Quote Originally Posted by martindcx1e
I've heard it said before that the way people play sc's separates the big winners from the mediocre winners. I've seen people swear by them and talk about how much they profit with them. The most common ways that I've heard to play them are in multi-way pots. I play full ring, and I hate them. I've tried limping them behind limpers and/or raising with them in LP when opening or behind 1 limper and they've never shown much profit for me. Maybe I suck at poker but bad things seem to happen when I play sc's. When a lot of money goes in with my sc flushes in big multi-way pots I've been over-flushed TONS. I don't think it's just bad luck. Many times my straight outs are dirty from flush draws on the flop and I'm forced to give my hand up. I'm starting to think that profit comes from these hands by calling raises PF, hitting the flop when HU and surprising Mr. Overpair....but that could get expensive too. What do you guys think?
1. you may not be putting your opps on cards/ranges often enough and taking a way a number of small pots.
2. you dont bluff enough i bet, or dont bluff 'a lot'
3.you lack a significant post-flop edge because you havent done the above two yet.
4. your postfop aggression factor isnt high enough. I play a flush draw like a set a lot i.e im getting all in on the river regardless so i play the pot that way, and that aggressivly.
5. you dont pick the right opponent to play them against.
6. you dont play enough on stars where obv AA<87s all the time baby!