Putting Down a Killer Hand in Texas Hold’em
Posted in Poker on 10/17/2010 07:21 am by Caylee
It may well come as a shock that putting down massive hands in texas hold em is the single most hard issue to do.
Can you lay down a full house, even if you feel your conquer? Ego and denial are working in opposition to you here.
Your up versus a gambler who hasn’t entered a pot for 40 minutes. Yes, your up in opposition to a stone cold rock. You have the boat. You’re all set, proper?
Well, let’s look. You are dealt pocket ten’s and the flop comes Queen-ten-4. After the ritualistic preflop button raise there’s two of you that remain. You’ve got flopped a set and you’re feeling strong. You’ve got him!
You pop out a bet five occasions the Large Blind. The rock calls you. Fantastic! It’s about time you have paid off. On the turn the board pairs fours. You have the house. He is toast. Stick a fork in him.
You place him on queens and fours ace kicker. Don’t scare them off. There may be still one more wager to go soon after this. Don’t blow it!
You toss an additional bet five instances the massive blind and once yet again you acquire the call. River does not aid you except eureka, it is the 3rd club. Maybe he was on a draw all along. That’s why he’s just been calling. Yeah, that’s it!
He’s acquired the flush so he’s not going anywhere. This is your moment. You bang out a bet twenty five occasions the large blind and he is all-in before you’ll be able to even have your wager into the pot.
It just hit you, didn’t it? You recognize now that it can be achievable your beat. You start to peel back the layers of denial. It starts with I cannot be beat. You adjust to, is it probable I’m conquer? You migrate to I am possibly beat. Finally you land on the truth, your defeat!
That’s OK. Everybody makes mistakes, You’re a solid player and know when to reduce your losses. Yes?
Enter ego, the trouble creator and destroyer of money. "You have a full house for crying out loud. Who throws aside boats? No one that’s who! It’s definitely not going to start off with you." You push all of your chips in the middle in spite of the fact that you realize he’s heading to show you pocket Queens.
Why did you do that? You realize your up versus a rock. Rocks do not call huge bets on a draw alone. First you place him on top pair , top kicker. Then you were convinced he had the clubs. Then he went all in immediately after your huge bet. You walk into the fire.
Why indeed. Admit it. It’s far far more preferable to lose all of one’s money than to suffer the embarassment of tossing away an enormous hand that might have wound up the winner. That ego issue again.
It is very tough to throw aside the monsters, even when you are quite certain you’re beat. Even the professionals have difficulty here.
Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hanson recently faced off in the Television show, "High Stakes Poker." To quote Gus, " it was a sick hand, " and Gus Hanson won it.
Daniel’s got pocket 6’s and Gus pocket five’s. The flop was 9-six-five and the community card’s paired 5’s on the turn, giving Gus Hanson quads and Daniel Negreanu the boat.
Daniel Negreanu made a big bet soon after the river and Gus went all in. Daniel Negreanu was surprised and I’m fairly confident he knew he was defeated. He even verbally announced what could defeat him except made the decision to call anyhow.
Quite a few men and women believed that if it had been anyone but Gus Hanson, Daniel Negreanu might have been able to get off the hand. I’m not certain he could have layed down those cards versus anybody. We will not know until it pops up once again versus a different player.
These scenarios occur far more generally than you may well think. Who you compete against is a big factor in making your choices on wagers, and whether or not to stick around. Do not just feel in terms of what really should take place or what you would like to see.
No clear cut answers here. You’ll need to rely on your gut instinct. Be alert and be conscious of what can defeat you each and every step of the way. Can you muster the courage to throw away a big hand?