You buy into a tournament for ONE MILLION fuc**in dollars...
Have a nice stack in front of you in order to cash, and possibly double up...
Get to the final 18...
And then this happens...
My god...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V7aA0RHK-Q
You buy into a tournament for ONE MILLION fuc**in dollars...
Have a nice stack in front of you in order to cash, and possibly double up...
Get to the final 18...
And then this happens...
My god...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V7aA0RHK-Q
You buy into a tournament for ONE MILLION fuc**in dollars...
Have a nice stack in front of you in order to cash, and possibly double up...
Get to the final 18...
And then this happens...
My god...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V7aA0RHK-Q
Is it really that bad of a beat?
AA has an 15% chance of losing against any other 2 random cards in the deck with a preflop all in.
Assuming that because his opponent did not go all in with 2 random cards, that percentage gets quite a bit higher.
So I think it depends upon WHEN and HOW you view this. When he actually goes all in with AA and no cards have been flopped, he would be marginally unlucky to lose. But if you look at it after the 5 cards are put on the table, it looks incredibly unlucky.
I realize that this is for a million dollar buy in which compounds the appearance of a bad beat - but when he was called for the all in - he probably had at least a 33% chance of losing before the hole cards were flipped.
Is it really that bad of a beat?
AA has an 15% chance of losing against any other 2 random cards in the deck with a preflop all in.
Assuming that because his opponent did not go all in with 2 random cards, that percentage gets quite a bit higher.
So I think it depends upon WHEN and HOW you view this. When he actually goes all in with AA and no cards have been flopped, he would be marginally unlucky to lose. But if you look at it after the 5 cards are put on the table, it looks incredibly unlucky.
I realize that this is for a million dollar buy in which compounds the appearance of a bad beat - but when he was called for the all in - he probably had at least a 33% chance of losing before the hole cards were flipped.
This has happened to me before. Not that rare.
Uh, yes it is rare. I've been playing poker for well over a decade and it has never happened to me. Of course, if you play 1 million hands online a year compared to a live game, your chances of it happening are significantly decreased.
But for it to happen live, on tv, in a one million dollar buy-in has to make it the ultimate bad beat.
This has happened to me before. Not that rare.
Uh, yes it is rare. I've been playing poker for well over a decade and it has never happened to me. Of course, if you play 1 million hands online a year compared to a live game, your chances of it happening are significantly decreased.
But for it to happen live, on tv, in a one million dollar buy-in has to make it the ultimate bad beat.
Is it really that bad of a beat?
AA has an 15% chance of losing against any other 2 random cards in the deck with a preflop all in.
Assuming that because his opponent did not go all in with 2 random cards, that percentage gets quite a bit higher.
So I think it depends upon WHEN and HOW you view this. When he actually goes all in with AA and no cards have been flopped, he would be marginally unlucky to lose. But if you look at it after the 5 cards are put on the table, it looks incredibly unlucky.
I realize that this is for a million dollar buy in which compounds the appearance of a bad beat - but when he was called for the all in - he probably had at least a 33% chance of losing before the hole cards were flipped.
Sorry Van,
You simply have to look at it with the lens of the 'when' and 'how' I am viewing it with vs. your odds-based viewing (which isn't incorrect) because 99.99% of all poker players would look at it the exact same way. Therefore, the near universal consensus of the community must dominate.
It is an extraordinarily bad beat to get pocket rockets in a one million dollar buy-in and lose to a flush to the ONLY other pocket rockets in the deck.
There really is no if's and's or but's about it.
This kid will be on his deathbed and before he leaves to the great beyond, he will remember that hand.
Is it really that bad of a beat?
AA has an 15% chance of losing against any other 2 random cards in the deck with a preflop all in.
Assuming that because his opponent did not go all in with 2 random cards, that percentage gets quite a bit higher.
So I think it depends upon WHEN and HOW you view this. When he actually goes all in with AA and no cards have been flopped, he would be marginally unlucky to lose. But if you look at it after the 5 cards are put on the table, it looks incredibly unlucky.
