I've been playing live for a few years now and my local casino seems to have some crazy cold deck variance. I know it's all variance (luck) but these two hands are pretty crazy and live not online (if that matters)
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Hero big blind 2
4
4 people limp in Hero completes
FLOP: 356r
Hero Check, Check, Check, Raise, Hero All in (about $250), everyone calls
TURN: 7
RIVER: 8
UTG- 77
MP1- 88
MP2-78o
Cut Off- 9T (Just knew the cards were coming)
We lose and somehow cutoff gets runner runner last two cards in deck to win.
PLO
Hero Big Blind: 47
AT
3 other players call
FLOP: 356 (2 diamonds-flop a straight and straight flush draw)
Hero pots, Call, Call, all in, we call
everyone all in!
TURN 9, RIVER 4 All 3 other players have 78 garbage, no flush draws, no pairs just calling for gutshot and overs?, Hero only one to lose.
At what point is it not just variance and something weird going on?