Was I Destined to Go Broke?

[KyleM]

6/14 and 5/24. Dumbass.

[rgschackelford]

Just checking, cornholio. Do you need TP for your bunghole?

On an unrelated note, could we PLEASE talk about the hand, and not resort to calling each other names, like 8-year olds?

Rusty G.

[ekky]

What is there to talk about on the hand? you hit an Ace and lost to a set.. that pretty much sums it up.

[rgschackelford]

Yes, but 1) was my buddy going to go broke on that hand, or 2) was there another reasonable way to play that, so that he wouldn't have gone broke, and if so, how?

Rusty G.

[fnurt]

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Calling off ~1/2 your stack when you are going to miss the flop 2/3 of the time is bad.

Push PF.

Regards,
Woodguy

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This is the correct answer. You might have been destined to go broke either way, but that shouldn't stop you from making the right play.

[ekky]

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2) was there another reasonable way to play that, so that he wouldn't have gone broke, and if so, how?


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he could have folded pre-flop or on the flop, that would have stopped him from going broke.

However, both of these moves are too weak, so no, he doesn't avoid going bust here.

I would have moved in pre-flop however. AK needs to see 5 cards to extract the most value out of it, and pocket pairs ( generally) prefer to see flops before acting for all the chips. By just calling, you played into the (likely) PP from the caller previous to you.

Don't play in a way that gives them help, play to maximise your own hand.

[KyleM]

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Just checking, cornholio. Do you need TP for your bunghole?

On an unrelated note, could we PLEASE talk about the hand, and not resort to calling each other names, like 8-year olds?

Rusty G.

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Now that the hand has been further discussed, do you realize that you sound like a dumbass?