What do you do when you lose 95% of your bankroll on one hand?

Hopin2Steal · #31 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:31 PM

After dipping to $40, I'm up to $70.81. It's a long, long road.....but Chris Ferguson has inspired me.

jamby · #32 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:48 PM

How is this a bad beat? Opponent had AA and hero had KK. Flop is AAK. Opponent is ahead the entire time. Bad Beat?

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Originally Posted by SuckoutKing

If you had this hand and outcome at a casino you would have been paid off. Either by winning the hand or the BB jackpot.

links_slayer · #33 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jamby

How is this a bad beat? Opponent had AA and hero had KK. Flop is AAK. Opponent is ahead the entire time. Bad Beat?

monkeydog beat you to it in post #15

jamby · #34 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 06:16 PM

Yeah, I see that now. With the broken quote marks it was kind of difIcult to read and I scanned over it originally. Suckoutking brought up the BB subject again in post #30 though and it does seem to be the general thought process conveyed in this thread. Some casinos, although not many in my experience, do have 'cracked Aces' jackpots and such. Perhaps that would apply here, but certainly not a BB one.

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monkeydog beat you to it in post #15

Ikkans · #35 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 04:44 PM

Well I've been having a good run online, and I've turned my $17 into $66 over the last couple weeks. I also found a couple of rich kids at my University who love poker but are TERRIBLE at it, and I've increased my live bankroll from around $250 to right over $900 in the last 2 1/2 weeks

Rich G · #36 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 06:41 PM

I realize that tourneys are different that your cash game, but I watched an interesting hand that made the broadcast of the WSOP 07. Towards the end the Russian guy(can't remember his name) was in a pot with an very strong hand but not the sheer nuts. Memory is fading on exactly the hands involved but I believe he was second nuts. Hand is being raised into him and he plays the hand very carefully and doesn't commit all his chips with the second nuts. The guys a pro and was unwilling to risk ALL his chips and tourney life with a very strong hand. Wins a good sized pot and doesn't go for the kill shot. Perhaps he realized that he could still be beat albit unlikely and if he's a better player will cripple the other guy and eventually take him down if his strong hand holds up. Also avoids being knocked out of the tourney by a miracle hand. I'll check the TIVO and see if I still have this so get my facts straight.

stalee 679 · #37 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 07:51 PM

even though it's not a bad beat, would this still constituite a "bad beat jackpot" in casinos being it meets all hand rank requirements?

monkeydog · #38 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich G

I realize that tourneys are different that your cash game, but I watched an interesting hand that made the broadcast of the WSOP 07. Towards the end the Russian guy(can't remember his name) was in a pot with an very strong hand but not the sheer nuts. Memory is fading on exactly the hands involved but I believe he was second nuts. Hand is being raised into him and he plays the hand very carefully and doesn't commit all his chips with the second nuts. The guys a pro and was unwilling to risk ALL his chips and tourney life with a very strong hand. Wins a good sized pot and doesn't go for the kill shot. Perhaps he realized that he could still be beat albit unlikely and if he's a better player will cripple the other guy and eventually take him down if his strong hand holds up. Also avoids being knocked out of the tourney by a miracle hand. I'll check the TIVO and see if I still have this so get my facts straight.

He also busted out and lost...

If you only play the absolute nuts poker is going to be a very long boring way to lose your money.

jamby · #39 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 10:13 PM

I think it would depend on the card room. Bad beat jackpots, when offered, always seem to have special rules and requirements that vary amongst card rooms.

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Originally Posted by stalee 679

even though it's not a bad beat, would this still constituite a "bad beat jackpot" in casinos being it meets all hand rank requirements?

the3rd · #40 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jamby

I think it would depend on the card room. Bad beat jackpots, when offered, always seem to have special rules and requirements that vary amongst card rooms.

This wouldn't qualify at most places. Aces full of tens or better. I think the loosest online Bad Beat Jackpot is paid on quad eights or better. Just in case anyone was wondering. End threadjack.