gettin broke to this hand

[Guest]

Now i normally dont like to do this, and i have already had the question answered by a professional gambler friendmentor of mine, but here goes. The last 3 times that I have had a losing sessions I flopped a set or turned a set and lost. I play 2-5 pot limit live and all three times I went all in with my sets and lost. One time the guy had a bigger kicker by one rank :cry: Another the guy cathes a gutshot nut straight with a flush draw for back up and the third is an over set over mine :x . Every sinlge time i got broke i was aginst loose, aggressive players who are capable of playing very poor and any cards so its hard to lay that strong a hand down to these loosey gooses. Point im trying to make, its bloody hard to lay down a set when the board looks harmless, how can one not go broke losing with sets......its strong medicine. Barring me giving all the tedious details of each hand, can anyone here honestly say its easy to lay down a set to a harmless board.Its hard not to get broke to these hands, right?

[wrto4556 0]

Set's are strong hands...if your a favorite going in you don't have anything to worry about. Set over set just happens. just gotta move on.

[AceOfSpaiDs 0]

wrto is right, but sets can be tricky...if the board shows any straight or flush resemblance (i.e flop is 2-3-4 (and u hit a set of 3's) you have to play careful or if the flop comes with 2 of 1 suit and u hit a set, you'd better raise big if the suitor wants to see those last 2 cards. But set over set just happens, its a hard read and dont beat yourself over mentally worrying about it (just like I NEVER try to worry about quads)

[A3DDFAN 0]

i have had three losing sessions in my limit game lately. i have dropped 700 dollars in a couple weeks. by getting sucked out on the river by straight draws and flush draws. ( while having the set)oh well like doyle said "some are good at limit but not good at no limit and vice versa." guess i need to stick with no limit. :cry:

[bdluss 0]

I will just address the first hand where you both had trips. This means the board was paired up with something like a 8 8 9 flop. You had to know the other guy at least had trips like you or maybe even flopped the boat. This would have been a case where slowing down may have been your best bet. After all, you said you were outkicked in the hand which means you didn't have an ace kicker with you, heck it could have even been like a 10 kicker for all I know. The point is this, if all you have is trips in a flop that is paired, this is a case for disaster often and you need to be aware of this and be conscious of the fact that someone else might have you dominated.