Running Trips (cash)

BAD BEAT

I'm on a losing streak. There. I said it. I've been bombarded both online and live play and it is sickening. I don't even want to play anymore. I'm tired of these sick beats and I need a break. Funny thing is, I'll be right back on the tables tomorrow. But this particular hand really infuriates me. I just don't understand how someone can call on the flop with absolutely nothing? What did he expect would happen by calling? Hit a pair? Maybe. I guess I can't blame him for calling on the turn. He does have top pair. But on the flop? He doesn't have anything!! NOTHING!! He's a 3% dog on the flop. He then improves to 11% on the turn. But come on!

What Happened to 7-card Stud?

I remember when I first started playing poker in the '90s, the game everyone played was 7-card stud. Of course, it was always a cash game and home games were always a kind of "you call it" format. In other words, when the deal came to you, you would get to call the game. So we'd play games like baseball, anaconda, pass the trash and not necessarily poker games like acey deucey. Oh, those were the days! But if you want to learn How to Play 7 Card Stud, just click on the link provided by PokerStars so you too can revel in the good ol' days.

How to Play Pot Limit Omaha

After playing so many no-limit hold 'em tourneys, sometimes you want change and you want to play something else. Thankfully, PokerStars offers a $0.10 Pot Limit Omaha tourney. It's a short-handed tourney meaning only six players are allowed on each table. It starts with 240 players and the top 24 are paid. If you want to learn How to Play Pot Limit Omaha, just click on the link and you can watch a video from PokerStars.

Big Stack BS on River (tourney)

BAD BEAT

I'm quite certain and probably have enough evidence to show that there is something going on with PokerStars' programming in their 360 $0.10 tourneys. It can not be mere coincidence that on numerous and nearly countless situations does the big stack win over smaller stacks even when they are extremely behind. Here is just another example of the big stack getting "lucky". I don't think it's luck. It's something else.

Three Shots, Three Calls with Underpair

BAD BEAT

It's so sick how some players will call you with an underpair when there are all kinds of overcards on the board. Then, for some sick, unbelievable reason, they get rewarded on the river and raise your ass. You call wondering what the hell they have and look astonishingly at the cards they hold. Here's a two-outer that is filled on the river after I raised pre-flop and fired on all rounds.

Unbelievable Runner Runner

BAD BEAT

I really don't get how some people can be so lucky. This guy decides to call with absolutely nothing. Nothing! Not a pair, not a straight draw, no flush draw - nothing. The only remotely thing he has is a backdoor straight draw. So what happens? What else can this guy do but hit two cards on the river to make two pair. Then he has the temerity to check-raise my sorry ass on the river. Sick. He was just a 4% dog on the turn.