12-12-2005, 12:40 PM
i've gone back to full table limit games recently (2/4 thru 5/10). had gone to no-limit and SNG/tournaments.
anyhow, really noticing again how much the raising wars on the river have an effect on my win rate.
i think right now i'm 3 wins and 1 loss on the raising wars, and frankly i cut off 2 of the 3 winning raising wars instead of my opponent.
do other people have the same phenomenon of raising wars making up a large % of profits?
i've seen people say don't engage in raising wars unless you have the nuts, but i think that leaves far too much money on the table.
my one losing raising war was really stupid as really had little chance to take the pot single-handed (i.e. i had middle card in straight and pretty obvious my opponent should have too) i.e what's the point of a raising war when at best you'll probably split 50%/50%... i guess i should avoid this situation myself and take advantage of others (usually they haven't thought it thru).
one thing i will say is at the lower levels they can turn over pretty much anything on the showdown. but still i think i should be fairly careful.
one thing i think you have to look at is that straights don't have much uniqueness to them whereas most other hands do.
any thoughts/comments? and i played 10,000's of limit hands before, this is all just coming back to me now.
anyhow, really noticing again how much the raising wars on the river have an effect on my win rate.
i think right now i'm 3 wins and 1 loss on the raising wars, and frankly i cut off 2 of the 3 winning raising wars instead of my opponent.
do other people have the same phenomenon of raising wars making up a large % of profits?
i've seen people say don't engage in raising wars unless you have the nuts, but i think that leaves far too much money on the table.
my one losing raising war was really stupid as really had little chance to take the pot single-handed (i.e. i had middle card in straight and pretty obvious my opponent should have too) i.e what's the point of a raising war when at best you'll probably split 50%/50%... i guess i should avoid this situation myself and take advantage of others (usually they haven't thought it thru).
one thing i will say is at the lower levels they can turn over pretty much anything on the showdown. but still i think i should be fairly careful.
one thing i think you have to look at is that straights don't have much uniqueness to them whereas most other hands do.
any thoughts/comments? and i played 10,000's of limit hands before, this is all just coming back to me now.