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Even if you didn't get your chips in early it would've been hard to come off of your hand in that scenario. Depending on how you feel about your opponent I feel like you still end up playing a sizeable pot and paying them off on the river.

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11 minutes ago, abenjami said:

I was obviously kidding but it does seem like you gambled on that hand.  You might have flopped the nuts but there were lots of ways to lose that hand.

There are ways to loss almost any flop,  but he was ahead of any two cards, except the two this guy had.  Get it in good.  That is all you can do.  People draw out on you every day.  The game is get it in with the best hand and you win in the long run.  Tournaments are so crazy because you see the whole board so much more often.  AA vs AA.  AA loses a 2% of the time.  AA vs every thing else, AA loses even more often.  But you always have to get it in with AA pre.

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4 hours ago, TampaTitan said:

Even if you didn't get your chips in early it would've been hard to come off of your hand in that scenario. Depending on how you feel about your opponent I feel like you still end up playing a sizeable pot and paying them off on the river.

I def slow way down after the turn, the flush came, then the river paired the board, I'd fold to anything signaficant 

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3 hours ago, abenjami said:

I was obviously kidding but it does seem like you gambled on that hand.  You might have flopped the nuts but there were lots of ways to lose that hand.

Realize you have the benefit of seeing both hands after the fact. 9 out of 10 times I'm not even getting called after shoving and when called I'm never behind

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9 hours ago, OILERMAN said:

Realize you have the benefit of seeing both hands after the fact. 9 out of 10 times I'm not even getting called after shoving and when called I'm never behind

I fully realize that and everything @Number9 is talking about. 

Just pointing out much luck is involved as opposed to skill. 

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14 hours ago, abenjami said:

I fully realize that and everything @Number9 is talking about. 

Just pointing out much luck is involved as opposed to skill. 

Of course there is a lot of luck, randomness and variance....

The more volume you put in the more the luck evens out though

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10 hours ago, OILERMAN said:

Of course there is a lot of luck, randomness and variance....

The more volume you put in the more the luck evens out though

I wasn't talking about you having bad luck.

It was the other guy who got extremely lucky.

It's not every day you get a suited J8 the same hand some poor sap also has a non-suited J8, thinks he has the stone cold nuts, and gives you all his chips!

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7 hours ago, abenjami said:

I wasn't talking about you having bad luck.

It was the other guy who got extremely lucky.

It's not every day you get a suited J8 the same hand some poor sap also has a non-suited J8, thinks he has the stone cold nuts, and gives you all his chips!

There are so many ways luck comes out in poker, this is true.

It's so hard for me to lose big pots early in a poker tournament, it literally took something like this for this guy to double up.

How often can you get AA, raise and no one calls you vs. you get AA raise, someone has QQ or KK and you double up, luck.

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2 hours ago, Stan said:

Where can American players play fir

money online? Is it legal in California to play online poker?

There are smaller poker sites where you can play, not sure about CA

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Home games.  I play a few from time to time.  Rakes are high, no travel expenses.  I have a problem I would like some thoughts on.  I played a game run by woman who was playing in the game.  Also, the banker plays and handles chip purchases.  The other night, I played there and a player who I had never seen relieved the dealer on his lunch break.  Just left his chips there to save his spot and came back to play after the dealer's break.

 

I played there before and left with some questions about was I playing the right game.  I don't say they are cheating, just seems too many players have a common interest.

 

My main game is a good one.  A lot more money on the table than this one.  All amateurs, only one player maybe really needs the money.  Everybody else is farting around having fun. 

 

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5 hours ago, Number9 said:

Home games.  I play a few from time to time.  Rakes are high, no travel expenses.  I have a problem I would like some thoughts on.  I played a game run by woman who was playing in the game.  Also, the banker plays and handles chip purchases.  The other night, I played there and a player who I had never seen relieved the dealer on his lunch break.  Just left his chips there to save his spot and came back to play after the dealer's break.

 

I played there before and left with some questions about was I playing the right game.  I don't say they are cheating, just seems too many players have a common interest.

 

My main game is a good one.  A lot more money on the table than this one.  All amateurs, only one player maybe really needs the money.  Everybody else is farting around having fun. 

 

Playing a home game versus a casino is always the wrong choice.

 

Espeically if you are located in Cali.

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