i can't quite remember but i think there was a thread about bad beat that you guys might want to read as well.
on another note.
why the river card?
firstly, we assume people hate the river card because they are ahead before that.
secondly... there is no second. that explains it all
people hate the river card because the only thing worse that could happen to them is lose due to that card.
they were ahead before, hence the pot was supposed to be theirs,
the river card can't make them win more money. but it can definitely make you lose the pot.
think about it.
river card can only be hated, not liked, as it is a source of loss, not gain..
(since they have already got the gains from other cards and the plays made)
now of course this is a different case if you are always the underdog going to the river.
in that case you'd hit everytime and gain all the time...
but people tend to forget that most of the time.
they only remember the times when until the river card they were winning, but the river card comes out and they lose
(and of course they forget all the times that their hand holds up on the river... because "that's what should happen because i made an amazing play")
funny i write this comment so rationally...
seeing as i'm on the worst losing streak recently, and i freakin hate the river card myself and can't deal properly with it emotionally....  |