Straight Loses to Boat on River (cash)

BAD BEAT

I was a 91% favorite on the turn with a made straight and a flush draw. Simply frustrating.

Flopped Straight No Good (cash)

I don't know how to label this hand because I was drawing dead. The best I could hope for was a chopped pot, but instead got killed. I should never have capped the betting on the turn or even raised on the river but I was tilting slightly as well as trying to be aggressive. I didn't think my opponent would have the same hand as I did but with a better draw. This hand is pretty symbolic of my seven hour marathon session in which nothing seemed to go my way. Sometimes it's better to just quit and take a small loss to fight another day, than it is to be stubborn and keep pumping money into a losing session.

Aces Cracked Again By Big Stack (tourney)

BAD BEAT

The flop made me a 75% favorite, but the big stack once again gets lucky with garbage.

Gutshot Gets Me Twice (cash)

BAD BEAT

On the first hand, I turned two pair and was a 91% favorite. On the second hand, my pocket aces were 81% favorites on the turn. Both hands exemplify that if Lady Luck doesn't want you to win, there's really nothing you can do but wait for the next session.

Gutshot Straight on River Against Two (tourney)

GOOD BEAT

I was just a 3.05% dog on the flop against one player who held pocket kings, one with pocket fours and another who dominated my A5 with A7. But it didn't matter because Lady Luck was on my side on this hand.

Straight on River Beats Pair (tourney)

BAD BEAT

Great flop for my opponent, but he was still a dog on the turn. I don't get how these things seem to happen more often than not in this tourney. How do you call an all-in with JT off-suit? The answer for this big stack is, "because I can."

Aces Cracked in Threeway Race (tourney)

BAD BEAT

Maybe I should have called, but I wanted to go heads-up and if I didn't, I wanted to take a big pot down. We were into a part of the tournament when you had to have a decent chip stack to get through the blinds. I was a 71% favorite pre-flop and it stayed that way on the flop. What's so sick is that the big stack (or the guy with the biggest stack among the three in the hand) was just a 7% dog on the flop. He improved to 20% on the turn and I went down a few notches to 69%. It was enough though to crack me and I just can't help but wonder if this poker software has something wrong with it.