Better to wait for a better hand, especially when we have too many chips or at least good positions. Calling the flop for the sake of information only is a big mistake. You have to be patient, unless we are below 10-15BB, then I recommend waiting for a good card and position and playing with a potentially better hand.
That is not alway you have a highs cards , you often meet with a low cards ,you can choose to fold waitting for a reliable cards . It also require skills such as raising , or fold , pay attention, lucky and opportunity will make you won . I play won and lost in common .
it depends on 3 things...your stack...and your position...and your table image.
If you have built a tight table image, you could try to make move or two in late position when the action has been folded to you...or if your stack allows it, make some cheap calls in late position with atc, and hope you get a fat hit on the flop.
It's a real downer when this happens...i have occasionally not played a hand for an hour in the middle stages of an mtt during a dry spell....just be patient...it should turn around eventually....hopefully before your stack gets too short.
If you have built a tight table image, you could try to make move or two in late position when the action has been folded to you...or if your stack allows it, make some cheap calls in late position with atc, and hope you get a fat hit on the flop.
It's a real downer when this happens...i have occasionally not played a hand for an hour in the middle stages of an mtt during a dry spell....just be patient...it should turn around eventually....hopefully before your stack gets too short.
Agreed patience is the way all you need is one good hand or to hit one flop good for a double up if you find youself getting blinded out in tourney games might have to open up you're range a bit calling with 67 suited for example..
After learning about value betting and watching a few games online youtube and couple other place in these situations I consider to either call it a lost and try to bluff the others off the money or I just fold and wait on the other hand but it's dependent on the situation and cards on the table
xexeu said:
Really love this point "poker is not a good card game but strategy" I've bluff off persons with basically no hard and couldn't believe it actually worked the couple times I did so it's really about your strategy for real and shair luck too at times
Facing reality..
This is a too familiar scenario: start out a tourney getting good cards, then, mid-way through tourney, nothing but marginal cards, things never get back, and you finish out of the money, and you played it correctly all the way through.
A loss, is a loss, but you can handle losing when it's variance, going against you. When you are hot to begin a tournery, odds are, the cards will stop coming, and you end up a loser. Nothing you can do, it is part of the game.
Philosophically, doesn't do any good to go on tilt; turn the page, there is always another game.
To answer the question, I deal with not getting any cards by taking a long-term viewpoint, eventually things will go my way, and when they do, I make sure to enjoy my good fortune.
This is a too familiar scenario: start out a tourney getting good cards, then, mid-way through tourney, nothing but marginal cards, things never get back, and you finish out of the money, and you played it correctly all the way through.
A loss, is a loss, but you can handle losing when it's variance, going against you. When you are hot to begin a tournery, odds are, the cards will stop coming, and you end up a loser. Nothing you can do, it is part of the game.
Philosophically, doesn't do any good to go on tilt; turn the page, there is always another game.
To answer the question, I deal with not getting any cards by taking a long-term viewpoint, eventually things will go my way, and when they do, I make sure to enjoy my good fortune.
