Wow! That's a pretty bad record for pocket 8's. I think you may have a serious leak there pal. How'd you do with 7's?tenbob said:Out of interest i looked up my stats on pocket eights, got them 14 times out of 1758 hands and only one once. Thats what you call NEGATIVE expetation, limp in or FOLD
That's a pretty tight playing philosophy. Just curious, at what point do you start calling with paired starting hands.Schatzdog said:I would have folded them out. 8's are a vulnerable starting hand and only worth pursuing if the board comes rags or you hit the set.
That's interesting. I'm going to have to look into that. Keep the tracker on and try raising with your medium pairs for a week. See if it makes a difference. I get decent results by isolating, or elliminating all together, my opposition with a big slick type raise. Out of position, fire away with a 1/2 to 3/4 pot bet if no scare cards show up on the flop. In position see how your opponent bets after the flop and act accordingly.tenbob said:Got the stats from Poker tracker, a bit sad i know but thats what i try to use it for to stop myself playing marginal hands when i should'nt, a lot of them stats are from full ring games when I limped in an didnt hit. By the way ive done much much better with 7's guess you have to have a bit of luck now and again lol