Free Poker Games Guide - Why Poker Players must live with Bad Beats

Excitement runs through your veins as your eyes lighten up to the possibility of what your hand shows: a 2, 8, and yes you guessed it a fabulous King. You mildly lean over giving the slightest touch to the 2 old boys that lay in front of you. All the practice on the free poker games sites has paid off. The cards you hold have finally come in rainbow and the 2 lows are a fair distance apart. Flushes and str8's are pretty much finished- and the kings reign supreme.

Awaiting your move you glance across the table hoping all while your not revealing the monster you hold at bay. Of course there sits the fish. They have grown your stack and you thank them for it. There poor calls and lousy bets have been most profitable. Just outstack you after there latest Hail Mary and you send a prayer towards the heavens and call them to push.

Your heart stops as fishy gets his go and as if it was Christmas he throws more money at the pot. This is it, its time to take the pot home; it's the moment you dreamed of while learning your trade on the free poker games, and you want to take this opportunity. Inevitably it's time to push your stack and show them all the Kings.

The fish slowly shows his cards and there it is pocket sevens! A huge gasp as everyone must be questioning what the hell they were doing. You stay calm in the comfort that his only possibility of saviour is to pull 2 more 7's out the hat. Now off of the turn; and as if by magic the first of those 7's appears. You can't believe it- and as if things couldn't get any worse, without hesitation the dealer reveals the 4th dreaded 7! Shock horror!

You fall to you knees- how can this be possible, this seems more than a bad case of lady luck as you contemplate quitting poker till your dying day. You want to shout at fishy, but you still manage to keep some dignity and you simply say "well done" before leaving.

Later you realise telling the story is a waste of time. This is an internal badge of honour. What more could you have done. You begin to relax again when a larger thought enters you mind.

I guess the moral of this article is just to remember all players have different strategies and all come with the belief there strategy will take them to the end. You must not discard the bad beats or reprimand the opponents who give you them, as these are money making people. Keep them in your mind but don't divulge this to others- smile and believe their cash will soon be yours.

And remember, there are always free poker games to practice on before you have to take a serious bad beat for real!