Bad run cripples bankroll
A long bad run of cards just crippled my bankroll which now stands at $138. Every SNG I play I cannot win a race. My aces would get cracked like 70% of the time and I would run into aces everytime a bubble situation came up. I’m not going to complain as I have experienced this couple of times before. What can I do? Well, I guess I am going to have to start over again. Grinding the 180 SNGs until I get myself properly rolled for 25NL cash games and $16 SNGs. Live have been just as bad although I have to admit that most of it came from bad play of my own. More often than not I would be able to put my opponents on a hand and make the right move but they would just make ridiculous -EV calls and suck out. The fundamental theory of poker (David Slansky) states that any time you make a different play as if you could see your opponents hand, you’re making a mistake. This is one theory that I have strongly integrated into my game. Sometimes after unsuccessfully trying to push my opponents off a hand, I would get asked on why I would make the play when I know I’m beat. An example would be when I raise with something like pocket 10s and an ace comes on the flop. I put my opponent on a weak ace you should lay down the hand if you’re beat. However, if you KNOW that your opponent has got a weak ace, is that REALLY the right move according to Slansky?
Who knows? I guess some more aggressive players like myself would much prefer the re-reraising move while some more conservative players would prefer to lay it down and wait for a better spot. Here is an excellent article by grapsfan that I would like to share with you guys.
http://www.pocketfives.com/661A9C29-582F-4368-BF56-47D698A0908D.aspx
To become a great tournament player, he/she must not give up +EV situations. You must be willing to take every possible edge in order to win a tournament. I’m still a student of tournament poker and I find that the article above really shows the difference between those who play to win and those who are just playing. Enjoy
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February 1, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Sorry about your bad run.
As for the pocket tens on the ace high flop, I used to attempt moves like this, but have since changed my position. If someone has called your pre-flop raise with a weak ace, and they make there hand, there not likely to drop it against you. You can take advantage of this when you have an high ace of course, but here I would just lay your tens down.
The only really chance you’ve got his if he called your raise with a suited ace, maybe A7s trying to pick up a flush draw or two pair, if your opponent is willing to call your pre-flop raise with this in mind, and will fold his TP if he hits it and misses is draw, then you could try and make a move on the flop, maybe bet 2/3s the size of the pot, if he calls, I’ll be prepared to drop it on the turn.
Best of luck xxx
February 24, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I agree. Too bad a little thing called gets in the way everytime….lol.
Players will call with just about anything. And donkeys will get the best of it during tourneys but not always during cash games.
It’s funny, the people I play with think I’m bluffing more in tourneys than in cash games.
I can’t anyone to laydown a marginal hand in tourneys but play against them in a cash game and they’re laying down hands that they would’ve called an all in with in a tourney. Just plain weird if you ask me.