I know it depends from player to player but when you see someone take a bad beat and then go all-in straight away on the next hand, would you read that as tilt or a monster?

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Bad Beat of the week 27/08/2006:

:kh :jd

Flop - :jc :3s :6d I raise 2/3 pot, Villian calls.

Turn :kd - I raise to put villian all in, he calls

he flips over :4d :4s :eek:

River :4c :rant: :mad: :rant: :eek:

I'll usually just play my cards, ABC on them. I'll needle them in a bit through the chat box, though. Depending on the person and how I feel it, I'll be a total jackass or a sycophant.

The Art of War I:22- "If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

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It's definately interesting to see what a bad beat does to a table.

I just got a major beat and suddenly everyone calls my raises whilest they folded mos't of my raises before. I personally am unable to have any reads on opponents because it's like I'm forced to tilt.

How do we handle this?

on topic:

I'd call with A-t and better because I think a lot of those allin are A-rag. But it depends on the player as well, every situation is different , so I don't think there is a standard rule to follow.

Good question: I play pretty much the same but give them just a little less credit for having a great hand. But I'm only gonna call if I have something strong.

Example: About two weeks ago I was trying my game out at the NL100 table (a little high for me, but just within my BR). I had played about 20+ hands when I saw a player's KK get busted by a flush draw. The next hand I was dealt QQ in late position. The recently busted player had bought back in and was UTG...he limped. There was a 3XBB raise from middle and I raised it another 9BBs. UTG then pushed his $100 allin and the original raiser folded. Now, I usually fold to a play like this because it's such a classic AA play...but I figured that he could be pushing with any pair or even AK, so I made the call (I put $89 in the pot). DAMN, he had AA!

But the poker gods decided to continue their assault on this poor fellow. I hit my set on the flop and took down my biggest pot ever.

I don't suggest that I made the right move....I was simply lucky.

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I don't play a lot of hands....I just play a lot of them poorly.