If your opponent folded his hand, instead of making a call and paying for a full house, this is a good game for your opponent. If you have a strong hand that will definitely win at the showdown, then the opponent's fold is the money you lost. More precisely, of course - not lost, but simply under-received. 😉
I think you'll need to provide more context in order to get people's views. How much was in the pot? What was your stack? What was villain's stack? What were the rounds of betting like?
Presumably you thought you were going to win with a full house. You then should've been sizing your bet to get a call. "All in" must've been too big since villain folded.
Presumably you thought you were going to win with a full house. You then should've been sizing your bet to get a call. "All in" must've been too big since villain folded.
Yeah, we need more details than this. Why was the opponent angry ? If you had the best hand but your bet was too big and that caused him to fold, he should be HAPPY, not angry. And who "threw the poker book" at you ? Was it the opponent or somebody else ? It sounds like they thought your all-in bet was too big given the action up to that point. This may have been the case. If your opponent was mostly checking and calling, you probably should have bet an amount that would give you a good chance of getting paid, maybe 1/3 of the pot or so.
HobokenNJ said:
I don't remember the exact numbers, but the situation was as follows:
Opponent had a stack much larger than I - double my chip stack
He bet pre-flop, I called
River he raises, I re-raised
Turn he checks, I go all in, opponent calls - (sorry i misspoke in my above scenario - he didn't fold)
Opponent then curses me out for not knowing the Poker rules... this is where I am not sure what I did wrong.
Seems like he was mad because you beat him fair and square. I find some players who think they are awesome, get really pissy when they get beat. That's when I know they are not as good as they think. I liked the play, as you got all your money in and you got the call. Great job!!
Kirs10c said:
With an opponent showing that much aggression, I think your all-in was a perfectly acceptable move there. I'm not sure what "poker rules" he is referring to. As long as you aren't breaking rules like acting out of turn or making other morally questionable actions, you aren't doing anything wrong. Opponent is most likely just mad that he lost a big hand and thinks he is a better player than you. This is pretty common.
Maybe with Full House at River, would be a better option no go All-In, instead make a bet with the amount of money that you think that your oppenet could to call, this is better because you will win more money, if you go All-In you scare away your opponent and you only will win the amount of money in the pot, but you could get much more out of it in a hand like Full House achieved in the River, I think poker tries to get the most out of the hands we get, and in fact this is what I recommend, I think there is Make the most of opportunities.Kirs10c said:
Or maybe also is a good idea to make a low bet, so your apponent do not think that you have a Big Hand and maybe he/she Raise that bet allowing you to win more!
What do do thinks about this answer?😉
I am not an expert, but I would say it was a bad play if you have the nuts. The purpose is to extract as much money as possible, so to that purpose you have to read your apponent. Raise what ever amount you think they might go for. Even the smallist amount means more for you.Kirs10c said:
I go all in in position;generally when I am in the dealer position and everybody folded so It's only me the SB and BB;Though this is a good oportunity to go all in and steal the blinds.
But this doesn't work out well every time.Sometimes you find AA and KK and this is a disaster.
But this doesn't work out well every time.Sometimes you find AA and KK and this is a disaster.
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Generally speaking a full house is a great hand to go all in with it but there are some exceptions without much details we can't know for sure if play was right or wrong. Also I am lost in your description of hand everything is mixed up.
Throwing stuff at people is rude. I would throw the poker book back where it came from.
If opponent lost the hand and is angry that is his/her problem. It does not give them the right to abuse (verbal or physical) you in anyway. If they abuse you, you should report to who ever in charge of table. Every player is entitled to play their game in peace and not worry about abuse or harassment.
If he/she is angry if you made a bad play then he/she has no clue what they are doing as every player welcomes bad play by opponent. Or is this just me?
Throwing stuff at people is rude. I would throw the poker book back where it came from.
If opponent lost the hand and is angry that is his/her problem. It does not give them the right to abuse (verbal or physical) you in anyway. If they abuse you, you should report to who ever in charge of table. Every player is entitled to play their game in peace and not worry about abuse or harassment.
If he/she is angry if you made a bad play then he/she has no clue what they are doing as every player welcomes bad play by opponent. Or is this just me?