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September 20, 2005
You'll most likely end up playing your (marginally good) Pokerparty hand sandwiched between the bully and one or two people behind you. Even worse, someone behind you may wake up with a real hand (QQ, KK, AA, AK), and you'll be forced to pay four bets for a hand that may not even be worth one, and on top of that you'll be out of position for the rest of the hand.
While this may be solid advice for most limit poker party games (especially the low-limit games where most Pokerparty players like to call instead of fold or raise), at the higher limits (where the opposition gets tougher) and especially at pot-limit Omaha, this is simply not true. In limit Omaha, it is often good strategy to raise a bettor on the flop with a hand like top pair + kickers, a weak flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, when you figure your opponent for something like top two pair.
Excalibur Casino
I guess there are many players who, whenever in front, play as well or even better than me, however, no one plays as well when losing and that's when the money's made. It's the old saying about a chip saved being the same as a chip gained. Maintaining discipline is not an easy thing, however. The natural reaction when things aren't going well, is trying to get even. When your big Pokerparty hands get cracked, the natural reaction is to say: good hands don't win, maybe bad hands will.
Once again I decided to tip him better than I would normally do (one dollar instead of half a dollar, 20 schillings instead of 10) and this time, when he picked up the Pokerparty chips to put them into his chiptray, he was shaking his head in dissatisfaction, while getting ready for the next deal.
The Mirage
Be careful with the small rundown hands. When the money is deep, you might not be able to go all-in on the turn when the board is favorable. Playing against a big stack also when the river might make a new nuts possible (higher straight / flush / full) will give your opponent the chance to bluff you out of the pot when your hand is in fact still good, or you might decide to pay him off when the river has made his hand.
Therefore I sometimes defend with small poker party cards, especially when the raiser has a tendency to raise with big Pokerparty cards rather than big pairs. So you might not have to hit twice to win. More money is lost in limit hold'em by Pokerparty hands being dominated, that is hands like AJ vs. AK or KT vs. KQ, than in any other situation. When you flop top pair your kicker might not be good and when you don't flop a pair you'll have to fold since hitting one of your overcards on the turn may once again be more beneficial to the raiser than to you. Therefore avoid playing offsuit big cards in raised pots!
The Venetian Casino
When you bet $200 into a $200 pot, and both you and your opponent have a $2600 stack, you're basically betting your entire stack. When he calls your bet on the flop, you might very well bet the turn ($600) and the river ($1800). He may re-evaluate his Pokerparty hand, thinking, "Is this hand worth my entire stack?" and then decide to pass. Unless someone has the temporary nuts or a monster draw, you might win the pot uncontested. But when you check, someone else will certainly bet and you may have to pass.
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