I won a big hand last night with 82o and was proud of it. The other guy, with what he thought was a nut flush, wasn't so happy - granted, that's what you get for slowplaying AKs!

 

Best I managed lately was an A/10 that beat an AA. It was pretty easy to do when I flopped two 10s.

I'd only play 8/2 if I were the BB and the players behind me just called. In which case, it's his own fault, not mine.

What REALLY drives me nuts is when people call or raise with crap and it hits.

 

Go Fish.

 

Wrong game.

 

He limped AKs from the button. Small blind folded, I checked, flopped two pair (he had a 4 flush), turned a boat, river made his flush. Looking at a board with a flush and two 8s, he probably thought he was in good shape.

 

Something I've been struggling with (and it burned me last night) is playing low-mid pairs (5s through 9s) late in tournaments when the blinds are big relative to the chip stack (say 150/300 with average stack around 4000-6000). On a couple occasions I'd get a low-mid pair, raise, and get re-raised. To call would pot commit me with a hand that's probably trailing, but folding is mathematically wrong.

 

I am late to the Texas Hold Em Party...I played for the first time this weekend...they went easy on me. I want simpler times when Poker was 5 cards no wild

 

Two choices,

One: Limp with your PP. I am not a fan of this because you can get outdrawn with crap. If someone reraises you, the odds are there to fold.

Two: Raise more than 3x the BB with them. It's a bit of a tell, but it ALMOST guarantees that a re-raise will be a bigger PP.

Bottom line, you have to be careful with it.

 

I'm taking a Probability Theory class from a serial gambler. :hr0ns:

 

He said my poker skills were average, but he was just being mean!