| This is a discussion on What qualifies a hand as a "cooler" to you? within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; Me: A hand where there is: 1) No way to get away from it, at any point. 2) No reason you can think you have ... |
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| What qualifies a hand as a "cooler" to you? Me: A hand where there is: 1) No way to get away from it, at any point. 2) No reason you can think you have the worst of it, until the cards are shown. I have a couple that come to mind. One happened online at a freeroll tourney, one happened live. Hand #1: A couple years ago, I was playing in a freeroll tourney that was a qualifier for a 3000 entry WSOP freeroll. All you had to do was finish in the top 50 to get a seat in the 3000 seat weekly tourney, where they give away 16 seats. I'm dealt Q8 of diams in the big blind. At this point I have about the average chip stack. There are about 85 players left, and I don't think I can fold my way to a qualify. Blinds are around 20K and 40K. My table is a little short handed (maybe 7 players) and I get one caller (under the gun). I smiled a little when the flop came Q 8 3, all different suits. I bet 100K in chips (about 1/4th of my stack). Guy that called under the gun raises 100K. I re raise him another 100K, he goes all in (he had me covered). I call (figuring at this point he has a set) and he shows me AQ. Turn comes an A and i'm out just that quick. Hand #2: Live $3-$6 game in Laughlin, NV. I have 66 in a game with 5 players. I'm the second player in the pot outside of the blinds. Flop comes A 10 2. Everyone checks. Turn card is a 6. Guy to my right bets $6. I raise to $12, he pops me back to $18. At this point the fact that he "might" have pocket aces or pocket 10's dawns on me, but i'm more likely putting him on A10 or A2. I just call, playing it safe. River pairs the board with a deuce. He bets really fast. One of those bets where I can tell he's begging me to raise. I flat call and he shows me pocket deuces. ---------------------------------------------- I gathered up my chips and leave the table as quickly and quietly as I could. No way you can play right after a beat like that in a live game. Maybe I could do it online, but not at a live game. --------------------------------------------- Anyone have any good cooler stories? Either victim or otherwise? Matt |
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| Hand #1: Bad beat. Hand #2: Bad beat. Neither was a cooler. Cooler: You think you have the best hand, but you don't. You have almost no way of folding because of the odds you are beat are so slim, example: You have 33 Flop: 366 Turn: 3 River: A You obviously think quad 3 is best hand here and go all in vs the other guy who kept raising you, he flips over 66. Cooler! |
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| Here is a thread that covered this subject extensively. |
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