Painted Card With Low Kicker (suited) - Best To Fold Pre-flop?

[Andromeda 0]

Full Tilt PokerNo Limit Holdem Ring gameBlinds: $1.1/$1.17 playersConverterPre-flop: (7 players) Andromeda is UTG with 7 K Andromeda folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, 3 folds, 3 folds, BB checks.Flop: 6 6 5 ($3.3, 2 players)BB checks, MP1 checks.Turn: 8 ($3.3, 2 players)BB checks, MP1 checks.River: 9 ($3.3, 2 players)BB checks, MP1 checks.Results:Final pot: $3.3my thought was that even though it's suited and has flush potential, there are over cards...and someone could easily beat my kicker. good call to fold?

[NEtwowilldo 0]

um, yes

[Acid_Knight 2]

Don't ever play cards like this from UTG in a full ring game.

[Zach6668 513]

You can play this stuff in position, if you're good postflop, but definitely not OOP.

[Andromeda 0]

You can play this stuff in position, if you're good postflop, but definitely not OOP.

still working on pre-flop so I guess as mentioned, just fold it - at least until I am comfortable playing post flop with a hand that can be dominated and/or counterfeited with a paired board.

[Acid_Knight 2]

Don't take this the wrong way, but it seems like you should probably read a basic strategy book to pick up some of the more fundamental aspects of the game. It'd be good for you and it'd answer a lot of these questions.

[Andromeda 0]

Don't take this the wrong way, but it seems like you should probably read a basic strategy book to pick up some of the more fundamental aspects of the game. It'd be good for you and it'd answer a lot of these questions.

no offense taken I have only been playing holdem for a few months off and on, recently been getting serious about it. I have picked up a few books that hopefully will help my game out, just taking a while to get through them.

[danc1984 0]

Don't take this the wrong way, but it seems like you should probably read a basic strategy book to pick up some of the more fundamental aspects of the game. It'd be good for you and it'd answer a lot of these questions.

I agree with this. FWIW I found Sklansky's No Limit Holdem: Theory and Practice to be pretty helpful. There is also a very good section on preflop strategy in the book.

[Naismith 0]

No joke, I found Hellmuth's book to be very helpful when I first started playing hold'em.

[Zach6668 513]

No joke, I found Hellmuth's book to be very helpful when I first started playing hold'em.

Well that explains why you are such a nit.

[Andromeda 0]

I agree with this. FWIW I found Sklansky's No Limit Holdem: Theory and Practice to be pretty helpful. There is also a very good section on preflop strategy in the book.

I picked up a couple Sklansky books and also Super System 2 (should I bother with 1? the way I read 2 was it was the rewrite of 1) plus a mathematics for poker book (my day job I'm an analyst so working with #s is more my learning).

[simo_8ball 0]

No joke, I found Hellmuth's book to be very helpful when I first started playing hold'em.

77 is the nuts.Apparently.

[danc1984 0]

77 is the nuts.Apparently.

LOL. Is that in limit where he says cap every pp?

[danc1984 0]

I picked up a couple Sklansky books and also Super System 2 (should I bother with 1? the way I read 2 was it was the rewrite of 1) plus a mathematics for poker book (my day job I'm an analyst so working with #s is more my learning).

Although hes pretty nauseating I found Gordon's little green book pretty helpful for beating the low limit cash games.

[litlebullet 0]

I just read small stakes holdem and feel that the same principles have translated into lo8. I haven't played limit holdem in a month or so.

[NoBBiR 0]

No joke, I found Hellmuth's book to be very helpful when I first started playing hold'em.

/PUKE