Best decision ever made

[Jimmy Proffett]

I just couldn't take it anymore. You won SBR. You always do.

I was just too stubborn to give up sooner. I understand why you let certain donks on here suck out every chance they get. They will eventually just give them right back in the casino or betting games.

I also understand why every community set of cards are generated to get action. It's a business.

But for penetrate's sake at least hide it a little better. Or more people are gonna catch on and get their kicks elsewhere.

God I'd love to play some of you kids in here for real money. Unfortunately I'm in America. According to the music giants Night Ranger you can still "Rock in America".... but you can't play online poker In real life you don't make a flush 90% of the time on the river while your opponent hits a 2nd nut-type hand. I think I read that in a Phil Gordon book.

I'll see all you card sharks in the forums. Well, (12 * 365) is still a bunch of points in a year.

[Enkhbat]

if you couldn't handle the bad beats poker is not for you. So yes you made a very good decision, congratulations

[Jimmy Proffett]

if you couldn't handle the bad beats poker is not for you. So yes you made a very good decision, congratulations

I've been playing poker for 9 years. I can handle bad beats just fine. I can't handle losing every hand, no matter if it's a near-even flip or if I'm way ahead. I've only won 1 hand in the tournaments since they started back up two weeks ago that was worth more than the blinds. I went and looked it up. And not once did I get my chips in as an underdog.

It's too much. I've run super cold before on Full Tilt and Pokerstars before. I cannot win on this site anymore. Sure we make bot jokes and SBR poker dreams happen blah blah blah, but this shit is just ridiculous.

[4uk4life]

I'll play for you while you're gone bro Somebody has to win those pizzas!

[ShogunRua]

[BeerDog99]

That's disappointing, I think Jimmy is a good guy and a good poker player!

Cheers Jimmy!

[BiTeMe UsAdOj]

I think Jimmy is a good guy and a good poker player!

He is... he's just lost some perspective and is on SBR poker tilt

If the "SBR poker is rigged" guys took a step back and really thought about it for a sec, the answers to a lot of the things that perplex them (and lead them to erroneously conclude "it's RIGGED!") could easily be answered.

One quick example of many that can be made: When ya bet $50 real dollars on Pokerstars on the turn to push out that flush draw chaser, the chaser folds there cuz it's $50 real dollars. But, you get called HERE cuz it's 50 friggin points. If you got called with the same frequency on Pokerstars as here in this type scenario you'd discover about the same % of those flushes coming home on the river on 'stars as you do here. So... in this type scenario, you took it down and won the pot on 'stars... here ya got fukkin rivered. And we won't even talk about those just chucking ~12pts in at the mini stakes here......

The above example and many more other ones should be obvious; that all being said, the above example illustrates why so many scenarios are exploitable on SBR poker and anyone with a clue on how to adjust to these type scenarios has no business losing long-term round here.

[haloeast]

going all in before the river is 50/50 ...pause and think about what could possibly beat you ...and while you do see if you can actually feel the algorithm retrieving that single card ...it is a very zen moment

[daneblazer]

Another one bites the dust

[BeerDog99]

I have been playing on Pokerstars and Full Tilt for the last couple of weeks and I have seen the same crap.

Calling stations that get there every time, LAGtards that always seem to get there and build massive stacks, and the same "large stack" always seem to get there against the small stacks.

The key point is that it is always luck when the chips are in. I need to get more good luck to augment the extra bad luck I seem to have.... along with continuing to learn how to get better at poker.

:-)

Good luck all and I hope Jimmy reconsiders and comes back to SBR Poker sometime soon!

[BiTeMe UsAdOj]

see if you can actually feel the algorithm retrieving that single card ...it is a very zen moment

Hear ya, pal. I tend to get a shitload of zen moments when SBR deals me 4/3 sooooted

Just sayin'... I.*HEAR*. you

[BiTeMe UsAdOj]

Calling stations that get there every time, LAGtards that always seem to get there and build massive stacks, and the same "large stack" always seem to get there against the small stacks.

[Jimmy Proffett]

He is... he's just lost some perspective and is on SBR poker tilt

btw I like your new avatar Bite, very cool.

I hate being 'that' guy in this kind of situation. I've preached so many times to people these very same points you brought up. How microstakes players will call more often and thereby make draws, and that b/c of irrational thinking you get caught up in "That guy makes every draw, this shit is rigged."

I really hate to put a bunch of time into going through every hand for the last month or so. We're only talking about a couple dollars per session in most cases ffs. I did go through the tournament hands; just gross.

All I know is I've had about 3 winning sessions in the cash games in the last month. Is everyone that much better at poker than me? Even if they were, shouldn't I stumble into some more big hands and big pots if the site doles out monster hands?

Like I've said: I've been playing a very long time. I've run mega hot and mega cold many times over. I've never experienced anything like this. And I stand by my assertion that something's not right with the site.

[daneblazer]

Welcome to run bad. Esp in SBR, you're playing looser players full ring and many times you'll be playing short handed. You have no rakeback and the rake itself short handed is rough so because of all those things the down swings can be more pronounced. Normally you can try to tighten up and fight through it, but in games where you play short handed constantly that's tougher to do. Where it really hurts is if you're losing and you start pressing. You make bad mistakes because of tilt and it compounds things and spirals out of control. Loss aversion sets in and you play hands differently. All you remember is the losing hands. Eventually you either say fukk it and quit or run out of money. Every player goes through it. I just went through about a 15 buy-in downswing. At one point I was -7 buys with KK during that span. One of the better things you can do it take a break. If you really, honestly think the software is rigged then the best thing to do is uninstall it.

[Mitchell88]

JP why not just take a break for a while and come back. You seem to be one of the guys who knows how to play here. I havent caught anything in these tournies either so didnt play for a couple nights cause didnt want to get pissed off. BOL to you

[The Giant]

Emily Haines wanted me to relay a message to you.

It went something like this:

"Man up, you big pussy".

[BeerDog99]

What Dane stated is spot on, at least for me. I have found myself in that downward spiral in running bad/playing bad scenario.

So much so, I was playing the game of calling the bad card to hit.....

I am constantly trying to talk myself out of that mindset. Once you do, you realize some of the "rigged" scenarios you are seeing, are just me just playing bad and/or just variance and bad luck.

That said, I do think I get more than my fair share of bad luck.... ;-)

[mpaschal34]

And I thought I was not getting hands because I was a non-pro and it favored the people who put real money in. I will continue to play when I have nothing to do since it's free for me.

Was thinking of going pro, but this thread worries me.