Damn I had one of those mini heartattacks, just be warned guys that tomorrow I'm back home from my vacation and ready to stack the wins!
Bring it on you tripped out Pikachu
Hope so anyways wife has had the kids for the past couple days at the in-laws so when they get back tomorrow hopefully late afternoon she may be expecting my undivided attention... but if I'm already playing... who knows.
I think the odds are about right on that gamble.
Next time I get a set, I go all-in right away.
Some nice discussion around these hands. Flopped sets are amazing for strength on most boards and are so easily disguised. The key is you really just need your opponent to pick up a playable hand. I'd say the worst flopped set imo is generally AAA for that reason, you are likely going to win the hand but will struggle to get paid off.
I find they play similar to 2 pair hands or a top top hand on a dry board. Depending on your holding you wind up deciding on whether they are valuing/calling worse or hit a hidden monster.
Jamming the flop is tough to get behind, and can be a decent play most likely in 3-bet pot considering you hold the nuts and they may have KK or AA. In general though it will probably just cost you chips by driving away the action, because I don't imagine you have many bluff jams in this spot. I don't think you are going to run into that exact spot enough to justify the worry about potential monsters and the value you can extract. I can't remember how that one played out on the flop, I imagine I just flat called pre defending the blind. I definitely have to consider folding to maybe a 3/4 pot size bet or larger on the flop but it was just unlucky for you that I hit my straight on the turn.
The real trick here is somehow finding a fold or better yet slowing down enough to get paid when opponents miss the draw or avoiding a stack off if they have hit.
Lol... I knew we had great players in our amazing poker round but... this is crazy, isn't it?! 2/3 latest BIG BTC winners @ SwC are fellow mates!
@mollok Yeah - you were knocked out quickly in our 4th series game but I guess still wasn't a very bad night when winning big btc? Admit, we are simply better than them, right?
Yeah both very solid players. I'd love to take another swing at it but I keep bubbling the satellites lol.
