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I don't agree with one of these things
"Trust your reads. About 20 minutes after that last QQ hand, I was dealt QQ on another table and suspected the guy had aces. I called telling myself I'd fold if I didn't hit my set. The flop came AQx, I convinced myself there was a good chance he had been raising with AK or KK, called his all-in, and lost my stack with queens-full to his aces-full. I should have trusted my read. "
I really don't see HOW you can put someone on a direct hand like that, sure you could possibly say KK+, but it just isn't possible to be able to put someone on an exact hand preflop... I also don't agree with you wanting to fold postflop if you didn't hit a set. If the flop is all undercards, are you going to fold? Doubt it, its -EV to do if you do.
I don't agree with you saying Top pair top kicker "sucks". Top pair top kicker is a GOOD hand to have, as long as you play it properly, trusting reads here does help, but you have to be putting your opps on ranges throughout the hand (preflop, flop, turn, river). Ranges are something like PP 66+, A10+, stuff like this, not just AJ for sure, he must have AJ! I just know it! Top pair top kicker is strong as long as its played well.
I completely disagree with you saying two pair sucks very often.. bottom 2 pair, sure, be cautious but top two pair (AK on AK6 board for example) can't be played as if you assume he has a set every single time, you just won't maximize profit this way. Two pair is very rarely not golden (depending on the board).
Everything is pretty agreeable, just make sure you don't risk more than 5-10% of your BR per day, this will keep you away from busting your roll. Take breaks if you're on a bad streak, continuing to play won't make the streak go away, you'll simply throw away money.
By the way, this reply wasn't made to bash you dzeanah, it was a little follow up stuff that I added to tell new players and just a few comments about your thoughts.
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