ESPN/ESPN2 has been showing the 2010 WSOP Player's championship this week. "The grinder" Mizrachi (sp?) had some of the shittiest shit luck to win that.
Speaking of shit luck, he then made the final table in the main event.
I took a sick beat over the weekend in a cash game, huge pot. I had pocket 7's (7c7h), everybody folded pre-flop except one guy who raised about 5x BB. I just called. I love to see a flop with a small pocket pair. I hit my set, 2 diamonds on the flop. I bet out, he raises about 5 times my bet, so I go all in, he waits about 20 seconds and calls. He had AA (including the diamond). Yep, runner runner diamonds.
Poker is 90% luck. I've been running cold for a few months now, will be looking to heat up in CR end of Aug/early Sept.
I just play small stuff online, mostly tourneys and steps. I have lost some horrible situations lately. Yesterday I had kk and the flop came down 10, 7, 4 offsuit all. I bet heavy, 5-6 times the big blind. One guy calls. Turn comes, nothing to help either one of us. I go all in, the guy calls. He had called me with 2, 4 offsuit and ended up making two pair on the river. I see more good players go on tilt worrying about what donkeys are doing. It's gonna happen and the way I look at it is math. If I do the right thing, I will win more than I will lose in the long run. And donkeys will always exist.
He made the right play and got beat, welcome to poker.
I'm not one of those who blows up, complains, or says anything about donkey play... It is a reality of the game and getting upset just puts me on tilt! I try more to worry about making correct decisions and don't beat myself up when I make a correct decision and lose...