Topic: #3 Bitcointalk Poker Series (0.05 BTC & BIG BTC Ticket sponsored by SwC Poker) - page 14. (Read 5371 times)

And I am going to come up with some new strategy. Last few days I have watched too many videos from experts and hopefully I can use them. I just need to control myself when I constantly receive bad hands.

I am ready for tomorrow's battle but I think I will need to borrow the chips from someone. It's been three days I have deposited the BTC and still they are unconfirmed.

Bring it on you tripped out Pikachu  
Hope so anyways wife has had the kids for the past couple days at the in-laws so when they get back tomorrow hopefully late afternoon she may be expecting my undivided attention... but if I'm already playing... who knows.
I think the odds are about right on that gamble.

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Some nice discussion around these hands. Flopped sets are amazing for strength on most boards and are so easily disguised. The key is you really just need your opponent to pick up a playable hand. I'd say the worst flopped set imo is generally AAA for that reason, you are likely going to win the hand but will struggle to get paid off.
I find they play similar to 2 pair hands or a top top hand on a dry board. Depending on your holding you wind up deciding on whether they are valuing/calling worse or hit a hidden monster.

Jamming the flop is tough to get behind, and can be a decent play most likely in  3-bet pot considering you hold the nuts and they may have KK or AA. In general though it will probably just cost you chips by driving away the action, because I don't imagine you have many bluff jams in this spot. I don't think you are going to run into that exact spot enough to justify the worry about potential monsters and the value you can extract. I can't remember how that one played out on the flop, I imagine I just flat called pre defending the blind. I definitely have to consider folding to maybe a 3/4 pot size bet or larger on the flop but it was just unlucky for you that I hit my straight on the turn.

The real trick here is somehow finding a fold or better yet slowing down enough to get paid when opponents miss the draw or avoiding a stack off if they have hit.

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Yeah both very solid players. I'd love to take another swing at it but I keep bubbling the satellites lol.

Lol... I knew we had great players in our amazing poker round but... this is crazy, isn't it?! 2/3 latest BIG BTC winners @ SwC are fellow mates!  

@mollok Yeah - you were knocked out quickly in our 4th series game but I guess still wasn't a very bad night when winning big btc? Admit, we are simply better than them, right?

Yeah - all relaxed you gonna own us? Wish I could say the same! 

Tomorrow's game is already paid - only the last three missing (provided you will play) after being kicked out first tomorrow... 

Damn I had one of those mini heartattacks, just be warned guys that tomorrow I'm back home from my vacation and ready to stack the wins!

efi, how many do I owe you for? Can't remember how many I paid for before 

No no it's tomorrow - we wouldnt play without you mate! Happened once and was bad enough, haha!

Wait, is the tourny today or tomorrow? I'm going on the road in a couple of hours and won't be back until tomorrow morning.. so if it's today I'm screwed.

Yeah, same here, mate, same here. And there were cases of me going all-in pre-flop with pocket Aces and losing to someone who called with like pocket sevens, or even lower then that. But still, I think it's impossible to play poker if you are afraid of losing all-in with pocket Aces. The thing is that in the vast majority of cases you are going to win. So, when to play then, if not in these cases?

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400 chips sent to "youcantwin":



and the registration done. There are only 3 of us there so far. Are we going to have less than 10 players this time? Nooooo! I hope not.


Mate, google “Run it twice”. You'll see some nice explanations.

I will be there to continue my attendance streak, don't worry. Probably gonna register tomorrow since I  am on barbecue today and don't trust myself to transfer BTC under heavy influence.

Hopefully that skrill requirement for chat got nerfed a bit.

I still have to win back a little bit more of my stake money.

Can I ask does any one know what it means the checkbox "Run it twice" ?

Where are you homies? Less than 31 hours remaining and no one except me, Pitkins and Betwrong registered! Don't forget to get on board before it's too late.

You can't imagine how many times I said the same thing to myself for two aces, when I get them I will go in no matter what! Because I lost with two aces zillion times, because I wanted to take a bit more and to take it slowly. And it's the same for every similar situation like yours now, but.... yes there's a big "but" here! Steam was up and down for straight, and maybe he will answer us here would he pay all in for that straight, before the
king of course..
Many times I was on that "other side", where I have a chance for straight up or down, and I have suited cards and I need one more for flush... my math is clear, even I tried to buy them (and sometimes with all ins) statist says I lost more times than I won.
I say that because you have players who will try to buy it with any rise you make, even if it means all in!

Above we have a nice discussion about what to do in some hands, and what Foma and Ty said about sets can be applied on many situations in poker, probably this is the bottom line:

You are right. Being not an advanced player, I didn't raised enough for my opponent to fold, when I flopped a set of queens



and when I realized that I should have raised, and did it, it was too late, because Steamtyme has had already rivered a straight, so he went all-in easily, and won:




Next time I get a set, I go all-in right away.

Sorry been camping. I haven't seen or heard anything on the hat either. Thanks for checking on it.

Oks, I am checking this with them - it's strange and they have already sent over some new unique redemption codes but it makes sense to first sort out why nobody has received their hat. Will give an update shortly!

Nothing on my side, I am still waiting! Maybe they have problems to locate Serbia and my town!?



Respect for these words, there's no way around some hands! And I agree that suited connectors are good cards for playing against sets, it's exactly how you describe it in most situations, many people will take it easy after set on flop so you can buy some straight/flush for cheap, but advanced players with set will play strong to kick you out if they see possibility for flush/straight.
In Sunday I had one hand with set of kings against set of 9's, as I remember we both got it on flop, I don't remember against whom I played that hand!

the odds of flopping a set are ~1 in 8 (set over set is ~1 in 100), and one only sees a pocket pair ~1 in 17 hands. that's the trouble. realistically, it is very rare that you can hand read your opponent on a set. and given the odds, you can't afford to fear sets on every board and fold away value.

so there's no way around it---running into sets is always gonna be painful even when you play it right IMO. when you have strong holdings on a dry board and you run into a set, you basically have to pay them off. that's how i see it anyway.

on the flip side, i love suited connectors (and one-gappers, kinda sorta) for this reason. most players will slow play a flopped set or other made monsters and will usually pay you off on a turned or rivered straight/flush.

hows it going guys , I'm really not sure if I will be able to continue the last 4 games since my schedule on Sundays is really tough ( Sunday is a work day here )
I will try my best to continue the series but not sure if I will be able to , especially that I have to timeout a lot due to having something else to do but still I may be able to do it

You are welcome, I was hoping you to get an email notification at least. I did not have a good week by the way.

Are you sure about it? We have legends here : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/am-i-the-oldest-member-here-5261878

We don't have that many participants to justify aggressive playing in the very beginning. Those who bluff a lot are usually the first to get kicked out. There are 2 or 3 such players, max, and sometimes none of them is sitting at your table. In short, if during the first hour you are not acting aggressively, you will most likely survive until only calm players left. Try it and see for yourself: if you are not an aggressive player, you will not be kicked out early, it's almost impossible considering the size of the big blinds during the first hour.