Buckeye Bandit

Hello all. I'm always looking for a good tournament in Ohio if anyone knows of any. I'm involved in many home tournaments, and would like to venture into something larger. I live in NW Ohio, and would be willing to travel a couple hours for a good tournament. Thanks for the info.

I've played in and finished in top positions in quite a few tournaments by being the "friendly-yet-mysterious" guy at the table. I don't talk a lot because it distracts me from my game plan. This may not apply to most people who have the "gift of gab", but it works well for me. I openly congratulate the winning hand, and I humbly rake in chips when I win myself. I NEVER show my cards. I probably play the bluff roughly 40% of the time, most typically with 2 or 3 players in the hand. This works especially well when there is A-5-5 on the flop. I won't hesitate to be aggressive with this fl

I would like to genuinely thank everyone who took the time to answer my question so elaborately. Your advice will not go unheeded in my future games. Like I stated before, I am new to this forum but by no means am I new to "the game". So I will try to offer some advice along the way as well. Thanks again for all the support, and best of luck in your tournaments. Merry Christmas to all!

Hey folks, new to the forum. I've played many home texas hold'em tourneys as well as online. My record is very good and I guess I consider myself more of a keen player than a good one. My biggest fallacy lies before the flop. When I find myself holding, say, and A-K unsuited and I'm the 4th player to bet... the 3 players before me make a simple call or a BB raise. Is this hand worthy of calling the raise or even re-raising? For the sake of simplicity, we'll say everyone at the table is at least reasonably good.I appreciate any feedback. This site kicks Ace!