LOL lagdonk that was classic

both are sooo standard tho seriously

you don't know what a cooler is if you think they are coolers.

Yeah, whine coolers.

*Bud dum pum!*

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all night.

I agree that those aren't coolers.

He's quite stronger than the average hand that calls him there and should be trying to get it all in almost every conceivable way with his hand strength, so if that qualifies as a cooler then I'm on board with the cooler crowd.

that's a fish definition of a cooler

also note TGSM added QQ v JJ into his 'cooler' mix

do i have to lay this out with colouring crayons or something

its cooler imo.

I just slowrolled someone who had the cheek to backchat me

AA , owned!

Last page was sexy. This one is funny.

Two pair > two pair for 25bbs is a cooler now? WTF man.

Of course it is?

Poker Stars $5.00+$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BB: t2140 M = 71.33
UTG: t2860 M = 95.33
MP: t2970 M = 99
CO: t4010 M = 133.67
Hero (BTN): t2790 M = 93
SB: t3230 M = 107.67

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN with 9 9
UTG raises to t80, 2 folds, Hero calls t80, SB calls t70, BB raises to t480, 1 fold, BB says "lol", Hero raises to t2790 all in, 1 fold, BB calls t1660 all in

Flop: (t4440) 4 9 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t4440) 6 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t4440) 3 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t4440
BB shows A A (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows 9 9 (three of a kind, Nines)
Hero wins t4440

Karma's a bitch! Villain timed down half his time bank after typing "lol". Love busting slowrollers

Stupid mobile broadband is a real bitch though, disconnect like every 5min. Tried to play HUSNGs, but thanks to the disconnects it's like setting money on fire

PS: I do realize shoving 99 probably isn't +EV in an MTT at those blind levels...but I'm playing this HU-style

I guess we have different views on this cooler thing. But if you consider that two pair for 25bbs a cooler, what do you call this?


Absolute Poker, $200/400 No Limit Hold'em Cash Games, 2 Players
Hand Converter by Pokerhand.org

Board:
ZUGWAT (Button): $83,199
DOOSHDOTCOM1 (BB): $104,076

Dealt to ZUGWAT K 9

Pre-flop:
ZUGWAT raises to $1,200, DOOSHDOTCOM1 calls $800

Flop: ($2,600) 3 K 4 (2 Players)
DOOSHDOTCOM1 bets $1,900, ZUGWAT calls $1,900

Turn: ($6,400) A (2 Players)
DOOSHDOTCOM1 bets $4,250, ZUGWAT raises to $15,450, DOOSHDOTCOM1 raises to $30,900, ZUGWAT raises to $80,099 and is all-in, DOOSHDOTCOM1 calls $49,199

River: ($166,598) T (2 Players)

Results:
ZUGWAT Showed K 9
DOOSHDOTCOM1 Showed 2 5
DOOSHDOTCOM1 wins $166,397

Stupid rigged internet poker, obv

I mean, it IS on Absolute.

I also had 8T on 9JQ board, with villain having TK, that is cooler for sure..







Was so scared just a minute ago... Go back onto my comp, look in cashier said $0.00 in my account, log off, try to log on, doesn't work

restart FT and I log on, it is ok, money is there... thought for a second som1 had hacked my account. felt sick.. must of been a technical error..

Oomphala!

At first I saw that flush over flush and thought, what's this guy talking about and why did that dude put in so much with a low flush. Took a second look and realized that low flush was actually a straight flush. ****ing ouch.

yup me too, that is PAINFUL...this thread seems to be the nuts atm

always thought cooler was not as bad as bad beat. Like QQ<JJ AI pre. Bad beat being set of A's looses to running quads or whatnot. Somebody please explain. With crayons and graphs if needed. My poker mind is now in orbit.

Cooler is basically where your opponent is stacking off with your hand 100% of the time as well and it's 2nd best. Bad beat is where you were ahead when the money went in, but not by the river.

Coolers are always tricky because to get very technical, very good players should be able to get away from a few "cooler" situations. But yeah, I'd agree that coolers are essentially non-events since you can't really do anything about them.

Since Indy's back





Some of you might...*cough*...know her

cooler is like a set up, so say the flop is:

AAK

you have KK and your opponent has AK, that's a cooler, because regardless of who has which hand, the money is invariably going in and despite you getting it in with 0% equity, it's not like you played it bad, it's just a set up.

A bad beat is, like you said, something like QQ losing to 66 all in pre, where although you were a favourite to win the pot when the money went in the pot, you ended up losing the pot.

Bad beats are overrated. QQ < 66 will happen around once every five times. If you play a little volume, you shouldn't be bothered by stuff like this. Bad beat imo is somewhere around 5-6% equity or less, maybe 10% when I'm having a rough day.

i was like thiiiiis close to throwing in a (obviously this isn't a particularly bad beat)