Awful Beat, But Found My Zen State

Cerberus

Just an awful play on his part, terrible call and the little prick sucks out on the river. Funny thing though: I didn't spaz. Didn't punch the desk, hammer fist the keyboard, didn't even curse. I believe I have gotten over that anger thing, even if it may be temporary. I'll keep you posted after the next moron makes this play and hits. Guess the big thing is that it's exactly the call I wanted and the river I didn't. Oh well, it happens.

PokerStars Game #28813093026: Tournament #165726970, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2009/05/30 23:53:19 ET
Table '165726970 37' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Harleyhead63 (3680 in chips)
Seat 2: TALMoney$$$ (2630 in chips)
Seat 3: McAusland (4775 in chips)
Seat 4: BabyboyBr (3730 in chips)
Seat 5: ScaRProD (4860 in chips)
Seat 6: tourry (3355 in chips)
TALMoney$$$: posts small blind 25
McAusland: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to McAusland [Ad Qc]
BabyboyBr: calls 50
ScaRProD: folds
tourry: raises 150 to 200
Harleyhead63: folds
TALMoney$$$: calls 175
McAusland: calls 150
BabyboyBr: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [4d Qs Js]
TALMoney$$$: checks
McAusland: bets 650
BabyboyBr: folds
tourry: calls 650
TALMoney$$$: folds
*** TURN *** [4d Qs Js] [5d]
McAusland: bets 2550
tourry: calls 2505 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (45) returned to McAusland
*** RIVER *** [4d Qs Js 5d] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
McAusland: shows [Ad Qc] (a pair of Queens)
tourry: shows [4c 7s] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)
tourry collected 7110 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7110 | Rake 0
Board [4d Qs Js 5d 7d]
Seat 1: Harleyhead63 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TALMoney$$$ (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: McAusland (big blind) showed [Ad Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: BabyboyBr folded on the Flop
Seat 5: ScaRProD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: tourry showed [4c 7s] and won (7110) with two pair, Sevens and Fours

jdAA88

That is brutal! The last month, I've really been tilting when I take beats like this (standard fist slam into desk) and sometimes I even start berating the donkey in the chat box....but this past week I've really settled down and realized that it's just not worth getting angry about, it's just part of the game, and I can take comfort in knowing that I got my money in good.

Cerberus

As lame as this is going to sound, I popped in my... I mean my wife's Colbie Calait CD. I remembered it being very calming/focusing the last time I... I mean, she played it.

jdAA88

lolol......eh man, whatever works!

wildbill7145

Wow, that hurts. Good to hear you are managing the frustration though. I used to get really pissed when stuff like that happened. A guttural growl of "FUCK" would send the dog scurrying off to the bedroom to hide. Generally it was ok when I lived alone (not as far as the dog was concerned), but now living with a girlfriend it's just not acceptable to me or her.

Now I just stare at their avatar, take names and license plates, close the client window and reassure myself that I'll see them again. Someday, someday their suffering will be legendary. Someday I'll tear their soul apart. The stuff, even Satan himself would be proud of.

Then throw on some Sarah McLaughlin and everything's honky dory again! Ah Sarah. The Canadian songbird....She's hot too.

Music soothes the savage beast.

jdAA88

wildbill7145 wrote: »

Wow, that hurts. Good to hear you are managing the frustration though. I used to get really pissed when stuff like that happened. A guttural growl of "FUCK" would send the dog scurrying off to the bedroom to hide. Generally it was ok when I lived alone (not as far as the dog was concerned), but now living with a girlfriend it's just not acceptable to me or her.

Now I just stare at their avatar, take names and license plates, close the client window and reassure myself that I'll see them again. Someday, someday their suffering will be legendary. Someday I'll tear their soul apart. The stuff, even Satan himself would be proud of.

Then throw on some Sarah McLaughlin and everything's honky dory again! Ah Sarah. The Canadian songbird....She's hot too.

Music soothes the savage beast.

Epic post lol, describes how I felt today as I sat at my desk ready to grind a bunch of Sundays........the beats were disgusting, the results even worse.