What excuse do you use when playing a bad hand?

LADYRED · Newbie Joined: Dec 15, 2004 Posts: 6

Some of the more common excuses include things like "I was already pot committed" or "I thought he had me beat, but it was just too good to lie down."

What are some of the expressions you hear when someone calls you down? My favorite is I gotta call ya to keep you honest. Laughing

RoryN · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:58 am Post subject:

I try not to play too many bad hands, but I have been known to use the "pot commited" excuse a time or two...or three. Laughing

Sexual_Panda · Newbie Joined: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 3

It was suited!!!

TeeZu · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject:

I actually just heard this the other day at brick & mortar... It was my blind, I was already in!

Called 10 2 os against my AA. Raised preflop... he won with 10 on flop and 2 on the river.....

PackerJG10 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:18 am Post subject: Hey

Tee, were you on JetSet when you got rivered Smile

Anyways, As a really conservative player (pre flop).. I usually don't worry about playing bad hands...

However I have a problem when I have a huge chip stack.. I want to bully, and play agressive.

The best way to start is too lay down hands your wouldn't... low pocketpairs... A2 (even if it's soooooted)..... at a full table i fold KJ J10 s K10.... all of those hands I call trap hands...

Best of luck and remember the best way to keep your chips is to fold.

WeBJamming · Newbie Joined: Jan 19, 2005 Posts: 16

As a fairly new player, I honestly didn't understand why everyone doesn't stay in pre-flop, just to see what comes up. I didn't know what 'rags' were or what the statistical probabilities were of different hole cards so I played everything I got in the hole till after the flop. Alot of times I would hit two pair with rags and think that since I won the pot, I played the hand right. It's all a matter of learning.

Tarls · Member Joined: Dec 15, 2004 Posts: 49

WeBJamming · Newbie Joined: Jan 19, 2005 Posts: 16

Can someone tell me what UTG means? I have seen it mentioned in other posts and don't have a clue what it means.

vsparky · Newbie Joined: Nov 15, 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Arizona

I say that I am playing too many tourneys all at once and something has got to give and/or
gut feeling

Both true at times Laughing

vsparky · Newbie Joined: Nov 15, 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Arizona

I say that I am playing too many tourneys all at once and something has got to give and/or
gut feeling

Both true at times Laughing

tfalbb · Newbie Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Posts: 11

Malum · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:59 am Post subject:

I tell them I'm unpredictable.