How to deal with bad beats on tournaments at final table?
MrCaspan
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So question, how do you handle MTTs, playing poker for 3 hours to get to the final table and someone sucks out on you?
I had AKs on the BB and Cut off did a 3xBB open, everyone folded and I did a 3bet to which he pushed to an all in, I called.
AKs vs ATo (3:1 odds) the board ends up running out 69987
I had 75% odds pre flop then 78% on turn. 6 card would have split the pot, 4 for him to win! I know variances happen but man it's like I always get suck out on at the final tables.
This happened to me when I was at Waterloo poker Classic as well. I got final table and got 1 hand that went heads up all in and I was 3:1 and he hit his outs, then 3 hands latter the same thing happened again to put me out of the tournament.
I just don't know how people handle putting in all that time to lose to a 2,3, or 4 card suck out?
I had AKs on the BB and Cut off did a 3xBB open, everyone folded and I did a 3bet to which he pushed to an all in, I called.
AKs vs ATo (3:1 odds) the board ends up running out 69987
I had 75% odds pre flop then 78% on turn. 6 card would have split the pot, 4 for him to win! I know variances happen but man it's like I always get suck out on at the final tables.
This happened to me when I was at Waterloo poker Classic as well. I got final table and got 1 hand that went heads up all in and I was 3:1 and he hit his outs, then 3 hands latter the same thing happened again to put me out of the tournament.
I just don't know how people handle putting in all that time to lose to a 2,3, or 4 card suck out?
Comments
moose to your point it's not as simple as "if you can't take bad beats, don't play" that's a little over simplifying the question. it's not about the money either it more about how do you deal with variance when if you loose, you're out! I can't play more to hope my variance evens out.
IE Let's put me in 20 x 3:1 heads up/all in pots in a tournament, let's pretend the odds work perfect and I win 15 hands but lose 5 hands. How does it matter that the first 15 were for small amounts but the 1 time of the 5 losses is for your tournament life. Sure variance was perfect but if you can't reload you are done.
I guess that is more of the question about how to make money at MTTs when variance can hit at the Wong time in your favor and at the right time not in your favor!
Sure you will remember the losses more vividly... but the larger the sample size the less it will matter.
So keep getting it in good, you will be fine.
PS - To be honest, it really is that simple.
The last 2 weeks I've played 2 local MTT tournaments, luckily cashed in both. In both cases I flopped 2 pr vs flopped str8 at final table. Poker variance!
Get yourself to the final table enough you'll break through.
Most important have fun, Poker is fun!
I agree that it is frustrating but if you do the math, being a 75% favourite, if that situation happens four times in a tournament, the odds say you will lose one of them. Tournaments are a mine field, not only do you have to get lucky but you have to not get unlucky as well.
My latest gross spot was the $2500 WPT satellite at Fallsview. 40 players get a ticket and we are down to 50, I have 20BBs left. I pick up AA UTG and raise, UTG+1 goes all in, I call, he has JJ and hits a Jack on the flop and has me barely covered and I am out.
100% agree with this!
Ouch that has to hurt!
Thanks to everyone else that posted. I really do truly love the social aspect of poker and the game itself, so online takes away from that. Bad beats after a long tournament with just music kind of sucks, feels like I wasted time but if I was being social it would for sure be different. I generally like to play 45 person MTT so it's not too long but 90 player MTTs take forever! It is like a mine field like someone said.. I have always played cash and just stated to get into tournaments more deeply as most of the games around KW are tournaments followed by cash and I want to play the cash more then the tournaments
Womens beach volleyball? Not that I am advocating that tho...
you mean like this Ed?
Celebrate!
High 5 the fish!
Invite them to play cash games!