pstu said:
fuck its hard to understand what you're saying trixty
Oh well will just have to learn
haha - it's a jargon heavy game, eh? Some of it still throws me!
Regarding AK, or any play/raise pre-flop, it's really to do with your position on the table
in relation to your stack size
in relation to the size of the blinds
in relation when the blind is going to hit you next and
in relation to how your opponents have been playing. Many many factors to think about, position is one of the key ones. If your Under The Gun (left of the big blind, first one to act) you want to only play premium hands as the whole table is yet to call/fold/raise and give you info on what your up against. If you're down to the last 5 people, you can open up your hand selection, if the table is full you shouldn't be playing anything other than AA, KK, AK and limping in with other pairs hoping for no over cards on the flop, or flopping your 3rd one for a set if you're playing mid-low pairs. Whereas is your last to act, you know what most people are doing. QJ is a nice looking hand, but someone has raised, and someone else re-raised, it's not looking so good anymore. But if the whole table has folded around to you, you're looking great for having the best hand out there, raising it is almost a must, just be careful how you play from there if you get the Small Blind or the Big Blind calling you, and be prepared to back away altogether if the re-raise.
Many many things to think about...one of my fav plays from early position with a monster like AA or KK is to just flat call it, the re-raise huge amounts when someone else raises. Means that people between yourself and the raiser might limp in where they would have folded if you raised it. It's a dangerous play though as maybe no one will raise, then you've just let people limp in and the Big Blind see the flop for free...which can hurt, A LOT! The basic idea of pre flop raising is to reduce the number of players in the hand, and get the Small and Big blinds out of the hand unless they too have something good enough to call a raise. Raise to 3 or 4 times whatever the big blind is.
Oh, never ever raise with small pairs, unless you're one of the last few to act and your raise is just a motion to steal the pot right then and there. I see people do it all the time, espcially at Pub Poker. It's one of the dumbest moves every imo unless to take the pot down pre flop, or if you're small stacked, move all in and hope your 44 holds up.
Say your playing 77, close to 50% of the cards in the deck are higher than yours, what the hell do you do when the flop comes down K84? Could easily be that your opponent is playing a lower pair than you, could be he has an 8 or a K...you put yourself in ugly tough positions whether to call their bets. By increasing then size of the pot, it increases your want to win the pot. They could be on a draw, but you're not going to know until you bet and see if they call...if you do raise and are first to act, make a small continuation bet regardless of what's down, to see if they've hit or not, might be enough to take the pot down...if they call, you're in trouble. Mid and low pocket pairs are for limping, or calling someone else raise, and hoping like hell you hit a set (three of a kind) then you go to fucking town!
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You've got to be worried that either one of us has you smashed. Most times, any pocket pair up to like 8s or better will fold here. Pocket 9s and 10s may call but fold to any overcards on the flop. And even when you're up against JJ, QQ - you're still 50% to win anyway.
heh And yeah a fem at the FT would be awesome 
C*nts have never given me anything 
