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Old 05-07-2004, 10:55 PM     Post subject: Another reason NOT to slow play powerful cards #1 (permalink)  
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Heads on tournament

I was dealt 62o.
Opponent was dealt QQ
Both check

Flop comes
5s 6c 9h

I bet 180
He raises 320
I call

Turn comes
6h

I bet 320
He raises 640
I raise all in
He calls

River comes
10h

In conclusion I win 666 over QQ

That was the tourney winner and the reason that guy lost.. If he would have raised me harder, he would have folded me out and had a better chance of winning the tourney.

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Old 05-08-2004, 11:00 PM #2 (permalink)  

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Yeah but that doesnt happen often. He should have gotten scared when the board paired, and when you bet from the other 6 I think he should have raised or folded, depending on how you played before that. I'm not very good though, so maybe im wrong.
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Old 05-10-2004, 08:18 AM #3 (permalink)  
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I'd say he played them right just got unlucky, he was trying to trap you, and probably didnt believe you had a 6. Congrats on the win though
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I have a similiar scenary which occurred last night on a SnG on UB. There were 5 of us left and I was in the BB. 2 callers, I check. I'm holding 63o. No way I would have called a bet pre-flop. Flop comes 863o rags. I bet, one CALLS, one folds. Turn is a J. I check, he bets, I call. River is Q. I check, he bets, I call. Anyways, he shows AA and loses to my 63o. I bet next time he'll raise pre-flop rather than trying a trap. Cost him quite a chunk.
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Old 05-19-2004, 01:17 AM     Post subject: Re: Another reason NOT to slow play powerful cards #5 (permalink)  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by allLiving
I was dealt 62o.
Opponent was dealt QQ
Both check

Flop comes
5s 6c 9h

I bet 180
He raises 320
I call
Stop right here.

Why would you call a re-raise with only the 2nd pair on the flop (with no kicker, no less)?
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Old 05-24-2004, 05:20 PM     Post subject: Re: Another reason NOT to slow play powerful cards #6 (permalink)  
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True Story. This happened to a friend of mine in a tourney.

She was delt AA, she called the big blind and tried to slow play it. She raised after the flop and had a caller with an outside straight draw from his rags. She ended up losing a lot to the other persons straight.

Later in the same tournament, she was delt KK, raised pre flop and everyone else folded.

Later still, AA again, raised the minimum raise pre-flop and everyone folded.

She was obviously very frusterated, anything she did would crap out for her.

This is when I told her the crappy part of holdem. There are a million different rules in texas holdem. 1/2 of them contradict the other half.
I don't know what they have to say
It makes no difference anyway.
Whatever it is...
I'm against it.
 
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Old 06-01-2004, 04:33 AM     Post subject: Re: Another reason NOT to slow play powerful cards #7 (permalink)  
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I was dealt 62o.
Opponent was dealt QQ
Both check

Flop comes
5s 6c 9h

I bet 180
He raises 320
I call
Stop right here.

Why would you call a re-raise with only the 2nd pair on the flop (with no kicker, no less)?
I see your questioning for this. In tourneys heads up I usually play so loose, it seems any pair on the board is good. He was also doing alot of raising to fold me out after the flop, so I figured he had nothing. He should have raised PRE-FLOP to fold me out but he didnt!

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Old 06-01-2004, 08:12 AM #8 (permalink)  
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I agree, if you catch any of that flop HU then you have to at least call . . .
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