ElSapo
12-10-2003, 06:46 PM
Dear Poker Player Who Just Lost to Runner-Runner: I just started my freshman year of college, and already I have a problem. My roommate and I simply can’t agree on anything. She wants to put up pictures of Tom Cruise, but I think the Backstreet Boys are way cooler. How can we work out these differences? –Freshman at USC
Dear Freshman, Despite the storm, the 10/20 game was good all weekend. I normally buy into this game for a rack and during one other session I had nearly 4 racks in front of me. Just a bit away from a 20 stack pyramid formation. I looked around and realized that I had about 1/2 of the chips on the entire table. Alas, it was late, I was tired, so was Angel Fish, and the others didn't have much left to lose, so we called it a night; a very good night. -Barry
Dear Poker Player Who Just Lost to Runner-Runner: My wife has stopped having sex with me. Four months ago we got into a vicious argument over whether or not it was right for me to kick the dog when I found out our daughter was pregnant. She’s only 17 (my daughter, not my wife). Now my wife has had me sleeping on the couch since September. What should I do? –Distraught Husband
Dear Distraught, OK, what could SB have? Not a queen or AA, no real reason to shut the field out on the turn. Whew. Only one hand that we are afraid of, KK. In the unlikely event the queen is out, its in UTG's hand and he didn't raise to keep you and the other dudes in. Awful doubtful though. Sure seems KK isn't anywhere else. As for the SB, I'd expect SB to jam up KK more on the flop. The turn checkraise smacks of something more vulnerable, the other JJ, or maybe even 66-TT. In fact, I think you are ahead of most of SB's hands here. -Clarkmeister
Dear Poker Player Who Just Lost to Runner-Runner: My situation at work has gotten intolerable. The boss has not given me a raise in two years, and I believe I am about to be passed over for yet another promotion. While I hate to go over my boss' head and speak to his supervisors, it looks like this is the only real option. Can you suggest something? – Working for Nothing
Dear Working, I'm going to disagree with the majority and say that raising the river is best. With this straight/flush board, most hands that will overcall one bet will call two. By calling, the most you can earn is 4 bets, and probably 3 since BB checked. By raising, you will earn at least 2 bets and probably 4 (maybe even 6), since one of the other three players is likely to have a one card straight. Also, you give UTG a chance to overplay his hand and re-raise with a J or smaller flush. -Homer J. Simpson
Dear Poker Player Who Just Lost to Runner-Runner: Should I raise pocket jacks out of the big blind against multiple limpers? –Not This Again
Dear Not This, I've done a few dark folds at no-limit but nothing as drastically beautiful as the one you suggest. It's always the same. A flop of Q-5-5, or K-3-3, and I've got 9-8 or so. I bet, and its folded around to the last guy who is one of the regs who is unspokenly sworn to play honest with me in spots like this and me him. As soon as he hesitates, I know I'm out. But I wait until he calls my bet, and then I fold, with the turn card still unburned. -Tommy Angelo
Dear Freshman, Despite the storm, the 10/20 game was good all weekend. I normally buy into this game for a rack and during one other session I had nearly 4 racks in front of me. Just a bit away from a 20 stack pyramid formation. I looked around and realized that I had about 1/2 of the chips on the entire table. Alas, it was late, I was tired, so was Angel Fish, and the others didn't have much left to lose, so we called it a night; a very good night. -Barry
Dear Poker Player Who Just Lost to Runner-Runner: My wife has stopped having sex with me. Four months ago we got into a vicious argument over whether or not it was right for me to kick the dog when I found out our daughter was pregnant. She’s only 17 (my daughter, not my wife). Now my wife has had me sleeping on the couch since September. What should I do? –Distraught Husband
Dear Distraught, OK, what could SB have? Not a queen or AA, no real reason to shut the field out on the turn. Whew. Only one hand that we are afraid of, KK. In the unlikely event the queen is out, its in UTG's hand and he didn't raise to keep you and the other dudes in. Awful doubtful though. Sure seems KK isn't anywhere else. As for the SB, I'd expect SB to jam up KK more on the flop. The turn checkraise smacks of something more vulnerable, the other JJ, or maybe even 66-TT. In fact, I think you are ahead of most of SB's hands here. -Clarkmeister
Dear Poker Player Who Just Lost to Runner-Runner: My situation at work has gotten intolerable. The boss has not given me a raise in two years, and I believe I am about to be passed over for yet another promotion. While I hate to go over my boss' head and speak to his supervisors, it looks like this is the only real option. Can you suggest something? – Working for Nothing
Dear Working, I'm going to disagree with the majority and say that raising the river is best. With this straight/flush board, most hands that will overcall one bet will call two. By calling, the most you can earn is 4 bets, and probably 3 since BB checked. By raising, you will earn at least 2 bets and probably 4 (maybe even 6), since one of the other three players is likely to have a one card straight. Also, you give UTG a chance to overplay his hand and re-raise with a J or smaller flush. -Homer J. Simpson
Dear Poker Player Who Just Lost to Runner-Runner: Should I raise pocket jacks out of the big blind against multiple limpers? –Not This Again
Dear Not This, I've done a few dark folds at no-limit but nothing as drastically beautiful as the one you suggest. It's always the same. A flop of Q-5-5, or K-3-3, and I've got 9-8 or so. I bet, and its folded around to the last guy who is one of the regs who is unspokenly sworn to play honest with me in spots like this and me him. As soon as he hesitates, I know I'm out. But I wait until he calls my bet, and then I fold, with the turn card still unburned. -Tommy Angelo