 Actually...
I think even if you play really well, you will occasionally be beat and need a miracle to win...
For instance, if you've been playing at a table with a loose aggressive player the whole game, he/she raises (as usual), you call to the flop and find yourself with the high two pair but there's a potential straight draw. The loose/aggy player raises again, and you think you've got the guy/gal pegged as bluffing (a call that might have been right any other hand that day). You call, a scare card comes down for that straight draw, and he/she raises again. Against anyone else you would fold, but you've watched this person shoot aimlessly for pot after pot and you decide he/she's got nothing. You call. River comes, and your two pair becomes a full house, which you think doesn't matter because you had the hand won anyway. Bet/call to showdown and you find that your opponent had indeed completed the straight, and you lucked out for the win. You didn't do anything wrong necessarily, but you did need some help from lady luck for the win.
I'm not saying it's all the time, and chaotic loose players probably need more suck outs than nice tight/aggressive players, but I find folks tend to always assume if someone sucks out then they must have been a moron, but it's not always the case and hey, everyone needs a suck out sometimes!  |