Quote:
Originally Posted by sircuddles
Example 2
CO: $25.60
Hero (BB): $27.05
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with A A
4 folds, CO raises to $1, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.75
Action with aces! You like it. You'll just call so you don't scare him away.
Flop: ($2.10) A K 8 (2 players)
Top set on a board like that! "Hot damn!" you think to yourself. Your opponent could be sitting on AK, AQ, KQ, any number of hands. You decide to be crafty and check to let your opponent bet.
Hero checks, CO bets $1, Hero calls $1
Turn: ($4.10) T
He seems like he may have something worth playing, so you lead small on the turn to keep him leashed.
Hero bets $1.50, CO calls $1.50
Nice!
River: ($7.10) 6
Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50
Final Pot: $12.10
Hero shows A A
CO mucks 88
What!? He flopped a set too! What happened here? You slow played top set while your opponent was sitting on bottom set. This hand is a total disaster. Had you have been aggressive in the hand you could have stacked off on the flop or the turn very easily. In a hand like this he was more than likely getting all his chips in on the flop or turn had you been betting and raising. The river card killed the action and had him worried about a straight or a flush, so he only called. In this situation your slow play cost you an extreme amount, to the tune of about $19.00. That’s 76 big blinds. That is huge.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reinvoke
What I said is undoubtedly specific.
now it is.
I vote we lock this thread. If the games change where this strat advice becomes outdated, a new post will undoubtedly come along and takes its place. Until then, the only replies seem to be "TY" or "I have a question about a hand I just played".
It's the "I have a question" that needs to addressed imo. If a poster wants to ask something specific about this thread, wouldn't it be better in the form of a new thread? In the form::
"I was reading sircuddles' guide and have a question of strat. I had a hand come up last night that was "X" and thought that the guide said the strat should be ......."
Otherwise, this thread could run forever as a collection area for HH that would be better placed in individual HH threads.
imo