This will apparently be my last blog about poker because I am fed up with the game. I do not want to hear about "good" players because it all comes down to dumb luck - pure and simple. I get knocked out of last nights live game when I go all-in preflop with my pocket Jacks and my opponent calls with 5's. The flop shows a 5 (of course) and off to home I go. This same player earlier called an all-in with 4's against Aces and again hits his set on the flop to crack the rockets. That is all I have to say about live games.
Switching to Full-Tilt, I have been playing with some funds that were generously transferred into my account from my brother (I will pay you back). I took the $20 and have gone up to $30 and down to $15 and have been staying in this range. Today, I decided to try the .10/.25 Limit Hold 'em to see how different the play was. I entered with my entire bankroll of $19.75 and quickly ran it up to $36.75. I told myself, up to $40 or down to $30 and I would stop. Lo and behold, I get AA in the big blind, bet the pot and had 3 callers. The board flops AKK and I am ready to wet myself. I figure I'll make very little more off this pot but will extract as much as possible. I bet the minimum and everyone folds except the SB. He comes over the top and bets the pot. I call and the turn is a 4. Again, he bets the pot, and I put him on either AK or KQ. We continue raising back and forth until I'm all-in. The cards are flipped and he shows KJ which is fantastic until the river. He hits his K for quads. Full Tilt surely loved the rake from the pot that was from purely "random" cards. My aggravation stems from the fact that I have NOT ONCE sucked out in a pot with a significant number of chips (play or real money) in it, but have been the victim of the suck out far too often.
I do not know what else to do. Should I have folded? Played more aggressive? Would it have mattered? Since I have exhausted my online funds and I apparently have no luck in live play, I believe I will find a new hobby.
Like pulling weeds.
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hang in there man. imagine the feeling you feel right now but the reverse. you keep getting your money in good and it will come... see you next time because i know this is a knee-jerk post!
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