Love the Game, play only NL Texas Holdem, wondering if its just that much of a grind when it comes to Online Poker more so than Live play....., i dunno maybe just running into beginners or people who just like to Blind defend(aces cracked last night by Q-2off in the BB the other player was BB, i raised it 4x's the BB too)... was only a $7 s/g on Pokerstars so that may have factored in as well. Anybody out there just have alot of their "AHEAD" hands lose more often then not....WHAT GIVES!!!!...another example is when i have a set of 10's ace kicker vs another player who has J-10...and we'll be all in on the flop..wich is the norm but then will go runner runner for a straight...smh.....IS THIS THE PROCESS??? Thoughts? or feel free to talk about hands youve played in the recent past

It's part of the process and so is finding the correct forum.

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/3...ers-questions/

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/5...rags-variance/

Thanks a bunch Clown Man

It's usually better to raise AA smaller, 2-2.5, at most 3 times the big blind, to offer the opponents a good price and entice them to put chips in, but the fact that you've found someone who miraculously called your 4 bb with Q2-off despite the tough pot odds that you laid shows indeed how weak the opponents can be in $7 Spin & Gos (as well as other Sit & Gos - I don't understand what you meant by the 's/g' abbreviation).

Poker is a game with a lot of short-term luck where patience is needed to reap benefits. AA don't win all the time but only 81-88% of the time even if you're lucky to get all the chips in preflop. Never expect a sure win unless you have unbeatable nuts. At those times when opponents win against the odds, forget the emotions associated with that hand, and focus on the next one instead.

On a side note, the TT hand reminded me that there's no money heads-up (a hilarious thread!), and heads-up play is the major part of Spin & Gos, so it's better for you to quit them if you can't handle the misluck that's omnipresent in 25 big blind poker where the ranges have to be wide, that's what game theory dictates.

In particular, calling a minraise with Q2-off heads-up is usually fine, unlike in 6-10-max 100 bb games, because the fact that you're facing merely 1 opponent means that it's less probable that they've been dealt a premium hand (than that someone at a full table is dealt a premium).

So, it sounds like you are maybe transitioning from live poker to online poker, and are having some concerns about bad beats. In live poker, you are going to see maybe 30 hands an hour. In online, you might see anywhere from a undred hands an hour, to several hundred hands an hour (depending on whether or not you multitable). You will likely see the same frequency of ridiculous hands, but because you play so many more hands online, it happens more often. This gives the illusion that online players are crazier, or that online is rigged (I know you didn't say that, but it is a common refrain you hear).

It is simple human nature that we remember the number of times something notable occurs, not the frequency. If I get my aces cracked three times in a day, my story is going to be that I got my aces cracked three times, not that when I 4 tabled for 8 hours and saw 3,500 hands, I got aces 15 times, and lost 3 of those times.

Sorry if this was off the point

In tough, short-handed games, proper play both attacking and defending the blinds is crucial for long-term success.