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Originally Posted by Kobold Esq
Pretty much everyone started their posts with "you never should have been playing this hand in the first place, but since we are here..."
This is absolutely a problem of your own creation. This is why you don't play crappy hands pre. Short of a 555/222 run out (or I suppose a low straight flush) this is one of your best possible boards, and you still got walloped.
Don't play junk.
You're correct, in fact one guy started his post using the same words as you, "OK, OK, I know, don't play junk. I got myself into a tight spot of my own creation." Oh yeah, that was me!
You'll note the guy with the most difficult decision and biggest loss played good cards, TT. You can argue he played it wrong, but it took a 2 outer to beat him. You can't live in fear of those odds.
And none of that should be construed as a defense of my decision to play 52s. I said it was junk in the OP and my attempt at trickiness cost me about $450.
I'm not whining about the bad beat because it wasn't one and I'm not whining about the loss because "it was of my own creation". But it was a fascinating hand. Four players, and at the river, top boat, second boat, and 5th boat.