The flop came 10 ♦ 9 ♦ 8 ♥.Īfter the bet, the pot was raised and then re-raised. He raised preflop and three players called. Later that night, this same player was dealt a pair of aces - again. He simply put the handbrake on too easily. In total, he won 4 small bets from me with pocket aces when he was a fairly large favourite. We both checked the river and he had A x A x. On the river, a 9 ♦ fell which may have completed a straight draw (if I had it). On the turn, a 7 ♥ fell and he checked, so I checked behind him. He raised preflop from a middle position and I called in a late position with QJ. I recall one particular night where an opponent encapsulated what I'm talking about. Read also: Common Poker Tells: How to Read People in Poker What is relevant is how much I won or lost with them. But the number of times it won is somewhat irrelevant. It is highly beneficial if you can find a hand that holds up that frequently. If I recorded the last 100 times I had pocket aces, I would probably find that they won the pot around 60% of the time. In case you don't already know, poker is a game of maximizing wins (when you have the best hand) and minimizing loss (when you don't have the best hand).

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