Hand #4: I would jam that flop. You have two overcards, a gutshot to the nuts and the nut flush draw and multiple people interested. You are getting value putting money in with the flush draw alone. Cap it if you can, get as much money in there as you can, you are making money off of every bet going in even if you dont get there. Maybe that guy would have folded his TPNK if the flop got capped, who knows. It doesn't matter, your draw is so huge you should go borrow money off you friends to put into that pot. You are behind to a set (and not by much) that's about it. If you miss then you miss, that's poker. It's all about putting as much money in the pot as you can when you have the best of it, and you have the best of it here so JAM IT and don't worry about how it turns out.
Hand #5: Your raise on the flop wasn't bad. You got a free card with the worse hand. I dunno about the river call-- sometimes it is ok to call there, maybe he has a 3 or some shit and missed his straight. How about he tables 83 of clubs for 8 high and your hand is good? The way you played it is fine, man! I wouldn't sweat it at all.
Hand #6: Calling down is fine. The guy likes to make fancy plays. A fancy play I see all the time is the clever pretend-I-have-trips-check-raise-turn-bluff. I would never fold TT here unless the guy showed me his 3 or I knew the player very very well.
Hand #7: Dude, you have aces, where are you going? You are getting 6-1 to spike two pair or your set-- you might even be ahead, who knows. I don't fold there very often either. The part where you really misplayed your hand was on 6th street. When the dealer was gathering the cards and you were gathering the pot and the guy was bitching. Don't respond. Don't get drawn in. Just stack the chips and say nothing. It will help you remain steady.
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Throw away Lee Jones and buy "Small Stakes Hold 'em" by Ed Miller. That book is awesome. Keep posting your hands on here and getting advice. You just had a bad run of cards. It happens.
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Date: 2005-03-21 00:07 (UTC)Hand #4:
I would jam that flop. You have two overcards, a gutshot to the nuts and the nut flush draw and multiple people interested. You are getting value putting money in with the flush draw alone. Cap it if you can, get as much money in there as you can, you are making money off of every bet going in even if you dont get there. Maybe that guy would have folded his TPNK if the flop got capped, who knows. It doesn't matter, your draw is so huge you should go borrow money off you friends to put into that pot. You are behind to a set (and not by much) that's about it. If you miss then you miss, that's poker. It's all about putting as much money in the pot as you can when you have the best of it, and you have the best of it here so JAM IT and don't worry about how it turns out.
Hand #5: Your raise on the flop wasn't bad. You got a free card with the worse hand. I dunno about the river call-- sometimes it is ok to call there, maybe he has a 3 or some shit and missed his straight. How about he tables 83 of clubs for 8 high and your hand is good? The way you played it is fine, man! I wouldn't sweat it at all.
Hand #6: Calling down is fine. The guy likes to make fancy plays. A fancy play I see all the time is the clever pretend-I-have-trips-check-raise-turn-bluff. I would never fold TT here unless the guy showed me his 3 or I knew the player very very well.
Hand #7: Dude, you have aces, where are you going? You are getting 6-1 to spike two pair or your set-- you might even be ahead, who knows. I don't fold there very often either. The part where you really misplayed your hand was on 6th street. When the dealer was gathering the cards and you were gathering the pot and the guy was bitching. Don't respond. Don't get drawn in. Just stack the chips and say nothing. It will help you remain steady.
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Throw away Lee Jones and buy "Small Stakes Hold 'em" by Ed Miller. That book is awesome. Keep posting your hands on here and getting advice. You just had a bad run of cards. It happens.