Re: \"I have a big hand and pot odds. I fold\"
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I love it. It's posts like this that cause mediocre players to misapply an expert's strategy in a misguided attempt to improve their game (and allowing me to take their chips).
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You're right, this is actually a problem and I don't feel like turning it into a Gigabet post. So let me put it this way: in #1, I was very, very sure that I was beat. In fact, almost by definition [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img], I was surer than Hand 2, where I was also very sure but let pot odds sway the decision. I do not post this hand unless I have complete confidence that I'm beat, because obviously, on its own this play is indefensible and if anyone else posts it they *do* get torn apart.
What I'm trying to get across is that calling on very ugly boards with good odds "because I have kings" when villain has been repping the nuts every step of the way is pretty overrated.
(if you are reading this and playing $10 tournaments, forget everything I just said)
edit: I can bet the flop, too, but either way this is fairly normal on WAWB boards and I like taking more risks when that short early.
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