Re: Need help. Hand analysis and some other questions.
- From: "Flybynight" <wetbrain@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 Aug 2006 14:55:13 -0700
Well first of all you lost Ace-high flush to a straight flush. That's
Poker. Second, you have only been playing a short time, so you are
entitled to make your mistakes (better now and at low stakes tables).
Cash games are way different than tournament. For example in a cash
game it makes more sense to call a raise with suited connectors or a
small pair hoping to hit the board. But in a tournament, you need to
raise with A-J. You need to ensure that anyone trying to see a cheap
board, pays and pays dearly. I always say with A-J, your choice is to
play it very strong or play it very weak (which is going to depend on
many circumstances) but never do I make a small raise. It's not even
incorrect to fold this hand in early position in the start of a
tournament. It's tight, but not incorrect.
But anyways, you are playing cash. Pre-Flop, you needed a raise and a
strong one, to find out where you stad and gaige if another ace is on
board. With a hand like A-J I want to take the blinds and if I don't
get called, I can live with that.
I didn't think there was anything wrong with your play after the flop.
You called a small bet to hit an inside straight draw. Not too
terrible, in terms of odds. Then eventually foudn the Ace-high
straight. I thought it was impressive you called the raise instead of
re-raising yourself.
David wrote:
On Sun, 06 Aug 06 0:00:29 GMT, Nick Wool <43079532@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
There's tight aggressive, and there's Rock. You seem to be playing like a rock
that cannot release your premium hands once you are in a pot.
Try loosening up slightly, seeing more cheap flops in LP with creative hands
like coonectors and small PPs. This works wonders against rocks on a premuim
pair...:)
Whatever you do, don't try to overplay AK on a blank flop. I fall into this
trap myself sometimes, because you've raised so much coming in, the pot is now
quite big, and you feel a need to defend the pot on ace high. The problem is
that once your flop bet/raise is called, the pot is now even bigger. Don't
attempt to push the other guy out unless you have improved, or you *know* that
he will fold.
I agree. The problem for me is limping in pre-flop. If you don't
bet your hand, how will you know where you stand? Pre-flop the best
defense is a good offense. Get some people to lay down marginal
hands. Letting everyone limp in is asking for big trouble. The pros
always say, "if it it good enough to play, it is good enough to
raise." :-)
David
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