Playing Down to the Level of the Table

[Penguinfan]

I just can't believe a post started out with something besides "I consider myself a strong player". Props to you for being honest with yourself about your game, gigantic step in becoming a better player. I think things started to turn for me when I realized I was not very good at all. Sounds weird, but it's the truth.

[Aequitas58]

Love your sig, Peng...

[Talking Poker]

Was just thinking the same thing. Made me LOL.

[stussy2k]

this post has never been more relevant than me today. I was playing this charity game with 120$ buy in, and these guys were terrible. I loosened up, and started bluffing thinking that they had nothing and got busted fairly early. hard lession to stomach.

[bigjohnstud2o]

i could say different. I have learned this the hard way. 2 months after my marriage my wife asked where $1k had mysteriously gone. I had lost it online playing bad hands. I thought hell i always get rivered so I lost about 250 then was in "try to win it back" mode. That does not work either. Hard lesson and cost me a month of no poker. I decided that should be my punishment for myself that way i never try anything that stupid again.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Early in my session last night I had this hand....

10 9 in BB

3 calls, LP raises, I call, all call.

A 10 3 (2 clubs) I check, all check to LP who raises.

I call (I had been watching and LP had been showing down garbage, so I figured I would see the turn,if I dont improve, I'm out), all call.

turn is the J clubs putting the straight and flush on the board. All check to the LP who bets, I fold, someone raises, LP re-raises, raiser calls, others fold.

capped on the river, which was a 9.

LP turns over 66 and other turns over A7os, PAIR OF ACES WINS???? I would have won with 2 PAIR?????

You just never know what these players have. They would bet with any pair (regardless of what is on board) and they will bet it down to the river, and turn over garbage.

I might have saved 1 BB by not calling the pre-flop raise or the bet on the flop, but similar to low limit omaha games where lots of players stay in drawing I like to see the turn with anything, then I am out if I don't improve. And I ONLY do this against the players at the table who would bet anything but top pair consistantly. Still not a good play, probably, but if you do improve, you get paid off enough to more than make up for a few SB's lost seeing a few turns IMO.

"buy low, sell high"

[Talking Poker]

You were chasing a 5 outer. Regardless of what the river brought, the correct decision was for you told fold. And if you did chase it, and did catch your river card, how would you like losing to A9, for example?

[Talking Poker]

Rule #1: You can't bluff bad players.

[Aequitas58]

This is so true. It's so important to realize, in fact, maybe we should make it a sticky under the Bad Beats section!