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There's nothing worse than sitting at a table with a player who just doesn't seem to care: who acts like he's the center of a three-ring circus, and that all your attention belongs to him. There are certain levels of poker etiquette that some people seem to want to dismiss. Perhaps as a matter of public service, we should go through some of the more common disdemeanors of poker etiquette. |
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It's a very common situation: a bunch of players come into a limped or minorly raised pot, and the flop comes down with a pair on board (ie: 9 9 5, J J 8, etc.). You pair the second card. So you've got two pair, and if no one has flopped trips, you're probably good. Everyone checks around. What's your best move? |
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In the recent cold spell I've been on in cash games, I decided to switch up my own enterprising, mainly in the online world, to play exclusively low buy in tournaments for a while. With sit n gos and MTTs (multi table tournaments) online you can play for hours and only risk small pieces of your stack, and perhaps cool off on a string of bad beats. Playing in a 6 or 9 handed person sit-n-go tournaments certainly takes a different kind of mindset than a cash game, particularly in the online world where blinds tend to escalate more quickly. |
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Last week I talked a bit about pot odds how they can require calls with any two cards against a short stack in a tournament situation. But pot odds is definitely a more expansive and important concept than that: in fact it, along with position, should often be more important than the cards you are playing in a lot of different circumstances. |
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Playing in a variety of tournaments lately I've realized there are many players who don't fully understand all the aspects of tournament player: including standards of action when a short stacked player is all in, and when it is okay to call with any two cards. Let's take a look at what I consider the two most common tournament end game mistakes. |
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In an old issue of Card Player magazine, I came across an article by Bob Ciaffone in which he discussed the issue of being "pot committed," wherein you have too much invested in the pot to fold your hand no matter how clear it is that you are behind. I think a lot of players, especially new ones, misunderstand this concept, and often get themselves stuck in awful situations. |
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Studying the way other players play is obviously one of the most important methods of gaining info as to know how to respond to their betting: do they bluff a lot? Are they capable of making a play? Or are they solid as rock and only put money in with the nuts? Do they bet their hands before they are made? |
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