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Bad Beats and Bodog…
Listen, I understand bad beats. I've played this game since before it was "cool" and have played for over 10 years on various online poker sites. I recently left Ultimate Bet after having trouble getting money onto the site and was told Bodog was an easy deposit. Well, to say the least, I have never in all of my years of playing online seen so many bad beats. And I’ll even admit, I’ve been on the positive side of a couple myself.
Is it a soft site? Yes. But play in any multi table tournament and you'll see more bad beats than any other site ever.
Warning! This is only my most recent bad beat story. Read on if you like, or pass it over...Either way, just know this isn't the only time this has happened to me on this site. I've lost more 98% favorites than I can list.
Anyway, I'm in a $10+$1 buy in to qualify for $109 tournament dollars to enter the $100,000 guaranteed tourney. Pays top three and there are four of us left. The second big stack went on an all in spree and I just waited for the right opportunity to let him double up my stack. He had over $10,000 in chips and position on myself and the other small stack. So every time he got the button, he would just push all in. Weird thing on this hand though...I get AK in the big blind and he just calls PF. I raise and he calls so I actually put him on a real hand thinking he’s going to let me catch a hand before putting me all in. Well, the flop comes out KQ7 rainbow and I check it to him knowing that he'll put me all in and he obliges.
I turn over my top top and he turns over A2os. Know here’s where it gets ridiculous…
The turn card is a deuce...River card is a deuce. I was a 97% favorite after the flop and he was a 0.33% dog considering the possibility of a tie.
This is only my most recent sick beat where I was a 95% or better favorite. I can handle the bad beats...I've played long enough to endure many...but never in all my years playing online have I seen so many on one site...and it's not just myself...it happens to many, many people. The more they Bodog grows, the more you’ll be hearing about them.
I’ve still made a little bit of money here, but if I could have half the money I’ve lost on bad beats, I could seriously consider doing this full time on this site.
So I guess I’m saying…play if for the soft play, but grow some thick skin…you’re going to need it.
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