Re: The Worst Strategy You\'ve Overheard at a Table
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I've said things like this before. One of my favorite lines in B&M is "you got to be in it to win it." I wonder what percentage of people in this thread got leveled.
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Definitely. Lots of these one-liners are surely from people quoting the horrible things they've heard other people come up with. I've been known to say such things after winning with some sketchy hand.
One of the greatest poker strategy discussions I ever had was in a small daily tourney. Lady limps with AA and someone behind her raises, he gets called, she pushes, and gets both of 'em to call. And she loses to the likes of TT and KJ. Soon as she's outta ear shot one of the old guys says "serves her right for slowing playing aces--that always happens--if I get AA I'm always always going all-in with it preflop". Old guy next to him nods and says "yep, she was behind all the way". I know I shouldn't, but I can't take it and ask WTF they're talking about, that I think she did pretty darned good getting her money in as a huge favorite. They take this "you dumb little boy" attitude and pat me on the head and explain patiently that AA is a dog in any 3-way pot, and the ONLY way to win with it is to get all-in preflop heads-up. Perhaps unsurprisingly one of these two is a poker dealer.
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