Hi,
Last night a very intriguing hand came up. There were two players left at some point, they were up for the pot. Player 1 had K,K while player 2 had A,K. After the river, table appeared as 3, 3, 3, 3, 6. For many of us watching then, player 1′s pair of K’s were insignificant because to make a hand one can only play 5 cards. Player 2 with Ace should win then. What do you think?
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Allen
Allen,
Player two won the hand since there were quads on board with a weak kicker. Player one had quad threes with a K kicker and Player 2 had quad threes with an Ace kicker.
Hi there,
Just an information, I play both limit and no limit. When I have strong hands or top pair good kicker, I do play very well. I’m good as well in trapping people. But whenever I have top pair, I lose my mind, however see the board pair, particularly in no limit.
Say hand is QJ and flop is J-7-7 rainbow. Table is a loose-passive one with 8 players in on the flop. I will then raise one off the button. It’s limit. Someone will then bet into me and I have the top pair with a decent kicker, two pair actually. Later, I will play the hand very passively and will call down instead of going for raises. In the end, I will win the hand but will not gather a lot of money as what is supposed to be.
What strategies are perfect in such scenario?
Personally, things are harder for me in terms of two pair. Unless I have both cards like hand AQ and flop A-Q-6, it’s hard for me to consider it a two pair. Maybe because I have already trapped others and I’m afraid to be trapped as well.
Any thoughts?
Warm regards,
Jim
Jim,
In the first scenario, since it is Limit with a lot of people in on the flop, I would raise the first time. If I am three bet, then I will slow down and just call. The chances are increased that someone has a better jack or even the seven with that many people in there. The times that you just call it down and lose the hand, you will end up saving more bets than you could have won with the hands that you could have raised. In Limit Holdem, saving bets is just as important as winning bets.
