Live3DPoker - $250 FreeRoll July 14th 2006 9pm EST

Posts: 1253 · Posted: 18.07.2006, 23:03

Awww Poker Guru, after you've been so kind to us, how could we make fun of a typographical error?

Just kidding! Razz

Happy Gaming Always!

OrangeCrush

Posts: 2913 · Posted: 19.07.2006, 06:32

LOL Darrin is not the only one whose wit I have to beware of! LOL

PokerGuru

Posts: 108 · Posted: 21.07.2006, 16:00

I was there waiting in the shadows after I lost $15 on a ring game.

Dealt A/K suited

flop comes out with K,9, 7

OK I have high pair with Ace kicker

I come out and bet $3 and the only other player in the hand raises me.

(OK usually when I am reraised, they I am all in, but this time I'm wanting a little more out of him)

Turn comes out K

I now have trip K's, I bet $5 and the other player raises me to put me all in. Is he crazy?? I have trips with A kicker. No straight or flush.">flush draw is possible. I'm now thinking easy money, easy money.

River (damn the river) River is a 5..... a stinking 5

Cards are turned over, I have trips and the other player has a fullhouse 5's over Kings

<shaking head> Ya gotta love that river

Posts: 2913 · Posted: 22.07.2006, 02:56

Ouch! That's bad, Bee. But you know what? The river is the very thing that makes Texas Hold'em so exciting! Remember, for every person that gets an upsetting surprise by it, there's a person who can jump up and down and cheer with unexpected happiness! And over any period of time, it all equals out that everybody has the same number of good as bad surprises.

I had a student once who could have easily gone pro except for the fact that he got so upset by every disappointing river that he was no good at playing from then until too long later when he got over it.

When I had almost succeeded in helping him conquer his worst enemy -- his own state of mind, he just threw in the towel and gave up.

A great disappointment to me personally because I like to get my students to the point where they can beat me before I consider my tutoring to be successful. But a bigger disappointment because I knew what this guy COULD HAVE been!

So hang in there. Don't EVER give up!

Your PokerGuru