AA losing vs K2 (1 Viewer)

[Phantom]

@Phantom

Cray cray

Soooooooooted

Although, it is Armenian Mike...

 

[Basti]

LOL...I have you beat by 1. I lost to Q2 this past Thursday. Playing $1/$1 hold em, and I raised $12 preflop. First time at this game, but I knew it played bigger than $1/$1. My $12 raise got 4 calls, which I knew was bad news. Q2 villain flopped 2 pair. Lesson learned....bet bigger preflop.



HOWEVER, I think my buddy Mike holds the all-time worst AA beat. This will make feel better.

WSOP Main Event 2016:

I had a 1/10th stake in my buddy Mike and he runs into this on day 2.

Chip Stacks
Mike = 130k
Villain (V) = 90k

Preflop: Mike AA. Raises preflop and gets 1 caller.

Flop = A, rag, rag. No straight or flush possibility. Mike bets half the pot, and Villain calls.

Turn = K. Mike makes a pot sized bet, villain moves all in and Mike calls.

Mike shows AAA
Villain shows KKK and says, "that's what I put you on". The table erupted in laughter at the stupid comment.

River.... an f'n "K"

I may be wrong, but I don't think there is a runout worse than this (yes/no?). Villian needed those 2 cards to come on the turn and the river....and got both of them.

I was on the phone with my wife at the time and almost threw my phone at the wall because I was so pissed.

Now for the good news. Mike took his 45k and rallied back to $188k by the end of day 2. AND knocked the villain out of the tournament later in the day.

putting someone on AAA and going all-in with KKK just to win anyways sounds about right

 

[Basti]

I played a little more today and lost with my AA vs AJ hitting a set of Jacks on the turn and improving to quads on the river
The poker gods are not with me so far in 2022

 

[JP1984]

Wtf is insurance? This is poker not blackjack

 

[diablo2112]

Be super-thankful for hands like this. They’re critical to the long-term game. It rewards the phish for staying on hands that are mathematically highly unfavorable. If hands like this didn’t happen, you’d make considerably less bank on competitive hands with good cards. In the long run, such bad beats make you far more money than not.

 

[grebe]

I did that again with 35$ just now and lost vs Q2 pre-flop
I'll take a break from online poker, people there are mental

WHAT SITE????

I want in.

 

[grebe]

Seriously, you need to get used to it. AA loses. Sets lose. I lost with quads the other day (won $3780 on that one though).

Your beat just really isnt that bad.

 

[Basti]

WHAT SITE????

I want in.

GGpoker

 

[Basti]

Seriously, you need to get used to it. AA loses. Sets lose. I lost with quads the other day (won $3780 on that one though).

Your beat just really isnt that bad.

I know, long term the maths will be on my side. Just unfortunate that I've been playing online for a couple weeks now and so far almost all of my AA lost after a pre-flop showdown.

 

[Nanook]

Be super-thankful for hands like this. They’re critical to the long-term game. It rewards the phish for staying on hands that are mathematically highly unfavorable. If hands like this didn’t happen, you’d make considerably less bank on competitive hands with good cards. In the long run, such bad beats make you far more money than not.

Be happy to be able to be playing in a game that people play so poorly. There could be lots of worse things.....
Like playing in a really tough game where people are not making those kinds of mistakes....

Seriously, you need to get used to it. AA loses. Sets lose. I lost with quads the other day (won $3780 on that one though).

Your beat just really isnt that bad.

All true...

 

[BigSlick4523]

anyone else had bad luck like this with aces before?

No reason for that guy to ever be in the pot unless it got check all the way to the river or atleast the turn and then it was a very very small bet so he said F it and went to hit a 4 outer I didn't read any of the responses yet

 

[grebe]

Just started playing on a new Brazillian site. They are awful. back to back hands this morning:

AA raise to 3X, short stack calls from BB. Check down a flop of TT6....he leads on a Q turn, I call hoping he has the Q or another pair. Bets river, I call. He had T3.
KK 3Bet to 21X....one cold call and initial raiser calls. I Cbet a Q73 flop for a chunky size....only the cold caller calls. He was a short stack, so had less than pot bet behind. 7 turn, I shove he calls. He has k7o. River is just another pointless dagger of the last 7.

Can't wait to get back on the tables.

 

[CrazyEddie]

They have other promos as well, splash pots, 64 low at Big O, hot seats and pot sweeteners during sports event and such. They also have a reasonable BBJ. Best promotions I’ve seen in a casino.

