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i find that i have real trouble winning with pocket pairs abecause i always dont know how to play them any body got any ideas???

well actually i just played pocket 10 and lost too a staright when i had three of a kind 10s thats harsh i hate pocket pairssome peop,e are just lucky i think.!

well i havea few ideas of my own i think ishould only play pocket AA or pocket kk because i dont know how to play any other pockets properly!!!

well if any one would like to shead any light on me please do it would be much appreciated thank you very much!!!

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Basic quick guide to poket pairs:

Play AA KK and QQ agressively. Be a tad more careful with QQ if your getting reraised by a tight player.

Attack the flop hard, watch out for 3 cards to a flush or 2 of the same card on the board, specially if its high, someone may well have trips.

It may well also be worth reraising on the flop to see what the other guy does, if they keep raising chances are your hand may well be beaten. Have to use judgement here if you should keep playing or just give the hand up.

JJ and 1010 often get me into trouble, if you hit trips you will usually win (flop pending as you said sometimes people will get straights/flushes). Though if there are no overcards on the board and you raised preflop chances are you hand may well still be best.

Lower pairs only really play them from late position if there are 4 callers already, look to hit a set (3 of a kind) else you should usually fold to any action.


Also on a side note you can edit a post if you want to add something else to it rather than post 3 replys to your own post ;]
 
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when playing NL its best not to go all in with pocket pairs less than Ks unless you are positive that you hold the best hand. any two overcards against your pocket pairs are a very slight underdog so you dont want to risk too much money on them.
 
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nadirhassan said:
when playing NL its best not to go all in with pocket pairs less than Ks unless you are positive that you hold the best hand. any two overcards against your pocket pairs are a very slight underdog so you dont want to risk too much money on them.
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I've actually found that I don't mind taking a gamble with my chips VS. the overcards. Look at it this way... You are winning the hand and unless a card comes to beat you -- you win. So... if they do have 2 high cards, and the flop comes low... you are in good shape, or even if it comes high, they might miss their hand. I would rather be in the position to the lose the hand with a dominant hand, than in the position that I have to win the hand by catching a card. 10/10 I'll take that.

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maybe you should think about the read you have on your table before you decide,you may be able to make a large raise pre flop and draw them in or it may be that you feel you have to push all in pre flop,also i would maybe play it different if i was low stack than if i was large stack,but i always try to think about the read i have on the other players before deciding its no use pushing all in if you know by your read that your not going to get a call....sunshine
 
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In my view any pocket pairs (over JJ) in the hand in any position after the cut-off position if the action runned in fold or with only some limpers must be played very agressively in order to be called only by hands like AK, AQ or other pocket pair that can be weaker than yours...With KK and AA I would recommend going all in as you would avoid to be called by speculative hands like suited connectors that can cause you problems in a flop with 2or even 3 cards of one kind or good that can be good for a straight draw hand...

With a strong and agressive bet you will be only called normally by a Strong hand (AK, AQ, AJ, JJ, TT, 99) but usually dominated by you... And even other hands would be starting loosing for your hand...
 
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Grumbledook,

Sorry for using this post now to talk about a diferente subject but I saw that you like to play HORSE and I intend to read some good material about tha diferente games that composes HORSE in order to participate in the Decathlon Series at CC´s HG and I had opened a thread about it but nobody answered with any indication of material...

Can you provide me any help indicating how did you get know-how about HORSE?

Tks and rgds,

Grumbledook said:
Basic quick guide to poket pairs:

Play AA KK and QQ agressively. Be a tad more careful with QQ if your getting reraised by a tight player.

Attack the flop hard, watch out for 3 cards to a flush or 2 of the same card on the board, specially if its high, someone may well have trips.

It may well also be worth reraising on the flop to see what the other guy does, if they keep raising chances are your hand may well be beaten. Have to use judgement here if you should keep playing or just give the hand up.

JJ and 1010 often get me into trouble, if you hit trips you will usually win (flop pending as you said sometimes people will get straights/flushes). Though if there are no overcards on the board and you raised preflop chances are you hand may well still be best.

Lower pairs only really play them from late position if there are 4 callers already, look to hit a set (3 of a kind) else you should usually fold to any action.


Also on a side note you can edit a post if you want to add something else to it rather than post 3 replys to your own post ;]
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I usually make a standard bet pre-flop with pocket pairs, including AA and KK. There are a few exceptions, notably in a cheaper tournament when I don't mind risking my entire stack early on for the chance to double or triple up with AA, KK and maybe QQ. Lots of people will shove with lower pairs pre-flop, but just one caller puts you in a coin flip position, and two or more callers puts you way behind to 4 or more over-cards and/or a slightly better pair.

Assuming that your standard bet gets you to the flop relatively cheaply, then my next move depends a lot on the board and what villain is doing. Something like AcKh7c tends to put me in shutdown mode when I'm holding something like 6d6s, for example. Although lots of people try to do otherwise, I don't think that you're going to last too long if you play your lower pocket pairs too aggressively post, unless you hit a set on the flop.

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