Originally Posted by euphoricism

AJo from UTG was one of my biggest long term money losers. I switched from raising it every time to limping it more often and it became much easier for me.

Live, I think I raise this UTG every time.

Originally Posted by gobbledygeek

The one thing I definitely remember about that hand is that the river caller had KK all along and therefore had the nuts. Why in the world would he only call the initial river bet instead of raising? The only thing I could think of is that there was still one person (me) to call after him (or maybe one other person), so maybe he was afraid a raise would scare them off? This guy had won a bunch of money and would leave the table soon with at least 3 or 4 times what he started with, so he wasn't completely retarded. Or was he? Is this game total luck or what?

Originally Posted by elipsesjeff

I dont like calling here at all if I were KK. I may raise a worse hand out but I want to give myself an opportunity to win the most and there might be a chance I can freeroll with another opponent.

Originally Posted by gobbledygeek

The drawback with playing in the casino is I can't quite remember the exact way the hands were played in order to post them later for comments. Do other casino players take notes on their hands while they can remember them?

Anyways, I guess at how the hand was played:

Dealt: AJo, I think early position so I don't raise.

Flop: Q J 7, no flush

I raise early position, get a few callers.

Turn: Q J 7 10, no flush

I think I checked at this point and then called a raise. Me and two or three others in the hand still.

River: Q J 7 10 A, no flush

I check, one bet, one caller, I call.

Comments?


The one thing I definitely remember about that hand is that the river caller had KK all along and therefore had the nuts. Why in the world would he only call the initial river bet instead of raising? The only thing I could think of is that there was still one person (me) to call after him (or maybe one other person), so maybe he was afraid a raise would scare them off? This guy had won a bunch of money and would leave the table soon with at least 3 or 4 times what he started with, so he wasn't completely retarded. Or was he? Is this game total luck or what?

Originally Posted by silverfist

AJo has been a major money loser for me as well. Every time I hit, someone seems to outdraw me. I'm not sure if it's variance, but I've lost 14 BBs in 51 tries with AJo and 7 BBs in 13 tries with AJs.

I've started limping with AJo, even in late position. It brings in the ace-raggers (who are your main profit with this hand) while preventing you from getting iso-raised, which sucks, by the way. If you hit the jack, you're likely behind queens or kings. If you hit the ace, you're likely behind AK. Either way, you're going to have to see the river, which means losing even more money.