All of these serve to reduce volatility, protecting the bankrolls of people who aren't bankrolled properly. They keep the fish in their seats, which I suppose is a long-term benefit to the winning players, but it comes at the cost of a reduced win rate since the money to pay for it comes out of the pots.

They’re gonna take the drop anyway so might as well maximize what we get out of it.

They wouldn't be offering these promos if they didn't ultimately mean the casino gets more money from the players (all the casino's money comes from players).

 

[grebe]

All of these serve to reduce volatility, protecting the bankrolls of people who aren't bankrolled properly. They keep the fish in their seats, which I suppose is a long-term benefit to the winning players, but it comes at the cost of a reduced win rate since the money to pay for it comes out of the pots.


They wouldn't be offering these promos if they didn't ultimately mean the casino gets more money from the players (all the casino's money comes from players).

My local card room does a $200 high hand per hour promo....every pot over $10 is raked $2 for this promo....usually there are 10+ tables going when they are offering this. The room is making money off this as long as 10 pots per table per hour get raked....and this is EASILY true. However, at least at the 1/2 tables, it's most of what people talk about. People LOVE this shit, even if it costs them money.

 

[moose]

My local card room does a $200 high hand per hour promo....every pot over $10 is raked $2 for this promo....usually there are 10+ tables going when they are offering this. The room is making money off this as long as 10 pots per table per hour get raked....and this is EASILY true. However, at least at the 1/2 tables, it's most of what people talk about. People LOVE this shit, even if it costs them money.

In general, promo money collected must be returned to the players. In Nevada, this is a legal requirement, which is why whenever a poker room closes, you usually see a freeroll or some other giveaway to make sure the promo money is all distributed.

 

[CrazyEddie]

I stand (partially) corrected.

 

[Nanook]

All of these serve to reduce volatility, protecting the bankrolls of people who aren't bankrolled properly. They keep the fish in their seats, which I suppose is a long-term benefit to the winning players, but it comes at the cost of a reduced win rate since the money to pay for it comes out of the pots.

They wouldn't be offering these promos if they didn't ultimately mean the casino gets more money from the players (all the casino's money comes from players).

All true
The idea is to keep more people in the seats longer and promotions help the losing players much more than they do the pros. Think about it....... Maybe 5% of the total player pool is winning and of those actually at the tables maybe at most 20% of them are winning players. That means 80% of the players playing are losing so if you can re-distribute the money evenly across both winning and losing players then the losing players benefit the most (by far)

...............People LOVE this shit, even if it costs them money.

People love this shit everywhere. It is amazing how dumb people are....

In general, promo money collected must be returned to the players. In Nevada, this is a legal requirement, which is why whenever a poker room closes, you usually see a freeroll or some other giveaway to make sure the promo money is all distributed.

kinda....
There is an old saying and it is "The Devil is in the Details" and this certainly applies when it comes to promo money.
I would have to look into the details for Nevada to be 100% sure how it works in that state, but I know with 100% certainty that in my state your statement applies, but when you read the fine print everything seems completely different. Sure it is a "player promotional pool of money" and it is all regulated and all that , but a) there is an administrative fee and b) they can use that pool of money for any sort of promotional activity they deem worthy. Jackpot, high hand of the hour, Cracked AA etc, but also can use it to buy merchandise and give it away, comps, food discounts etc all can be used as well so looks can be very deceiving.

I stand (partially) corrected.

I think that your thinking is pretty spot on

 

[Nanook]

In general, promo money collected must be returned to the players. In Nevada, this is a legal requirement, which is why whenever a poker room closes, you usually see a freeroll or some other giveaway to make sure the promo money is all distributed.

I am well aware of the fact that when a poker room closes and there is a jackpot pool of money left they are required to distribute it and I am not denying that they will do so. What I am saying is that of the $2 that they take out for the Jackpot, only a small portion of that actually winds up in the jackpot. 25% to Administrative fee, 15% to comps, 5% to food promotions, 5% to merchandise promotions etc. You get the idea

 

[grebe]

In general, promo money collected must be returned to the players. In Nevada, this is a legal requirement, which is why whenever a poker room closes, you usually see a freeroll or some other giveaway to make sure the promo money is all distributed.

Hell, POKER isnt even legal in Virginia. The fact that we have an open card room is a Festivus Miracle.