Maybe I’m A Donkey

Something has been bothering me the past few days.  I was playing at Full Tilt and I was totally berated by two players for over an hour.  Here is the situation.

Basically, I saw the guy over betting pots when the board was scary.  Everyone folded to him all night.  So I waited to get a hand and I was going to jump him.  I never got one, so I decided to look him up with a marginal hand.  I don’t remember the hand for sure, but I ended up calling his big over bet with second pair and we checked it down from there.  Sure enough, he flipped over 5 high with no draws and I took the pot down.  Him and the other guy just went off on me, asking how the fuck can you call that big bet on that board with that hand.  Now, I don’t make it a habit of calling big bets with marginal hands, but I was pretty confident in my read and I went with it.  Don’t you have to do that sometimes?

Him and the other guy just went off on me the rest of the night.  Any time I bet, they would say I must have A high cause I was betting, or I must have hit bottom pair, all kinds of stupid shit.  It didn’t bug me at the time, because at the tables I hardly ever let talk get to me.  But now, the more I think about it, I am really bothered by it.  Maybe I am a donkey.  I am sure some of this doubt is because I have been losing lately, but who knows.  Maybe I just suck at poker.