Out of my League

I am usually playing 3$ sng's but thought i would give 6$ a go. I see now that i am way out of my league

Example, check out this brilliant play by moa272


***** Hand History for Game 7258861437 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $6 USD Buy-in Trny: 41298385 Level: 1 Blinds(20/40) - Wednesday, July 30, 06:09:13 ET 2008
Table Speed #1330255 (real money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Vodastr ( 2,000 )
Seat 4: leesaunders ( 2,000 )
Seat 7: moa272 ( 2,000 )
Seat 10: Muschelinho1 ( 2,000 )
Seat 6: Cragstone ( 2,000 )
Seat 9: A_Smuk ( 2,000 )
Seat 5: DeanJulien ( 2,000 )
Seat 3: Eltren44 ( 2,000 )
Seat 2: pkrpatrol ( 2,000 )
Seat 8: LITTLENOSE3 ( 2,000 )
Trny: 41298385 Level: 1
Blinds(20/40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Cragstone [ Ac 9s ]
Muschelinho1 raises [160]
Vodastr folds
pkrpatrol folds
Eltren44 folds
leesaunders folds
DeanJulien folds
Cragstone folds
moa272 raises [280]
LITTLENOSE3 folds
A_Smuk will be using his time bank for this hand.
A_Smuk folds
Muschelinho1 raises [560]
moa272 raises [880]
Muschelinho1 is all-In [1,280]
moa272 is all-In [840]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, As, Ts ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
moa272 shows [ Js, 2s ]a flush, Ace high.
Muschelinho1 shows [ Qs, Qc ]a flush, Ace high with Queen kicker.
Muschelinho1 wins 4,060 chips from the main pot with a flush, Ace high with Queen kicker.
moa272 finished in 10 place.

With this kind of poker excellence i see that i have no business playing at this lvl

Rake+ said:

At least with the J2 he lost

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I really do not understand this move - On freeroll perhaps but on money game (even if only 6$) what is the point?

area206 said:

Suited cards are overrated. It seems that in a lot of tournaments that many people are calling or betting with suited cards no matter the card value and its mind boggling. I always wonder what are they thinking when they call or bet with those kind of cards. Maybe in limit its understandable but not in NL.

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I think that you are correct - Lets say I have 2 suited cards Diamonds as an example and in the flop+turn I have 2 more diamonds (so now total 4 diamonds) do I call an opponent's all in (i.e. someone on the table makes a raise that is causing me to all in)??
Usually I fold (unless I also have a strong pair) as the statistics in this case are against me - So I fold..

no difference

if you think there a difference between a 3 and 6 dollar sng your mistaken these limits will not show the cream of the crop. sounds to me like your a novice at best. try lower limits then move up until then read a few books

ysmisc said:

I think that you are correct - Lets say I have 2 suited cards Diamonds as an example and in the flop+turn I have 2 more diamonds (so now total 4 diamonds) do I call an opponent's all in (i.e. someone on the table makes a raise that is causing me to all in)??
Usually I fold (unless I also have a strong pair) as the statistics in this case are against me - So I fold..

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You have an 18% chance of improving. Is the other player's giving you 6 to 1 pot odds or better? If not, the correct decision is to fold. If you are in a freeroll and you're playing bingo maybe it's time to go with the donkeys and call.

area206 said:

Suited cards are overrated. It seems that in a lot of tournaments that many people are calling or betting with suited cards no matter the card value and its mind boggling. I always wonder what are they thinking when they call or bet with those kind of cards. Maybe in limit its understandable but not in NL.

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Its purely a hit and hope situation.

They just hope to hit the flush with no thought about playing the hand properly and seeing what develops.

It is so frustrating when you come up against people like that because the sad fact is they actually think they are playing the game right and that if they hit they played a good hand...

Nothing you can do against them really. Just hope they bust out early at the first all in call.

fcumred said:

Nothing you can do against them really. Just hope they get lucky early and build a big stack they can donate to you later by stacking with a flush draw.

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