Bad Beats Quote from Mother Teresa

“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.”

The Guild

 

The Guild is very funny comedy about dysfunctional gamers and is a You Tube sensation. It is still going strong after five seasons. The script, acting, directing and casting are all great.

With poker, when playing small the King has to play for many hours and can relate to the Guild characters. At the present time, the King is playing at the upper micro limits because he took some shots at the low limit games and lost, so to recover from his losses the structure has to be at the upper micro limits.

Outs for Top Pair and a Backdoor Draw.

The King folded top pair and wondered what his decision would have been with more time.
The game is a somewhat loose and four handed.  The blind structure is 2-5.  CO calls, BTN, calls, and the King, SB, folded A♣-8♥.  The BB bets and the limpers call (6.5 small bets).  The flop is:
A♥-T♦-7♠.

The King's preflop fold was correct according to his plan.  If the King was playing this hand how many outs would he have?  Aces would be 2, Eights would be 3 and the Backdoor draw would be .5 outs.  With 5.5 outs,  the King already has top pair with a mediocre kicker.