What's your record
This is not a sob post. I have been beaten WAY too much to feel anything more than amazement about this.
However, this weekend, I set a personal best. I was rivered 5 times in a row. To be precise, it was 4 different tables on Poker room - I play 2 tables at a time $4 NL. I busted out of each game (not for big $$) on the river card and took it as a sign, so I logged off and did something else.
I logged back on the next day, bought into 2 $2-NL tables and was rivered on the first hand of each. I said, there's no way, rebought on one table and was rivered once again.
5 rivers in 5 hands (the $$$ is irrelevant to me - it was a total of $300 or so). I was legitamately winning each time, each of the winning hands needed a draw of some sort and hit it on the river. I am not worried about reviewing my play, as I would play it the same each time.
We're talking about middle set getting busted on the river by an inside draw, nut flush losing to the one card straight flush on the river, stuff like this.
My question to you all is - what's your personal best for rivers in a row (not necessarily the same session though).
I start at 5!!
However, this weekend, I set a personal best. I was rivered 5 times in a row. To be precise, it was 4 different tables on Poker room - I play 2 tables at a time $4 NL. I busted out of each game (not for big $$) on the river card and took it as a sign, so I logged off and did something else.
I logged back on the next day, bought into 2 $2-NL tables and was rivered on the first hand of each. I said, there's no way, rebought on one table and was rivered once again.
5 rivers in 5 hands (the $$$ is irrelevant to me - it was a total of $300 or so). I was legitamately winning each time, each of the winning hands needed a draw of some sort and hit it on the river. I am not worried about reviewing my play, as I would play it the same each time.
We're talking about middle set getting busted on the river by an inside draw, nut flush losing to the one card straight flush on the river, stuff like this.
My question to you all is - what's your personal best for rivers in a row (not necessarily the same session though).
I start at 5!!
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We're not talking about KK or another pocket pair hitting, I mean... (highlights)
AJ suited - board ends up with a 7-8-9-10
7-2 suited - flushed
10-7 two pair.
Mmm...
Highlights
Losing to 34 os 57 os 95 suited
AK
KK
1010
and 10 4 os.
All online Fixed cash games at PS. range .50/1 to 2/4
I hope this ends. But I know PS is not rigged.Â
You gotta stop folding those aces preflop.
I know that you still have to play your hand, it just seems like if you have AJ, JJA will come on the flop, you'll go all in with a boat, and someone will have those pocket AA's to SMOKE you. I mean, you can't blame the guy for it..it just seems that there are action hands and someone is consistantly dealt winning hands during tournies. Doesn't matter if it's AA OR 10 3 os..it seems a lot of the that one player is dealt the winning hand.
maybe i'm just paranoid from some brutal beats.....has anyone noticed that a lot of pocket pairs get dealt ....lots of action hands..AA vs. KK vs JJ...
bla!
this was started as "how do you know it's not rigged"....pretned i didn't say anything else!
I think folding might be the most profitable play in poker LOL
1. if you KNOW the sites are rigged why would you play on them? either you think they are rigged and stop playing on them or you think they arent rigged and you play on them, there isn't really a middle ground. To play somewhere that you think is rigged would make you an idiot. I always suspected that the higher buy in MTTs had cheators in the fields and so I rarely played them for a direct buy-in. Now that I KNOW that there are cheators in the fields I will never play a big buy-in MTT online again, its only common sense.
2. i am a consistant winner on several sites, am I paying them to let me win and other aren't? how is it that there are people who month-to-month make a living playing straight-up on rigged sites?
ok, 2 is enough for now this isnn't RGP
I'm convinced the sites are rigged. But they are rigged in my favour so I accept it.
