Quote Originally Posted by MRoper18
I have a problem with my poker game. I am a magnet for bad beats! In an average tournament, I will lose 3 out of the 4 hands that I lose to a bad beat, sometimes even less than that. Is it because I play online mostly? Am I just a bad player? Unlucky? It seems when I buy into a tournament, I am buying a lottery ticket with slightly better odds than the rest of the people at the table, because I know that luck is what will decide my fate (bad luck more specifically). Not to sound cocky, but I cannot remember the last time that I have been eliminated from a tourny when I didn't put all my chips in with the best hand.
Having just started on MTTs (to relieve the boredom at times from 25NL), I agree the bad beats suck. BUT ... the times I have made the FT have come from ME delivering the "bad beat". They happen. Sometimes they work against you ... other times they work for you. I play mostly $5 MTTs (from 250-550 players) and ... yes ... it does seem like a lottery for the 1st hour. That's when I try to stay out of the way unless I pick up a good hand.

Good luck and hang in there.