Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

First Hand, i wouldnt say its a bad move checking, since you want to force out people. UTG could easily have a hand like 2 Highcards, so this flop might have helped him.
Turn check is stupid, on the Turn its time to get the money in.
Second Hand: The SB shows you that he got a hand. Dont just call, if someone behind you got a gutshot or OESD you need to force him out. Definite raise on the Turn, what are you waiting for?

Third Hand: Raise if someone bets into you. If he's bluffing, he wont call you on fourth street either, so why not raise, he might have to overcards but then he will call your raise, i guess. You need to get your money in on fourth and fifth street!!!

Remeber: If you dont lose a lot with a set, you probably played it wrong!

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

Grunch without reading the post: no.

After reading the post: wtf hand 1?

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

Thanks for your comments, I'll read the FAQ before posting again.

I played on the same table for about an hour or two and I kept playing the top 10-15 hands and people started to fold on every bet of mine so I wanted to keep them in the hand, I now understand that it was stupid. I started playing Hold'em only two weeks ago, so I'm a real beginner. (sry for my bad English)

p.s. Maybe there's a lot of bad players on partypoker at micro stakes because I won a lot of BB even if I play badly. Anyway, thanks for your time.

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

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I kept playing the top 10-15 hands

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omfg please dont tell me you have been reading phil hellmuth

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

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I kept playing the top 10-15 hands

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omfg please dont tell me you have been reading phil hellmuth

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold'em... why?

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

Oh dear. His book is quite awful. Please pick up Getting Started in Hold'em and Small Stakes Hold'em by our esteemed hosts at your earliest convenience. Those books will get you on the right track towards being a winner.

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

ok ive thought about it. in my opinion the best options are as follows:

1. quit poker. seriously not that bad an option.
2. hire a hypnotist to make you forget all that you have read, costly, but longterm +ev.
3. find a solid brick wall and bang your head against it til you develop amnesia and forget, probably not recommended due to chances of skull fracture etc.

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

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ok ive thought about it. in my opinion the best options are as follows:

1. quit poker. seriously not that bad an option.
2. hire a hypnotist to make you forget all that you have read, costly, but longterm +ev.
3. find a solid brick wall and bang your head against it til you develop amnesia and forget, probably not recommended due to chances of skull fracture etc.

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The problem is that once he learns how to play he will realize what he has done and forever more a small part of his soul will be screaming in pain.

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

Funny but that doesn't help much. I went here looking for help and you laugh at me. I'm in a beginner section of the forum and people laugh at beginners. Maybe I'll quit that forum before quitting poker.

Re: Flopping a set: slow playing or not?
 

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Funny but that doesn't help much. I went here looking for help and you laugh at me. I'm in a beginner section of the forum and people laugh at beginners. Maybe I'll quit that forum before quitting poker.

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Dude, if a couple of jokes about the book you read (that's right, they were about the Hell book, not about you at all) puts you on life tilt you are probably in the wrong hobby. If you want to learn, read the books Wookie suggested, read hand posts here and respond to them and see where your ideas end up. But trust me when I say this, no one cares if you go all martyr on us and go get educated somewhere else.