Here's a hand that looks fishy (rigged) guys

Quote Originally Posted by wizardofroz:

 Those 2 hands are not unusual at all, as you well know.  Show us something remotely interesting where you where 80+% favorite after the flop.

and then lost?  well, that happens like 1 out of 5 times.  not that interesting. 

My apologies.  Okay, you were actually a 80.61% favorite, where you are suppose to basically LOSE 1 out of those 5 situations.  A one or two-outer turn/river beat (90+% favorite) would provide a better example.

Is anything you post real, or are you just living vicariously through some random poker account that is up money?  To prove it is really you, give me your account and password to verify. 

I lost with quads to a rivered straight flush on tilt.......hit a set on the flop.....bet....other guy raised all in with his nut flush draw. I hit quads on the turn with the 9 diamond.....which gave him four to a straight flush...he hit his straight flush on the river.

Nobody played the hand wrong....falls into the shit happens category. The only thing I can figure is that the live casinos rigged this hand to happen online so they wouldn't have to pay me the losers share of a bad beat jackpot had this happened live

1st) You shouldnt call a preflop raise with J/9 off

2nd) You should have never called his all in with top pair medium kicker

3rd) Happens daily

Yeah i'm sorry but that's absolutely hideous advice.

I play alot of heads-up myself. And he played the hand fine considering I dont know anything about the opponent.

Short handed tournament play is MUCH MUCH different than any other form of Poker.

Therefore the skillset/strategy needed to play shorthanded tournaments is much different than normal Poker theory.

If this was a full ring cash game you can criticize the play.

But in a head up match he did nothing wrong.

  Very well put.  Heads up play is a completely different game.  If you fold J9 HU to a min raise, you should not even be gambling.  And flopping top pair against an AGGRESSIVE opponent is usually good enough, REGARDLESS of your kicker. 

Maybe I need to experiment again with smaller stakes ($5/10)heads up play.  I just get bored against TIGHT players, even though I know playing more aggressive against them is the way to go, as you know THEY have some sort of hand or draw when you get called or raised.   

Quote Originally Posted by wizardofroz:

 Those 2 hands are not unusual at all, as you well know.  Show us something remotely interesting where you where 80+% favorite after the flop.

i can blow that example out of the water...

i'm holding pocket 2s... small raise pre-flop, gets one caller (he is holding A J)...

flop comes 2 8 A... small bet, he raises, i go all in, he calls... i have successfully drawn him all-in and have him completely dominated... he has 5 outs (A A J J J), but he has to hit them with runner runner...

his exact odds of winning the hand are:  5/45 * 4/44 = 1/9 * 1/11 = 1/99 or almost exactly 1%...

he hits an Ace on the turn, Jack on the river, to beat my full house...