punctual
Legend
Silver Level
When I say sneak attacks I mean situations where an opponent has a pair in the pocket which has connected to form a set on the flop. If you have top two pair and there are no straight or flush draws on the board you can feel very confident that you will prevail in the hand only to find out your opponent was hiding a pocket pair that connected to form a set on on the flop.
How do we avoid these situations? Situations like that seem like pitfalls that are inescapable. Like mines in the poker field that one can simply not guard against.
In managing the risk side of poker I've come across this situation quite a bit and I can't seem to find an adequate solution. One way to avoid this could be to simply never put all your chips in with two pairs. But many times, your opponents will have much less than two pairs and by not playing two pairs you will be giving up a lot of opportunity to build your stack. Maybe then we should only be willing to play two pairs aggressively when we are deepstacked? But in all honesty, when I am shortstacked and get two pair, that could be my saving grace: how would I fold that?
Just some food for thought. Would love to hear how other people are able to avoid the pitfalls of two pair versus a set. Clearly, if there are two cards of the same value on the flop then there is a chance someone could have the set by having a single matching card in the pocket. This situation is avoidable: you see a pair on the flop so you know the risk of a set or even a full house is there.
But I am speaking more about the situtation where a player sneaks into a pot with a pocket pair (i.e. limps in) and hits a set on the flop. If you have top two pair in that situation and there are no flush or straight draws, how do you get away from that hand?
thanks
How do we avoid these situations? Situations like that seem like pitfalls that are inescapable. Like mines in the poker field that one can simply not guard against.
In managing the risk side of poker I've come across this situation quite a bit and I can't seem to find an adequate solution. One way to avoid this could be to simply never put all your chips in with two pairs. But many times, your opponents will have much less than two pairs and by not playing two pairs you will be giving up a lot of opportunity to build your stack. Maybe then we should only be willing to play two pairs aggressively when we are deepstacked? But in all honesty, when I am shortstacked and get two pair, that could be my saving grace: how would I fold that?
Just some food for thought. Would love to hear how other people are able to avoid the pitfalls of two pair versus a set. Clearly, if there are two cards of the same value on the flop then there is a chance someone could have the set by having a single matching card in the pocket. This situation is avoidable: you see a pair on the flop so you know the risk of a set or even a full house is there.
But I am speaking more about the situtation where a player sneaks into a pot with a pocket pair (i.e. limps in) and hits a set on the flop. If you have top two pair in that situation and there are no flush or straight draws, how do you get away from that hand?
thanks