Re: [ba-poker] You've got to know when to play crap

[kubey(deleted the rest) (Ken Kubey)]

Quick asked why QQ was missing.

Yeah, I sometimes raise with QQ.  It's rare, but I do it.
I didn't want Bill to know my whole strategy :-)

Q wrote:
> You're putting in 10x the initial bet with J2o, which means someone just 
> has to call 1 time in about 14 (given the blinds and that there is usually 
> more than one player in) for you to lose your $5.  Two calls in 14 
> completely negate the $1-$1.50 you make the times you get away with 
> it.  And presumably you follow through on some of those plays, you're 
> costing yourself more.  I think the play is terrible.

Sometimes I follow through with a $10 flop bet at the $12 pot and win too.

Once in a blue moon, the flop hits my J2o or 93o and I trounce
some poor schmuck with TT or QQ also.
 
> You say you raise with three hands, AA, KK, and pure trash.  Since you get 
> the premium pairs maybe once in two hours, you must be playing the pure 
> trash more often.  

Nope.  I pretty much make the play once per session.  Usually in the
first 1/2 hour or hour, but not always.

It works wonderfully if I happen to get AA or KK in the next few hands.

> If not, it has no value as advertising.  

I really think it does have value.  People notice it.
They type stuff in the chat window like "Just try that again" etc.

> I agree with Bill.  I'd rather be going out on a limb with 33.  Since those 
> players are just looking for a reason to call, why do you want to be 
> enticing them when you have crap?

I want them to fold when I raise with crap.  
I want them to call when I have AA or KK.

So I wait for a good spot to raise with J2o, watch everyone fold
and then show it.  I imagine some of the players writing notes:
"Raised to $5 with J2o"
Maybe three sessions later they'll see me raise to $5 again, they'll
check their notes and jam with JJ.  If I have 93o, I fold.  
If I have AA or KK, I call.   They win $5 or lose $40.  Pretty cool.

I haven't been playing any no-limit ring games lately, but this 
play worked very well for me in 2003.  I like to play four games
at once. No-limit ring games take too much concentration.

Think about this... what's your counter-strategy against me?
Only call my raises with pairs and only continue if you flop a set?
How do you play KK if I raise?

Ken Kubey         kubey(deleted the rest)  (650) 933-3536