I realize that this is for a million dollar buy in which compounds the appearance of a bad beat - but when he was called for the all in - he probably had at least a 33% chance of losing before the hole cards were flipped.
Sorry Van,
You simply have to look at it with the lens of the 'when' and 'how' I am viewing it with vs. your odds-based viewing (which isn't incorrect) because 99.99% of all poker players would look at it the exact same way. Therefore, the near universal consensus of the community must dominate.
It is an extraordinarily bad beat to get pocket rockets in a one million dollar buy-in and lose to a flush to the ONLY other pocket rockets in the deck.
There really is no if's and's or but's about it.
This kid will be on his deathbed and before he leaves to the great beyond, he will remember that hand.
Sorry Van,
You simply have to look at it with the lens of the 'when' and 'how' I am viewing it with vs. your odds-based viewing (which isn't incorrect) because 99.99% of all poker players would look at it the exact same way. Therefore, the near universal consensus of the community must dominate.
It is an extraordinarily bad beat to get pocket rockets in a one million dollar buy-in and lose to a flush to the ONLY other pocket rockets in the deck.
There really is no if's and's or but's about it.
This kid will be on his deathbed and before he leaves to the great beyond, he will remember that hand.
I understand, and don't disagree. It is a matter of perspective.
I have one buddy - and this is true - who thinks he is the most unlucky gambler in the world. He is a loser, for many reasons - but a loser in gambling not because he is unlucky but because he is bad. Im sure you know the type.
But he will swear - up and down - how unlucky his losses are but in truth it is simply the way he presents it and thinks about it. If he has a football team who has one play from the one yard line to win a game - and they don't - he conveniently forgets the 10 plays before it that were incredibly lucky to put him in that position. 10 plays ago he would have paid 90% of his wager to be on the 1 yard line with one shot to win - but because his perspective is biased - he thinks he is cursed all the time.
I realize the common perception about this particular poker hand. Just making the point that the "bad luck" he ended up with maybe wasn't as bad when you look at it a different way.
Sorry Van,
You simply have to look at it with the lens of the 'when' and 'how' I am viewing it with vs. your odds-based viewing (which isn't incorrect) because 99.99% of all poker players would look at it the exact same way. Therefore, the near universal consensus of the community must dominate.
It is an extraordinarily bad beat to get pocket rockets in a one million dollar buy-in and lose to a flush to the ONLY other pocket rockets in the deck.
There really is no if's and's or but's about it.
This kid will be on his deathbed and before he leaves to the great beyond, he will remember that hand.
I understand, and don't disagree. It is a matter of perspective.
I have one buddy - and this is true - who thinks he is the most unlucky gambler in the world. He is a loser, for many reasons - but a loser in gambling not because he is unlucky but because he is bad. Im sure you know the type.
But he will swear - up and down - how unlucky his losses are but in truth it is simply the way he presents it and thinks about it. If he has a football team who has one play from the one yard line to win a game - and they don't - he conveniently forgets the 10 plays before it that were incredibly lucky to put him in that position. 10 plays ago he would have paid 90% of his wager to be on the 1 yard line with one shot to win - but because his perspective is biased - he thinks he is cursed all the time.
I realize the common perception about this particular poker hand. Just making the point that the "bad luck" he ended up with maybe wasn't as bad when you look at it a different way.
Perception is everything in gambling and life. That I will never disagree with.
Anyone can change their life just by changing the perception of how they regard the people around them and their environment.
And yes, the bad beat stories mostly come from lifetime losers who hem and haw at losses that are not that unreasonable over the long-term when gambling daily.
This one, just this one...my heart goes out to him.
But that doesn't even broach the problem with paying $1 million dollars to buy into a poker tournament which is a deep internal degenerate sickness in itself.
Perception is everything in gambling and life. That I will never disagree with.
Anyone can change their life just by changing the perception of how they regard the people around them and their environment.
And yes, the bad beat stories mostly come from lifetime losers who hem and haw at losses that are not that unreasonable over the long-term when gambling daily.
This one, just this one...my heart goes out to him.
But that doesn't even broach the problem with paying $1 million dollars to buy into a poker tournament which is a deep internal degenerate sickness in itself.
