QQ vs AA – Should Have Known
I was playing a cash game today and got dealt QQ. I raised PF to drive calling stations out and I get a couple callers. The flop is rag and one of the guys raises a good 3x the pot. Of course me being a good poker player I have a bunch of notes on this guy I have been gathering for the last hour.
The other guy who called folds and its just me and Mr. Raiser. Now Mr. Raiser is a very tight player who doesn’t protect his blinds and folds to CBETs constantly. I re-raises his bet and he pushes all in.
Of course the guy has AA but like a retard I push all in with my QQ. This experience wasn’t a total waste as I know I’m getting better at reading people but of course doing the right thing with that knowledge is something else.
I’m reminded of something I read in Zen and the Art of Poker:
“Only by avoiding the beginning of things can we escape their ending”
Need to work on that.
-Ethan Caine
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August 05 2010 03:13 pm | Donkey Calls and Poker Strategy
