Comments on: patience, patience and more patience http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/patience-patience-and-more-patience/ Home of the BigPoker Bloggers Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: poker kat http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/patience-patience-and-more-patience/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 poker kat Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:37:34 +0000 http://www.pokersift.com/?p=493#comment-1756 Good points, Amarillosb.. thank you for commenting :) Good points, Amarillosb.. thank you for commenting
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]]> By: amarillosb http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/patience-patience-and-more-patience/comment-page-1/#comment-1755 amarillosb Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:10:39 +0000 http://www.pokersift.com/?p=493#comment-1755 Sometimes being patient in games like that isn't such a good idea. People can narrow your hand range down so much that they have equity to call with a large variety of hands since they will have a pretty good idea where you're at post flop. I'm not the best hold'em cash game player by any means, but I've had some success with playing loose/passive preflop in games like that. I especially try to see a lot of pots that are limped or just have one raise early on and show some wacky stuff, so that my opponents have to put me on a wider range, and then maybe I'll tighten up. Basically, I try to think like a tiger waiting in the bush instead of looking like streaker running across the football field with a target on my back, which is what I tend to feel like when I've waited two hours to finally raise a good hand only to inevitably pick up four callers and get busted by 5 4. Sometimes being patient in games like that isn’t such a good idea. People can narrow your hand range down so much that they have equity to call with a large variety of hands since they will have a pretty good idea where you’re at post flop. I’m not the best hold’em cash game player by any means, but I’ve had some success with playing loose/passive preflop in games like that. I especially try to see a lot of pots that are limped or just have one raise early on and show some wacky stuff, so that my opponents have to put me on a wider range, and then maybe I’ll tighten up.

Basically, I try to think like a tiger waiting in the bush instead of looking like streaker running across the football field with a target on my back, which is what I tend to feel like when I’ve waited two hours to finally raise a good hand only to inevitably pick up four callers and get busted by 5 4.

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