Roy Rounder Tips

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position


Because if you REALLY think about it, Big Slick by itself is
NOT a good hand.

By itself, it's an Ace high with a King.

Period.

It can be beat by just about ANYTHING... from a flush to a
3-of-a-kind to a pair of deuces.

I hate playing hold 'em and having another player get dealt a flush. Or 3-of-a-kind. I never see it coming. But it obviously happens to the Rounder guy, too. Since you would never compare a two-card starting hand to someone else's potentially 7-card hand, right?

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position


If you play Big Slick the RIGHT way, you can with it about
75% of the time.

Making up "statistics" to prove a point is fun.

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position

Since the hand can get run down easily, your strategy is to
GET RID of as many players as possible BEFORE THE FLOP.

In other words, SCARE AWAY everyone who doesn't have a pair
or face cards...

As with any poker hand, the goal is to play against the best hands. I've learned this. Better players and better hands...that's who you want to go against.

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position



If you let too many players stay in, someone with rags is
bound to catch great cards on the flop and steal your chip
stack.

But if you go up against players with face cards, then YOU
have the advantage and the odds are in YOUR favor.

Sorta sad we only got a "bound to" instead of another made up statistic to prove his point. But there was something I didn't know...apparently AK is an underdog to unpaired hands without face cards in them. Learning is fun.

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position

Let's use a real-life hand I played to demonstrate... this
is from last night, actually.

Ahhhh....finally some scientific evidence. We're about to get a sample of ONE!!!!

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position


I was in a $1-2 no limit cash game with some friends and got
A-K on the button. Don was first to act and made it $7 to
play.

The action went around the table and every single one of the
next five players called.

Now the action was to me.

How would you handle this situation?

The fact that we haven't heard the amount any player is playing is a pretty telling fact about the person we're getting a tip from. Nor have we gotten a word about any read we might have on any single player at the table. I just hope they're all really good so we can win this hand.

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position



What seven players means is that I am virtually GUARANTEED
to have my A-K run down...

I don't think he knows what guaranteed means. Maybe it means something else when it's capitalized? I'm not sure about that.

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position


It also means he probably doesn't have cowboys or rockets,
because if he did he would've come back over the top of
me... maybe with an all-in.

What it actually means is that the author has seen the rest of the hand play out and retro-fit his read to fit that. Just a hunch.

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position


Even if Don (or anyone else) came back over the top of me
after my pre-flop raise, I'd be okay... Because then I could
put my opponent on Aces or Kings, muck my Big Slick, and
live to see another hand without catching a "bad beat."

Can I get in this game where nobody has ever 4-bet without Aces or Kings?

[KManDeuce]

Big Slick in Late Position



Anyway, now it's time to find out, because Don taps his fist
against the table and checks to me.

I COULD see a free card here, but I'd rather play this
aggressively and find out EXACTLY where I'm at.

If Don calls a strong bet from me,

I throw out a $100 black chip with my Ace high.

Don looks at his down cards for a few moments and then
decides to muck his pocket 8's for the world to see.

As long as I'm ranting....Do we really need all this BS creative writing? Don checks is pretty much all the info we need. "Where I'm AT" has gotten pervasive over "where I am." What is a "strong" bet? Do you flex when you do it? I bet $100 is probably enough...but it might not sound as cool and that's really the point of this whole original post (and also...it's fun when a person has a tell even when writing a story about a hand!!).

I'll quit now. I'm sure I missed some stuff in there, Winny. Feel free to fill some gaps.

Here's the cliff notes: Raise with AK. Bet the flop often. (In between, a bunch of bullshit meant to make the writer feel like he's smart.)