How to stop a winning streak

Posted on April 28, 2006
Filed Under Poker

Oh, that’s an easy one to answer… Just mention that you are running good. Since my post about running good, let’s see how things have gone:

- Final table of a tourney at South Coast Casino. I’m the chip leader. Get dealt pocket aces on the button. Raise 4 times the BB. The BB calls with 7/4 offsuit and flops a straight.

- 3 hands later in the same tournament, all-in pre-flop with pocket kings against A/K and Q/10. Flop comes with an ace and I’m all but out of the tourney missing the money by 3 spots.

- Playing in a no-limit cash game get dealt A/A on the button. Raise 4 times the BB. BB calls. Flop comes 2/2/4 - Pay off on the river to see that the BB had pocket 4s and flopped a full house.

- $225 tourney, loose aggresive player makes a raise. On the button I look down at pocket jacks. I move all in only to find that the original raiser has pocket aces.

So, I retract the “running good” statement. That streak had stopped pretty much the minute I hit “publish” on that previous post.

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