Thanks alot for the support guys. A common trait of poker players is stubborness I suppose its true in many forms of
gambling. Although I dont consider poker gambling. A person that plays poker is normally drawn to it initially by their gambling nature.
I'll try and explain the points that keep causing some of you problems so that you can understand nothing is ridiculous about this style of play.
Folding "Premium Hands" to a raise.
In cash games I always like to ensure I have the tools nescessary to ensure I can win a pot. As a result it is important my cards are live. Players generally raise with hands like AK, KK, AA - the amounts always vary but you can be sure 75% of the time people raise with these hands. Furthermore, people nearly always raise with other premium hands like AQ, AJ, KQ, JJ, KJ, A 10, QJ etc etc etc. Therefore if I am holding one of the latter hands I will fold to almost any raise.
Why? Simply because my hand could be dead or the chance of winning with it significantly reduced. I also never really know where I am in a hand if I hit top pair or even second pair. I'd much rather fold when it costs me nothing and pick a better time to play and win. Like when I can hit and be almost sure I have the best of it. I dont think any part of that sounds ridiculous. Remember, cash games aren't a race - you just have to make a profit.
Number Psychology
People are naturally tight when it comes to even numbers and loose when it comes to odd numbers. Therefore if I want someone to call a bet I will bet a number like 350. If I want a player to fold I will be a number like 420. In cash games, decimals are also psychologically stronger. Therefore I would always bet an amount like $6.20 if I wanted them to fold and $6 if I wanted them to call. Try it, it works.
And to quote Dorkus:
"His little summary thing is so ridiculous it was impossible ("You can never win as much with a big hand as you can lose"? lol) for me not to comment on it."
If you cant understand this concept then you should probably give up poker. I'd say that you are either a losing poker player or dont make very much from it with an attitude like this.
See the concept is simple. Suppose you get dealt pocket A's, the strongest starting hand in poker! But you dont improve your hand [which if you want to play by the odds, is a big favourite to happen] - then quite simply. All you have at the end of the hand is a pair of aces. Pretty weak, but yet people love to push everything in with them. I see people go broke so often with just a pair of aces, its ridiculous. If your an exception to this then please dont criticise me for stating the fact that most people will go broke with pocket aces. Now if you raise with them, people generally call raises with a premium ace hand. Since your holding 2 of them - the chances of somebody else having any is significantly reduced, so its less likely you'll have anyone dominated.
Other hands that might call you? Well, middle pocket pairs are a big one. People find them easy to lay down and again if they hit a set - aces go broke again...
Then we have almost every other hand possible in poker - if it hits two pair or any other hand in the poker table apart from "one pair" or "high card" then again your aces are bust.
Same goes for pocket Kings and Queens.
So really its quite simple, your very unlikely to win as much with big pocket pairs as you are with say for example 78 suited. Simply because, if the majority of players dont hit with them they can easily fold. Whereas if they do hit with them, they can bust the chump with aces, kings or queens on a 10 high board when they turn a straight!
I dont think any concept there is that ridiculous! Like I say, I hope you guys dont take my advice. The less players that play like this online the better. It'd make my life a hell of alot harder at the tables!
Remember guys, you dont have to win all the chips at the table. You just have to make a profit. So no matter how good that hand looks, always ask yourself if its really worth it and be prepared to let it go. Even when your Ebay Ebook
tells you not too!
Good luck guys! Espiecially snake and zinzan! Although judging by their responses I doubt they need it!
