Can bad players be beat?


I am getting sick of hearing people complain about how hard it is to beat bad poker players. It seems like every time I sit down at a poker table people start discussing how hard it is to beat someone who plays loose passive poker and sees every flop. If you can’t beat someone that is bad, how the hell do you think you can beat someone that isn’t bad? You probably wouldn’t stand a chance against someone who is decent, and I’m sure someone who is great would take your life savings in a few hours.

What is so hard about beating bad players? If you sit down at a table with a sufficient bank roll, play tight aggressive poker, pay attention to how they play their big hands, and focus on making good decisions, you should come out ahead. I’m sure you’ll get outdrawn a few times, maybe even a bunch of times, but solid play should prevail in the long run. If you’re not profitable against people you consider “bad” maybe you’re the one who sucks at poker.

I’m tired of listening to fish complain about getting outdrawn. Bad beat stories aren’t entertaining, they aren’t amazing. Everyone takes bad beats, it’s part of poker. The sooner you learn that, the better. No one wants to hear you complain about your worst bad beat - we’ve all taken one that is just as bad, if not worse. I’ve seen people river straight flushes against quads, I’ve seen people hit one outers, I’ve seen people river the only four left in the deck to make quads - and those are all good players.

Just imagine the bad beats I’ve seen bad players deal out.

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1 Comment to “Can bad players be beat?”

Jimbo

May 2nd, 2006 at 4:07 am

Hmmm, don’t know that I agree with your initial statements. I agree that bad beats are a part of Poker, but I also think that [i]complaining about[/i] bad beats are a part of poker. If nothing else it gives me a laugh when I read a bad bead or when one of my mates tells me about his last night.
It’s like when your tem (be it footbal, hockey, American Football tennis whatever) gets ‘a bad beat’ i.e. they were by far the better team / player, and yet lost to a couple of luck and unexpected scores. Do you just suck it up or do you rant about it to your mates in order to vent some frustration. Of course you do the latter. Why villify people who do the same at poker? The rest of your points (and in fact theis entire blog) is spot ;)

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