Perception is everything in gambling and life. That I will never disagree with.
Anyone can change their life just by changing the perception of how they regard the people around them and their environment.
And yes, the bad beat stories mostly come from lifetime losers who hem and haw at losses that are not that unreasonable over the long-term when gambling daily.
This one, just this one...my heart goes out to him.
But that doesn't even broach the problem with paying $1 million dollars to buy into a poker tournament which is a deep internal degenerate sickness in itself.
Perception is everything in gambling and life. That I will never disagree with.
Anyone can change their life just by changing the perception of how they regard the people around them and their environment.
And yes, the bad beat stories mostly come from lifetime losers who hem and haw at losses that are not that unreasonable over the long-term when gambling daily.
This one, just this one...my heart goes out to him.
But that doesn't even broach the problem with paying $1 million dollars to buy into a poker tournament which is a deep internal degenerate sickness in itself.
Again, the 4.3% is reality mathematically but meaningless with regard to the human psyche.
This is a one million dollar buy-in, the biggest in the history of poker and dare I say, the biggest buy in of any tournament type competition in the history of the world.
You look down at a hand that is dealt to you once of every 220 times.
You go all in.
There is only one two card combination in the entire deck where you are not the favorite. Your opponent has it.
He goes all in.
You lose your one million dollars and a chance to cash for 4/6/8/18 million, and double up an average to above average stack, to a flushed A high, one of the only 4 in the deck and you both were holding all 4.
Please, check the 4.3% at the door. It is absolutely meaningless.
Again, the 4.3% is reality mathematically but meaningless with regard to the human psyche.
This is a one million dollar buy-in, the biggest in the history of poker and dare I say, the biggest buy in of any tournament type competition in the history of the world.
You look down at a hand that is dealt to you once of every 220 times.
You go all in.
There is only one two card combination in the entire deck where you are not the favorite. Your opponent has it.
He goes all in.
You lose your one million dollars and a chance to cash for 4/6/8/18 million, and double up an average to above average stack, to a flushed A high, one of the only 4 in the deck and you both were holding all 4.
Please, check the 4.3% at the door. It is absolutely meaningless.
I remember the hand.
10K buy-in.
I remember the hand.
10K buy-in.
That's why I posted it, the buy-in.
As Zimbo noted, if it was a $4.40 online tournament, it wouldn't be noteworthy.
@Lb
Satellited in for what? $100K buy-in?
That's why I posted it, the buy-in.
As Zimbo noted, if it was a $4.40 online tournament, it wouldn't be noteworthy.
@Lb
Satellited in for what? $100K buy-in?
Perception is everything in gambling and life. That I will never disagree with.
Anyone can change their life just by changing the perception of how they regard the people around them and their environment.
And yes, the bad beat stories mostly come from lifetime losers who hem and haw at losses that are not that unreasonable over the long-term when gambling daily.
This one, just this one...my heart goes out to him.
But that doesn't even broach the problem with paying $1 million dollars to buy into a poker tournament which is a deep internal degenerate sickness in itself.
Perception is everything in gambling and life. That I will never disagree with.
Anyone can change their life just by changing the perception of how they regard the people around them and their environment.
And yes, the bad beat stories mostly come from lifetime losers who hem and haw at losses that are not that unreasonable over the long-term when gambling daily.
This one, just this one...my heart goes out to him.
But that doesn't even broach the problem with paying $1 million dollars to buy into a poker tournament which is a deep internal degenerate sickness in itself.
If you have a million to buy into a poker tournament, you don't feel near as bad as the guy who gets bad beat out of his last dime at the Friday night home game, who then is looking forward to a weekend busted; notwithstanding whatever the f uck Hamlet was talking about.
Every degenerate who knows the feeling would trade places with the stiff who blew the million.
If you have a million to buy into a poker tournament, you don't feel near as bad as the guy who gets bad beat out of his last dime at the Friday night home game, who then is looking forward to a weekend busted; notwithstanding whatever the f uck Hamlet was talking about.
Every degenerate who knows the feeling would trade places with the stiff who blew the million.
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