----------------------------------- ojisplayin 05.12.2009, 17:05 December Poker Knowledge Contest! Closed! Winner Announced! ----------------------------------- CAPTAINS CHOICE: POKER KNOWLEDGE CONTEST FOR DECEMBER! WIN $30 Cash by Random Drawing + PC-Points!! Contest ends by January 3rd, 2010. Post to enter- There are so many variables to consider when you look at a starting hand in hold ‘em. Let's take a look at POCKET 10's • What are the blinds and antes? • What is your chip stack? • Are you familiar with each player? How have they been playing the last two levels? • What position are you in for the hand in comparison to the button and blinds? • What action has happened before you look at your cards? • What is the chip stack of any player who has acted before you, as well as those still to act? • Where are you in the tournament? ON EVERY HAND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THESE SAME QUESTIONS, ALONG WITH THEIR ANSWERS. So, with POCKET 10's as a starting point................. Let's look at two combinations of action and position: • Middle position with an early raise in front of me. • On the button, and there is an under-the-gun raise and call in front of me. Pocket 10s can be dicey, especially if you’ve been card dead for a couple of levels. Any pair looks great when you’ve been dealt K-5o on 11 consecutive hands! But, "CAN" you keep your discipline and wits about you every single time?? Middle position/raise in front of me: On a short stack, I’m pushing here unless I’m up against a very tight player. "OR" With a deep stack, I’m re-raising here but again ready to get away from the hand if I feel I need to. On the button/raise and a call in front of me: I may muck here late in a tourney, even on a short stack. You have an early raiser and a caller, pretty strong action if you are short. You aren’t pushing anyone out of a pot, and you may be way behind with your 10s. "OR" Deep in a tourney, I probably fold 10s with this action if I’m deep-stacked. When I’m playing good deep in a tournament, I may muck 10s with no action in middle position. What are you going to do if you’re called with 10s? A very dangerous spot late in position. PLEASE POST HERE CRUSHERS- Any questions or concerns- AND ANSWERING WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DO? :) CASH PRIZE TERMS 1- Everyone making a post is entered into this contest. All members that enter will be placed in a drawing where the winner will receive a $30 Prize. 2- 3,000 pc-points will be deducted when prize is paid. If you do not have 3,000 pc-points to redeem for a cash prize, you will be credited 3,000 pc points to redeem on your next contest win. 3- You will need to advise us which payment method you would like us to use to pay you. To do this, please go to the red section above and click on "My Payment Method" and follow the instructions. You only need to do this once (unless you later wish or need to change your payment method option). If you have any questions, please send OrangeCrush or Crushadmin a private message. :) Good Luck. Happy Gaming Always! POKER CRUSH STAFF :) ----------------------------------- josie46 05.12.2009, 17:58 ----------------------------------- hi , without seeing board id probaly fold, there are 4 cards that beats that, iv lost many of times with As in hole , ty jo23 ----------------------------------- broxi 05.12.2009, 21:18 ----------------------------------- i would go with my gut instinct... and sadly for me im normally wrong but depending on circumstances i would probably play the hand...especially if ive been getting rotten cards id be at the stage that i feel the cards arent getting better so time to play rather than waiting for a great hand and losing chips on the blinds so shortening my stack without playing ----------------------------------- valeria 05.12.2009, 21:28 ----------------------------------- It all depends what is on the table. It is possible to draw 3 of a kind or a full house off of my pair. Even depending on what cards are on the turn a straight. I would play the hand till I felt the odds were definately against me. I would not play the pair to the river if there were a strong chance of someone already having 2 pair, straight, flush etc... ----------------------------------- msfilly 05.12.2009, 21:30 ----------------------------------- Folding a bad hand is easy anyone can do that ( which I would absolutely do with the examples given) but folding a good hand is the example of the skillfull art of playing poker. