[William]

The recent "never bet the flop" thread reminds me of that time I was mostly playing SNGs at Stars. I would normally fold every hand during the first 4/5 levels, only playing AA in the button, and sometimes in the CO if I felt I had a lucky day. This way I knew that when we got to the final table (I was playing 2-tables SNGs) I would still have some chips and that was important because if you want to win a 2-table SNG, you have to get to the final table. That makes sense doesn't it?

Anyway it was a tactic that worked for me and I stuck to it. Unfortunately every now and then when I was in the BB, nobody would raise and I was forced to see the flop. This is one of the worst situations I know of in poker because sometimes you hit the flop and you are tempted to get involved thus putting your chips at risk. If I was really concentrated and played my A-game, I could check all the way to the river and then, sometimes, my AQ for exemple would win the pot, with a final board of QT632, but most of the time somebody holding for example T2 would win and then I would be really proud of myself for having the necessary self-control not to bet and not lose any chips.

It's a pitty that I am such an unlucky guy, and somehow, despite my tactical advantage over the other players some fish with a big stack would call me when the blinds had me all-in. It's when you reach that situation that you must have a little luck and your cards must hold, but as I said, I am very unlucky.

All in all, I didn't lose that much money playing SNGs (2-tables, the 1-table are much easier, I will explain my startegy on those ones some other time, I don't want to reveral too many secrets at the same time) but I really felt I had sharpened my game.

Now I play ring games and some fancy multitable tournaments. It's much harder , there are so many bad players betting all the time. I wonder where they get all that money to play from?

That's all for this time folks. I hope you enjoyed my story and learned something.
No need to thank me, we are all one big family at 2+2 and I am happy I can give you some serious advice about winning poker strategy.

William

PS. I am a little short on cash right now, if somebody would be interested in investing some money in my game, I promess to stick to what I wrote, and I am sure that my luck will soon change and we could all make lots and lots of money. PM me if you are interested.

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PS bis. I have found out that you can fold your cards even when you are the BB and can see the flop for free. This is a major improvement in my strategy, so hurry if you want to be part of my poker adventure, shares of my game will be selling like warm bread...