How bad of a poker player was I?

When i first started playing poker on pokerstars, i was dealt K 10 of spades. I flopped a royal flush, and i folded. On bottom right of my screen it said royal flush, and i folded because i didn't pair the board.
LOL

Since then i have only had one royal flush, and a few str8 flushes. It was play money, so i didn't really mind but my friends laughed when i told them the story. They explained to me that i folded the best hand in Hold em, and i felt like an idiot.

Has anyone ever done anything dumb like this before, lol?

i dont think ive done anything that stupid but i laughed really hard when i read this. You are pretty lucky though, ive never had a royal flush and ive only had a straight flush once

LOL that's funny. But no, I've been playing 4 yrs and have yet to hit the royal. I've folded a few hands that would have turned into the royal, but alas, still have'nt hit one. I WOULD NOT HAVE FOLDED IT I CAN ASSURE YOU LOL

Hit my first royal flush playing omaha hilo, in a live cash game and had four people in the hand raising and reraising. I hit the royal on the river to scoooooooop the pot and it was a big pot. I have hit a few on line but only one playing live.

havent hit a royal in atleast 5/6 months last time i hit 1 was in a torney on carbon had like 2 ppl knockd out with it lol

i see a lo of other ppl hitting a royal just not me lol

mig same here only ever hit 1 in live poker

I haven't folded a royal but I did fold a full house, recently, for real money, so I can't use inexperience as an excuse, I'm just stupid.

dumbest thing i ever did...folded a full house cause i was afraid someone had a flush

No, or I didnt notice it. :P

Anyway having the best cards doesnt mean anything. The opponent must have weaker but good cards too. If they throw their cards, even a royal fush is worth nothing.

lol funny story, you got to completely misunderstood the hand rules to fold a royal flush, i had 1 royal flush in my year of playing poker.

When we first started playing Holdem we had the rules so messed up. If the board paired a higher pair than somebody else held, the pot was chopped (i.e. If Aces were on the board and nobody had an ace, it was an auto chop) If a flush was on board and nobody had a card higher than the higher one on board it was a chop (i.e. If the board was Kh 9h 8h 5h 2s and I held the Qh and my opponent held the Jh, we chopped)

P.S. These weren't house rules, we thought we were playing correct. lol

ive folded pocket aces preflop before lol.

wasnt paying any attention

lol this is sorta like my first time ever playing hearts I shot the moon on accident. No one even told me it was good if I could get all of them so I was just trying to get as few as possible yet took them all. I was like 7 at the time though.

lol folding a royal.. never done that one...
I've only had 3 and they were all omaha... spades clubs and diamonds... havnt hit heart royal

lol did the same thing but the difrence is i always thought you where suposed to win all the hands at Hearts

Some useful sites for you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_rankings

http://sporcle.com/games/pokerhands.php

What's really bad is I have been playing some variance of poker for over 20 years and have NEVER had a royal flush. I have seen plenty, but never had one myself.

I played stud and draw growing up. When I first started playing Hold 'Em, I was in a real big hand with lots of raising and reraising. The river brought me a nut-flush, and somebody bet into me. I just called, and flipped over the absolute nuts. When I was asked why I didn't raise, I said, "With all the betting, I was afraid of a boat or quads." It was then explained to me that, with no pair on the board, that was impossible.

Haha one of the first times i played i had AK and the flop came 2 3 4 and i pushed all in and got called and the guy started gathering the chips... the board was like 2 3 4 9 J or something and he had two pair... and i got really mad and argued with him that I had a straight for like 20 minutes... haha

I haven't had a royal flush, but I did fold a full house, like Ted, for the same reason, lol...I hate mistakes like those!! Those are the ones that ineveitably would have given you a very pretty pot, too Well, at least now you know ( I hope! haha) Hopefully you're graced with it again at some point....me too...

well, I guess we all did similar stupid things when we first began to play poker.I remember folding top boat to a shove

I know all the rules now, and hand values. That happened about five year ago, and i'm a much better player know. But thx anyway's for the site's, the only problem i have know is not letting go of big aces(AK, AQ, AJ) when i miss the flop. Other than that, i'm a pretty good hold em player.

In other poker games that i have increased my skill, and doing very well are OMAHA, HORSE, 2-7 SINGLE DRAW, RAZZ, and 8 game.

hellllssss no i've never done nothing that moronical in my life:O a royal flush dude u folded a royal flush :O b/c never paired the board...my suggestion is to not go and play any cash games until u get the basics of poker down like, distinguishing massive hands, or sorry to say bruddah ur gonna loae alot of cash

Thats the first time I have ever heard of that. I have nver had a royal but I love to read blogs when other guys get them. I hope you get another soon.

hahahhahaha i hope you stepped your game up

Hi James, I folded that Royal Flush a very long time ago about 3 years ago. That when I first started to play, I was a horrible player, but now i'm a lot better than i use to be. Thanks anyways for the link's, i'll check em out.

I would also like to thank every for posting on this thread, and telling me some stories about them being in similar situations.

i've made some horrific plays and still do sometimes. i shove every once in a while when 8 hits the river. only to be called and realise after my chips are gone that 8 didnt give me a str8. but this post made me think of this.

flopped trip kings and lost (aka This moron folded a full house)

It is not big thing.Fold a royal flush will not loose big money.I remember I flop a straight flush.Although I choose the slow play,but everyone check from flop to river.When I bet a little,all folded.So I only won a little.

Why did that guy fold a full house??? I've never anything more stupid than that. Even when I first started to play I knew if i had trips that was very good. I know me folding the royal was very stupid, but I don't think I ever folded trips.

I don't know why you whove on river's when 8's hit, but you must have your reasons. I would only shove on river if I know I got the nutz.

I've posted this before, I was in a MTT low buy-in and got a royal,, my nephew was playing on the same site (different table} so I called him. While all this was going on, yep, I timed out. DOH

This should make you feel some what better. (I hope).

Take care

I bet you I'm A LOT worse than you I try to play poker and I really enjoy it, but I'm just not good at it haha.

-Kellene-
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I folded a flush once live by accident.

I thought the last card was a diamond, but with a little squinting (post muck), I saw I made the flush.

Yes, I know. I need glasses. (and hope for seat 5 or 6)

Nothing serious like you guys. Ace 10 before flop. Flop comes ace-10-7 I think, two clubs. I believe I checked raised, and got called. Next card 6 of clubs, making up for any straight/flush draw he might have had. He shoved, and I folded. He showed me ace-6...

I was FURIOUS.

was playing HORSE and while playing RAZZ (I thought) halfway through the hand I realized that the game had switched to Stud Hi (at the beginning of the hand) on fifth street when I pairded up. Ended up winning the hand with trip 7's

Man that the funniest thing i have heard!!

I have only hit one royal flush and i was on tilt in a tournement!!!!

Well cant say I have ever folded a royal. I did know the hand values the first time I played for money hehe. But I do remember one thing really stupid I did the first week or two I started playing. I thought having position meant going first. Because I was always thinking if I bet first the other guy usually folds, if he gets to go first they always bet and I have to fold unless I have something and rarely do lol.