did i make the correct fold here???

[JFarrell20 1]

OK, only poker experts reply, please!The other night I was in a tournament. NL Holdem. I'm average stacked. The pots have been raised 6 out of the last 7 hands pre-flop. I am under the gun. I get dealt 3 9 . I folded. Is this play correct here???Please help me.

[Wilderness 0]

Not if you actually want to make money or win the tournament.But then again, it seems like people like this SIK crap for some strange reason.

[JFarrell20 1]

I was really hoping to get more of the following:"Are you serious???""Dude, is this a joke???""You must be a moron"lol.Yes, this post is a joke, and obviously nobody thought it was funny. I wasted part of my life with this post and look, now I'm wasting more time. SHIT!

[MasterLJ 0]

*crickets chirping*

[JFarrell20 1]

Hahaha, now that's funny

[dominiksdad 0]

Hahaha, now that's funny

Don't mock what you don't understand.I got dealt the sik the other day in the BB and no-one raised the pot so I got to see the flop which came down 9-9-3.About half an hour later I got dealt Big Sik (in spades) again in the BB and flopped a flush.Maybe there is something in it after all :wink:

[JFarrell20 1]

You call 9 3 big sik? Where did that come from?What do you mean don't mock something I understand?

[dominiksdad 0]

You call 9 3 big sik? Where did that come from?What do you mean don't mock something I understand?

There is a thread on one of the forums here about a new "cult" which proclaims the power of the 93 starting hand in poker.9-3 offsuit is known as Sik and 9-3 suited in known as Big Sik.I assumed that's why you picked those two cards but I guess you were just talking about any two crap cards.

[SBriand 4]

DISCLAIMER: This is the first and probably last time I play this starting hand. I was curious and decided to play them. (Of ourse if in the BB I will play them and then 99% of the time fold on the flop)Seat 2: YippeeKiYea ($5 in chips)Seat 4: Snoopaloop69 ($7.25 in chips)Seat 5: tiger8191 [3S,9D] ($9.15 in chips)Seat 6: missy r ($6.75 in chips)Seat 10: settino ($18.30 in chips)ANTES/BLINDSmissy r posts blind ($0.10), settino posts blind ($0.25).PRE-FLOPYippeeKiYea calls $0.25, Snoopaloop69 folds, tiger8191 calls $0.25, missy r bets $0.40, settino calls $0.25, YippeeKiYea calls $0.25, tiger8191 calls $0.25.FLOP [board cards 7D,8H,JC ]missy r bets $0.25, settino folds, YippeeKiYea calls $0.25, tiger8191 calls $0.25.TURN [board cards 7D,8H,JC,2H ]missy r checks, YippeeKiYea checks, tiger8191 checks.RIVER [board cards 7D,8H,JC,2H,3C ]missy r checks, YippeeKiYea checks, tiger8191 checks.SHOWDOWNmissy r shows [ 6C,AS ]YippeeKiYea shows [ AH,9S ]tiger8191 shows [ 3S,9D ]tiger8191 wins $2.65.SUMMARYDealer: tiger8191Pot: $2.75, (including rake: $0.10)YippeeKiYea, loses $0.75Snoopaloop69, loses $0tiger8191, bets $0.75, collects $2.65, net $1.90missy r, loses $0.75settino, loses $0.50

[dominiksdad 0]

In fact sik can work on more levels than one. After the first hand i talked about above i typed a message "all fear the power of the sik".I got several replies along the lines of "sik followers are fish"I tightened up my play after this, but most people at the table, thinking I was a fish, loosened up against me so I got some decent action when I did catch some good starting hands later on

[JFarrell20 1]

LOL. I had no idea... I just picked two crappy cards, didn't want to say the obvious 7 2 off. So this hand has special powers huh? I would agree, in a 9-high deck.

[MasterLJ 0]

My table is way short handed and I looked twice at suited big-sick.K23 flops, 3 on the turn, 9 on the river. Should have played it =P, the AK guy would have probably given me nice action.