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[QUOTE="ObbleeXY, post: 6164865, member: 437841"]
After 100,000 real money hands in the past year and a similar number in home-games and freerolls, there are few combinations of hands, positions, stacks, pre-flop-action, etc. which are genuinely new.

Whilst I know it can be disappointing, with poker you need to not get too excited by a AA and KK. taking the blinds is still a win...and I'd rather THAT, than be up against 8 other shove-any-two-cards type villains, even with AA, and especially with KK.

I'm just as happy when people fold as when they call. Small win, no risk....Big win, bigger risks.

Doubling up is great...but I also like to focus on value. Some games you can shove AA and expect to get called...in others, a three-bet is like a bowling pin knowcking everyone out of the hand.  I find it easier to generate value from straights and flushes than AA/KK -- certainly my stats arent that favourable towards AA and JJ...but QQ and KK are still money spinners. But that is probably because I tend to see a flop with KK and bail if an A hits.

When you start playing more volume and have multiple games on the go...it is even easier to be happy with a walk. No time to worry about what coulda-woulda-shoulda. Muck 'em and move on.

If you LIKE getting walked...I reccommend you show those hands to remind people what they avoided. But if you like the steal attempts because you like the nitty gritty fighting, just muck 'em and move on.

cheers,
ObbleeXY
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