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it. ----------------------------------- shirlsplay 08.12.2009, 08:59 ----------------------------------- I would go on.i'd maybe even raise to try and bluff. ----------------------------------- slotmom 08.12.2009, 10:32 ----------------------------------- I would play and try my best .it would be good exsperence for me ----------------------------------- dmoney644 08.12.2009, 14:23 ----------------------------------- I would definitely take alot of the questions in consideration. Definitely knowing how the players at your table has been playing will help, and depending on both stacks of the players and my own stack, the raiser and the caller, if the raiser is shortstacked i would assume that he is about to be hit with the blind and he picked up anything with some paint or a small wired pair, the caller after him may have a strong hand but with just a call, and its around me, if my stack is decent, i would make the call here and look to flop a set, if any over cards to my pair of 10's i am cautious and any bet i would fold if their is an overcard on the board. if the raiser has a decent stack, you can assume if he leads out on the button, you should assume he must have a strong hand, at worst a big Ace like AK or AQ, but at best, possibly has a big pair bigger than mine. If my stack is big, and calling his raise anticipating an allin fromt hat player, and it will hardly affect my stack, i may reraise to try and isoolate me and that player, and be prepared to an allin which i would have o call. This is only if i have a big stack, and an allin call, won't hurt too much if i lose. If my stack is average or or may cost me more than 25% of my stack if i lose, and the raiser has a close stack to mine, i may definitely have to consider folding here. Worst thing is to jeopardize making it to the money after playing for a couple hours of play and getting around the bubble mark. So really, the 3 important things to think about is what is the size of my stack vs his, is he really short stacked, and possibly pushing with what he thinks is the better hand now or the one he is about to get in the blind and be obligated to push with that because of being shortstacked. and lastly, does the raiser have a good stack and quite a few more blinds left, if so, under the gun raise, usually says Monster hand, and you should definitely think about getting away from the 1010, especially if there is a caller after the raiser before you. Ok, hope any of that made since, but thats what i'd look at and do. ----------------------------------- ojisplayin 08.12.2009, 16:11 ----------------------------------- DMONEY644- EXCELLENT THINKING & AWESOME INPUT- 500 PC POINTS!! HEY, YOU NEED TO ENTER OUR SHARING CONTEST- WE ARE IN GREAT NEED OF THE "NEEDY" LOL MEANING PC POINTS, ONLY 1 TAKER SO FAR! I AM BEGGING YOU- PLZ GO ENTER NOW!! ----------------------------------- dmoney644 08.12.2009, 17:08 ----------------------------------- Thanks dear, sometimes play great poker, usually when i am thinking of all that you need to when playing, then when you don't pay attention, to all of the questions, you are sure not to play as well as you could be. Also, thanks for the extra points. ----------------------------------- cocakolakid 09.12.2009, 00:19 ----------------------------------- depending on my stack will determine how i will play pocket 10s pre-flop. short stack - call any blind or any raise in hopes others will also contribute to the pot and hoping for a favourable flop mid stack - may consider same play if i were short stacked but if the blind is a significant amount i may try and win the blinds by going all-in large stack or chipleader - a small raise enough to filter out the limpers and get a read on those who call. After the flop if no ten comes I will throw out another small raise to get a read again, if it does come i will check and hope for a check-raise opportunity. ----------------------------------- soljah11 10.12.2009, 00:38 ----------------------------------- i would go all in and hope ev1 folds ----------------------------------- allight 10.12.2009, 00:55 ----------------------------------- 10s are my worst hand....never seem to win with them, so I would fold them unless deep stacked, then i might call if the price is right to see if i get lucky and flop trips ----------------------------------- ojisplayin 10.12.2009, 14:52 ----------------------------------- Al, FUNNY, but JJ are my demon seed, my loss ratio is, well... A-L-O-T!! I would GO FOR IT with 10's 4 x more than my "JINXED-ASS" Cowboys!!! ----------------------------------- gjr1961 11.12.2009, 10:12 ----------------------------------- I think I would fold. It sems like there are a lot of questions that I would want the answers to. I doubt that I could remember all those questions when I am at the table, much less figure out what the answers are. I am pretty inexperienced but by reading the information here I am learning. Poker is a lot more complicated than I had previously thought. Thank you all for the info. ----------------------------------- rsablebomb 12.12.2009, 04:15 ----------------------------------- I am not very good at this stuff lately so I would probably call with having a pocket pair ----------------------------------- DixiesMom 30.12.2009, 16:17 ----------------------------------- If I had pocket 10's I would call a reasonable bet, but not raise and not bet too much until the first three cards had been flipped up, then I would go on from there depending on what those cards were. ----------------------------------- josie46 30.12.2009, 18:16 ----------------------------------- i would probly play it but would not raise , in less the flop had a 10, lol ty jo23 ----------------------------------- sharon030161 30.12.2009, 21:21 ----------------------------------- i would go all in and hopefully everyone would fold. thats what kind of gambler i am ----------------------------------- ratfang 02.01.2010, 19:30 ----------------------------------- I would look