Worlds Worst...

Suck-outs, bad bluffs, bad plays, etc...

I want to hear them all-- We've all been there and we have all experienced the horror.

I'll start:

Yesterday I was playing at one of the many local charity poker houses I go to (usually about twice a week). The buy-ins are $100 with blinds at $1-$2. I had been playing at this cash table for 2.5 hrs and I was up to about $380. I get JsJc and raise preflop to $14; I get 3 callers.

The flop comes down 5h Jd 8s....
I make it $15 (realize the pot is already ~$58). Two fold and the third guy makes it $30 to go. I smooth call it.
The next card is a 2h so the board looks like this:

5h Jd 8s 2h

I bet $50 into a ~$118 pot. He pushes all-in for the rest of my money [I was second high stack at $380--he was first at about $450]. I quickly call because I know I have the nuts so far.

He flips over pocket 5's which sets his set against my set....

Can anyone guess the river???

He hit a 5 on the river giving him quad 5's over my J/5 boat.

I was quite sad

There's a whole Cardschat section full of this stuff.

Brags, Vents, & Bad Beats

No offense but I dont think anyone would throw away a set of 5's to that board. That was a great play by him and by you. Nothing you can do but tip your cap to quads like that..............

Not a bad beat, but a bad day, sorry, been there

well lost with aa today n twice.1ce 2 44 coz he hit d trips nd other 2 1010 as he also hit..bad day..

Stage 4:

It takes a extremely disciplined player with remarkable self control to reach stage 4, and very few players will get there. A player at stage 4 will not register any mental anguish from losing a big pot. Rather than feeling anger, frustration, or even acceptance of the hand, he will be focused entirely on how his opponents played and what can be learned from the hand. Whether he won or lost is an irrelevant detail.

(a paragraph from my most recent book. I'm pretty sure Jesus Christ himself is the only well known poker player to reach stage 4).