ONE OF THE BEST IN THE GAME SUCKS OUT ON ME!!

BB with 10bbs and me holding AQ, i'm calling 99.9% of the time.  Though I would never limp AQ in EP without a plan.  

Originally posted by actyper BB with 10bbs and me holding AQ, i'm calling 99.9% of the time.  Though I would never limp AQ in EP without a plan.

Exactly, Not raising because you have had bad luck with AQ is ridiculous. If you planned on trapping a shove from AJK than well played. I don't mind the risk considering his range contains several acex hands. It is that you don't understand his move that really bothers me. He knew you would fold a high percentage of open limped hands. It just so happened that you had a hand worth limp calling because you are superstitious not because of a well laid trap.
Why are so many of the new posters supernits who cry whenever a big hand gets busted? It is ruining the poker discussion here. Just one complaint about a bad beat after another. Also some of the advice to basically play even tighter and weaker is beytond reason. In a tournament you must accumulate chips. With escalting blinds it is imperative to play more than the top 10% of hands and hope for the best. Good luck at the tables nits. you will need it since your results are completely card dependent.


Sorry about the recent rants, but I feel like I am talking poker in 2005 with most of you. Listen to teddy, AC, and steve. They have a solid understanding of tournies and their advice can really help ones game.

Originally posted by abwil Well the rest of us are glad ur hands are holding when they should but for the rest of us we are sick and F-n tired of the donkey push getting rewarded and then people jump on the one who was right in the first place for btching about a BS  hand winning. Noone ever thought of being on the bad beat persons side? NO heaven forbid people call out the donkey play not online anyway He called out of position for a reason(AJK was doing it alot with trash) why would someone in the sb or bb think it would be OK to push a DONKEY hand. I mean COME ON your either used to beating people with crap or just a plain DONKEY.

He pushed the hand not because of hand value but fold equity. If you do not understand this no wonder all you do is complain about rigged online play. I am not faulting the call just the logic in the over all thought process of the hand. If you call there you have to expect to be 60/40 at best. Its a gamble. I take the gamble every time to accumulate chips and if I lose so be it.

Great post Zombie. The only point I would like to add is that I think simply cashing is overrated on this forum. the money is so concentrated on the final table in tourneys it is necessary to take certain risks to give yourself a better chance at a deep finish. I am aware of the bubble and not overly reckless when I near cashing but realize one final table is worth several mincashes.

TNR- In micro/low limit mtts I don't count the 'bubble' until it's like the 5-6th level of payouts :p. With a larger buy in I'm poor so I'm ok with the 2-3x my 50-200 dollar payout of a mincash. I also feel those mincashes are buy ins for a future tournament with a chance at having a larger at the bubble stage (does that make sense at all?). Whether I'm playing live or online, my poker money is my poker money and I want to invest it just like I would want to do well at my job or in the stock market (speaking of which, up 30% this weeK!)