PROFIT VS HANDS PLAYED

The Backdoor Flush Draw

23 May 2010 by 10kHero (Suck Out Sunday)

Another horrible suck out this week which cost me around 300 big blinds:

Very similar to last week, I'm a big favourite on the flop but the villain catches a backdoor flush to suck out. I worked out he has about a 5.75% chance of doing this, very frustrating when such a big pot, but it all evens out, right?

I didn't have chance to play much this week, only two days. So I haven't made much progress, and was only just in profit after a couple of other instances like this. ...read more

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Beware Of The J4 Monster

16 May 2010 by 10kHero (Suck Out Sunday)

For all you bad beat fans out there, I thought every Sunday I'd post the sickest suck out I encounter.

This one was pretty disgusting. The fish limps in a late position with J4 off-suit and I'm sitting in the big blind with pocket rockets, there's nobody else in the pot.

I pump it up to x5 the big blind and he calls. I hit trips on the flop and bet about half the pot. For some reason he decides to shove all in. I pump my fist and call.

Around 5% chance of him sucking out from that spot. ...read more

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