I Really Hate it when the Luck
Thursday, March 4th, 2010I really hate it when the luck in poker is not running your way. There are some sessions where you can just feel things not going your way, you know you should just walk away and stop playing for a while, but still you stubbornly believe you can make all your money back. This happened to me recently during a session of online poker I was playing. I had lost several hands where I was an overwhelming favorite to win, and my opponents got incredibly lucky each time. I finally decided to myself that I would just stop playing for the day. I decided to play one final hand.
I was dealt pocket sixes so I thought, okay I’ll play this one hand and see if I get lucky. Well, imagine my surprise when the flop came out 6-10-10. I was ecstatic. I was in first position with two other players.
I checked, the second fellow checked, and the third guy made a big raise. I reraised him,and the second guy folded. The third guy went all in, he had about the same sized stack I did. Great, I thought, I’ll win this hand and be even for the day and start again tomorrow.
So I turned over my pocket sixes and he turned over kings. I was an overwhelming favorite. The next card was an ace, no problem. All he could get was a king on the river to beat me, and of course he did. I was crushed, cursing and throwing things around my house. That just goes to show you; when you can feel things not going your way, just get up and leave. Even playing one more hand can be disastrous at the casino online.