You are a bad player. Trust me on this.

[Penguinfan]

I remember an interviews during the 03 WSOP with Dutch Boyd when he said "poker is like sex, everyone thinks their the best but in reality they really don't know what they are doing". Seems true enough.

As for myself, I have readily admitted I am a break even to losing player still. I have moments where I just think I am the unluckiest player alive, I remember a stretch or 14 straight SNG's where I busted out holding the best hand when the chips went in the pot.

Just yesterday in a rebuy game I had around 6K in chips after the first hour (buy in, immediate rebuy, add on all 1000, 1000, 1500) and in about 20 hands I had AK beaten by AQ, got KK twice and rand head first into pocket A's both times. I think everyone from Joe Dumbass to Doyle himself busts out of that game given those hands, thats just plain bad luck, but I understand it happens.

My game has certainly improved in the aspect that I don't bust out with hands that I used to and I am able to lay down hands like AJ pre-flop if the situation dictates, that may not sound like much, but it's a big step for alot of players.

I said all that to say this, I still think bad luck plays a big factor in my game. I know you just said that bad players blame bad luck, and maybe your right, maybe I am still a bad player and have a long way to go, but if the coin landed on heads as often as it did tales they would be writing articles about me in Card Player magazine.