Posted Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:03 pm GMT by airmcnair8888
I was watching the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel located in Reno Nevada...
It had 6 poker players including TJ Cloutier....
eventually it came down to 3 players...
I was noticing that if someone was dealt a poket pair or A  K  or even one time with A  A  or other good hands they would go All-in before the flop knowing that there was only 2 others to possible call.
the other players would usually fold
Sure most of the time it was the small stack that went all-in but wouldnt you think that they would try to get more out of their hands then the blinds.
Anyone watch this show who can better understand what im trying to say?
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Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:41 pm GMT by JPopham
You mayt be the biggest dumbass in the world. If u knew nething about poker than you would know that the best time to go all in is pre-flop 
By going in then your opponent is more likley to call b/c he dosnt no where he stands at that point unlike whn there is community cards already on the board, and it is more temptin to call 
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:38 pm GMT by airmcnair8888
Well besides the remark thanks for the reply...
if i was a poker genious i wouldnt have to post any questions..
Thats why there's forums
so dont criticize my questions
Posted Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:06 pm GMT by ChieF
Good Question airmcnair8888, Im new topoker but I think I have a good understanding of poker. They go all in with those hands because most likly they have the best chance of winning, they will take risk like that to get far ahead of they do win..
Just muy 2 cents.
Posted Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:30 pm GMT by CapCanada
Plus, at that period of time in a tournament (final table, final three players) the blinds are probably quite substantial. And worth stealing.
I know that when I play in tournaments (online and live) I tend to use that move a lot in order to steal the blinds...a lot of the time, guys afraid of busting out and won't call you with something sub-par. A-K, A-A, and K-K shorthanded like that means you probably have the best of it, at that moment....
Seeing a flop could put someone on a flush/straight draw and suck out on your PP...
Anyways, cheers!!!!
Posted Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:36 pm GMT by Always_Bored
| JPopham wrote: | You mayt be the biggest dumbass in the world. If u knew nething about poker than you would know that the best time to go all in is pre-flop
By going in then your opponent is more likley to call b/c he dosnt no where he stands at that point unlike whn there is community cards already on the board, and it is more temptin to call |
That was uncalled for.
Posted Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:36 pm GMT by theyweresooted
They do it usually when the stack sizes are such that if they get raised, they'll have to call. So if the blinds are 10000/20000, and your stack is 100,000, a standard raise would be to 60,000. If you make the standard raise and I reraise you all in, what are you going to do? Fold for 40,000 more when the pot is 200,000 and I could have a lot of different hands? No, you'll call. But your lower first raise means that I can choose to call and see the flop relatively cheaply. Then if it hits me, I can take the rest of your money, or if it doesn't hit me, I can save 40,000.
Going all in preflop forces your opponents to make that decision before they know whether the flop will help them or not.
And just winning the blinds is pretty significant in this situation. You'll end up with 130,000, increasing your stack by 30%.
Posted Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:58 am GMT by Muck
| JPopham wrote: | You mayt be the biggest dumbass in the world. If u knew nething about poker than you would know that the best time to go all in is pre-flop
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Correction dumb a*se the best time to go all-in is when you’re confident you have the best hand and the reduced game information pre-flop allows you to gauge this quite accurately.
The guy might also have been wondering if it was more profitable to slow play good hole cards when short handed so don’t jump on him because you think his question is foolish when you didn’t even give it some thought.
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