tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post111680812160199020..comments2024-03-27T20:48:06.452-07:00Comments on Ramblings of a Mad Man (The Divorced Years): Foiled Again!SirFWALGManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01310209706844541719noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-1121058534340358652005-07-10T22:08:00.000-07:002005-07-10T22:08:00.000-07:00Anonymous: certainly wasn't advocating frequently ...Anonymous: certainly wasn't advocating frequently playing AK for half your stack. I was talking in regards to this specific situation: the agressor raising to half his stack would have been a minimum raise to 4800 here (another 2400) and personally I would have called the 2400 taking the 3-1 pot odds then check/folding unless I connected on the flop. <BR/><BR/>Still though, I've really taken to not overplaying AK preflop in tournaments and I think its done wonders for my results - considering most of the time when calling a substantial raise you're going to run in to a pocker pair at the worst, you're a coinflip at best and putting your tournament at risk for a slight edge (or slight disadvantge) isn't a smart play IMO.Performifyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854398727275969150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-1117127202869467482005-05-26T10:06:00.000-07:002005-05-26T10:06:00.000-07:00You want to lay down AK preflop with 10BB in a fre...You want to lay down AK preflop with 10BB in a freeroll? Absolutely not. Also, nobody seems to care about your substantial pot odds here, considering you are getting almost 2:1, it's beyond a no brainer. <BR/><BR/>performidy:<BR/>Playing AK for 1/2 your stack and folding on bad flops might be the worst possible way to play it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-1117046686561323392005-05-25T11:44:00.000-07:002005-05-25T11:44:00.000-07:00I've been overplaying AK pre-flop lately in NL tou...I've been overplaying AK pre-flop lately in NL tournament games, and its gotten me in a lot of trouble. So much that I would have laid this down to the re-raise, given that you're a coinflip at best if you put them on any pocket pair.<BR/><BR/>If they'd re-raised half your stack I would have just called and looked for a favorable flop, however.Performifyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854398727275969150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-1116868105367890102005-05-23T10:08:00.000-07:002005-05-23T10:08:00.000-07:00Even those bitches get lucky sometimes. I would ha...Even those bitches get lucky sometimes. <BR/><BR/>I would have called too, FWIW.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357131421636224573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-1116859136085478792005-05-23T07:38:00.000-07:002005-05-23T07:38:00.000-07:00In a freeroll, who the hell knows what the other g...In a freeroll, who the hell knows what the other guys is playing.<BR/><BR/>If this was a regular tourney for decent cash, I'd avoid the probable coin-flip like the plague and take the hit.<BR/><BR/>Fold.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069654181152145893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-1116836074411954612005-05-23T01:14:00.000-07:002005-05-23T01:14:00.000-07:00Hell no. I would have just pushed allin off the ba...Hell no. I would have just pushed allin off the bat (but that's my tournament strategy at the moment).Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403155543430328219noreply@blogger.com