Help me out.. i Can't read people. |
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Posted Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:19 pm GMT by mikenike
Ok my hand was
2  3 
the flop:
4 5 7
the turn: 5
the river: 6
i thought it was like shootin a fish in a barrel... i thought i had it in the bag
so we were in a raising/betting war... the pot goes to about 300
and i smile while waiting the call to see the show down
i got rocked i had a straight 2 to 7 and he got 4 to 8
i was rocked... i cant read ppl very well... if u could give me some tips and some tips to not walking in a mine field... that would be appreaciated
thanks, mike
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Posted Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:33 pm GMT by wiggie77
Don't get into a raising war with the bottom end of a straight, especially with a pair on the board. You will lose.
Posted Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:49 pm GMT by Loonbat
You had the ignorant end of the str8 (btw, your straight was a 3 - 7) and again, the pair was on the board. With a hand like yours. the card you wanted to see was the Ace, for the nut str8.
This has nothing to do with reading people - it has to do with reading the board, which had 4 to the str8.
Posted Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:29 am GMT by Muck
| mikenike wrote: |
if u could give me some tips and some tips to not walking in a mine field... that would be appreaciated |
If you have a hand that could very well be behind don’t get into a raising war. That’s just common sense.
Don’t just assume a high hand will win. Hold’em is a community card game so hands are often very close.
You should have taken one look at the board and flat called his raise for value. That’s the advantage of FL and PL to new players, it limits the damage of your mistakes.
My advice is to invest in some literature mate.
Posted Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:23 am GMT by Idaho
Top tip: don't play crap like 23o and you won't have to make decisions like that.
Posted Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:30 pm GMT by arras
I honestly think you need to work on reading the board first, then reading people. When you see a flop, try to imagine all the hands that it could have made and how likely your opponent would be to have any of those hands.
Posted Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:38 pm GMT by Prodigy
try to notice what you do when you bluff or when you have a monster and look for that in other ppl...also notice when you do it
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