Do you feel cursed by river when going into a showdown?

Kaji Hokori · Jul 25, 2025

I wanna know if there are some people who also mostly lose in a winning situation at the river card or if it's just me. I very often lose with the last card, having a straight or three of a kind while opponents hitting with the river a full house or flush. Happened to me, yes, more than once.

A kiravio · Jul 25, 2025

Yes, it happens from time to time and we must be cautious in such cases to limit the possible loss.

Iryna Stryzheuskaya · Jul 25, 2025

This is how your memory works. When you win, you think this is the norm, and your memory does not remember this. Losses are remembered. In fact, if you play in large reliable rooms, probability theory works.

fundiver199 · Jul 25, 2025

Its part of the game to become mentally strong enough to ignore the outcome of past hands and instead always focus on playing the next hand the best, we can. Then after the session we can review the big pots, we lost, and see, if we were just unlucky, or if maybe there was something, we could have done better. The hand analysis section is an opportunity to get the opinion of other forum members, and I encourage you to use it.

GarotoMaroto · Jul 25, 2025

No, I feel hopeful XD
God bless
Go for the gold

Silversurfer99 · Jul 25, 2025

it happens all the time...if not i would be rich now..

Working Stiff · Aug 22, 2025

It is variance, lately when I go all in pre flop with my AA or KK I end up losing 99% of the time. I don't have a huge amount of experience but I do have enough to have experienced the ups and down playing cards. It will pass just hang in there.

RENEY444 · Aug 22, 2025

Almost every poker player thinks their luck is bad . I know i do !

maronza1 · Aug 22, 2025

It happens all the time, and have lost and won many times by the river card
Sometimes I can have a good run and end up bubbling, it happens...

rdwr33 · Aug 22, 2025

There are days when this happens to me, several times at other times, but I think it's part of the game and luck.

Chebchoub · Aug 22, 2025

Kaji Hokori said:
I wanna know if there are some people who also mostly lose in a winning situation at the river card or if it's just me. I very often lose with the last card, having a straight or three of a kind while opponents hitting with the river a full house or flush. Happened to me, yes, more than once.

Hello and welcome to the Cardschat

Yes, sometimes I feel as if poker is pushing me away and suggesting that I should leave the table and the room.
In general, the best or correct decision in this situation is to stop playing until another time.

Sparta77 · Aug 22, 2025

I'll ignore these rivers. A lot of my good flops died on the river.

bablovod · Aug 22, 2025

Kaji Hokori said:
I wanna know if there are some people who also mostly lose in a winning situation at the river card or if it's just me. I very often lose with the last card, having a straight or three of a kind while opponents hitting with the river a full house or flush. Happened to me, yes, more than once.

Oh yeah, this happens almost all the time.
This is the curse of the rivers valley)))
Good luck at the tables)))

Acechador · Aug 22, 2025

lol, I feel you 😅. Sometimes it feels like the river has a personal grudge! But honestly, it’s just variance, even the best players get rivered. The key is to stay patient and focus on making +EV decisions; the cards will even out over time.

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