Does poker ever feel cruel to you?

[anasslaaleg]

Absolutely, poker can seem brutal at times. 😅

You can study for hours, play well, and still get busted because of a single unlucky card on the river. The game doesn't immediately reward good decisions, and that's what makes it cruel in the short term.

 

[Margo17]

There's always that cruel river when the opener has only 1 out and hits lol

 

[margmilo44]

Sometimes you play well, stay focused, make smart decisions — and you still lose. It seems that poker is not about honesty, but endurance. Have you ever felt that the game was too hard?

I think it's worse when it's easy on you. It's much harder to recognize mistakes and fill holes when you catch a lucky break

 

[MAFNL16061986]

sometimes i think on ggpoker its rigged because of those bingo players in there

 

[10gerka]

Of course, sometimes it can be very cruel when you play your best and still lose due to bad luck, but believe me, that is temporary, there will be more moments where your playing methods will come out on top.

 

[john_entony]

The point is that poker is like an ocean. And we are traveling across this ocean in a boat. There are underwater reefs in this ocean, which in poker are called “bad beats.” Therefore, we need to learn how to navigate our boat so that we do not hit any underwater reefs.

 

[bazza155]

Yes nearly all the time.

 

[Peteski84]

It can have the same effect as love does. Cruelty is just part of it.
Move on, find another hand to take comfort in. Hopefully its the right hand next time. And your heart won't get broken.

 

[odonob]

Yes, keep on losing to runner runner one percentage outs, not fun. Not enjoyable at all that.

 

[A kiravio]

Yes, a lot happens, poker is part of many people's lives and...as in life, sometimes you float, sometimes you pull hard, but the best thing is to do everything as best as you can for the best results.

 

[FastOne]

All the time. It only feels fair when I win a tournament, which is rare because there's often a lot of players in them. So, I only get to win a tournament from time to time, and that's when it doesn't seem cruel to me.

 

[hilary antonik filho]

Sometimes you play well, stay focused, make smart decisions — and you still lose. It seems that poker is not about honesty, but endurance. Have you ever felt that the game was too hard?

Nothing is easy, in poker it is no different, the bad thing is when you play for 2 hours and close to the bubble you end up losing

 

[IronMike9000]

life is cruel

 

[oriole]

Poker’s brutal - you can do everything right and still lose, but that’s why it teaches mental toughness, not fairness.

 

[Rosylly]

It’s not cruel if you understand that the distance is what really matters. It’s still a bitter feeling sometimes when you lose with much better odds, but you have to accept it and move on.

 

[diffidaticonnoi]

yes, every time i lose a lot

 

[GarotoMaroto]

Yes, a lot of times, a motherload of times, almost every time I play, 2, 3 hours or more in a MTT only winning 1st places rarely, just very cruel
God bless