CanuckMaGuk

exactly my point!

I am not following your logic when u say that a King-x is a garbage hand short handed? We were down to 4 players and two folded before the third guy went all in....so its not likely that the other two had very good holdings....So i figured at the very least my King would be live.If you ask me its not a very good game plan to chase flushes and straights with only 2 players...how are the odds high enough to justify that play?? Against a random hand a King anything holds a better chance does'nt it? In this case however your right..he did have another KIng and i was dominated..but thats poker ....

i was sitting to his left so he usually was betting before i was

well it was a freeze out tournament so the pay out structure was simple..winner takes all. Everyone started with 40 chips and the blinds started at 1-2 and worked theer way up to 10-20. BY the time this guy was going all in the blinds i beleive were 10-20. It was pretty late in the game by this point. So every BB was costing me $20..only to fold to this guys all in's!

I was playing at a brick and mortar freeze-out tournament a few weeks ago and made it to the final 4 out of 11 players. The final 4 held similar chip stacks and it looked like at any moment a break out hand could pop up and turn the tides. Everybody at the table was playing super tight it seemed as there were plenty of pre-flop folds going around the entire game. One interesting event occured however that seemed to change gears for everybody...One individual began what seemed to be a never ending assault of pre-flop "all - in" bets....his position did not seem to matter....when the action ca

Hey guys....I have been playing for about a year now and consider myself to be a true "student of the game". All I think about is poker (NLHE)....all i read about is poker...all i watch is poker...im sure many of you understand....I have been beating my friends into submission over the past year and i guess i've turned them around into some decent compitition but i have truely passed them in skill and gameplay at this point. Right now i feel like unless i take it to the next level i will never know if i am any good at this game. So i've decided to take my game to a casino and try it out once a

yea i deffinitaly think im overplaying my hand a little at times....i like to hit top pair or two pair and just bet the sh**t out of it...But how does it look to the other players when i come out fireing into the flop only to weaken up on the turn and river (and by then they probably made there hand)...lets say i bet a pot sized bet on the flop...then bet half the pot in the Turn?? Is that what your recomending? ( im speaking in general terms as well..obvioulsy each case is specific)Bankrolls and money are not an issue in the games we play...most of the time its for fun or bragging rights anyw

its not a matter of going ALL IN to simply protect my hand....the issue at hand is the fact that through making relatively larger bets throughout the hand to protect it..i usually end up with very little at the end...and therefore as a result have to go all in..if not..whats the point of a $100 bet into a several hundered/thousands dollor pot?

hey guys and gals.....long time reader first time posting.Ive just recently started learning to play No Limit Hold em..(last year or so)....Up to this point ive really concentrated on just getting better and better....when i loose or do something stupid..i usually learn from those mistakes and this makes me better the next time. However, I have noticed a certain trend in my betting patterns..not so much an obvious consistency but just more or less something i would like to get everyones opinions and advice on.Basically here's my situation....I tend to play rather aggressivly. If I have a mon