poker is so sick

It seems the more I play poker the more I seem to downgrade the value of certain hands. Hands such as K-Q, K-J, QJ and so on... I hardly see any value in anymore. I find myself folding them more often than not and feel horrible calling a raise with them.

Regardless, it's even the so called "huge" hands that have me weary now. Last night playing live I was down to about 5 big blinds. I pushed with K-K and had the small blind call me and go all in as well with A-rags and the big blind call me with Q-2. The flop brought two 2's and just like that my tournament was over. The more I play the game the more I seem to encounter similar situations. I am far from complaining, but more of bringing awareness that the best hand is not always going to hold up so don't be surprised when your monster gets crushed by a kitty.

While playing a 90 player sit and go on pokerstars today I encountered a rather interesting hand that really has no educational value other than the fact that it shows one mans suck out being sucked out by another man. That may sound stupid but let me explain:) lol

I was sitting on the button with 8-8 and with the blinds at $30/$60 with one limper before me I raised to $280. Then the small blind (who I had already cracked his aces with J-10 the hand before) moves all in for $500 more. The limper folds and I instant call. The small blind rolls over 7-7. Sure enough the flop comes K-7-J giving him a set. Before the flop I was the obvious favorite, but after the flop I only had 2 outs to win; the 2 8's left in the deck or a miraculous runner runner for a straight. Regardless, the turn brought me an 8 then the river brought me another 8 giving me quads to his set.

Later in the tournament I ended up busting out when my Q-Q ran into A-A. Poker is such a devious game that will bring you up's and down's at moments notice. Here is a quick screen shot of the hand I explained above:

Go ahead and click the image to enlarge it;)