Man.... here I am whining about bad beats again. Oh well. In the spirit of Even when you do everything right, it can still not work out, this post will tell the little tale of a poker newbie.

She sat down at the table complaining about how she had lost the last tournament.... blah blah blah..... So after about 10 hands or so, it was clear, she really was a noob, didn't really understand the finer aspects of play. (I'm not a pro... but.... I'm trying to improve my game.)

Anyways, under the gun (first player after the big blind) she limped in for the big blind. Everyone folded to me on the button. I had , so I raised the pot to 3x the big blind. Everyone folded but her. She called. I was trying to get a feeling of what she would have to call. I decided "Ace-something".

The flop came down  Top pair for me with the queen kicker, I didn't even really watch the flop, I was concentrating on her. She checked the bet to me, I knew she didn't have a jack. I knew she had completely missed even. So now I bet out again 4x the big blind. Half of my chips are now in this pot. She mulled it over for a bit, and then reluctantly called, know I knew it. Ace King, that what's she had. Why do newbies think that this hand can't be folded?

Well of course, the turn produced the  Again, I was watching her, and she instatntly looked down at her chips and pushed all in.  I folded. I did flip up my hand and made a snide comment about her calling 4x the big blind with nothing, and I said, your Ace King beats me! After I flipped my cards up, she apparently felt obligated to as well, and in fact had Ace King.

She looked scared and said, "How do you know what I have?". I just laughed and kept the irration of playing someone new to myself. The good thing was she went out a few hands later, and me a while after her.  I did not make it to the points either......

Newbies. Grrrr.