came 13th in a 180 person 20+2 SnG last night, and while disappointing not to get into the real cash, I felt confident, back if you will.

Until tonight this happens:

PokerStars Game #11996613059: Tournament #60846355, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/09/11 - 11:24:50 (ET)
Table '60846355 4' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: greedyoneme (1380 in chips)
Seat 2: Afioni (1620 in chips)
Seat 3: EppyPwns (1400 in chips)
Seat 4: kimarjo (1600 in chips)
Seat 5: r16s18t26 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: KingJames85 (1620 in chips)
Seat 7: MarcusAS (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: tribeysrsly (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: fel_iv (1440 in chips)
MarcusAS: posts small blind 10
tribeysrsly: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tribeysrsly [Ks Kd]
fel_iv: folds
greedyoneme: folds
Afioni: folds
EppyPwns: folds
kimarjo: raises 80 to 100
r16s18t26: folds
KingJames85: folds
MarcusAS: folds
tribeysrsly: raises 200 to 300
kimarjo: raises 1300 to 1600 and is all-in
tribeysrsly: calls 1200 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3c 9c]
*** TURN *** [Kc 3c 9c] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 3c 9c Jc] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tribeysrsly: shows [Ks Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)
kimarjo: shows [Tc Ah] (a flush, King high)
kimarjo collected 3010 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3010 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 3c 9c Jc Th]
Seat 1: greedyoneme folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Afioni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: EppyPwns folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: kimarjo showed [Tc Ah] and won (3010) with a flush, King high
Seat 5: r16s18t26 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: KingJames85 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: MarcusAS (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: tribeysrsly (big blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 9: fel_iv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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Anyone'd think it was a ****ing playmoney rebuy.

 

[tribey]

The misery continues...

PokerStars Game #12033194372: Tournament #60482950, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/09/13 - 10:37:32 (ET)
Table '60482950 64' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Mendieta1 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: miandsh2000 (2725 in chips)
Seat 3: Storm_Deluxe (2120 in chips)
Seat 4: TallThinMan (4215 in chips)
Seat 5: Energie83 (2270 in chips)
Seat 6: nh_ty_yw_fu (3540 in chips)
Seat 7: cliveb (1810 in chips)
Seat 8: Geetor (2870 in chips)
Seat 9: tribeysrsly (1450 in chips)
tribeysrsly: posts small blind 25
Mendieta1: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tribeysrsly [Ah As]
miandsh2000: raises 100 to 150
Storm_Deluxe: calls 150
TallThinMan: folds
Energie83: folds
nh_ty_yw_fu: folds
cliveb: folds
Geetor: folds
tribeysrsly: raises 450 to 600
Mendieta1: folds
miandsh2000: calls 450
Storm_Deluxe: calls 450
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4d 8d]
tribeysrsly: bets 850 and is all-in
miandsh2000: raises 850 to 1700
Storm_Deluxe: calls 1520 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Kd 4d 8d] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4d 8d 7d] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
miandsh2000: shows [Kc Qd] (a flush, King high)
Storm_Deluxe: shows [Qc 4c] (a pair of Fours)
tribeysrsly said, "arggh"
miandsh2000 collected 1340 from side pot
tribeysrsly: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)
tribeysrsly said, "seriously"
miandsh2000 collected 4400 from main pot
Geetor said, "ouch"
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Seriously fellas. What do I have to do here? I'm sick of walking away going, "oh well... I couldn't have played it any better, I got my money in with the best hand!!!1, lulz".

This is just rubbish - not only are they repeatedly calling with absolute and utter shit (KQos and Q4s in the face of a big raise - then what's Storm doing calling two all-ins with low pair?), but they keep hitting mathematical rarities to send me packing.

Destination: Wit's end.

 

[Daytripper]

Seriously fellas. What do I have to do here? I'm sick of walking away going, "oh well... I couldn't have played it any better, I got my money in with the best hand!!!1, lulz".

