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  1. KBruce337 KBruce337 is offline

    Leesville, LA
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    Apr 30th, 2007 (4/30/2007 10:05pm)

    I'm a new low limit player,and I try to play good cards,but I seem to have a problem getting beat by cards I wld throw awaylike Ace rag,any 2 suited,etc. How can I get away from that?
  2. gillabong gillabong is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2007 (4/30/2007 10:08pm) in reply to KBruce337

    The fold button often solves this dilemma.
  3. fivermsg fivermsg is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2007 (4/30/2007 10:55pm) in reply to gillabong

    agreed the cards that you think are good...are in fact not good...just get that out of your head and fold them
  4. AFink93 AFink93 is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2007 (4/30/2007 11:01pm) in reply to KBruce337

    If you have to think about it for more than 5 seconds. Fold
  5. NotGreatYet NotGreatYet is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2007 (4/30/2007 11:07pm) in reply to fivermsg

    Think you guys are reading the OP wrong. A more likely scenereo is that you need to be more aggressive early. Generally newer players who complain about this have mid/low stacks late in the tourney, take a bad beat, and are out. The solution to this is to attain a bigger stack earlier on in a tourney. All players will tell you that to win a tourney you hvae to survive a bad beat or two. This can only happen with a big enough stack not to get busted by the bad beat. It sounds like you are TAG player (not a bad thing, I am too) which means you wont be involved in as many hands and you willgenerally be holding stronger cards than ur opponents. You must learn how to maximize profits from hands you are involved in.

    Another suggestion is to play more post flop. Keep pots small preflop and play more post flop. If you push pre with AK and get called with A3. The A3 beats you 30% of the time. If you raise 3x BB with AK and get called by A3. It is much easier to push someone offtheir hand / get away urs without going broke.

    Hope this helps.
  6. bjybjy bjybjy is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2007 (4/30/2007 11:17pm) in reply to KBruce337

    Your strategy probably needs to be adjusted slightly, and this would depend if you are playing limit vs no limit.

    I've taught a few new players in the past, and one pattern I tend to see is new players holding onto good cards too long. If you have KK and raise and the flop is like AJ6 and you bet and get raised 9 times out of 10 you are probably behind and should fold. Too often players won't fold a hand like KK because ITS KINGS! even after the ace hits. Or continuing to raise AA on a scary board after being reraised, etc. The first part of being a successful player is learning what cards to play. The 2nd is situational awareness, knowing when to raise with just a pair or when to fold two pair, etc.

    Pay attention to the hands you win and the hands you lose. Did you put any bets in while drawing dead? Did the majority of the money go in with you behind or ahead? These are the things that make a winning player a winning player.

    In the long run most of the players that play Ace rag, and 2 suited etc will lose money, but sometimes they'll get lucky and win. Thats just part of poker, and by playing good cards correctly in the long run you'll beat these players.

    If you have any hand histories where you think you played poorly or wonder if the other guy just got lucky you can post it and get some feedback.

    Good luck at the tables.
  7. I Fold I Fold is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2007 (4/30/2007 11:19pm) in reply to KBruce337

    Try to thin the field out a little more by betting preflop.....if you limp alot it might be allowing crappy cards in....but yeah, those plays happen to everyone- good cards mostly lack alot of potential to become great...like 1010 with 1010 you have exactly that two red tens- who cares?? They look "good" but thenFlop doesnt care, river definetly doesnt care, opponent is all with straight draws/back door flushes and over cards. u need to flop a set to really improve - you can barely make a flush, and if you do its crap...but you might not need to improve cause your paired..but your watching the cards fall off and screaming HOLD HOLD HOLD is not a fun way to live life...

    Another trick is ending hands your pretty sure your ahead on before the river and turn using big bets, and also picking up small pots that help you absorb the inevetable.
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