stigmata
08-23-2004, 07:57 AM
Hi
I seem to be having problems with big hands. Either someone checks me all the way to the river, and then hits their flush, or the other problem is that the game suddenly tightens up.
For example, below is a PartyPoker $0.5-1. The read on the players that saw the flop is that they were reasonably tight.
Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls, MP3 calls, Button calls.
Flop: (8 SB) 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, Button checks.
Turn: (4 BB) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB folds, MP3 folds, Button folds.
Final Pot: 5 BB
Results in white below: <font color="white">
No showdown. Hero wins 5 BB. </font>
How could I get more value from this hand? Should I have not raised Pre-flop, knowing that the other players were tight? This way, my failed attempt at a check-raise/slow-play may have been more successful.
Should I have perhaps waited for the river to slow-play. E.g. I made it look like I had three of a kind sixes, rather than 3 of a kind aces. Was slow-playing a bad plan, as the flush draw was on?
General advice on playing AA in loose games welcome....
I seem to be having problems with big hands. Either someone checks me all the way to the river, and then hits their flush, or the other problem is that the game suddenly tightens up.
For example, below is a PartyPoker $0.5-1. The read on the players that saw the flop is that they were reasonably tight.
Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls, MP3 calls, Button calls.
Flop: (8 SB) 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, Button checks.
Turn: (4 BB) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB folds, MP3 folds, Button folds.
Final Pot: 5 BB
Results in white below: <font color="white">
No showdown. Hero wins 5 BB. </font>
How could I get more value from this hand? Should I have not raised Pre-flop, knowing that the other players were tight? This way, my failed attempt at a check-raise/slow-play may have been more successful.
Should I have perhaps waited for the river to slow-play. E.g. I made it look like I had three of a kind sixes, rather than 3 of a kind aces. Was slow-playing a bad plan, as the flush draw was on?
General advice on playing AA in loose games welcome....