Is it possible that some players have hands that are simply lucky and/or unlucky in their hands?

Consider today’s evening freeroll at iPoker – where I was signing on at bet365 poker battling it out against 7,000+ other eager participants over about 90 minutes.

During the course of the action I was dealt “pocket kings” four times – and despite doing the “right thing” and bidding them up and being able to isolate the play down to one other player … I was beaten three times by inferior hands.

This is not a “Bad-beat” sob story – rather an investigation into the phenomena where you just know what is going to come on the river.

Consider :

Hand 1 : KK vs A8o – early in the tournament half stack before the pot – all in after a low flop – as I’ve got a bigger stack. He gets a river ace and wins the pot.
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Hand 2 : KK vs 74o – I called the big stacks all-in – and based on those cards he was obviously bluffing. Nothing comes up as a danger and this time pocket kings actually do win.
🙂

Hand 3 : KK vs A10 – Blind 200, I bet 1000, and Tiger Lilly goes over the top to 3000 – I push all-in for 7,000 as bigger stack and she calls. A ten on the flop gives here more outs – and an ace on the river wins it for her.
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Hand 4 : KK v J4c – Mortally wounded and down to just 1500 chips (4xBB) I wait for a hand – get KK again and have to try it. All-in and I get called by the big stack who does have much. A Jack on the flop gets me nervous and a four on the river means I’m out of the tourney.
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So I get good fortune to get dealt KK four times – and play them (as you surely must) yet by the fourth hand I just “knew” that Lady Luck was making sure they were not going to hold up.

Has that ever happened to you? Do you have a lucky/unlucky hand?
Send in some feedback in the comments section and let me know.

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