This is just rubbish - not only are they repeatedly calling with absolute and utter shit (KQos and Q4s in the face of a big raise - then what's Storm doing calling two all-ins with low pair?), but they keep hitting mathematical rarities to send me packing.

Destination: Wit's end.

Is this real money or play money ?

 

[Armwarmer]

You just need to stop caring. Just move on, open and other sit and go, and keep playing solid.

Poker is a game of cards, you can't expect your hand to always hold up.

A10 isn't a reraising hand for good players, but it is a hand that new or bad players might want to play with. If you had lost the hand, would be be posting here? No, you'd be fist pumping and thanking the donk for doubling you up. Ok, you lost when you flopped top set, but it was all in preflop and he was drawing at 3 live aces with a 30ish% chance of beating you. This really isn't anything new. It's pretty standard.

The hand with the aces is pretty disgusting, but once again, its standard. Donkeys overplay KQ so much in tournaments it disgusts me. I see people calling big all ins with KQ every day. What do they put their opponent on, QJ? They know they are flipping at best, but alot of the time they will also be crushed (AA, KK, QQ, AK, AQ). But at the same time, given the choice between the guy folding his KQ or calling you, I think you know which option you'd choose.

I have had some disgusting beats lately, but at the same times I have no illusions because I've also inflicted some. Yesterday when playing some sngs, when relatively short I was making some steals from the button and smallblind. Two or three times I got called by big hands (jacks when I had Q3, KQ when I had Q5, AK when I had K10). All these times I won the hand. I think I did this all within the one sng, which due to the good luck I ended up salvaging and winning. Did I complain about this? No, but the guy to my left that I kept beating sure would have. It's just variance. People tend to pump themselves up when they are getting the nice side of swongs (winning coin flips, hitting draws) and cite their superior play, and then meltdown when they cop beats and blame the donkeys.

Basically, take a break if you want, but just hang on and you'll get some upswongs.

 

[purple sneakers]

LOL at Storm Deluxe calling with his Q4 - just shocking play. I checked him out on Sharkscope and he has lost %501 in 658 games - not the worst but clearly not the best either.

 

[tribey]

You just need to stop caring. Just move on, open and other sit and go, and keep playing solid.

Poker is a game of cards, you can't expect your hand to always hold up.

A10 isn't a reraising hand for good players, but it is a hand that new or bad players might want to play with. If you had lost the hand, would be be posting here? No, you'd be fist pumping and thanking the donk for doubling you up. Ok, you lost when you flopped top set, but it was all in preflop and he was drawing at 3 live aces with a 30ish% chance of beating you. This really isn't anything new. It's pretty standard.

The hand with the aces is pretty disgusting, but once again, its standard. Donkeys overplay KQ so much in tournaments it disgusts me. I see people calling big all ins with KQ every day. What do they put their opponent on, QJ? They know they are flipping at best, but alot of the time they will also be crushed (AA, KK, QQ, AK, AQ). But at the same time, given the choice between the guy folding his KQ or calling you, I think you know which option you'd choose.

I have had some disgusting beats lately, but at the same times I have no illusions because I've also inflicted some. Yesterday when playing some sngs, when relatively short I was making some steals from the button and smallblind. Two or three times I got called by big hands (jacks when I had Q3, KQ when I had Q5, AK when I had K10). All these times I won the hand. I think I did this all within the one sng, which due to the good luck I ended up salvaging and winning. Did I complain about this? No, but the guy to my left that I kept beating sure would have. It's just variance. People tend to pump themselves up when they are getting the nice side of swongs (winning coin flips, hitting draws) and cite their superior play, and then meltdown when they cop beats and blame the donkeys.

Basically, take a break if you want, but just hang on and you'll get some upswongs.

Yeah. It's just these aren't isolated - I'm in the middle of an absolutely filthy run at present. The last couple of hands were the final straw - hence my desire to post.

Cheers for the advice though. Hopefully the upswing is just around the corner.

 

[tribey]

Is this real money or play money ?

Real, of course.