I realize this was a really long time ago, and I don't know if you play Stud anymore. But in case you do, you might find this advice useful.
Someone advised you that you played every street correctly. I don't exactly agree with this analysis. Instead of hoping that the 6 would fold on 3rd street to your flat call, I would have raised. Considering the pot odds your call offered him, he probably wasn't taking too much the worst of it if he was holding a three-straight or a small pair. At any rate, he folded on the next street, so you probably cared little whether or not he stuck around on 3rd. However, the raise would have been a signal to Josh that you had a hand that could beat a pair of 10s.
Your idea was to slow-play your queens. If you had held a better kicker (i.e., Jack or higher rather than a deuce), I would be inclined to agree with you. But not in this case. You correctly made him for the split pair of 10s. But you had no idea what his hole kicker was. I hope I'm not being confusing. My point is that if he's holding an Ace, King or Queen with the 10s, his pair becomes MUCH stronger than without. This is because if he pairs his kicker and you pair yours, he's way ahead of you. This is straight out of Chip Reese's Stud section of the original Supersytem.
Bottom line is that (Q-Q)-2 is not as strong against (10-x)-10 in Stud as pocket Queens are against pocket 10s in HE. The kicker really makes a difference. You're still ahead of your opponent, but this is not a hand that you can afford to slow-play.
I've been reading your blog (excuse me, poker journal) archives pretty much all day today, and I respect your body of work. I've learned a few things from reading your hand analyses. A few quick hits:
-Sorry about the anti-climatic WSoP run. What can you do? Hope you had fun. -I like the way you've structured your home game. My blogging partner and I are considering using that as a template out here in Los Angeles (www.uclarounders.blogspot.com). -It's good to have some intelligent discussion of cash game play out there -- not enough in the "hard" literature.
Good luck! And don't give up on Stud. Chip Reese's outline is the best I've seen around. I started playing $4-8 as my regular game at the Commerce after reading that, and I'm loving it.
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Date: 2006-12-13 02:28 (UTC)Someone advised you that you played every street correctly. I don't exactly agree with this analysis. Instead of hoping that the 6 would fold on 3rd street to your flat call, I would have raised. Considering the pot odds your call offered him, he probably wasn't taking too much the worst of it if he was holding a three-straight or a small pair. At any rate, he folded on the next street, so you probably cared little whether or not he stuck around on 3rd. However, the raise would have been a signal to Josh that you had a hand that could beat a pair of 10s.
Your idea was to slow-play your queens. If you had held a better kicker (i.e., Jack or higher rather than a deuce), I would be inclined to agree with you. But not in this case. You correctly made him for the split pair of 10s. But you had no idea what his hole kicker was. I hope I'm not being confusing. My point is that if he's holding an Ace, King or Queen with the 10s, his pair becomes MUCH stronger than without. This is because if he pairs his kicker and you pair yours, he's way ahead of you. This is straight out of Chip Reese's Stud section of the original Supersytem.
Bottom line is that (Q-Q)-2 is not as strong against (10-x)-10 in Stud as pocket Queens are against pocket 10s in HE. The kicker really makes a difference. You're still ahead of your opponent, but this is not a hand that you can afford to slow-play.
I've been reading your blog (excuse me, poker journal) archives pretty much all day today, and I respect your body of work. I've learned a few things from reading your hand analyses. A few quick hits:
-Sorry about the anti-climatic WSoP run. What can you do? Hope you had fun.
-I like the way you've structured your home game. My blogging partner and I are considering using that as a template out here in Los Angeles (www.uclarounders.blogspot.com).
-It's good to have some intelligent discussion of cash game play out there -- not enough in the "hard" literature.
Good luck! And don't give up on Stud. Chip Reese's outline is the best I've seen around. I started playing $4-8 as my regular game at the Commerce after reading that, and I'm loving it.