Worst NL hand

BFlush · #1 08-08-2005, 04:41 PM

Jacks UTG. Comments?????

kongo_totte · #2 08-08-2005, 06:31 PM

7 2o UTG.

EDIT: Seriously. If you can't make it a winning hand by raising, there is no shame in limping it and playing for set value.

#3 08-08-2005, 07:04 PM

JJ UTG is absolutely the worst. Very stressful.

General rules:

I raise ~4bb, call a modest reraise if there is one, fold to a push or if there are two raises behind me, and play it like a sissy little girl if: A. preflop was raised behind me or B. I get played back at when I lead at a flop that has an A, K or Q.

This actually works well for me, and I am +EV in my last 10,000 hands, but it is never fun.

What makes up for all the stress: when you called a reraise and the flop comes A J x. Ah, the joy of smoking AK like a cheap cigar...

2nd worst: having to play AA UTG after the flop (you just know you're betting into trips).

amoeba · #4 08-08-2005, 07:15 PM

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Jacks UTG. Comments?????

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not even close.

AK utg is much worse.

imported_anacardo · #5 08-08-2005, 07:19 PM

This thread makes me sad.

DoomSlice · #6 08-08-2005, 07:20 PM

Eh? How are you ever going to get into much trouble with AK unless an AK flops?

imported_anacardo · #7 08-08-2005, 07:39 PM

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Eh? How are you ever going to get into much trouble with AK unless an AK flops?

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Apparently the idea of continuation betting, or check-folding a raised pot, or raising/folding to a raise preflop, or any of a thousand things that any competent NL player should be able to do, is just anathema to some people.