instincts and feelings

[Frigley 0]

I wanted to talk about something that i find really weird and has been happening alot to me recently, for example last night im playing a 25$ no limit table and im dealt the 9-7 spades in middle position.(i almost always fold these hands unless im in late position or i sense weakness)the player in seat one made a substantial preflop raise to 5$ and it was folded to me. For some reason i felt i was going to hit the flop very strongly so i called and everyone else folded. The flop came down 9-7-2and the original raiser moved all in for 12$ i called instantly and took down the pot. on the wpt's bad boys i remember gus calling antonios all in with a 10-8 diamonds and ended up winning the pot. Do you guys think it was dumb luck that i won that or that my insticnts really played a role in it.

[PhishForChips 0]

I wanted to talk about something that i find really weird and has been happening alot to me recently, for example last night im playing a 25$ no limit table and im dealt the 9-7 spades in middle position.(i almost always fold these hands unless im in late position or i sense weakness)the player in seat one made a substantial preflop raise to 5$ and it was folded to me. For some reason i felt i was going to hit the flop very strongly so i called and everyone else folded. The flop came down 9-7-2and the original raiser moved all in for 12$ i called instantly and took down the pot. on the wpt's bad boys i remember gus calling antonios all in with a 10-8 diamonds and ended up winning the pot. Do you guys think it was dumb luck that i won that or that my insticnts really played a role in it.

Dumb luck

[NexEffect 0]

The reason gus called was because there was substantial amount of money in the pot and he felt his cards wer live because either antonio had a small pair or 2 overcards. I don't think your insticts can tell you if you're going to hit or not but Brunson speaks of rushes were he keeps playing hand after hand because he's on a "rush". I dont know, to me there is just a percentage of time where you will hit the flop good and a % wehere u miss it, and thats it.Nex

[pokernoobie 0]

i hope this post is a joke...

[Dagg 0]

That happened to me the other day.I play low limit and I had pocket 7's in early position, which I would normally fold from that spot, but I had this good feeling about it for some reason and limped in.Anyway, I ended up hitting a set on the flop and quads on the river. /shrugs.

[SapphireTiger 0]

It really depends in which what you believe...The math says you shouldn't but sometimes your gut says yes.In poker you need to mix up your game a little...so why not mix it up on those hands where you have a gut feeling that its going to hit?Anyway, here's an interesting hand that I know i should have folded pre-flop and its a terrible play but i had a superstitious feeling.There's 7 players on the table, and its a $20 dollar cash game. I have about $40 bucks in front of me and pick up 6c 3c. UTG limps, someone in early middle position raises to 2 bucks. The guy to my right cold calls and I cold call as well. UTG Calls as well. Flop comes 5-4-2 giving me the nut straight! woohoo...Well UTG bets $8...everyone folds to me, and i call. Turn was a K and UTG moves in and i call. UTG had pocket 4's. the River was a blank and i took it down!

[21gambit 0]

insticts, neh, thats bs(the gus hansen situation was a "read", although how he knew antonio had a pp below 8s is insane to me.)you had insticts about the random number that a computer was going to generate? Come on...In NL, if a raise isnt that substantial you can call with just about anything(well depending on your philosophy, but I think you can if you like to gambool) because your implied odds are so great. I called a guys 5x the bb raise in a NL game with 54o because I knew he had a problem laying down big pocket pairs. We both were more than 200bb deep, so the implied odds were ginormous. Flop came 754, I flopped bottom two, check it to him(yeah yeah, I called out of position, I know I know) and then raise all in, he called, showing pocket jacks. Kind of a scarey situation because another 7 will bust me as will a running pair, but the turn was another 5 and no jack on the river to save him.Its all about your implied odds in my opinion, which is why I hate playing with short stacks(people who short buyin), I have to wait for premium hands against them because my implied odds are next to nil.

[vyrusguy 0]

I wanted to talk about something that i find really weird and has been happening alot to me recently, for example last night im playing a 25$ no limit table and im dealt the 9-7 spades in middle position.(i almost always fold these hands unless im in late position or i sense weakness)the player in seat one made a substantial preflop raise to 5$ and it was folded to me. For some reason i felt i was going to hit the flop very strongly so i called and everyone else folded. The flop came down 9-7-2and the original raiser moved all in for 12$ i called instantly and took down the pot. on the wpt's bad boys i remember gus calling antonios all in with a 10-8 diamonds and ended up winning the pot. Do you guys think it was dumb luck that i won that or that my insticnts really played a role in it.

Dumb luck

I agree

[hotdog da 2rd 0]

funny, i get that same instinct everytime i call a raise too, but i only brag about the ones that were right which is 0. :cry:

[NormanHaupt 0]

oh, dudethe other day I had a psychic preminition.I woke up, turned on the shower. Then.. it hit me. Right there........ I knew iwas about to get wet.

[21gambit 0]

I love it

[slappy110 0]

gus's call was from a pure mathematical standpoint..thats it. He put his man on a hand and given the set of hands he put his man on, his hand wasnt a significant enough underdog compared to the pot odds to lay it down...yours however...was dumb luck. Seriously though...i know theres no way you really had to ask this question...i know you're smart enough to know the answer here, hell you turned on your computer for christs sakes...

[Vertigo 0]

That happened to me the other day.I play low limit and I had pocket 7's in early position, which I would normally fold from that spot, but I had this good feeling about it for some reason and limped in.Anyway, I ended up hitting a set on the flop and quads on the river. /shrugs.

Why wouldn't you try to limp in with any pocket pair? Isn't it always worth limping (if you can) to see if you can hit a set? And if not, just fold after the flop? Just my opinion, and what I thought most people did with low to mid pocket pairs. :? I mean I might fold 2's to 5's or so, but I usually try to limp with any pocket pair if I can get away with it, and it pays off more than it hurts me.

[LAPoker 0]

I was on a table last night where aguy busted someone with the J8 of diamonds. He said he was "feeling it". A few hands later he was "feeling it" again with the A4 of hearts, well you know the rest of the story. I think that it is a great idea to play like this, but only if you are playing against me .

[DeNuts1 0]

Can't remember who said it first but.... cards don't have feelings so you shouldn't have feelings about cards.