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Here is a link to an article by Phil Gordon. Here he discusses hands that you might think are good pre-flop hands to play.. but that really are not good decisions. He tells you about hands that are easily dominated and shouldn't be played. Good read in my opinion.

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datsme53 wrote:

Here is a link to an article by Phil Gordon. Here he discusses hands that you might think are good pre-flop hands to play.. but that really are not good decisions. He tells you about hands that are easily dominated and shouldn't be played. Good read in my opinion.

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Thanks for sharing this article. So many players play a certain hand because it is suited, connected or just their favorite hand. They really need to read this. x
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datsme53 wrote:

Here is a link to an article by Phil Gordon. Here he discusses hands that you might think are good pre-flop hands to play.. but that really are not good decisions. He tells you about hands that are easily dominated and shouldn't be played. Good read in my opinion.

Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Poker Tips: Tips From the Pros: 22nd December 2009

Here is a link to an article by Phil Gordon. Here he discusses hands that you might think are good pre-flop hands to play.. but that really are not good decisions. He tells you about hands that are easily dominated and shouldn't be played. Good read in my opinion.

Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Poker Tips: Tips From the Pros: 22nd December 2009
[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Thanks for posting this link. It's the good, common sense kind of stuff players should know, and understand, why they should be dumped. . .

That said, you won't see these hands described often tossed into the muck at the micro stakes level -- much less a freeroll -- raise before them or not. People play their potential for making big hands and are willing to lose chips -- before and after the flop and right down to the river -- with them regardless of the small percentage of time that they will complete that monster hand. . .[/FONT]
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SycoSteve wrote:

Here is a link to an article by Phil Gordon. Here he discusses hands that you might think are good pre-flop hands to play.. but that really are not good decisions. He tells you about hands that are easily dominated and shouldn't be played. Good read in my opinion.

Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Poker Tips: Tips From the Pros: 22nd December 2009
[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Thanks for posting this link. It's the good, common sense kind of stuff players should know, and understand, why they should be dumped. . .

That said, you won't see these hands described often tossed into the muck at the micro stakes level -- much less a freeroll -- raise before them or not. People play their potential for making big hands and are willing to lose chips -- before and after the flop and right down to the river -- with them regardless of the small percentage of time that they will complete that monster hand. . .[/FONT]

Thanks for sharing!
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datsme53 wrote:

Here is a link to an article by Phil Gordon. Here he discusses hands that you might think are good pre-flop hands to play.. but that really are not good decisions. He tells you about hands that are easily dominated and shouldn't be played. Good read in my opinion.

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Really usefull.Thanks
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decebal wrote:

Really usefull.Thanks

It's usefull information. just seems like the crap hands that i fold turn out to be winners. lol
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WildmanSC wrote:

It's usefull information. just seems like the crap hands that i fold turn out to be winners. lol

Awesome read! Thank you soooooooooo much for posting this 😁

very nice of ya! :dance:
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SycoSteve wrote:

Here is a link to an article by Phil Gordon. Here he discusses hands that you might think are good pre-flop hands to play.. but that really are not good decisions. He tells you about hands that are easily dominated and shouldn't be played. Good read in my opinion.

Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Poker Tips: Tips From the Pros: 22nd December 2009
[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Thanks for posting this link. It's the good, common sense kind of stuff players should know, and understand, why they should be dumped. . .

That said, you won't see these hands described often tossed into the muck at the micro stakes level -- much less a freeroll -- raise before them or not. People play their potential for making big hands and are willing to lose chips -- before and after the flop and right down to the river -- with them regardless of the small percentage of time that they will complete that monster hand. . .[/FONT]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Thanks for posting this link. It's the good, common sense kind of stuff players should know, and understand, why they should be dumped. . .

That said, you won't see these hands described often tossed into the muck at the micro stakes level -- much less a freeroll -- raise before them or not. People play their potential for making big hands and are willing to lose chips -- before and after the flop and right down to the river -- with them regardless of the small percentage of time that they will complete that monster hand. . .[/FONT]


So so true, you can't raise anybody out of a hand and it is amazing how many times the crap cards will it the river and knock you out !

In one way you want other players to play those week hands and build your chips, but all to often they will hit.
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TurboDave wrote:

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Thanks for posting this link. It's the good, common sense kind of stuff players should know, and understand, why they should be dumped. . .

That said, you won't see these hands described often tossed into the muck at the micro stakes level -- much less a freeroll -- raise before them or not. People play their potential for making big hands and are willing to lose chips -- before and after the flop and right down to the river -- with them regardless of the small percentage of time that they will complete that monster hand. . .[/FONT]


So so true, you can't raise anybody out of a hand and it is amazing how many times the crap cards will it the river and knock you out !

In one way you want other players to play those week hands and build your chips, but all to often they will hit.

It really is amazing how often people hit their miracle cards 😔

I swear it's not just a matter of me playing 1000's of hands, the %'s are way off
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MRpoker wrote:

It really is amazing how often people hit their miracle cards 😔

I swear it's not just a matter of me playing 1000's of hands, the %'s are way off

It really is amazing how often people hit their miracle cards 😔

I swear it's not just a matter of me playing 1000's of hands, the %'s are way off

Shouldn't be that amazing. If a fish/donk is going to play any two cards to the river, even AA will get beat nearly 1 out of 5 times.
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FatBasset wrote:

It really is amazing how often people hit their miracle cards 😔

I swear it's not just a matter of me playing 1000's of hands, the %'s are way off

Shouldn't be that amazing. If a fish/donk is going to play any two cards to the river, even AA will get beat nearly 1 out of 5 times.

It's always tempting to call a two to three BB blind raise with KQ or something like that. It's true those hands are very easily dominated. When you can hit twice you can make a big pot though. Already lost some tournament with AK against A10, me hitting the A on the flop and the other hand making double pair on the flop...
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