Yesterday I was playing in a SnG.
One player lost a hand unlucky and complained about it ( #946548622). “that aint right”. Newsflash! This is poker. Still a game where luck is involved.
Later in the game I got AA. I lost it equally unlucky against him( #946554798). Silence from him.
I’ve been there also in my early days. Comlaining about unlucky lost hands. But sometime later I won a hand very lucky and it occured to me that I don’t have the right to complain about bad luck anymore. But somtimes I can’t help it.
On the other hand if my win was very lucky, I manage somtimes to write “lucky” or “sorry”.
We’ve been all on both ends. Made stupid decisions and got rewarded. Or had done everything right and lost unlucky.
My question is how do you handle unlucky hands or Bad Beats?
And what do you say if your win is just lucky?
You’re better off saying nothing. It’s not mandatory that you respond ( but it’s a nice gesture). Most times texting gets lost in translation. That is why almost every poker site doesn’t offer chat ( too many complaints, more man hours to control it and it gets people in trouble and banned from chat for saying things that aren’t politically correct in the heat of of the moment. The private message function is better because you can get long winded about good or bad play. If they are not a friend, make one.
Keep it simple and don’t take a non response as something negative.
Yeah, something like a “grrrrr” or a “sigh” is cool. I was thinking more about the people you can run into that are downright rude when they lose. Who do they think they are, Phil Hellmuth??
If I say anything, and that’s truly rare, I try to be funny about it. I remember one time going all in with aces, get called by someone holding kings, and they hit quads on the flop. I typed “well… that was excessive.” Opponent got a good laugh out of that one!
One thing you should NOT do is send a “Helping Hand” endorsement. That’s taunting, it’s rude, it’s juvenile, and you shouldn’t do it. Personally I think Replay should get rid of that endorsement, but of course, when I suggested that, I got a completely irrelevant automated replay (as always).
Beats do even out, even in terrible streaks like the one I just got out of.
But if you’re like me and can’t resist berating others for clearly poor play - or can’t resist taunting people whom you’ve beaten after clearly deserving to lose, which I only do when opposing someone who likes to taunt without provocation - then I suggest turning your chat off altogether. If you know poker can bring out the worst in you, take steps to mitigate that fault.
When I get bad beats, I just bang my head against the wall until I am unconscious.
Last night I was playing in a 1 million chip tournament and we were on the bubble with 5 players left, and I had Jack Ten of spades. With a flush draw, I hit a king to Nine straight on the turn, my opponent put in an overbet with AA, to which I called, and then he hit the case Ace on the river, giving him quad aces, and I was out.
When you win with a fluke, sending a note of commiseration saying lol is always appreciated.
I don’t ever say sorry. We have all been on both sides of the bad beat or lucky draw. My most memorable: there is always someone wanting to chip up early. 1st hand, I have AA in the BB. #6 shoves, I call. (S)he shows j3 off-suit. I was not surprised to see a flop of jj3. LOL NH, bow out, go to another game. On a related note, I have noticed that those who play fast and loose to chip up early seldom cash. Patience is rewarded if you can last. I have seen many with 5% of their starting stack left win the SnG. GL e1
