Different Point of View

Hello,

I’m now bothered because of what I have found out in your Questions/Comments section, specifically the one about sets vs flush draws/top pair top kicker. As I read the situation of the sender, I remembered something. I remembered actually the same situation I had.

Well, to be honest, I don’t agree with your advice about betting again on the turn. I believe the problem is that bad players do not know the value of their hands well enough therefore you don’t have the chance to gather valid, significant information about your possible bet by which is against them. Just for like in one of my recent games, I had JJ preflop, I raise, one player calls, flop comes “3 5 9″. Then I bet and he calls. The turn comes another 9, and I bet while he goes all in. I then fold and he had 3 5 as a proof that he was not bluffing at all. Think about it, he didn’t know that two pair was already not for him.

I’m sorry to say this, but I believe the only way to win in tourneys is to steal blinds when the blinds go up and build up strong foundation for your chips.

Please, don’t think that I totally disagree with what you have said in your Questions/Comments section. Maybe somehow, my point of view is different.

Thanks!

Jesse

Jesse,

I’m not sure what your scenario had to do with sets vs flushes, but your point about bad players not knowing the value of their hands is a valid one. In situations such as those, the only thing you can do is to make note of how they are playing and punish them when you do flop a true monster.

In regards to tournaments, the way to get deep in tournaments has a lot to do with how competently you can steal blinds and antes in the later part of the tournaments.

By the way, in most cases, the player with the 3-5 will likely not make it that far, and if they do, they usually get their stacks taken late.

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