stormswa
Legend
Silver Level
this is not my concept, I read it in a magazine but it makes great sense.
usually after one of my A.C. trips I spend about the next week thinking about my hands I played and trying to see if I could of played any of them better. At 1st I thought my QQ fold was a terrific fold but thinking back it really wasnt that hard of a fold. After i initially put the bet of $25 in and the guy called and the other guy came over the top of me for $100 what hand can he possibly have? With a caller before him he has to have KK or AA right?
now there is a better way for him to play his KK here ( I still think he wasnt lying when he said he had KK). The better way for him to play this would be to mini raise that KK. So if I bet $25 then make it $50 preflop. I would still put him on big hand because you have to have a big hand to re-raise a raiser preflop but I would have to call that extra $25 with QQ and most likley the limper would also. Now I'm a solid player and would most likely be able to get away from my QQ after the flop. But lets assume the other caller is a weak player, will he be able to? most likely not if he caught a piece of the flop. Weak players love to bluff on the flop.
so even if he takes this pot down on the flop he makes a extra $50 that he normally wouldn't of made. Sure he takes the chance of someone hitting a set but again that is a 12% chance and I think making the extra $50 or more will make up for the times someone hits set. By him raising so much on the flop even the weak players are able to lay down big hands. If weak player has JJ or QQ and all small cards flop you most likely are going to stack them with your overpair to theirs.
now this concept only works if there is a raise before you and not a ton of limper's. Thinking back I misplayed my 2 AA hands by betting 2 much and letting people get away from their hands. Think about it do you really want to scare everyone out preflop holding AA or KK, even with KK I don't want AK to fold. If he hits a ace it will be very obvious he hit it and I will be able to get away from my hand.
usually after one of my A.C. trips I spend about the next week thinking about my hands I played and trying to see if I could of played any of them better. At 1st I thought my QQ fold was a terrific fold but thinking back it really wasnt that hard of a fold. After i initially put the bet of $25 in and the guy called and the other guy came over the top of me for $100 what hand can he possibly have? With a caller before him he has to have KK or AA right?
now there is a better way for him to play his KK here ( I still think he wasnt lying when he said he had KK). The better way for him to play this would be to mini raise that KK. So if I bet $25 then make it $50 preflop. I would still put him on big hand because you have to have a big hand to re-raise a raiser preflop but I would have to call that extra $25 with QQ and most likley the limper would also. Now I'm a solid player and would most likely be able to get away from my QQ after the flop. But lets assume the other caller is a weak player, will he be able to? most likely not if he caught a piece of the flop. Weak players love to bluff on the flop.
so even if he takes this pot down on the flop he makes a extra $50 that he normally wouldn't of made. Sure he takes the chance of someone hitting a set but again that is a 12% chance and I think making the extra $50 or more will make up for the times someone hits set. By him raising so much on the flop even the weak players are able to lay down big hands. If weak player has JJ or QQ and all small cards flop you most likely are going to stack them with your overpair to theirs.
now this concept only works if there is a raise before you and not a ton of limper's. Thinking back I misplayed my 2 AA hands by betting 2 much and letting people get away from their hands. Think about it do you really want to scare everyone out preflop holding AA or KK, even with KK I don't want AK to fold. If he hits a ace it will be very obvious he hit it and I will be able to get away from my hand.