Comments on: Bad Beat or just a Bad Play http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2008/06/bad-beat-pla/ Fri, 21 May 2010 12:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim L http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2008/06/bad-beat-pla/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Jim L Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:36:27 +0000 http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/?p=30#comment-99 Hard to call that a bad beat. So many variables though (what stakes, everyone limped, type of player you are against, etc). First you only bet a little on the flop, making it easy for donkeys to call if they hit any of that flop. Then you checked the turn and called their bet, if you truly believed they didn't have the better hand, a raise is in order. I think a big bet on either the flop or turn will tell you where your hand stands. He probably folds to a big bet on the flop, but if he hangs around and calls the turn too, you should be on notice at this point. If he went all-in on the turn would you have called? Not trying to be harsh, just my thoughts. Jim Hard to call that a bad beat. So many variables though (what stakes, everyone limped, type of player you are against, etc). First you only bet a little on the flop, making it easy for donkeys to call if they hit any of that flop. Then you checked the turn and called their bet, if you truly believed they didn’t have the better hand, a raise is in order. I think a big bet on either the flop or turn will tell you where your hand stands. He probably folds to a big bet on the flop, but if he hangs around and calls the turn too, you should be on notice at this point. If he went all-in on the turn would you have called?

Not trying to be harsh, just my thoughts.

Jim

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