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JoschMH
Old 12-14-2007, 03:48 PM     Post subject: Bad Day #1 (permalink)  

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What can I do when I can’t catch a hand? When I get dealt bad cards and constantly miss the board. Is there anything I can do to win a few chips or improve my chances? Should I play tight and hope to get to come at least 3rd? Or play looser cards and hopefully I’ll catch something before the blinds eat me up.

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Old 12-14-2007, 04:23 PM #2 (permalink)  
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This is SNGs, right? What you can do is bet, raise and push in position when circumstances favour it, when you're first in or you have have a limper or two before you. See it this way - if you're not getting cards, then you'll have to win by pushing others out, and the way to do this is aggression with position.
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Old 12-15-2007, 02:50 AM #3 (permalink)  
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Probably best to post hands or full trimmed tourneys either here or in the SNG forum, it's hard to give general advice without looking at specific situations.
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Old 12-15-2007, 05:09 AM #4 (permalink)  
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some of it depends on the "stakes" at which you play, too.

aggression can be overdone, especially lower where they dont know what the fold button looks like.

in tourneys, yes, you have to pick some spots and accumulate chips, or BUSTO you go.

in ring, you can be more patient. but, remember, you wont get much action if you fall silent too long.

my advice would be to abuse the button/CO positions. start popping in the steady pfr, and pop the flop when it looks like it missed the callers. dont take much past that w/o a hand (TP+/8 outers) or it will get real expensive real fast.

but, most importantly, stay patient. poker is a game of picking your spots correctly. and nothing requires more patience than a cold deck.
LHE is a game where your skill keeps you breakeven until you hit your rush of random BS.

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