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april fools, sucker. i got jacked by this april fools joke today:
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heres the real post:
ALWAYS SECOND BEST
i dont know why, but i really dont like discussing specific hands on my blog. i think its mostly because im too lazy to write a real analysis of the situation, but well...yeah, thats the only reason.
two things for today:
1. QQ v KK
2. Always second best.
1. this specific hand is retarded because theres really only one thing to do, but i went ahead and did the other thing. you know, the one where if you were standing behind me, you would say "uhh..i dont think you should do that man."
i had QQ on the button (i have just under $25) in a 6 handed .25/.50 table and the guy one off raises to 1.50. now, ive only been at the table for one round, so i dont know what his range is. considering its a short handed table at relatively low limits, i decided that i needed to get some more info. easy reraise here to 6.
then he goes all-in and has me covered.
so heres what i can do from this point...
a. fold - would have been a smart move. usually a third raise is a good indicator that a moderately tight player holds AA or KK and a very slight chance its QQ or AKs. unfortunately i have a 0% read on this guy and he could easily be an idiot with AQs, JJ, or even 10 10. he might have even thought i was trying to steal from the button (though most people dont risk their whole stack on a read like this. im talking to you, shawn. jp =P ). im sure i could have gone on to win some money if i just folded and played a solid game.
b. call - unfortunately, he didnt reraise me to 12 or 15 or something like that. its more likely that i would have folded if he looked like he wanted a call that badly. sometimes when they push all-in, you want to give them less credit for a dominant hand preflop. but thats also usually not on the 3rd raise. so i called like the noob i am, he had KK and i got pwned.
*note: when you see a min raise from anybody but a loose preflop player UTG, BEWARE. that just screams AA. its usually the noobies who make this move (i saw alan do it with KK in a home game against andy kang) but when it happens to you, dont make me have to say "i told you so."
*if this was a single table SNG, folding would have been much easier at the lower blinds.
2. you ever have those days where you get reraised every time you bet at a pot and dont have the hand to back it up? i mean, its not even a steal that youre making, but youre getting popped back all day long? thats how my whole last week of poker online has been.
its stuff like this (not an actual example):
ill have A9s and call from like middle position. get one more call and sb and bb call and check.
flop comes A 7 3. check, check, i bet half or 2/3 the pot, guy behind folds... shoudl be an easy pickup, right? NO! somehow the guy in the sb or bb either thinks im stealing or hits A3o or 73o and pops me back 4x or 5x the bet. i cry for about 10 seconds and then fold.
this is a trend thats been ongoing now for a while.
so what can i deduce from this?
a. i limp into too many pots with hands that beg to only win second best (dont say i bet too many flops. i feel like flops are the easiest place to steal. if it doesnt work, you probably set up a good situation on the turn where you get a free card or another chance to take it down)
b. i need to learn how to fold (even though i fold, its hard for me to come to terms that im beat by that nonsense)
c. should i even be betting at these pots? i suppose i could just check and see what happens, but id rather take them down right there before they hit the random inside straight and i lose more money because i cant put them on any sort of hand. if i dont take it down there, (see point a) i can get a better read on what they have and make a better informed decision on the turn. or in my case....fold because they put in a raise and outflopped me.
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