How to lose all your chips by not reading the board

fundiver199 · Aug 17, 2026

Continuing on with my small mini-series about rookie mistakes, this hand is from a $11 On Demand SnGs. A flush is not exactly the nuts on a dubble paired board. No worse hand is ever betting for value AND then also calling a raise, so his decision is between calling and folding, not raising and then calling off a 3-bet jam.

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Semprini · Aug 17, 2026

Indeed, not only is he behind all of Ax and Tx and a few better flushes, his river raise is a facepalm. The pot is roughly 20k, he snap min raises to 10k, making the pot 30k leaving only 8k behind. What does he think that he beats here, an airball? Your river sizing does not really say bluff and if you were bluffing, you're not calling/jamming a raise.

You can always spot the fish by the snap min raise, no thought to sizing or stacks or ranges, just pushing buttons with a strong hand.

eetenor · Aug 18, 2026

For beginners- when looking at this hand a good way to understand relative hand strengths is to count how many hands that could be better than yours that would want to bet that river into you.

What that will do is let you know how weak 98cc is on this river with OOP leading into you. You would then know that you have a bluff catcher at best which would direct your river action to fold or call based on counting bluff combos and comparing that to the value combos you counted earlier.

okeedokalee · Aug 18, 2026

It can be a case of " does this work here, or do I just want it to work"
I'm still trying to learn that lesson after years playing this game.
LAGs, Maniacs and Calling Stations, will find it very hard not to continue that type of hand. They see only their cards, fail to read the board, and put their opponent(s) on a range.

najisami · Aug 18, 2026

What a raise on the river! If it was as quick as played by the converter, then the guy was just waiting to see a club. Probably didn't even see that it was a ten, double pairing the board. And the worse is that he didn't even have the nut flush.

Pabloro10321 · Aug 18, 2026

The lack of concentration can make us make mistakes like that, the important thing is to review the hands played so as not to commit them again or to learn from that

Rmi · Aug 18, 2026

A lot of people play thinking that they are always being lied to

CNXRegie · Aug 18, 2026

fundiver199 said:
Continuing on with my small mini-series about rookie mistakes, this hand is from a $11 On Demand SnGs. A flush is not exactly the nuts on a dubble paired board. No worse hand is ever betting for value AND then also calling a raise, so his decision is between calling and folding, not raising and then calling off a 3-bet jam.

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Villain's not just failed to read the board. He's also stubborn thinking maybe you're just bluffing him off the pot.

dreamer13 · Aug 18, 2026

But in any case, it's not being a bad loser. It's simply adjusting your game. Everyone hates losing too many times in a row. It's not just you, so your feelings are completely justified. Don't hesitate to take a break when you're overwhelmed by the feeling of defeat.

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