| This is a discussion on frustration within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; PokerStars Game #16119374771: Tournament #81613224, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/03/20 - 15:49:19 (ET) Table '81613224 1' 6-max Seat #1 is ... |
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| frustration PokerStars Game #16119374771: Tournament #81613224, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/03/20 - 15:49:19 (ET) Table '81613224 1' 6-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: Torandtor (5995 in chips) Seat 3: HCclubhopper (1370 in chips) Seat 4: grubbybears (1635 in chips) Torandtor: posts the ante 25 HCclubhopper: posts the ante 25 grubbybears: posts the ante 25 HCclubhopper: posts small blind 100 grubbybears: posts big blind 200 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to grubbybears [Ad Th] Torandtor: folds HCclubhopper: raises 1145 to 1345 and is all-in grubbybears: calls 1145 *** FLOP *** [9c Qc 2d] *** TURN *** [9c Qc 2d] 4♥ *** RIVER *** [9c Qc 2d 4h] Q♦ *** SHOW DOWN *** HCclubhopper: shows [4c 9s] (two pair, Queens and Nines) grubbybears: shows [Ad Th] (a pair of Queens) HCclubhopper collected 2765 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 2765 | Rake 0 Board [9c Qc 2d 4h Qd] Seat 1: Torandtor (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: HCclubhopper (small blind) showed [4c 9s] and won (2765) with two pair, Queens and Nines Seat 4: grubbybears (big blind) showed [Ad Th] and lost with a pair of Queens the guy had been going all in with everything including a 2-3 off 2-5 off so thought it was a decent enough hand too call boy was i wrong |
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| You want to have "fold equity" whereby you can win without having to show down the best hand. Making this call is fine, but when you lose you shouldn't be frustrated, but rather, should understand that you will lose about 35% of the time against a random hand (Q7o). |
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