[lork]

Lately I have been playing 3/6 holdem at a local poker room. For the first 7 seven sessions I walked a winner. The last 3 sessions were disasters. It seems like every time I have the best hand before and after the flop I bet it and get called down to the river where I get beat. I am really discouraged because I consider myself a strong player but these hands Im losing should not lose. Example... The first hand I lost I raised late position with Ac Kc. SB and BB folded and 4 callers. flop comes Ah Ks 6c. A bet 3 callers and I raise...all fold except one player. Turn comes 8h. She checks and I bet she calls. River comes Qs. She checks I bet she calls and turns over 10s Jd. I had to laugh... how can you win against players like that? To make things worse I wait patiently for premium starting hands and catch Ks Kd about 30 min later. To make it short I raise preflop....flop a set....bet it like crazy and the same woman rivers me with the same straight except this time she caught runner 10 runner A. Ofcourse the rest of the fish at the table congratulate her on what an insightful player she is and how they didnt have the guts to play that hand. Can anyone give me some advise on how to beat a game like this? Am I making the right play by betting and raising to get the draws out even when I get rivered? Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

[pritz]

if you truely do consider yourself a strong player then you should already be telling yourself that more then a majority of the time these hands are money in your pocket. you dont need anyone else to tell you that

[razor]

Regardless of if you do make money in the long run its just plain annoying when you are rivered in ways like you mention Sammy. Doesnt matter how many times you win in those situations, you only remember the beats by the fish that cant fold. But overall, you ll come out in profit. Just have to block out those fish that get lucky occasionally.

Always great when they receive a "nh" from everyone else. Or even worse "nice call"

[ballen]

I't seems in low limit poker, the fish get lucky all the time. if there is a chance of a flush or straight, you pretty much can assume someone has it. And if you want to avoid the chasers in NL then you have to bet them out of a pot which is hard. You can play solid poker all night and play a big hand strong and get nailed by that runner runner that takes all your winnings.

[louis]

Always, there is so often a case when a flush is possible, and a lot of people who are relatively new to the game will bet on that.

It's unfortunate, but sometimes they are going to hit. If you see someone coming back over the top of you I tend to back down and save my chips for another day, but you can't always let somebody walk away with blinds and raises for free when they are just hoping for something.

[lily]

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