First 2 hands of a poker tournament

[Stocks]

I just played a poker tournament $5 with 2 rebuys one addon. I did the 2 rebuys to start with 9k and this is what happened. I started late so the blinds were 40/80 and these were my first 2 hands.

Hand 1
I get AA in late position everyone fold to me I raise 3x get 1 caller and flop comes

QJ3

I bet 2/3 pot guy raises and I put him allin. He had KQ and he started the hand with around 6k

Turn is T and river is a 9 dude hits a straight.

Hand 2

I get KK so my plan is to go allin hoping someone thinks I'm on tilt and calls. So early position raises I go allin for 3k and after thinking a bit guy calls with A9 off (ace of spades and 9 of clubs)

Flop comes 3 bullshit cards can't remeber but there were 2 clubs. Turn was a club and of course the river was the King of clubs.


WTF runner runner straight beats my AA and then runner runner flush beats my KK in back to back hands I don't think I've had that happen to me before.

[yeahfree2]

bad omen...

[ak]

Runner, Runner, BS sucks seems to happen online all the time.

[pokeraussie]

Play cash games instead. The sucker will get lucky with his runner runner but you will end up with his stack eventually.

[jdwanchalk]

Runner, Runner, BS sucks seems to happen online all the time.

...and the only, only people who say this are losing players. I have never once ever heard a winning player complain about an RNG being rigged in any way.

[theglutton87]

This is a level right?

[pokeraussie]

I think I observe runner runner situations nearly every live cash game session I play. Last situation I was involved in the hand and I was the unfortunate one (always remember those hands right?) Got it in on the flop with an overpair (AA) against AJ on a Jxx board with 2 low cards... runner runner straight to split the pot. I guess he could have spiked a J on the river LOL.

[parttimepoker]

You're just never that big of a favorite. Even in the scenario Aussie describes above, AA is only 85% to win.

If you knew there was a 15% chance that you'd be killed on your way to work tomorrow, I bet you'd stay home.

[pokeraussie]

I had 92% equity in the hand. Villain is drawing to 2 outs on the turn/river to make the best hand so only has 8% equity. Of course that doesn't take into account the times when it will be a split pot like this. I just checked on pokerstove because you confused the hell out of me and it confirms this. Anyway, my point was runner runner happens all the time playing live, enough to make backdoor draws factor into your decision making.

[parttimepoker]

I misunderstood that the runner was to a straight that split the pot. My bad.

On a board with two high cards instead of just one, opp has 15% equity.