tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18806762.post8481428058775320211..comments2023-09-28T06:47:43.209-04:00Comments on The Surly Poker Gnome: Losing hand analysisGnomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181215527323378978noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18806762.post-32220012115619790102007-08-12T11:14:00.000-04:002007-08-12T11:14:00.000-04:00I probably would have dumped AJo from UTG+1. Notic...I probably would have dumped AJo from UTG+1. Notice how you followed your instincts at the turn/river -- ask yourself why you didn't follow them preflop?<BR/><BR/>AJ is notoriously a trouble hand, ESPECIALLY out of position. Sometimes following your head isn't what you want to do when not following your head got you there in the first place. Subconsciously, you might have told yourself he was on a draw to justify being in a tough spot with AJ to begin with.<BR/><BR/>That being said, don't get too down on yourself. You're a good player, you know it, you'll bounce back. Everyone needs to step back and call themselves an asshole a few times before they jump back on the horse :)Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644167028068668751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18806762.post-20832520774209391212007-08-10T12:53:00.000-04:002007-08-10T12:53:00.000-04:00I don't think I could have gotten away from hand n...I don't think I could have gotten away from hand number 1 either. You will win that play more times than not.<BR/><BR/>I really hate playing marginal hands like AJo. That is the exact trouble you get into. I like the check on the flop and the bet on the turn, but I would be afraid to bet on the river. That's just me. If your opponent is a calling station then he could be on any pair, which would have me beat. I would have tried to minimize my losses on the turn and I am sure he would have bet out on the river and I would have folded. I think if I was ahead at the river, then he would have checked it down after the K came. That just my opinion.jamyhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446095034113797225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18806762.post-35828192039484877662007-08-10T10:41:00.000-04:002007-08-10T10:41:00.000-04:00I actually admire that strength in the second hand...I actually admire that strength in the second hand. 1st hand, nothing you can do, IMO. I'm not too crazy about the board of KQ6 when I have AA but again, what can you do? AA vs set stacking is almost unavoidable.<BR/><BR/>2nd hand, like I said, I admire the shove. You went with the read. Nothing you can do about the turned set.Alan aka RecessRampagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00544791207717813141noreply@blogger.com