Hand to Talk About

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

Here's a hand I played tonight in a $60-$120 game at The Bellagio. A new player had just sat down and was taking an out of position blind between the button and the small blind. That meant there were three blinds. One for $60 to the immediate left of the button. The small blind for $40 dollars two to the left of the button. And the big blind for $60 three to the left of the button.

I was in (what most of you refer to as the) cutoff seat and held the
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All comments welcome.

Best wishes,
Mason

[eugeneel]

good play, great minds think alike.

I would limp in with a suited connector like 89s and raise with a hand like jq or above. I don't know what I would do with j10 to be honest but I would usually fold the q 10 here as well.

J10 I would most likey raise but would limping in be a very bad choice?

-Eugene

[Andy B]

Is this the first "Hand to Talk About" that you didn't win?

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Andy:
No.

Best wishes,
Mason

[J_V]

Mason, I want hear about your worst hand of the month. The one hand you lost you totally outplayed the guy on every street.

We all pay off with second pair. Let's hear one where you do.

[karlson]

By no means! You don't remember these threads?

Mason's Hand
Andy's Hand

[andyfox]

I gotta start watching what I say, I had no idea you could call up something from two years ago. Especially when it's such a smart-ass post.

Belated apologies, Mason. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[gonores]

How do you find threads from late 2001, early 2002?

[karlson]

The search feature seems to work just fine.

[brad]

would u limp on the button?