jadaminato
Visionary
Silver Level
I've been playing poker for a short time (seriously, at least), but every day I convince myself that the most valuable play I can do is fold a couple of aces when someone obviously has trips, or fold trips when there is almost certainly a Full-house on the table.
Books often talk about the texture of the flop and read your opponents. But I think sometimes it is not enough. I had to make a poster and paste it on the wall: FOLD. You open with JJ in UTG, one player makes 3bet and the next one puts all his chips in the middle. Do you have a good stack yet? Then, FOLD! You open with a pair of kings, the flop comes all of hearts and your opponent does all-in. Can he be bluffing? Of course. Finding out can leave you out of the tournament.
They are examples, no need to discuss them. But I simply believe that, along with learning to select the cards with which one is going to play, the first step should be to learn to fold them quickly when you are behind.
What do you think?
Books often talk about the texture of the flop and read your opponents. But I think sometimes it is not enough. I had to make a poster and paste it on the wall: FOLD. You open with JJ in UTG, one player makes 3bet and the next one puts all his chips in the middle. Do you have a good stack yet? Then, FOLD! You open with a pair of kings, the flop comes all of hearts and your opponent does all-in. Can he be bluffing? Of course. Finding out can leave you out of the tournament.
They are examples, no need to discuss them. But I simply believe that, along with learning to select the cards with which one is going to play, the first step should be to learn to fold them quickly when you are behind.
What do you think?