Cash game help.

[ACE2M]

i think you were screwed by fairly bad play and just couldn't get away. I would have lost it all for sure.

I can understand sort of his trap on the flop but personally i don't trap/cr with top set on that co ordinated board and i think he is scared of the turn having recognised his mistake, the worst thing that can happen for you is to pair the board on the end.

I'm pretty sure you knew you were most likely beat but you just can't lay it down for all the times you are up against a loon.

Come and play 6 handed 1/2 on stars flushy, they just won't put down a hand, it's heaven and a nightmare all rolled in to one.

[nirvana]

Didn't put flushy betting a draw on the flop, top or second pair was my thinking. So turn card didn't worry me and I can honestly say that my huge personal wealth (chirp) makes fear a non factor these days when I'm playing for fun only. Also, if I thought he'd made str8, good chance I'd have raised to find out and then probably still called the re-raise anyway.

Hoped he might have made 2 pair on turn, didn't expect a call on the end but was natch pleased to get one. James has plenty of money from me on our old 3/6 limit days so was pleased to take a percentage back :-) couldn't help mentioning it was me on here as did feel a bit deceitful that he didn't know my new name on blonde.

As flushy points out - I'm working on getting my flops seen percentage as close to 80% as I can, I think that's my secret tip for all potential cash game players - "see every flop" should be pinned to your PC and you should self-harm if you get fearful and miss one. I'd arrived at the table betting, raising and losing so hard to figure what I could have been holding I would hope.

[nirvana]

One other thing for totalise - normally I bet out if I have a hand, very little point trapping in cash I think.

Exception would be if u know for sure that a maniac is around who will bet anything, or a good aggressive player is around that you know will bet his hands behind you if he's made one. I know James reasonably well, I'd say he's a very good & aggressive player. I pretty well knew that if he had some kind of hand and he bet the flop he'd bet the later rounds. If I get outdrawn here then I'll take it on the chin and move on.