Why do we love Q8 so much? Perhaps its the perfect hand. If you pair the queen, you have a decent hand. It can fill a straight and suited, a nice flush. There's even the possibility of the all illusive straight flush. We seen quite a few straight flushes, but ironically never 8 through queen. Your opponent will never put you on Q8 if you call a big pre-flop raise and hit the flop, unless you overplay it, every time you get it, like at our little game. But then that begs the next question, Can you really ever over play Q8? It always wins.
We hate to lose to Q8 and we can't stand to fold it just to watch it fill. How many times have we played it to the turn only to say, "I couldn't get away from it" or "I cant believe it didn't fill." Can Poo make a spreadsheet column that compares how much money has been lost chasing Q8 compared to say AK.
We are so infatuated by it, I had to name the website after it. I was only slightly influenced by the fact that all the other good poker names were taken. I hope you like and leave comments. Not comments about the site, but comments about each other. Comments about poor play that leads to miraculous suck-outs and bad beats. The kind of play that only amateurs would try against such skilled players as ourselves.
I'll start:
If you flop a straight, hypothetically for instance, you may feel comfortable enough to slow play it. But what if some else has pocket A's. Letting them get a cheap turn to trips isn't a good move. Because eventually the river boats him to the A's and a third guy boats to K's. Now that little straight doesn't seem quite so good when the two boats are betting $20.
Let the good times roll.
Hi my name is evets and my rant is that there are too many guys in my home game calling with nothing hands. Granted when they call my pre-flop raise with 6-4 off, I can't put them on the hand........but come on man!! For example, last week I was top pair, queens, with a an king kicker after the flop and I bet, only to get re-raised. So I call and the turn shows a 4, so the board is now, Queen, seven, three, four, with no flush possibilities. I feel good about my hand, but check to the re-raiser and he places another sizable bet, so I call. The river card is a 5, so I check again still thinking I am ahead. My opponent, who is fond of raccoons...but I don't know why that's relevant, then places another large bet, so now I am really confused. Did he flop trips, two pair, bluff, so after awhile I call. The dork filled a straight Ace through five!! He somehow filled a double gutshot straight, and got paid every step of the way by betting his terrible hand. Stupid game!
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ReplyDeletereal live happening.....your heads up post flop, flop as 10, 6, 3 of clubs. Your hand is 10 of hearts and Ace of clubs. Your betting first. You have 4 thousand five left of a 6 thousand buy in. It's half way through the tourney. Angie is wearing a tank top and short shorts. Thats not neccessariuly pertenent to the poker hand, but you should know that. Would you go all in at this time ? OR , what would you do ?
I'd make a medium size bet. You can control the size of the the pot and not lose to much if a non club over card hits on the turn. Someone with a couple big overs might call your all in, and its more likely they would pair then you would flush.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be in the majority Smoke, at least of those i've spoken to. I on the other hand took a more aggressive tack and went all in.. where I proceeded to be illiminated from the tourney. The other fellow had a pair of Jacks. Good call Smoke, Evest, and "Z".
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ReplyDeleteI'm "All in for Sunday ,Sunday PPPPoker" Jim Boat Sez !
ReplyDeleteI hate Q8.
ReplyDeleteNice work Rob.
Poo
Smoke is genius.....we will be in trouble when he applies it to his poker game....this is an amazing site...well done
ReplyDeleteI love AJ
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