Hello,
Online, I never show my pocket card after a hand without being requested as I don’t want others, particularly my close opponents, to know how I played a certain hand. I believe the less information I give the better. But then what if unusual situations happen like situations where I don’t make any decisions about being in the hand like if everyone folds to me in the big blind or heads up if the small blind folds, will I still stick with what I believe in? Maybe it’s also helpful to once in a while show my uncalled hand right? There’s a great possibility that I can also use giving little infos to my own advantage. In case my opponent figured things wrongly, they might end up making a call with a weak hand. Any thoughts?
Thank you very much!
Warm regards,
Dustin
Dustin,
Showing your hands gives other players information on how you play. You can use this to give them only the information you want them to have. For example, I only show strong hands late in a tournament to give off the impression that I only play the nuts late.
Hi there!
I want to know, how do you personally play against unskillful players? Unskillful in a way that is also ignorant. I’m referring to those who watch WSOP too much and believe that anything at anytime can come up.
Just last week, I was in a friendly game, buy in was $10. Players who were present were newbies and so I expected a not so good, thrilling game. Well, I had KQs and was on the small blind. Guy in early position first raised. Quite unexpected, there were no callers. Button then re-raised and so I called. Initial raiser then folded, therefore it was then heads up play. Flop came and brought KQ4. I then placed a small bet and he raised me. I then pushed him all in.
Later, he flipped his cards over, bottom pair with an Ace kicker. Then he suddenly made on the turn another 4 and I lost.
Anything to say? Such situation happened for several times and the ending has always been the same. I hope you can help me.
Thank you in advance.
Warm regards,
Rocky
Rocky,
When bad players suck out on you, it can be frustrating, but you played well. When you play well, bad players will suck out on you. Play a solid game against these opponents or play a small ball style that will let you see a lot of flops cheaply.
If there is a lot of action preflop, then play a solid game and push your advantages hard. They aren’t going to always suck out on you.
Hi,
Last night, I was in a NL tournament with 12 players. I remember re-buys are allowed for double the original buy-in if in case a player goes out on the very first hand of the tournament.
First hand came and all of us had 1000 chips. Blinds then were 10/20 and I was the small blind. I remember there were 6 callers. At some point, when my turn came, I immediately raised 100 with pocket Js. As a result, player A called, player B folded, player C raised all in, player D called, player E followed and also called, and lastly player F folded. After a while I decided to fold and player A called. I can sense back then that player A would call thus making 4 callers against me, two of the four are for sure tight ones. Well, with 12 sets of cards I don’t think my cards would hold up. At such point, do you think I should just fold?
Before I forget, turns out all of them were searching for flushes and a pair of 6′s took the winnings.
Glad to hear from you soon.
Many thanks,
Eric
Eric,
Since this was rebuy event, you should have called, even if you felt you were behind. In rebuy events, you need to push your strong hands and hope to get lucky. If you bust out the event, rebuy. The fact that this was a rebuy event explains the amount of action. As a result making calls such as that will usually pay off. Yes, you hand has reduced odds when its multi way, but you need to take some chances in rebuy events. Otherwise you will just sit there with a normal sized stack at the end of the rebuy period with a long road to travel to have a chance to do well.
Hello,
I was in a 2-5 NLHE cash game in a certain casino the other week. Early position, I was dealt K-K. Distracted by a conversation, I called. Everyone behind me then folded to the small blind who called. Big blind on the other side checked. Flop came and brought Q-x-x rainbow. Small blind checked while big blind decided to make $15 bet. Player to my right called and so I raised around $15. Small blind then folded while big blind raised me to $60. Consequently, the player to my right then folded. For a while I stopped and then afterwards decided to put big blind all in. Something hit my mind and so I realized maybe I was wrong for putting big blind all in. There was a great possibility actually that he might have A-Q or K-Qs. Any thoughts?
In the end he really had A-Qs and so I double up as my kings were held up.
Hope to hear from you in no time.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Chen
Chen,
You did make a mistake in not raising with your kings. However, since this did not affect the outcome, we will not focus on that. Just raise with them next time.
With the flop the way it fell, I would have put the player on A-Q or K-Q as well. You made a good move and it paid off.
