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Personal expirience (bad beat) - fu**ng river

I played $2-4  no-limit holdem yesterday. And from $300 i make $1700 and loose all at once.

My hand: 88

I give preflop raise $20

and one man call

Flop: 2d 5c 8h

so i have three  of kind 8

i make check, and he make raise $40

I just call

next card that came  6

I again check

and he make raise $60

I make reraise $120

He reraise me - all in

I thought that my  hand is best. Cause streight is unbelivable

what i put in his  hand? Elder three of kind, or top pair

So, i call all in

Probably i gues, he had three of kind 5

But on  the rivercame on more 5, and he had 4 of kind, so i loose

Little Pairs

I’ve written about little pairs and the problems they can present especially when played out of position. There are many beginners and intermediate players who just can’t resist playing little pairs. You only see a pocket pair, on average, every sixteen hands so what’s not to like? I’ll tell you what’s not to like and that is little pairs out of position!

The funniest reason I’ve heard regarding playing little pairs in early position is the premise that if they are folded, they always seem to make a set on the flop …

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