[all in or fold question.]

It actually is the case - you are just as likely to pick up A Suit: Heart A Suit: Club as you are to pick up 7 Suit: Club 2 Suit: Spade or any other combination of cards.Ah, but that's not what you said, grasshopper.

Apologies Smash - it's what I meant even if I didn't phrase it quite correctly. And there was intended to be a heavy dose of sarcasm in it as well.Can I change my vote now as well?Reading all the well thought out arguments for pushing I would be inclined to agree with that play now.I visit the forum to gain an insight into poker from more experienced players and hopefully next time I am in a similar situation I will take your advice into account - unlike several others on here who post for advice and then seem to get very upset if you don't tell them how wonderful their play is.Thanks everyone and keep the good advice coming.

[all in or fold question.]

Remember you are just as likely to have pocket As next hand as any other two cardsIf only that were the case.

It actually is the case - you are just as likely to pick up A A as you are to pick up 7 2 or any other combination of cards. Unless of course you believe the conspiracy theorists who insist that all on-line poker is fixed :wink:

[all in or fold question.]

J9o is not a good enough hand to stake your tournament life on.Yes, you are just about to be hit with the big blind which is going to take almost 1/2 of your stack but I'd take my chances on picking up something better next hand.The way I see it is that if your all-in is less than 3xBB you are virtually certain to get at least one caller, probably more so you are going to be a massive dog.Remember you are just as likely to have pocket As next hand as any other two cards

[bad play or bad beat?]

Other player calls all-in (11,500), I raise to 12,568 all-in, he calls.

How could he call your raise if he already went all-in???Other than that I can't see anything wrong with your play - you got all your chips in the middle when you were a massive favourite (90%+) and you can't ask for much more than that.Bad beats happen

[tournament play i made]

Please stop telling me my read was wrong. I never said I put him on the pair of 4s, I didn't. But the flop bet smelled and it was my mistake of not raising him.- Jordan

You've answered it yourself haven't you?You have repeatedly said that your "read" told you that your King high was good and now you admit that you never put him on a paid of 4s - therefore your read was WRONG.The only thing that smelled in this hand was your play.

[did i make the correct fold here???]

In fact sik can work on more levels than one. After the first hand i talked about above i typed a message "all fear the power of the sik".I got several replies along the lines of "sik followers are fish"I tightened up my play after this, but most people at the table, thinking I was a fish, loosened up against me so I got some decent action when I did catch some good starting hands later on

[did i make the correct fold here???]

You call 9 3 big sik? Where did that come from?What do you mean don't mock something I understand?

There is a thread on one of the forums here about a new "cult" which proclaims the power of the 93 starting hand in poker.9-3 offsuit is known as Sik and 9-3 suited in known as Big Sik.I assumed that's why you picked those two cards but I guess you were just talking about any two crap cards.

[tournament play i made]

Maybe you aren't reading all my posts. I did write that this was the first time I've been called down when pulling this play in a while and was frustrated. Espicially because I was in fact so confident he was folding.- Jordan

Maybe you aren't reading everyone else's posts.I'll try to spell it out for you as simply as possible.Mistake no 1 - You put in a bluff on the basis of your read on your opponent. Your read was wrong and therefore you made a bad play. Mistake no 2 - Your all-in bet screamed bluff and therefore your opponent got a read on you and called. Why are those two points so difficult for you to understand?Mistake no 3 - was when you posted on here trying to get people to tell you what a great player you were with your bad play.Mistake no4 - was when you started to take on Smash - many have tried, all have failed :wink: .

[did i make the correct fold here???]

Hahaha, now that's funny

Don't mock what you don't understand.I got dealt the sik the other day in the BB and no-one raised the pot so I got to see the flop which came down 9-9-3.About half an hour later I got dealt Big Sik (in spades) again in the BB and flopped a flush.Maybe there is something in it after all :wink:

[nfl championship games]

Steeler/Eagles for me.I can't believe so many people are writing off the Steelers already. So they didn't look great against the Jets but they did get the result and that is the mark of a championship team - being able to grind out results even when you are not at your best.They always seem to find that little bit extra when they need to and I predict another overtime win this week.

[KQ...it's not that good of a hand...is it?]

This is one of those decisions when you are simply just gambling, you have to assume that you are behind here and that you'll need luck in order to survive. In regards to "having to win coin flips" - this is true, but you shouldn't be seeking them out. If you happen to call and find yourself in a cf situation, yes you need to win those, but calling random all ins for a big chunk with hands like KJ, KQ, QJ will leave you broke most of the time.

