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Not having a great time trying to trap people lately. AA and KK seems to always make me lose if I min raise and try to trap then but people can do it to me without ever losing when they min raise to trap but with me they always hit something. You can say why min raise but when I raise more they always fold so those hands are wasted otherwise.
Anyone else have these problems or are you a master trapper?
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Isn't it better to raise your standard raise amount?
If they fold you still get the blinds and when you minraise you give the SB & BB a very cheap price to see a flop and outflop you. Also people in front of you are not going to fold when they limped for just 1 BB...
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With AA I usually try to trap pre-flop but then go all-in after the flop - You can't slow play unless you have the nuts because it's gonna hurt you more often than not.
With KK I usually raise to make a nice pot and then if an ace doesn't show up I push and if it does I check/fold.
This usually works fine for me - just don't get many of them lately.
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I would try something different but on one table this last hour I have had AA, KK three times and QQ twice and its been folded before I have even a chance to bet. hate when that happens.
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How many times i have seen big raises preflop with AA and KK and then shoving all in after the flop no matter what the board is just to find out that they are already behind Depends on the players you have on the table and with what cards they usually call raises. For example there are players calling any raise with any suited cards.
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Finally got some action with pockets...
What like this?
- Maniek_PL sitting in seat 1 with €29.48 at end €28.98 - S7evo29 sitting in seat 2 with €63.61 at end €63.61 - Phisix sitting in seat 3 with €27.17 at end €7.31 [Dealer] - Q_Q sitting in seat 5 with €19.84 at end €38.18 - kurnihulio sitting in seat 6 with €54.64 at end €50.00
Q_Q posted the small blind - €0.25 Maniek_PL posted the big blind - €0.50 ** Dealing card to Phisix: A of c, A of d S7evo29 folded Phisix called - €0.50 Q_Q raised - €1.50 Maniek_PL folded Phisix raised - €5.00 Q_Q went all-in - €18.09 Phisix called - €14.34 Phisix shows: A of c, A of d Q_Q shows: A of s, K of s ** Dealing the flop: 6 of d, 3 of s, K of d ** Dealing the turn: K of h ** Dealing the river: 10 of d Phisix shows: A of c, A of d Q_Q wins €38.18 from the main pot
Sums up all my luck and variance this last two days because its all against me. No matter.
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Posted by Phisix: Finally got some action with pockets...
What like this?
- Maniek_PL sitting in seat 1 with �29.48 at end �28.98 - S7evo29 sitting in seat 2 with �63.61 at end �63.61 - Phisix sitting in seat 3 with �27.17 at end �7.31 [Dealer] - Q_Q sitting in seat 5 with �19.84 at end �38.18 - kurnihulio sitting in seat 6 with �54.64 at end �50.00
Q_Q posted the small blind - �0.25 Maniek_PL posted the big blind - �0.50 ** Dealing card to Phisix: A of c, A of d S7evo29 folded Phisix called - �0.50 Q_Q raised - �1.50 Maniek_PL folded Phisix raised - �5.00 Q_Q went all-in - �18.09 Phisix called - �14.34 Phisix shows: A of c, A of d Q_Q shows: A of s, K of s ** Dealing the flop: 6 of d, 3 of s, K of d ** Dealing the turn: K of h ** Dealing the river: 10 of d Phisix shows: A of c, A of d Q_Q wins �38.18 from the main pot
Sums up all my luck and variance this last two days because its all against me. No matter.
Nicely played, you got your money in good and in the long term you will win more than you lose, it was a +ev decision by far, hope they call my AA, with AK all day long, i'll be rich if they do. Also min raising AA/KK is a bad move, you get more people to see the flop, and if they hit, 2 pairs, trips you screwed, because people tends to overvalue their AA after the flop.
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To be fair it is only the second time its ever happened to me, but I am down quite a bit this last few days so losing that amount is quite heart breaking but then I cracked his AK with my AQ a few hands after and so did someone against his AK vs AA again so karma and variance was restored.
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You can say why min raise but when I raise more they always fold so those hands are wasted otherwise.
G'day mate
I would disagree that the hands are wasted. If people are all folding then you are at least winning the blinds and that is worth something. You might not be getting anywhere near as much as you would like but if you are not losing anything but actually gaining even a little bit then you are farther ahead. just my opinion.
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Posted by xgcsnippy: On cash tables all the time.....Tournaments I have better luck with the fishes.
Me neither , i prefer Tournaments instead cash tables. I play slowly and with brain , i'm trying to avoid fist 5-10 minutes off Tournament because fishes goes all in , and play bingo like 10 mins Cant belive every day same story!
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I know but its annoying as the blinds are nothing. Sometimes they do raise me so I re-raise them but its not often.
Think I am going to stop trying to trap as just had KK and two Q's flopped. Lol doesnt matter though as I lost nothing really and I am doing well in getting my losses back.
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last night in the pokerstars freeroll, first hand went all in for just over 5k chips, sat out the rest of the time and closed the laptop.....700th place lol out of like 5k, I cashed
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5-10min only? Then you are really lucky with it. For idiot players (russians and similar) they are playing all in all the time, no matter how much time passed in tournament, 10 min 30 min hour 2 hours even 3 hours, they are still going all in no matter how much they have or how good are cards
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One of the problems with min raising preflop when you have AA or KK is that eventually people will catch on and it becomes a tell. Far better to have standard raise that you employ regardless of the strength of your cards. That is totally unreadable.
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Just dont slowplay AA or KK, raise the normal 3 or4x preflop like you would any other time, hit set on flop then slowplay etc........No point letting someone in cheap preflop just for them to flop nuts etc.
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Posted by zeroster: One of the problems with min raising preflop when you have AA or KK is that eventually people will catch on and it becomes a tell. Far better to have standard raise that you employ regardless of the strength of your cards. That is totally unreadable.
I usually min raising AA, but I also min raising crap, or mediocre hands. I also over bet sometimes with the same hands - depends on the players I play against and what I did 'till that point and the way it worked. For example - if I min raised and fold to a 3bet at least twice I will surely min raise an AA. If I min raised and pushed after the flop and it worked at least twice - I will min raise with an AA. If I stole some blinds with over betting I will probably over bet with the aces, etc.
