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Originally Posted by GoodKarmaKid  One key element I left out of the original post was the player to my immediate left (who had 2nd largest amount of chips) kept getting involved when I was playing pots, re-raising me and making a bunch of ridiculous bets. I really didn't understand what he was thinking, clearly didn't understand the dynamics of the situation. |
I understand what you are saying but in all honesty he could have been trying to take advantage of the situation as right near the bubble people tend to really tighten up. Some players take this a little far but it is a possibiblity. In reality his erratic play did casue you to fold!
I also was reading Ken Warrens book "A Winners Guide to Omaha Poker" and he brought up an interesting point at which he says he would fold aces. It in reality is a situation a player will rarely if ever be in but it illustrates the thought process of when one might fold aces. His situation went something like this:
Imagine you are 5 handed at the end of a tourney. The prizes are as follows:
1st - 2000
2nd - 1000
3rd - 500
4th - 250
5th - 100
You are the short stack with only about 1.5BB left (1 orbit) and the big stack pushes and all of the other players with various amounts of chips less than him go all-in. You look down and see two black aces. What do you do?
Well you are already in for 5th place money, a measley $100. There are 4 all-ins so it is almost gaurunteed someone is going all in. If you call and win you will still have a small stack and have little chance at moving up through the money. Why not fold as someone is definetly going home in this pot and you can move up in the pay scale? What if 2 or even 3 opponents are knocked out and you can move up the payout ladder? Poker is after all, about making money....
This is just a scenario brought up in the book that I thought was interesting. I figured it would fit in this thread as another spot to possibly fold aces preflop!
