That's not the same as playing a bad hand. Blinds are such a huge factor in determining hand worth. Like you said, a blind can elevate a 9-5, especially when considered against the table bets (or checks).
On 9/26/06, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't agree it's all "luck". > > Sometimes sure, I mean hell, almost all cards is luck, evenoon big > hands, but it also depends on who you are playing with. If people limp > in when the blinds are 10/20, and I have 7 10, and limp in with them in > late position, and the flop comes 10 5 2, and they then check around to > me, it's pretty safe to say they didn't hit that. I'll raise now to see > if anyone did. If I have callers, depending on what the turn is and if > they check again, I'll check. More often than not, I win this hand. > > OBVIOUSLY I am not going to call someone raising big in front of me with > such a bad hand. They could of limped in with pocket 2's. > > Sometimes the situation says why not play a bad hand. Last night I was > in the big blind for 800. Someone goes all in for 1100. Everyone folds > except the small blind who figured it wasn't too much more to call and > he had the chips. My turn. I am holding 9 5 off suit. Not the best of > hands, but it's only 300 to call. The pot has 2900. That's great pot > odds to call 300 more with a 9 5. > > Flop comes 6 7 8 rainbow. Small blind checks and I go all in. He folds. > Now the first guy and I are heads up. He turns over Q 5. I have the > straight already. Turn and river were nothing. He was drawing dead. > > Not a bad pot for a bad hand. :) > > Cheers, > Erika > -------------------------------------------------- > > ##| -----Original Message----- > ##| From: G Money > ##| > ##| Well, I hope your luck doesn't run out then...because if > ##| you keep playing bad hands, eventually the odds will even out. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216030 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