at all options of course,1)I usually win with pocket 10's more so then with pocket rockets,Just my luck I guess,I have beaten AA with 10/10 a few occasions,Always seem to pull the trips.So I would go for it!! ----------------------------------- anneandalan 03.01.2010, 00:21 ----------------------------------- Now that I read your post, I think I will just print it out and keep it handy...I have burned myself with pocket 10s late in a tourney after what seemed like endless ace-junk, king-junk hands. I guess I just get impatient...I want them to be a better hand than they are. They have come through for me, but clearly that was luck...anyone with a face card has better odds of pairing than the 10s have of becoming trips. I usually just cant figure out how to pay low/middle pairs and try to limp in to see the flop. I think my betting is my weakest point in poker, but I am trying to work on it. ----------------------------------- cocakolakid 03.01.2010, 03:57 ----------------------------------- coincidentally i recently was dealt pocket 10s in a tournament...i was average stacked and in middle position...early positions had folded...and so raised 3/4 of my stack (significantly more than the big blind)...in hopes to take the blinds...all folded except for the big blind (also the chipleader of the tournament) who calls...the flop shows a 9 5 6...BB goes all-in...I call...cards are shown...pocket 10 for me....and a 9 7 off suit for the BB...LOL! as soon as I saw what he called with...i felt it coming..and sure enough it did...turn draws a 7! river...i forgot....but don't matter...i'm ousted with pocket 10s losing to a 9-7 off suit calling a significant raise pre-flop...LOL! (see what happens when i can't find my mojo) ----------------------------------- dmoney644 03.01.2010, 04:05 ----------------------------------- Thats exactly what i was talking about in another thread about best hands not holding up as much online as they do in live games, but i think alot of the reason for this is that online, people will play things that normally they wouldn't do in a live tournament where people can make fun of him or her for playing or calling with such ridiculous hands. There is no repercussions for people doing it online, as they can just turn off chat if someone bitches too much lol Also, another factor could be that RNG's aren't so random, thats still debatable at times, but think about it, pokerrooms are trying to make money, what better way for peeps to catch a big hand against an opponent holding the only 2 cards that could beat it, making for a big pot, or in the late stages, hurrying the tournament up as to where it seems the big stacks catch every card and chipleaders seem to win 85% of every hand they play. These are just theories, no proven truth behind my statements, but they are pretty coincidental aren't they? ----------------------------------- cocakolakid 03.01.2010, 04:52 ----------------------------------- absolutely - the cards "coincidentally" favour the big stack; another "coincidence" to keep an eye out for that is also favoured seats, not the player - the seat. ----------------------------------- ratfang 03.01.2010, 04:58 ----------------------------------- That's why Its always good to get a Big Stack in begging of game lol ----------------------------------- ojisplayin 03.01.2010, 05:22 ----------------------------------- Well time to close- TY Crushers!! Bower has done the drawing and the lucky Winner is... WTG!! GRANDGLOR!! WTG!! And for great thinking 1000 PC POINTS to Cocacolakid & Dmoney644!! WTG Boys!! CONGRATULATIONS GLORIA!! ENJOY!! Happy Gaming Always!! Your Poker Crush Staff! ----------------------------------- dmoney644 03.01.2010, 05:27 ----------------------------------- WTG Gloria on your win! Also, Thanks PC for the Xtra Points, they always come in handy! At this rate, i'll have plenty to donate next Xmas! hehe ----------------------------------- broxi 03.01.2010, 08:59 ----------------------------------- WTG gloria on your win and wtg guys on the extra points lol ----------------------------------- gjr1961 03.01.2010, 10:13 ----------------------------------- Thank you sooo much! I was kinda feeling like a loser today.......this totally cheered me up!! ----------------------------------- broxi 03.01.2010, 11:54 ----------------------------------- well gloria glad the win has cheered you up...people seem to forget even the small things in life are enough to give someone a lift...and the fact your win has cheered you up so much is great and makes everyone else feel better ----------------------------------- ratfang 04.01.2010, 06:20 ----------------------------------- Congrats Gloria :D :D ----------------------------------- shortstuff 04.01.2010, 06:23 ----------------------------------- wtg Gloria ----------------------------------- shirlsplay 04.01.2010, 20:56 ----------------------------------- wtg grandglor nice win ----------------------------------- msfilly 04.01.2010, 23:55 ----------------------------------- WTG winners congrats on your wins ----------------------------------- slotmom 07.01.2010, 14:36 ----------------------------------- WTG Winners ----------------------------------- anneandalan 07.01.2010, 16:13 ----------------------------------- congrats Gloria!