Poker Blind Spot

Hi All,

I seem to have developed a blind spot in my game. It has caught me out at least three decent sized pots in the last month or so.

It happens when I have a pocket pair, ie TT JJ 99 etc and the board comes say 483.

I have an overpair to the board, but then get caught by someone with a bigger pocket pair. My 99 beaten by JJ, my JJ beaten by QQ etc etc.

I raise a decent amount, the person might re-raise, i typically come over the top and then get snapped off.

Dont even know what sort of help to ask for but this is starting to annoy me......

CuttleFish

I never seem to see it coming.

Post specific situations in which this occured. Post a few if it helps.

Know your opponent. In your example, 99 isn't the best hand to push all in on, you are behind a lot of hands. QQ nearly falls into this category as well.

For example, you lead preflop with QQ and get raised by the rock in seat 4 that has played 2 hands in 2 hours. Be very afraid.

Losing 3 pots in a month with overpair vs. overpair sounds like you are running really well.

baudib1 said:

Losing 3 pots in a month with overpair vs. overpair sounds like you are running really well.

Click to expand...

yah.. no kidding.

OP, what scenario is this in? (tourneys? what level, etc., cashgame?)

WiZZiM said:

Post specific situations in which this occured. Post a few if it helps.

Click to expand...

^ this. There are plenty of situations where stacking in these spots is standard, and playing your overpairs scared of an even bigger overpair every time is just stupid.

This one happened to me yesterday:

2/5 NL live cash game

Short handed, 5 players

BTN: $ 500
SB: $200
BB $ 220
UTG $ 180
Hero $ 210

Pre-flop Hero has JJ.
\UTG folds
Hero raises to $25
BTN folds
SB folds
BB (Villain) calls.

Flop is 3 7 9 rainbow.

BB checks
Hero bets $25 (bad sized bet? think it looked weak)
Villain BB raises to $50
Hero goes all-n
Villain calls and shows QQ

I think his check on the flop threw me? He seemed like he knew what he was doing so I assumed he would have raised with a decent pp, thats why I didnt put him on it. I read it that he was reading my $25 as weak and trying to push me off the hand.

this is one example from yesterday but it is pretty much exactly the same situation that has caught me out a few times lately.

If it is just standard, then no big deal. It just feels to me like I am missing something.

buy in for at least 100 BBs.

with little more than a pot-sized bet left you are felting an overpair especially vs. lolliveament players.

If you're playing full ring online NL10 and a 4/0 nit calls from the sb vs. your UTG open you can pretty safely b/f the 725r flop with QQ but here, with no 3-bet pre it's pretty much impossible to put the guy on QQ+ unless he was a total retardo nit (these players do in fact exist in live games)

hi baudib, thanks.

so you think me not being topped up to 100BBs was significant here? It did feel that way as I didnt have a lot of moves left. Actually now i think of it, this has been the same for all the ones that have annoyed me..........

Excellent point, thanks.

btw, what does "felting" mean?

shoving, pushing, shipping it, i.e. putting all your chips in the middle so there's naught but felt in front of you.

Just don't get "felted" - nothing but felt left - no more chips