Embrace it

When ur playing ring games embrace being shafted. Its
weird but i really dont mind when some guy sucks out
and wins out on me. Ok if it happens more than once,
then it gets a bit frustrating, but its going to happen
nomatter what u do, u cant always get ur money
in with ur opponent drawing dead, its how u choose
to deal with it.

Recently, ive sat down with Ks first hand. Ks when
ur holding $2000 and blinds are 10-20, can get tricky.
In a tourney u can push all in, but in ring, well
u dont just want to push all in pre-flop most of the
time ull prolly have to play a flop , and then
judgement comes in.

First hand someone else raised to $80, 3 other ppl
see the flop. The flop comes 7-2-2, i bet $160,
when it gets checked to me. Some guy who didnt
raise re-raises all in with a short stack. The others
fold, i dont think he has 7s or As or a 2 most likely
a medium pair, and i call (pot-$1200). Its also good
to consider the short stack mentaility. Ie short stacks
are less likely to be patient. He has 8s, next card
out an 8 ! Oh well, i was about a 92% to 8% favourite,
one of the best situations u can get ur money in,
and i still lost ! But look at the odds, 8 in a 100
times he will win, its going to happen embrace it
and move on. It hurts in a tourament a lot, coz
there is no next hand ur out, cya later, but in
ring, u sit down, and soon enuff u have that
persons money or someone elses money.

Yesterday first hand Ks, i raise to $60, short
stack re-raises to $220, i put him all in for
his remaining $600. Another $1200 pot, he has
AQs. The reason i re-raise on the flop here, is
that once i feel he doesnt have Aces, i may as well
get the rest of his money in while i have the
best hand. Also he doesnt have a lot of money
in front oh him, so theres no real advantage
to trying to outplay him on the flop, keep it
simple. Say he has Js and an Ace comes out and
he bets, it can get complicated. Anyway
first 4 cards all blank, river is an Ace, oh
well. The odds pre-flop of that matchup are 67 - 33,
i lose one in 3 hands. Perhaps i could have
seen the flop and put him all in there, but oh
well, bring on one bad beat once in a while i
dont mind :)

Try not to let it affect you, concetrate being
the favourite when ur playing, and ull be winning
in the long term and they'll be the ones paying
you!