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[rrumsey]

lets start with folding pre and move on from there

[tbrick412]

Tehtoe, on Monday, February 14th, 2011, 4:20 PM, said:

“In order to live, you must be willing to die" - Amir Vahedi

Touching.

[donk4life]

rrumsey, on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, 12:18 AM, said:

lets start with folding pre and move on from there

well it's settled then. raise pf.

[babylondonks]

we could limp pre

[donk4life]

babylondonks, on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, 7:36 PM, said:

we could limp pre

i'll limp all over your face pre

[MaxStPolish]

rrumsey, on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, 12:18 AM, said:

lets start with folding pre and move on from there

donk4life, on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, 2:40 PM, said:

well it's settled then. raise pf.

babylondonks, on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, 7:36 PM, said:

we could limp pre

donk4life, on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, 9:41 PM, said:

i'll limp all over your face pre

Big fan of this four post sequence.

[rrumsey]

donk4life, on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, 1:40 PM, said:

well it's settled then. raise pf.

ahahah!

[rrumsey]

seriously pre antes this is a fold for the most part. and seeing how a good player has the button against you i would think you are getting 3 bet a lot pre ( or even flatted). clearly you expected to call the 3 bet, but now whats the plan postflop? fly by the seat of our pants? c/r him on some boards? its just going to be a really hard postflop spot. so why get involved in this position pre antes? i mean i dont see why we are taking so much risk this early on.

[CorvairShaggy]

rrumsey, on Friday, February 18th, 2011, 3:24 PM, said:

seriously pre antes this is a fold for the most part. and seeing how a good player has the button against you i would think you are getting 3 bet a lot pre ( or even flatted). clearly you expected to call the 3 bet, but now whats the plan postflop? fly by the seat of our pants? c/r him on some boards? its just going to be a really hard postflop spot. so why get involved in this position pre antes? i mean i dont see why we are taking so much risk this early on.

Because I had a strong feeling that he would bully me around with complete air or do the same with a little something. I just did not have the balls to pull the trigger on him, and did not have a good enough game plan. It sucks when you know you are going to get beat up, and you are helpless. I was hoping someone would give me some pointers here on how to handle being bullied. Basically I have come to the assumption that you just stay out of the bully's way until you have an actual hand, then set the trap and let him bully you all the way to pay dirt. I hope I get into hands like this with him more in the future. The only way to get better is by experience.

[SuperJon]

CorvairShaggy, on Friday, February 18th, 2011, 6:31 PM, said:

Because I had a strong feeling that he would bully me around with complete air or do the same with a little something. I just did not have the balls to pull the trigger on him, and did not have a good enough game plan. It sucks when you know you are going to get beat up, and you are helpless. I was hoping someone would give me some pointers here on how to handle being bullied. Basically I have come to the assumption that you just stay out of the bully's way until you have an actual hand, then set the trap and let him bully you all the way to pay dirt. I hope I get into hands like this with him more in the future. The only way to get better is by experience.

A lot of poker has to do with picking your spots, and playing a mediocre hand oop against a better player in a 3bet pot is not a good spot.If you feel like he's going to be 3betting you a lot in posistion, then my advice would be to either:Tighten your opening range4bet him more oftenIf you are going to flat pre, then don't play the hand so passively. Just check/fold, check/raise, or bet/3bet shove. I don't see people check/calling their strong hands in 3bet pots very often, not unless they flop the nuts.