Quitters

I had some team members quit earlier. I'm mad. I have stuck it out, thru the beats, and these so called superior players want to quit: I wrote these posts. By the way, I'm down again at $185, but coming up. Bad beats only. Solid play.

Who's a poker player, and who's a baby? I want to know now! I'm mad as hell. We are trying to be poker sharks around here. We're not stupid flounders. What? You think you're invincible? You got hurt because of bad beats?! Piss off.

I gave some serious thought to erasing some posts. But I'm not going to.

I got AA cracked 3 separate times yesterday. I saw Kyle go out. It was tough. He flopped a boat and got sucked out runner runner for the straight flush. It was terrible.

I saw the final hands of the Grand III. I saw Hapkido1 and Hapkido2 go out on horrendous beats. I've experienced countless bad beats. I start to worry if bad beats don't happen every 5 minutes. I don't have a reasonable number of final tables for the last couple of months because of bad beats.

But I'm not gonna pack up my toys and go home. These beats are a part of what we are and what we do. These beats don't just happen at PokerRoom. Bad beats happen at online at every poker site, bad beats crush pros playing live, bad beats appear at home games. They are indeed built into the game.

We experience them more than other players because we are solid players. We don't get to enjoy suck outs because when the money goes in, we're ahead.

So suck it up. Or go knit a sweater. Your choice.

If you're interested in getting all pissy because of bad beats, now would be a good time to resign from this group. I believe attitude, perseverance and skill are the keys to winning, fish rely on luck.