you murdered a hand and got lucky, great.

you know that Gus is not short for Gustav right?

played hand horribly, in a place where you should never ever make that move. Got insane luck, i wouldn't brag. Fail op

Poker Stars, $1 Buy-in

Don't listen to these haters op. You played the hand perfect

you have a promising future in the world of no-holds-barred texas holdthems

It's called a ****ing joke you sheltered morons

stop posting to increase your post count

wtf OP u have 50+posts and decided to make this thread?

it's a joke alright. a joke that you'd play a 1 dollar buy in....

Did you cash?? Cheeseburger?

wtf you have <50 posts and decided to make this post?

well the joke failed, it was ****.

so did your life you worthless piece of ****

Eh, but it is.

No, you are wrong, it is.

haha zing!

good comeback.

You just got lucky you ****ing ******! You played the hand like ****! You useless pots.

wow at everyone saying he played the hand terrible. Thats why you're all busto and OP is on his way to robusto.

for the love of dog*, could we get some threadsavers?!

*dog=god spelled backwards

Raising 4-9 from SB is a winning strategy, but hey it was soooted right? Keep depositing fish.

are you ******ed?

or was that some really subtle re-level

Wtf do you think moran? Look at his post and look at my respone. If you dont notice that my post was a level then you are the ****ing ****** itt.

What on earth are you talking?

When 3 people have already limped, a hand like 49 suited stands in relatively good shape against most peoples ranges. It can make a flush and two different pairs (which are likely to be good if they hit as people don't limp many 9's or 4's). I'm probably against 3 small pocket pairs, most likely 22, 33 and 55. I don't include 44 because I have a blocker. Infact I would go so far as to say I'm against 22, 33 and 55 95% of the time in this scenario. With that in mind I have both a very good chance of hitting the best hand, and a very good chance of bluffing if over cards hit. I was just unlucky in this scenario that someone hit a set with their small PP. Otherwise I get a fold on the turn or river.

Also, as poker has got increasingly difficult, it's become increasingly important to have a deceptive range. Reg's are trading hands like AA, AK, KK, QQ etc for hands like 49, 47, 410, and 82** because when they connect, people don't include them in their range. This is all about implied odds. The more deceptive the range, the greater the implied odds.

When you've bothered to learn things like this, come back to me.

**the reason I include small a big cards in a deceptive range is because as well as having pair and flush draw potential, they also have two possible straight draws - broadways + wheels