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Defining playing tight and playing patient?

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  1. LongBall42 LongBall42 is offline

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    Mar 23rd, 2006 (3/23/2006 3:04pm)

    I've read and I've heard that in playing tournaments you don't necessarilly have to play tight during some stages of it, but you need to play with patience? Anyone care to truely define the meaning of patience in a poker tournament??
  2. Kenny Rap Kenny Rap is offline

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    Mar 23rd, 2006 (3/23/2006 3:07pm) in reply to LongBall42

    Patience is folding AT UTG
    Patience is folding AQ to a raise
    Patience is folding small pairs to big raises
    Paitence is laying down KK to 789 board
    Patience is folding 24 hands in a row

    Kenny
     
  3. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Mar 23rd, 2006 (3/23/2006 3:19pm) in reply to Kenny Rap

    What Kenny said.

    I'd add in folding hands like KQ and KJ suited from early position, and folding hands like 99-JJ pre-flop to a raise and re-raise.

    I was very proud of myself a couple weekends ago...I was playing 2/3 NL at Pechanga in California (nice casino), and folded every hand for four orbits. I had to get really tight because there were the usual "five guys in a raised pot preflop" every hand. The guy two to my left, especially was raising just about every pot. It was about 40 hands or so total, which took about an hour and a half. I consistently swallowed the temptation to loosen up, because I knew what it took to beat the table.

    After my long rag streak, I got to see a flop for free from the big blind, and took down a nice pot. Then I won another pot. And then another. Then, from the cutoff, I got KK, raised to $15, the maniac two to my left, made it $45 to go, I pushed for $200...and he showed me his AA. Fuck that guy. Fuck him up his stupid ass. I couldn't bring myself to reload, so I went and gorged on Pad Thai and sake.

    What was the question again?
     
  4. godseyt godseyt is offline

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    Mar 23rd, 2006 (3/23/2006 3:28pm) in reply to LongBall42

    I think playing patient is waiting for spots to make a move, regardless of what your actual cards are.

    Playing tight is waiting for premium hands.

    TJ
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