Twice in a row folded KK on preflop... (lucky me, I would lose in both cases) It is interesting what can force us to fold a good hand on preflop and what is the best hand you ever folded
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Preflop the best hand I have folded must be JJ.
After the flop I have folded full house once in a very extreem situation. If my opponent bluffed credits to him.
My hand was J5 (in BB) and on the flop comes K55 --> I bet hard and only one player calls. On the turn appears another K. I put him on the K and fold. Maybe a mistake - don't know. It was a very long time ago
Same for me lol, I folded AA because I missclicked and press the fold button instead of... it's sad indeed but I didn't care as it was in a freeroll...
preflop i folded QQ after a very huge reraise of my oppenent on table and he show me his aces!!! after the flop i folded on a board with 5h,6h,7h,8h and my pocket 4c,4h the straight flush because my oppenent moves all-in!! an the fold were good because he shows 9h,10h!!! very strong fold from me
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folded KK only twice pre flop both times were in low stakes cash games where I had a " I've got aces " tell on a player.
just 2 days ago I insta folded 22 on a TT23 board cause I knew one of my opponents had 33. Two players went to showdown one had AT the other 33. It felt better than winning the hand.
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Folded KK PF in NL holdem MTT. Was 5th in chips and chipleader on my table (2nd in chips) shoved before me, since he hand me covered and the tourney was at the bubble stage, i decided to fold KK since it was between making in the money and bubble out of tourney.
He had QQ vs short stack to my left and Q hit on turn so lucky i didn't call
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Considder this: You hold AA in the early to mid stages of an MTT; before you 4 players move all-in and you have to put 90 to 100% of your stack in just to call. What are your chances to win the pot? With all their chances to make 2 pairs, sets, str8's etc, I rather fold and play on to reach the money. Winning poker is not about the chips you win..... Its about the chips you don't lose.
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Posted by Joe_Average: Considder this: You hold AA in the early to mid stages of an MTT; before you 4 players move all-in and you have to put 90 to 100% of your stack in just to call. What are your chances to win the pot? With all their chances to make 2 pairs, sets, str8's etc, I rather fold and play on to reach the money. Winning poker is not about the chips you win..... Its about the chips you don't lose.
Kinda, it's really about increasing your equity in the tournament. It would be good to find out if calling off your stack behind 4 players is actually +ev or not.
I'm not folding aces pre flop in any situation at the moment. The bubble at the main event in this case maybe but if I was first to open up the pot I would probably announce it before i pushed.
I had pocket 2's and would have hit for quads on the flop. But I was playing against a bunch of people that would raise 7 - 8 BB with garbage and call to the river to take the win. So I folded them. Plus I was in the early pos
I know yesterday I wish I would of folded AA. I had pocket A's against a calling station so I pf raised 8 BB and they still called hitting there pocket 3's on the flop and taking the win. Oh well, can't win them all.
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Folded a straight flush only yesterday, I had 5h6h and the flop was 2 high cards and 7h, I folded to heavy betting and turn and river came 8h 9h!! Grrrr.
I have folded a couple of SF's and one Royal in the past too. I have screens of the 3 royals and many SF's I did cash in on though
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KK, AA, when there was a hughe flop or low flushed and weak full houeses, when the board gibes opp to stronger hands.. i dont really hang on to any hand..
It is interesting what can force us to fold a good hand on preflop and what is the best hand you ever folded
