Why Online Poker Sucks

There are many good things about online poker.  To name a few, it is very convenient, easy, comfortable, and there is always a game.  In addition, you also play many more hands than you do in live poker.  This does create some problems.  There are more suckouts and bad beats than you could ever imagine online.  I believe that there are many more online than there are in live poker.  For instance, tonight I entered a $55 tournament with 1200 people.  There was a huge pot and first place got $11,000 and 180th got $80.  I was sitting at the tournament for 1hour and 50 minutes and I was second place in chips at the table.  The chip leader at the table, the only person beating me, wound up hitting a one outer on the river to knock me out in 389th place leaving me with no money for the tournament.  I am now going to go through the hand to explain the poor play of the chip leader.

I started the hand with $8k in chips and he had $12k.  I was dealt pocket aces and was first to act.  The blinds were $150/300.  I made it $1200 to go preflop and I had one caller, that was the chip leader.  We were now ready for the flop.  It came down A  5  9, a complete rainbow.  I flopped a set and I had him right where I wanted.  I still wanted to play it hard so I bet $2000.  He thought for a few seconds and called.  The turn came a 6.  It was my turn to bet so I bet the rest of my stack which was around $4800.  He called me almost instantly.  The river came off an 8.  The chip leader now flipped over pocket sevens giving him a seven to nine straight.  He insta-called me with nothing but a pair of sevens and a gutshot on the turn.  This type is play is horrendous and very rarely works out as it did.  All he had was 4 outs in the deck (the 8’s).  This made him about 8% to win and me 92% and he still manages to hit.  It is complete bullshit but i guess that is the nature of the game.  Still, it is a shame when numbers that heavy to one side don’t work out.  O well.