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Raise more pre flop with your big hands to isolate, even if it means pushing. Try to see more cheap flops with gappers and junk to hit big hands, because you know they'll pay you off.

Jager, if I'm in late position, even if nobody has called the 4x bb raise I might call with a suited connector and if I hit a draw or a middle pair I like floating on the c-bet and hope to take the...

POKERSTARS GAME #6451562480: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/09/28 - 15:57:22 (ET)
Table 'Cloanthus II' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: rhata ($5.55 in chips)
Seat 2: beergoddess3...

POKERSTARS GAME #6441711271: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/09/27 - 18:53:58 (ET)
Table 'Newtonia' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hsiamm ($12.40 in chips)
Seat 2: cubsfan777 ($9.45...

Sure do, thanks for the help.

Thanks for the heads up. After this hand I started being quite a bit more concious of others drawing when I'm on a weak flush or straight draw. The bit about these hands getting one in more trouble...

Chasing this draw made sense though, correct? I agree I should've flat called, as played though I really didn't put him on a flush. His raise on the turn is a strange play.

Lately it seems when my flushes complete, I am constantly running into higher flushes and it's costing me big. Here's a couple hands that cost me my stack, I'm wondering if these are hands I...

If you bet the turn the pot's big enough to push the river.

Interesting. See this is where I have problems with pot sizes, which I beleive cant at times be one of my biggest leaks. I'm quite willing to second barrel a hand like this because more often than...

No! Don't fall into the trap of playing a certain way simply because you're trying to play a LAG style and you think that's how a LAG "should" play. Being a good LAG doesn't mean having standard...

I "generally" hate this play. Especially OOP.

dont see why not...

LAG play isn't always about making peopole fold. sure, you may be playing a wider range preflop, but in the end its all about building big pots with good hands and keeping the...

K, I agree I could've made it $1 pre flop to get only a single caller, but the AK would've called either way. Just wanted to make sure I was playing this alright.

Lol.

Zook is correct, <$20 would read "less than $20".

I agree wholeheartedly. I played a LAG game for quite a while and broke even for quite some time. Sat back down one day and read an article on avoiding bad beats, the idea was to play an extremely...

(demize, demise; sp?)

Why not just call?? You have the absolute nuts other than one single hand which is 44, and he obv won't have it. Let him be the aggressor and call the turn allowing him to lead at the river, where...

Anyone?

Agreed with Fnord, but to add to his advice, I would raise to 1.50 or so pre flop. Notice how you have 3 callers? You MUST isolate with a JJ type hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($5.25)
Button ($6.80)
SB ($4.20)
BB ($10.35)
UTG ($8.25)
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I don't like the EP call at all, too often it leads to situations such as this where you have flopped a relatively strong hand but are against 3+ others and have no clue as to what they are holding....

Limp Calling is so weak.

99 preflop is such a tricky hand to raise preflop with because if you hit a set on a weak looking board, it's nearly impossible for anyone to put you on your hand. In...

I second that, I also usually c/r flop.

One thing I also like about a flat call here is that it disguises your hand to an extent, and if you hit, than a check call/raise is much more profitable than a bet/fold on the flop if he just calls...