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Eric
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08-19-2004, 05:23 AM
Post subject: Jack Five Suited
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The other night Sammy Farha took down a nice pot in the WSOP by playing J5 suited. I don't play J5 s outside of the blinds on a full table and I was kind of happy to see Sammy win with the hand. The reason is that tons of other people saw the hand, saw him flop the flush and will now be tempted to play looser than they should.
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Humphrind
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You bring up a good point that I would like to ask opinions about. Farha plays V-E-R-Y loose pre-flop. and very effective post flop. That's his style and he benifits from it.
Why do you think he can play this way? What things does he have to focus on that you or I wouldn't? Can I alter my game slightly to be for Farha-like or is it a drastic change?
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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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Fnord
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Just wait 'til they show the rise and fall of Gus Hansen...
He went out with a wonderful pair of suited rags.
I also loved Jesus' small blind completion with 72o.
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Toasty
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I think some of them take implied odds to far, they plan mostly to bluff when they miss, DN always mentions this every time he makes a loose pre-flop call. If you can put your opp on a hand, you know which hand to represent to get them to fold.
I think for cash games its more ABC until you reach the upper levels and decption becomes more important although I think its very easy to be a loose pre-flop and I'm sure there are many.
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Poker is all about the long long long long long long long term . . .
Barney's back . . . back again . . .
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AvatarKava
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I think guys like Farha can "get away" with that for the same reasons stated above: they're excellent at putting the opponent on a hand and representing a better hand if they feel they have a shot at the pot, while less experienced players (read: me) must rely on solid preflop decisions and play.
Of course, most of that only works against opponents who are smart enough to realize that you're representing a hand 
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Toasty
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Yeah, that what a lot of the pros came to realise at this years WSOP, the internet players couldn't be bluffed. I think we are just very untrusting players 8-)
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Poker is all about the long long long long long long long term . . .
Barney's back . . . back again . . .
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mike4066
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Fnord
I also loved Jesus' small blind completion with 72o.
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That was great!
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