Lucky and Unlucky hands?
Is it possible that some players have hands that are simply lucky and/or unlucky in their hands?
Consider today’s evening freeroll at Prima - where I was signing on at Bet365 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.
:-(
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.
:-(
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.
:-(
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.
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Bet365 Review at PokerLabrat.com
Has that ever happened to you? Do you have a lucky/unlucky hand?
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