Poker Kiwi

bluesquarepoker.co.uk - Yesterday was an extremely happy day for me, the reason being that after 12 weeks or so of going along to my local three table MTT game, I am pleased to say that I have finally won it. For a while now I have been beginning to wonder if there was something wrong with my short handed play because I’d had 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th places, but hadn’t broken into the top two yet. All that changed last night after a successful past week for me in general actually.

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Despite not being particularly high on the leaderboard for our local league, I started out playing well in the final big game. During the middle phase after I had moved tables, things began to change, but I soon decided if I was going to make the money I had to just get stuck in with some hands and gamble a little. Luckily this paid off and I eventually finished 4th place for £130.

The money wasn’t the main point though, most importantly, I’d really played a great game at the final table and felt very much on form coming into last nights game. Despite finding myself short stacked with seven players to go, I refused to allow myself to get so low that I wouldn’t have a chance of winning, and after picking up some blinds with (3,3) on two occasions, I soon doubled up with (K,K). I kept the momentum going to get to the final three, and was lucky enough to find another (K,K) when the small stack shoved preflop wth (A,Q).

It was all over the very next hand when I called an all in raise preflop with (Qd,Jd) against (Qs,10s). Needless to say I have got my confidence back now, and will go along to Saturday nights game with high hopes.

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www.pkr.com - There are some players who will quote this hand as being the hand that has lost them the most money, and the reason for this is that the hand is strong enough to make you not want to put it down preflop, but vulnerable enough to get you into big trouble.

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If the you raise the pot preflop, and the flop comes with an overcard, which is quite possible, it becomes difficult to know where you stand. I would of course advocate a tester bet to get a feel for the relative strength of your hand, but if you are flat called, you have a similar predicament on the turn. Generally speaking, a strong raise preflop with (J,J) should give you an idea of where you are. Personally, I raise big preflop, and if I am called, then I will bet out heavily on a flop with no overcards to my Jack. If there is an overcard, I will bet smaller, and if I am reraised, fold the hand. If someone pushes all in after my strong raise before the flop, then this creates a dilemma.

Factor in the type of player your opponent is, how many chips they have left, and trust your judgement. Generally though, I will fold if someone pushes all in over the top of my strong bet preflop. The reason is, most players would not move all in over the top with a weaker hand than (J,J), and at best you are probably racing against two overcards. If you are happy to gamble your remaining chips on a probable coin flip because you are short stacked, then fair enough, but for the most part, I like to get my chips in with at least 60% to win the pot, when at all possible.