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A totally different scenario this time. A cold deck is hard but relativley easy to take: you can’t blame the other player, you can only blame the dealer. This time: lower blind levels, shorter stack, early position. Same result: my chips go in, there’s no other escape possible. However: a completely other experience.

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Some guy makes a very standard three times the big blind raise in late position. I exactly put him on a hand like this: pretty good, but mainly trying to rob this pot with a continuation bet on the flop. So I shove and actually hope he calls with the hand he has. That happens but the flop is killing me, luckily I have a redraw with my flush. It doesn’t turn or river. However, my opponent is just trying to cumulate chips when he calls my all-in, thinking he has two lives against my Ace something. Bad beat? Sad beat.