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FloppyNutzs
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Recently getting back into poker I thought I go to local open bar tournament for some live cards tonight. I enjoyed myself but also have lots to grip about.
I normally don't come to forums to just complain but I'm going to vent a little...
So, yeah it is a bar league I know...
Everyone deals, and players keep each other honest with making sure the pot is correct etc.
The levels were 15 minutes which I didn't mind, but it seemed like I would literally see 5-6 hands per level as we spent a good amount of time shuffling and making sure player posted blinds and antes correctly. Just trying to keep players focused on when it is there turn to act was a full time job. Occasionally the host wan't good about making sure the blinds went up and that all tables knew about it. We literally missed one entire blind level because nobody at my table heard the announcement that blinds went up.
I had a very annoying player acting just in front of me. He literally would play any two cards. He would always come in for a raise or 3 bet. He was extremely vulgar, load and just down right annoying.
Having a player like this acting in front of me is not always a bad thing, but not having but you occasionally needs to find some hands so you can feed off a player like this.
In the end I busted out in the 7 level after 2 breaks. I was literally in 3 show downs all night and only won 1 of them. Even tho I lasted nearly two and half hours, I probably only saw no more than 50 hands. In all the hands I folded I believe on two of those would have won.
The first showdown was just before first break, I won a small pot that was checked down to the river when I hit a set and bet 2 BB and was called. The second hand that I saw a show down was just before 2nd break. My AA was beak by a small stack who ended up getting the rest of his chips in on the turn after his QJ hit trip J. I replayed this hand in my head and I don't think there was a way I could have played it and won. Ironically this was one of the hands the annoying player acting in front of me folded pre flop. If he would have came in for a raise I probably wold have got all my chips in pre flop.
A few hands after 2nd break I was down to 4 BB and ended up shoving Q-T off and annoying player acting in front of me took me out with A-4 off when neither of us hit anything on the board.
The most frustrating part is I just didn't play many hands at all. Which is fine, but the player acting in front of me literally saw 80% of the flops and was managing to win with crap cards rather regularly.
In the end, I think it is just how poker goes sometimes.
Hopefully next time I will have better experience or at least a few more playable hands.
I normally don't come to forums to just complain but I'm going to vent a little...
So, yeah it is a bar league I know...
Everyone deals, and players keep each other honest with making sure the pot is correct etc.
The levels were 15 minutes which I didn't mind, but it seemed like I would literally see 5-6 hands per level as we spent a good amount of time shuffling and making sure player posted blinds and antes correctly. Just trying to keep players focused on when it is there turn to act was a full time job. Occasionally the host wan't good about making sure the blinds went up and that all tables knew about it. We literally missed one entire blind level because nobody at my table heard the announcement that blinds went up.
I had a very annoying player acting just in front of me. He literally would play any two cards. He would always come in for a raise or 3 bet. He was extremely vulgar, load and just down right annoying.
Having a player like this acting in front of me is not always a bad thing, but not having but you occasionally needs to find some hands so you can feed off a player like this.
In the end I busted out in the 7 level after 2 breaks. I was literally in 3 show downs all night and only won 1 of them. Even tho I lasted nearly two and half hours, I probably only saw no more than 50 hands. In all the hands I folded I believe on two of those would have won.
The first showdown was just before first break, I won a small pot that was checked down to the river when I hit a set and bet 2 BB and was called. The second hand that I saw a show down was just before 2nd break. My AA was beak by a small stack who ended up getting the rest of his chips in on the turn after his QJ hit trip J. I replayed this hand in my head and I don't think there was a way I could have played it and won. Ironically this was one of the hands the annoying player acting in front of me folded pre flop. If he would have came in for a raise I probably wold have got all my chips in pre flop.
A few hands after 2nd break I was down to 4 BB and ended up shoving Q-T off and annoying player acting in front of me took me out with A-4 off when neither of us hit anything on the board.
The most frustrating part is I just didn't play many hands at all. Which is fine, but the player acting in front of me literally saw 80% of the flops and was managing to win with crap cards rather regularly.
In the end, I think it is just how poker goes sometimes.
Hopefully next time I will have better experience or at least a few more playable hands.