1) I am an idiot. I believe in sites being juiced/rigged and still play on them and still win lots of money.Â
2) I win constantly on many sites as well but I think there is a issue when you can call out almost every card that comes out on PS
PokerStars Game #4196505726: Tournament #20859021, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/03/06 - 14:47:55 (ET)
Table '20859021 1' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: yentle0025 (1796 in chips)
Seat 2: MaRRi (2635 in chips)
Seat 5: F.Stomnell (5424 in chips)
Seat 6: PUNKYMISHA (3645 in chips)
yentle0025: posts small blind 100
MaRRi: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PUNKYMISHA [Js Jc]
F.Stomnell has timed out
F.Stomnell: folds
F.Stomnell is sitting out
PUNKYMISHA: raises 600 to 800
yentle0025: folds
MaRRi: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [9c 3c Qd]
F.Stomnell has returned
MaRRi: bets 1835 and is all-in
PUNKYMISHA: calls 1835
*** TURN *** [9c 3c Qd] [2c]
PUNKYMISHA said, "9"
*** RIVER *** [9c 3c Qd 2c] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MaRRi: shows [9s As] (three of a kind, Nines)
PUNKYMISHA: shows [Js Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
PUNKYMISHA said, "unreal"
MaRRi collected 5370 from pot
MaRRi said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5370 | Rake 0
Board [9c 3c Qd 2c 9h]
Seat 1: yentle0025 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: MaRRi (big blind) showed [9s As] and won (5370) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: F.Stomnell folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: PUNKYMISHA (button) showed [Js Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Nines
PokerStars Game #4196532752: Tournament #20859021, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/03/06 - 14:51:13 (ET)
Table '20859021 1' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: yentle0025 (2796 in chips)
Seat 2: MaRRi (4670 in chips)
Seat 5: F.Stomnell (5324 in chips)
Seat 6: PUNKYMISHA (710 in chips)
F.Stomnell: posts small blind 100
PUNKYMISHA: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PUNKYMISHA [9d 7h]
yentle0025: folds
MaRRi: folds
F.Stomnell: calls 100
PUNKYMISHA: checks
*** FLOP *** [6c 3s 7s]
F.Stomnell: bets 600
PUNKYMISHA: calls 510 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [6c 3s 7s] [4s]
PUNKYMISHA said, "runner runner lets see it"
*** RIVER *** [6c 3s 7s 4s] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
F.Stomnell: shows [8c 4c] (a straight, Four to Eight)
PUNKYMISHA: shows [9d 7h] (a straight, Three to Seven)
F.Stomnell collected 1420 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1420 | Rake 0
Board [6c 3s 7s 4s 5h]
Seat 1: yentle0025 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: MaRRi (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: F.Stomnell (small blind) showed [8c 4c] and won (1420) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 6: PUNKYMISHA (big blind) showed [9d 7h] and lost with a straight, Three to Seven
These just happened. No not fixed at all.
Misha is almost there with 2, but I still claim 5 in a row.
I know for certain PR is not rigged, but yet I get my ass kicked there (predictibly, as in Misha's, "runner, runner").
I can also admit to have been dealt aces 7 times in a row, announced to the table after the 2nd one that I got em again, and won 7 straight (BM club about 7 years ago). Trends - go figure.
But 5 rivers is still a personal best.
This was the club over the veteran's club on Yonge just south of steeles.
I don't make the stats, I just rake the chips (and then give them away online apparently)
Actually, thinking some more about it, I have also seen someone get 2 straight flushes in clubs in 7 stud in a row. I have also seen someone hit a single number in roulette 5x in a row as well (only betting one chip at a time - not covering the board like I do). These are not quite as astronomical as your statistic (Assuming it is a real number and not hyperbole) but they are all actual events.
Strange things are afoot at the circle K
Did you bluff 'em on your 8th hand?
well the funny answer would be, "no - I got rivered" - but I did pack up and call it a week.
I was looking at the stats for the other things I saw - 2 club st. flushes in a row in 7 stud - it is also unfathomable. I studied stats a little in Uni - they never cease to amaze me. Your number is correct - however sh*t happens.
Sherlock holms - if you eliminate the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable is the correct answer (or something to that effect).
Late in the tourny when I am short stacked I will get dealt medium to high PP, I will raise accordingly and will invariably get reraised by a higher stack. I will call, hit a set on the flop, throw out a min bet, get reraised all in by aforementioned big stack, call, and look at his flopped higher set in utter amazement.
Or I push with a short stack with QQ, KK and get called by Mr. AA.
Happens all the time.
it's frustrating to play a hand correctly...right beside someone also playing their hand correctly and get smoked. What are the chances of being dealt pocket 88...to hit your set on the flop, and lose to trip 9's on the river..or even worse....the flop reads 892.
It happens far too often...in my opinion....so much so, that i often change my play online to prevent against it...
note: still up online!.
also still annoyed....
Definately - I rigged it to quadruple my rake to 0% .
This would be interesting to see some stats on. We all remember how bad we were sucked out on, but has anybody actually compared how many times you got lucky and were on the other end?
I have pulled one or two outers on certain people for an entire session. It's very true though - I remember my latest bad beats, and the largest of the large, but not often the nice scoops (especially when you had no right to be there).
I shall start a new thread now...