Been playing all wrong, or the new long term?

[Mike]

I used to hear old timers complain about how Bad Beat Jackpot's ruin the game, but I never understood how they thought BBJ's ruined the game until last week.

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Holdem Bad Beat Jackpot during this overheard conversation is at $24K and change.


Overheard at a $2-4 table last Friday night as K7o went from a pair of sevens to a full house and took down a juicy pot. Fwiw, Villian was not in the hand at the river, but folded on the turn.

Hand loser: “How can that guy play sh!t like that???”

Villain: “For the Bad Beat Jackpot...”

Hand loser: “But those cards are absolute crap!”

Villain: “I have been part of four Bad Beats in the last year.

You never know when the bad beat will hit.

I went up a total of over $18,000.00.

Once I was the bad beat, once the winner, two other times I was just at the table.

I am still up $7,000.00

I am way ahead, I only play when the Jackpot is over $23,000.00.

Some of my friends also play just for the Bad Beat Jackpot,

Then Villain swept his hand towards seats 1-4 and said two of them were his friends.

They aren’t doing as good as I am though.”

[EWS87]

pretty amazing this can come from someone with over 1000 posts

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pretty amazing this can come from someone with over 1000 posts

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I really have no idea what it says either.

[Leibniz]

What the OP means is that it makes people play really badly and play cards they wouldn't normally play. I mean, think of how much better poker would be if people would just play right. If they wouldn't chase gutshot straight draws all the way down to the river... if they wouldn't call all the way down with bottom pair... if they would just fold those junk cards pre-flop think of how much better the game would be!

[soah]

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I really have no idea what it says either.

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I was afraid to say it myself... but yeah.

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What the OP means is that it makes people play really badly and play cards they wouldn't normally play. I mean, think of how much better poker would be if people would just play right. If they wouldn't chase gutshot straight draws all the way down to the river... if they wouldn't call all the way down with bottom pair... if they would just fold those junk cards pre-flop think of how much better the game would be!

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So what you're saying is the OP wanted live poker to = internet multi tabling pros. Gotcha.

[Woolygimp]

I'm surprised it hasn't been said yet...

Move up to where they respect your raises.

[steamboatin]

The OP is why I love to play when the BBJ is high. Yes, your variance goes through the roof but playing against any pocket pair that won't fold until the turn and any two suited that can possibly strecth to make a straight flush is +EV.

OP also needs to remember where he was, this was overheard at a $2-4 table.

[Triantafylidis]

[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]???what the hell does that title imply...??? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[davidlong14]

what?