Posted by Johnnymac 11:34 AM
In reference to the post about the straight flush, I wouldn't necessarily say that was a bad beat. Perhaps I don't know enough details, but he's holding an open-ended draw to two nut straights and the opportunity for a backdoor flush and straight flush. The board wasn't threatening enough that it would have made me think anyone had already made a better hand than me (no face cards and no flopped straights) and if my straight gets made with no flush I will get paid, especially if the perfect card comes (as it did) and I get to smack any big flush around who thinks he may be indeed holding the nuts (as he did).

In roundabout way though, I agree with Fro - it's just something that happens and can't be prevented - that's just poker, so don't worry about it. These things happen and that's one of the reasons we keep playing the game.

Now, refer to my post from January about flopping a nut flush, making a one card bottom end of a straight flush on the river... and then only check-calling because it's quite clear that that idiot Al sitting at the end of the table has called a shitload of bets, raises, and check raises and now holds the one card top end of the same straight flush. That one hurt.

(I think I just broker another JG poker blog rule by telling this story... Can I get a spanking?)

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