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hazelblue
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03-04-2005, 05:23 AM
Post subject: bothersome problem
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 76
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Haven't posted here in a while.
I've recovered my bankroll twice in the past four months, but lost it all about two weeks ago.
The main problem is I lose it to slowplaying.
Hitting top pair top kicker or even two pair and having my raises called.
Once, I make a bet on the flop, and ended up losing a hand to someone with pocket kings.
What's worse is that these people don't raise preflop at all.
They wait for someone else to do the raising and smooth-call.
If I hit a decent hand on the flop and I make a sizeable raise and it gets called, wouldn't it be wise to check/fold on the turn? I don't like the feeling of giving these people my money when they pull this garbage.
Other times, I have this happen and end up winning the hand because I either outkicked them, or were trying to slowplay two pair (I had made my straight/flush or whatever monster hand).
What's worse, is that these kinds of people limp with high pocket pairs preflop.
How should I handle these types of situations?
It's the one cause of me losing money.
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lolzzz_321
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NO YOU
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: My ice is polarized
Posts: 2,797
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Post a hand or three.
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JeffreyGB
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jenks, OK
Posts: 3,477
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If you post some hands we can give you specific advice. In general, drawing hand values go way up against opponents who over-slowplay. Punish them for lettting you see all five cards. Also, if possible get a determination on if they will call a raise without a "slowplay-worthy" (in their eyes) hand.
There's a guy that plays in my home games who slow plays any good hand he gets in hopes that it will entice others to bet (rather than scare them away). Anytime I have a moderate hand (TPTK for instance) and he calls my flop raise, I check/fold the rest of the way. Works out pretty well.
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poskid_1982
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Flush
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Midwest
Posts: 392
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Try not to pot commit yourself too early. If you're holding top pair in ring sometimes a pot sized bet is not best take into account your opp. Think about it this way. If you are holding a set on the flop in late pos and someone in front of you automatically bets the pot. What are you thinking? I think tpgk or 2 pair so I slowplay my set. Play this hand for what it's worth. Dont show it down unless it's affordable to do so. Also play sets more like a TP and people will think twice about calling more often.
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Superb play sir...I always call 20% of my stack off with a gutshot draw. Excuse me while I race for my wallet.
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