I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

The board was 10h, 8d, 2s, 3c, Kh

I held As, Qd giving me a straight, right? - 3c, 2s, As, Kh, Qd

My opponent held Kd, 8c giving him two pair - Kings and Eights

How did I loose this hand? The pot was given to my opponent after a showdown on a popular poker site.

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

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The board was 10h, 8d, 2s, 3c, Kh

I held As, Qd giving me a straight, right? - 3c, 2s, As, Kh, Qd

My opponent held Kd, 8c giving him two pair - Kings and Eights

How did I loose this hand? The pot was given to my opponent after a showdown on a popular poker site.

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this is a level ,right? online poker is rigged obv

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

A23QK isnt a straight since you are missing 456789TJ between the 3 and the Q.
A2345 is a straight TJQKA is a staight, can't put half of one with half of the other.

Edit: Also hoping this is a joke [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

straights don't wrap around the top. i.e. the King, Ace and TWo don't connect. the king and ace, and the ace and two connect separately.

i do find sometimes i don't understand why i lost, and the the SNG will have kicked me out really fast. i go back and the site/software is never wrong. usually a straight i didn't see or something to do with counterfeited pairs and then my kicker not being good enough.

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

oh i see. just started playing. thanks. didn't realize that A2 and AK connected separately, thought it wrapped around.

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

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The board was 10h, 8d, 2s, 3c, Kh

I held As, Qd giving me a straight, right? - 3c, 2s, As, Kh, Qd

My opponent held Kd, 8c giving him two pair - Kings and Eights

How did I loose this hand? The pot was given to my opponent after a showdown on a popular poker site.

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your opponent had a straight flush

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

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oh i see. just started playing. thanks. didn't realize that A2 and AK connected separately, thought it wrapped around.

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yup, i wondered same thing when i started....

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

Lord, I hope the OP was joking.

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

do we really need the "circle jerk" sarcasm in the beginners forum?

Re: I don\'t understand how I lost this hand
 

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straights don't wrap around the top. i.e. the King, Ace and TWo don't connect. the king and ace, and the ace and two connect separately.

i do find sometimes i don't understand why i lost, and the the SNG will have kicked me out really fast. i go back and the site/software is never wrong. usually a straight i didn't see or something to do with counterfeited pairs and then my kicker not being good enough.

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How did you like it when you first started playing Omaha and did not understand why your straight flush lost? The answer why being that you were trying to play one card out of your hand.