tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14010211.post114386762322181588..comments2024-01-08T06:12:13.666-08:00Comments on Pot Committed: Here Comes Your Nineteenth Nervous Breakdownchange100http://www.blogger.com/profile/18345734448270997870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14010211.post-1144015897986118972006-04-02T15:11:00.000-07:002006-04-02T15:11:00.000-07:00I have saved LOTS of money by folding trips with a...I have saved LOTS of money by folding trips with a low kicker. I'd do it there, unless it was at the end of the tournament and I needed to take a chance. You don't there.<BR/><BR/>Cheer up and good luck taking a break. I'll be looking forward to your posts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837529956827141862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14010211.post-1143905496122680522006-04-01T07:31:00.000-08:002006-04-01T07:31:00.000-08:00Change, I think it's 100% fine for you to push wit...Change, I think it's 100% fine for you to push with your trip 4s in that hand. I assume since you posted it up on the blog that you eventually got effed by doing so (maybe he had 2 pairs on the flop and was slow-playing, or maybe as hoff suggested he has trips with a higher kicker, like A4or K4 suited, something like that). I just think, hidden trips on a low card like a 4 is not really something I tend to worry too much about the other guy having when I play, unless his play clearly indicates that he does have it, and that is not the case here (even though there was no preflop raise). I think if you pushed there, and lost, then that's just part of the game but you cannot question your play given the action thus far in that hand. Again, you may get some comments to the contrary, but I think that's just because since you're posting this in the blog, people assume you lost and will start telling you how you could have known you were behind, etc. I don't think in reality you could have known, and you just lost a tough hand that you played correctly. It happens.<BR/><BR/>Come look for me anytime on pokerstars (I'm on every night just about) or on the IM and I'll play a low-buyin sng with you and we can take it 1-2. :)Hammer Player a.k.a Hoyazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031535857121915911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14010211.post-1143878627513765762006-04-01T00:03:00.000-08:002006-04-01T00:03:00.000-08:00Good luck with the hiatus. Clear the head, pick s...Good luck with the hiatus. Clear the head, pick some random puzzle games on Yahoo or something, just to keep the brain exercised. One of the comments on the previous post was right...don't try to play thru it. You'll just wind up increasing your tilt and decreasing the bankroll. Take a break or at least change it up game-wise, if you can't completely step away from the poker machine. <BR/><BR/>Regarding your hand, tough call. My first thought was to push with your set. Unfortunately, I think SB has you out-kicked, if nothing else. Maybe he hit a boat, with J4 or 34. How had he been playing? Tight? Aggressive? With 3 people in and presuming he's got at least a pair, I see his check-call as expected. You represented that you had some sort of hand, but not a major one. Your 2/3 pot bet tells him you've at least got 2 pair, and his reraise tells me he's at least got a set of 4s, and maybe a boat. If he made the boat, it might be the lower one, and he's trying to scare off a higher kicker pairing on the river. Otherwise he's got a set and probably has you outkicked. Of course I know absolutely nothing, so I'm sure he's on a stone bluff draw with a 26 or 56. He could have paired a J or 3 on the flop, with the turn giving him 2 pair, but I'm not sure. It just feels to me as though he made his boat, probably with the 3, and is trying to scare off your set before you river a higher boat.iamhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906251208254471487noreply@blogger.com