Re: The temptation was great! Low content
Maybe you were playing too tight?
There's a great chapter in TOP that addressed the old "play tight when it's loose, play loose when it's tight" concept. Instead of following that to a logical extreme,
DO loosen up pre-flop -- you WILL get odds and you WILL get paid off for a draw.
DO bet for value -- if you have the best hand, all bets are value bets.
DO NOT pay off a calling station who raises the river, even if you have AA and have been betting on every street.
DO tighten up POST-FLOP. These hands always go to a showdown and if the board has two draws on the flop, someone will pay for it.
DO NOT semi-bluff. No one is going to fold, so trying to bluff is pointless. Besides, you're going to get paid off if you hit your draw anyway.
DO NOT wait for AA|KK|QQ|AK and expect to run the table. I'll take a suited JT|T9|98|87|76|54 every day from any position in a 1/2 game where everyone sees the river.
In games like this you make your money because the pot tremendously overlays your drawing hands.
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