joeythep

it's funny that a couple of people said 8-5. When we first started our regular home game, I called a raised flop with 8-5 off suit. Went heads up with the host who had ace queen. He hit a pair of queens on the flop. I hit a set of 8s. Next card out was another five. River was an ace, he went all in for about $120, and I called. Ever since I flipped over that 8-5 off suit, that hand has been known at our home games as "Ritchie's Rockets". I've won so many hands bluffing at boards full of 8's and 5's.

So the general concensus is, I should have pushed all in preflop. That makes sense. The guy who made the call is a good friend of mine, who i have played thousands of hands with. He probably did figure me for a blind steal, as I'm a pretty aggressive player usually. I guess I let my desire to rake a big pot with Slick override my common sense, which says a small pot is better than getting busted. Well, lesson learned.

Bet it! If the guy has a higher pocket pair, you'll hear about it soon enough. But suppose he raised preflop with two suited high cards (spades in this case). If you check, he'd get a free card, and about one out of four times that next card is gonna be a spade. If he's on a nut flush draw, he'll probably call your bet anyway, but at least this way, if he doesn't hit it, there's more money out there. If you're going to err, err on the side of action, keeping in mind that the goal isn't just to win ONE pot, it's to take over the table. Make the others play buy your rules. If he's gonna hit a d

Okay, here's the sitch. I'm at the final table of a small home tourney. Were five handed. I'm on the button holding A-Ks. Blinds are 100-200. I'm short stacked at about $1500.It's folded to me, I raise to 500, small blind calls, big blind folds. Flop comes Js-7s-Kd.My opponent has a few more chips than me, about 2000 before the hand. He checks to me, I'm holding top pair, top kicker, with a nut flush draw, so I go all in, hoping to double up. Small blind calls, and flips over J-7 off suit. Needless to say, I draw no K, no A, and no spade. Why else would I be here? How could I have played this

All-In Mag. has an article about what they consider the greatest bluff of all time...1984 WSOP Jesse Alto, Cowboy Wolford and Jack Keller are the final three. Alto has 2/3 of the chips. Alto opens with a raise, Wolford calls. flop comes A-K-9. Wolford throws in 15k. Alto calls. The turn was another K. Wolford bet 40k this time. Alto considered for a moment before calling. The river was a deuce. Wolford pushed in the rest of his chips. Alto stared at the board for five minutes before throwing in his hand. Nobody knows what Alto was holding but it must have been very strong to consider it for so

Do I know anything about the first two players? If I think they're likely to fold, I'll make the call. If they're gonna call, though, I'm not so sure. Yeah, I'd be the favorite against any of those hands individually, but around a 2 or 3 to 1 dog to a field of four.Then again, if you have the chance to quadruple up right off the bat, maybe you have to make that call. Too bad the Main Event ain't a rebuy tourney, eh? Just plop another 10K down if you lose.