Re: Please evaluate
Hey man...So I'd like to preface this with the fact that I suck.
That said I'm actually gonna take a stab at offering some helpful advice. (From one broke poker player playing the $5s (I'm even playing a lot of $3s lately) to another.)
First:
As for your post-flop question:
I think if you're going to decide to PLAY QJo in that spot - you can't fold when you pick up an Outside striaght flush draw plus a pair. Thats WAY too weak-tight for me. So if you're deciding to commit as much of your stack as you did pre-flop - this flop is a no-brainer push IMO. At least one guy will call you. Hopefully that top pair or bottom two or some crap...but likely you're looking at a set here given the action described. (Those damn BB raisers more often have those mid-big pairs than AJo it seems...)
Pre-flop:
I understand you're thinking...and I have played the same way for MANY MANY tourneys...but heres something to think about:
if there other players are going to play CRAP PF. Why join them and put yourself in such a mediocre spot? IF the flop is Qxx and you're facing a CB what do you do? Jxx flop - what do you do? You could quite easily end up playing the hand out the same way as the people you're refering to. Trust me - I've been there and done that too. I know.
Sure - it COULD be 66 or A10s OR 22 OR....but why even put yourself in those spots? If they're that "bad" why not put yourself in better spots and easier to play spots? Why risk it over such marginal spot?
Just some thoughts from a fellow low limit player...but like I said... I suck. (breakeven player mostly...)
I have tried MANY MANY strategies, and lately am re-settling into the classic very TAG play. Why play the same way the donks do? You're advantage is knowing what cards to play or fold, when and why. I've fallen into the trap several times of thinking I was better so I could play more recklessly...(read: like 'them') because I could 'play better' post-flop or 'out-play' them. (Read: FPS and leak of bluffing too much.) But thats a thought process that only costs you money.
Honestly in your spot in this hand...if the flop came QJ6 rainbow - I would really have to sit there and wonder if I even have the best hand or not...
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