Re: [ba-poker] You've got to know when to fold 'em

[William Chen <wchen_8369(deleted the rest)>]

--- Ken Kubey <kubey(deleted the rest)> wrote:


> Yes, I understand it.  For the 145th time, *I* can't
> do it.

Well it's a step from nobody can do it, as you claimed
before.  Seriously, I understand the proud stubborness
of "well it's the right thing to do, but I can't do
it."   

Let me give you a similar analogy.  I suck at tennis. 
I know I hit my backhand the wrong way, it would
probably take a lot of practice to get my swing right
at this point.   However, I would never say well
because I can't hit a backhand that way, a beginner
should not learn the right way to hit because it's too
hard.  This seems to be exactly what you are saying.  

 


> 
> If I play 7c6c in a no-limit ring game and the flop
> comes Ac-9c-3c
> and the biggest fish at the table pushes all-in and
> it's folded
> to me, I have a hard time looking at my cards and
> saying to myself
> "I have to play this hand like 7h6s.  I should just
> fold."

Well maybe you shouldn't fold.  Seriously how many
times have you lost all of your chips when the flop
comes all of one suit and you have that suit?  I
suspect you get into trouble with the flush draws.  


But in any case if it's a marginal situation where you
overplay yuor suited connectors and you *know* you
overplay them, this is the first step toward improving
your play.  


> 
> Just as I advise novice no-limit players to *never*
> call a raise 
> with KQ, I think it's wise for novice (non-expert)
> players
> to ditch hands like 76s to avoid being trapped. 

By teaching someone they should fold 76s and play 76o
you cost them much more than you will save them in the
short term.   I mean look you *know logically* it is
wrong to fold 76s in situations where you should play
76o.     

Bill