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Hi everyone. My question is pretty simple. While playing micro MTTs, what should I do if I stay focused on my A-Game, but suffer a downswing with Premiums and well positioned average hands? I tend to also recognize that when folding the premiums & dead drawn average hands, (and making good folds at that), I whitness how a large variety of trash hands would win if only I would play them more often. Does that mean I am making bad decisions on the table of what hands to play or is my A-Game just simply suffering a major downswing?
For instance, yesterday I was in an 11$ MTT (speed blinds 5min.) on Party Poker and built up an above average stack (ca. 25-30BBs), then recieved Aces in the Hi-Jack Position, then raised a descent amount of 3.5 -4BBs, and was shoved by the SB with AJos which I was happy about because I had to call which costed me about half my stack. Then the board flops
J-J-8, Turn 5 and finally the river showed 3 _cry:.. My stack was chopped in half only to be sucked out about 15 minutes later by a Q7os, when I then played AK aggressively since I was only left with about 6BBs (I shoved pre-flop). It has been quite frequent in the last 2-3weeks especially since I built up a BR of about 1.2k before the last 3 weeks playing MTTs. _cool: so back to the question. I constantly see that many of my trash hands actually would do well, but I stick to the Poker-Strategy lessons and work on my A-Game. Should I try more trash hands or stick to the plan? ?(


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you were profiting right? then stick to the plan. _cool:


Jim4rdo
Joined: 03.10.2010

Hey man,

definitely don't bother to play trash hands. It's just not worth it.

Just stick tight and play a-b-c poker. Soon you'll be nicking money of those geezers with trash hands no problem :)

GL!


Fagin
Joined: 06.05.2008

Trash hands are called "TRASH" hands for a reason - they are trash, so do with them what you would do with any other trash and throw them away.

GL


Svizac28
Joined: 04.01.2010

are you serious OP?

complaining about AJo sucking out against your aces... you should be happy there are such awfull oponents like that guy with AJ


You should play more trash hands, they are profitable if played correctly.


Alficor1
Joined: 16.06.2010

Originally posted by Svizac28
complaining about AJo sucking out against your aces... you should be happy there are such awfull oponents like that guy with AJ

[ ] Awful opponent.

Super standart 3bet ship by a shortstack against lp raisor imo. The guy didnt do anything wrong, OP just got unlucky.

@Bliausmas yeah he should def start playing 72 as well and post his bluffs at that guy's thread.