Nice advice! LOL. This thread will never die. Now Socrates has risen from the grave to chime in on things. "Hey Soc! This ain't 3 card poker against Plato we're talkin about!"I don't understand the contradiction here Soc. I agree with your first thought. Finally someone is backing me up when I say that "you don't have to seek out coinflips" when you are winning. Just lay the stupid hand down... no sweat off your sack, Soc.

Hey man read the post.It seems to me that Socrates is agreeing with you.but calling random all ins for a big chunk with hands like KJ, KQ, QJ will leave you broke most of the time.So why are you laying into him?

[advice on how to play my freeroll.]

I understand that I don't want to move up to be hit by a bad streak. But in terms of projecting your success rate... if you assume that players are 20% better at each sequential level, then you should be able to win 80% as many hands per 100, correct? And that is not including improvement which will come after a while.

What makes you think that that players at the next level are 20% better than the ones at the previous level? They may be the same level of players just richer or they could be 100% better.The only way to find out is to take the jump but be prepared to drop back down again if you start taking heavy losses.

[how do you...?]

I see your point about the flush b/c if 2 diamonds come I still need to pay to chase one. And if three diamonds come, I need to dodge a 4th and hope nobody else has pocket diamonds. 2 4 5 would be a great flop. Anyone with an ace would probably stay in and pay me off. If I flop 663, I cant worry about someone with 6-6. I mean... "what are the chances"?I highly doubt many of you would have played this hand differently. But a lot of people want to disagree just to attempt to sound smarter. The point is, it was a bad beat, 'nuff said.

I think you post adequately proves that most people would have played this hand differently. By your own admission there is only one possible flop which you really want to see (although 6-6-6 and 3-3-3 might be good too) and whilst I can't calculate the exact odds of that because my calculator only has room for 10 digits on its display I'm guessing that it is fairly unlikely. :wink:

[bad beats you've administered]

Like you my most memorable was also against a friend - amazing how often that happens, or perhaps we just remember those times more so that we can keep reminding them. He went all in pre-flop with K K and I called him with Q 10 (yeah I know - but they were soooooted :wink: )Flop comes down A K J Turn comes Q At this point I suddenly realise he has something like 18 outs (any spade, A, K, Q, J or 10) AND the chance of a Royal Flush.Fortunately the river is a blank and I scoop the pot

[Can you fold QQ in a sit n go online tourney?]

I also would have put him on a strongish weak hand preflop, like KK QQ JJ 10-10. You move in there with the information your given, you have to think you are PROBABLY best.

KK is a strongish weak hand? lol

[i need help!!!]

What's going on?The people at your school suck.  The people at the 1/2 table suck also, but not as much.You suck somewhere in between.Post some hands if you want advice.

Plex, meet Smash.....hes pretty stupid, Its best to just ingore him.To me it sounds like you are not having good reads..and yes(GOD i cant beleive i agree with him...)posting some hands would help give you advice

It's pretty interesting how I just know I'm gonna see one of your posts following Smash's post. Obsess much?

Thats cause he does the same to me and 99% of his posts are directed towards me.....are you stupid?

No you are way off man. At least half of his posts are directed towards JFarrell20 :wink:

[playing short handed]

every tourney i seem to play in, i bust out in 2nd or 3rd place out of 8. never have i placed any lower.

Congratulations on never finishing out of the top 3!I guess you must be the only poker player in the world who has never called all-in pre-flop with poket aces and gone on to lose the hand :wink:

[opening hand pp question.]

I'd fold them every time.If you believe, quite reasonably, that you are behind in the hand at this point then you are down to a 2-outer and the pot odds are unlikely to make a call worthwhile.The only possible exception, which depends largely on the size of the raise (you don't say whether this is a limit or no-limit table) is that you may be prepared to lose a few bucks early in order to give the table the impression that you are a very loose player in the hope of getting increased action when you catch a better hand later on.

[KQ...it's not that good of a hand...is it?]

Another point: 1)If you were to fold, and he took the pot down and shows 2-7 off, would you be rattled at all?2)How about if you called, and lost (to any hand really, but moreso to a hand you were dominating pre-flop), would you be rattled at all?My answers are:1) No. Not at all. "Nice one. I should have called you. Next time, maybe."2) Yes. A good amount. "censored, there's no reason I had to chase that at this point in the tournament. I was primed to take this home" <--- this I would say silently, of course. :wink:

I agree on q1 but I couldn't disagree more on q2.If you get rattled by a bad beat after making a read on the guy and calling correctly then you are not the poker player you claim to be.

[another enraged poker stars player]

this guy just went ballistic on me - i was like please have the ace of diamond please have the ace of diamonds heh

I think what probably made him most upset was the "sorry guy" comment before you had even seen his cards. Gloating before the showdown shows a complete lack of respect of your opponent.You would have felt pretty silly if he was holding 9,8 wouldn't you???