Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 67
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1. defences... i think there great move but can be opponant specific. it depents a lot on if there run from action(rope a dope). do they call big raises behind(hammer). i dont know if there new defenses but i find if a super-aggresive play is next to act after me i find cheching/calling and letting him bet my hand for me is a good tool to use. it can trap others into the pot whenyou got a good hand as they know the sup-agg player will often raise light. eg UTG you got AA check, the SA player got junk and raises, all the players left to act may call with hands they wouldnt normally call a raise with(definatly wouldnt if you made it), then you reraise(drop the hammer) the other players may feel committed as they already called a raise and you get a call by a weaker hand that normally would of folded had you raised UTG.
2. showing hands... yes i often like just to brag(big leak). but after rereading this in the book i've tried a few different things. one to make huge over bets(donkey bluffs) weak early in a tourney(then showing). i found my bigger value bets get called later by some very weak hands too. also even when i don't raise pre flop(as i did w/the hands i bluffed with) i get more action post flop when i flop a monster. yes i run the risk of losing lots of chips early on but i found the risk sometimes worth the reward. how ever i plan to play later tight or loose i show hands early to show the opposite. here i plan to play tight later abd show i'm a donkey early. two i tried the exact thing dan mentions in the book about the player he watched show only good hands as he runs over the table. it works try it sometime. i usually do this towards the bubble when the blinds are worth stealing. showing a few strong hands on your own or had to because you went to show down builds credibitly for your later bluffs.
3.randomizer... i think this is a very good idea. althouth ive never done it. i also play online where mostly dont see the same players enough for them to have a good enough read to need to. but for some of the regular tourney's i get in i've been thinking of trying it. i do realize if a recognize something i can always override the randomizer. and can always adjust the %'s as i see fit. dan is a world class player and who am i to question it(atleast before i try it).
4.hand 2-4... if you change the 3 to a diamond(giving the KQ a flush draw as well as two overs) i make this play all day long. i bet that the player folds enough to make this a good play. but to me there are too many reasons not to make this play here. one its very early on in the tourney chip have less value than later on. so IMO the risk here is too great for the reward. two if you get called your probably crushed(by 2 pair,set,str8 or even AcKc,AcQc). three if you do get called and suck out(against AA or something) then you image may be shot and your bluffs wont work. four dan states this guy fights for pots and doesnt say he saw him fold to a shove(i think before i make the play i'd like to know he can/will fold)five this is a good play people also remember stuff like this. so you cant do this too often without getting called down. dont waste the move here do it later when the pots are big and the blinds are worth it. another thing here its early and i wouldnt put too much stock into my reads just yet.(he doesnt say if he knows this player from other games)
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