NL Tounrys and Pocket Pairs

[Eric Bieber]

The last three times i ve played ive been burned by small pocket pairs in
early position with 3-5 people left in the 1 table tournys.
One time i had 77, bet 250, 553 came out so I went all in and lost to JJ
Another time I had 66, bet 250, 2 people called, 732 came out, so I went
al in and I lost to at on the river (T)
Whats consindered the best way to deal with these ahnds, i Feel like you
want to get it down to no one or one person against you, but at the same
time you want to leave yourself outs if 3 overcards hit.
Is this about accurate?

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[mrryde]

On Aug 27 2003 8:44AM, Eric Bieber wrote:

> The last three times i ve played ive been burned by small pocket pairs in
> early position with 3-5 people left in the 1 table tournys.
> One time i had 77, bet 250, 553 came out so I went all in and lost to JJ
> Another time I had 66, bet 250, 2 people called, 732 came out, so I went
> al in and I lost to at on the river (T)
> Whats consindered the best way to deal with these ahnds, i Feel like you
> want to get it down to no one or one person against you, but at the same
> time you want to leave yourself outs if 3 overcards hit.
> Is this about accurate?

flop a set or dump

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[SamIamZ75]

You should really fold 10's or worse from early position.

[Cliff Daniel]

In article <3f4d1ab4$0$10457$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>, mrryde wrote:
> On Aug 27 2003 8:44AM, Eric Bieber wrote:
>
>> The last three times i ve played ive been burned by small pocket pairs in
>> early position with 3-5 people left in the 1 table tournys.
>> One time i had 77, bet 250, 553 came out so I went all in and lost to JJ
>> Another time I had 66, bet 250, 2 people called, 732 came out, so I went
>> al in and I lost to at on the river (T)
>> Whats consindered the best way to deal with these ahnds, i Feel like you
>> want to get it down to no one or one person against you, but at the same
>> time you want to leave yourself outs if 3 overcards hit.
>> Is this about accurate?
>
> flop a set or dump
>

Flop a set, what it get cracked on the river, and take a dump.

[Russ Georgiev]

"Eric Bieber" <anonymous@purchase.edu> wrote in message news:<3f4ca797$0$23211$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>...
> The last three times i ve played ive been burned by small pocket pairs in
> early position with 3-5 people left in the 1 table tournys.
> One time i had 77, bet 250, 553 came out so I went all in and lost to JJ
> Another time I had 66, bet 250, 2 people called, 732 came out, so I went
> al in and I lost to at on the river (T)
> Whats consindered the best way to deal with these ahnds, i Feel like you
> want to get it down to no one or one person against you, but at the same
> time you want to leave yourself outs if 3 overcards hit.
> Is this about accurate?
>
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Read my post about playing one table satellites, you'll realize you
throw these hands away. In later positions in the tourneys, you can
raise all in and hope for NO CALL, just take the blinds. It's all in
my post.

Russ Georgiev

[JD]

"Eric Bieber" <anonymous@purchase.edu> wrote in message news:<3f4ca797$0$23211$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>...
> The last three times i ve played ive been burned by small pocket pairs in
> early position with 3-5 people left in the 1 table tournys.
> One time i had 77, bet 250, 553 came out so I went all in and lost to JJ
> Another time I had 66, bet 250, 2 people called, 732 came out, so I went
> al in and I lost to at on the river (T)
> Whats consindered the best way to deal with these ahnds, i Feel like you
> want to get it down to no one or one person against you, but at the same
> time you want to leave yourself outs if 3 overcards hit.
> Is this about accurate?

Those are really drawing hands.. If you don't flop trips, get the
hell out (though the other night I went all in with TT on a J98 flop,
got called, and won, but I was on the button). If the table's more
than half-full, just fold them from early position imho. I'd play 77
early in a tourney if I was on the button and could get in cheap (or
in the blinds), but I'd fold without trips or better on the flop.

Going all-in with those hands is really a steal attempt. Steals work
much better (a) from late position, and (b) when there's something on
the board you can represent having. If you have 66 and go all in on a
board of 732, who's going to be afraid of you? Maybe you have trip
sevens, but anyone with two big overcards (ATo, for example) is likely
to call you "just in case." Anyone with something as simple as A7 or
K7 already has you dominated!