Comments on: TOEJAM http://www.chrishalverson.com/archives/200411/toejam/ Sometimes Poker, most likely not Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:35:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.chrishalverson.com/archives/200411/toejam/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Anonymous Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:44:47 +0000 http://www.chrishalverson.com/archives/200411/toejam/#comment-1287 Hi Chris. Longtime reader, first time poster. I also played the Toejam last night. Was in 3rd place fairly late, but went out in 11th, when my AKo was flushed on the river by A9s, we were all in before the flop. I don't know if I should have just been folding to make into the higher money, but when do you take a stand, if not with AKo in a shorthanded situation? Gotta play for the win or higher placing.... I did notice all the folding going on; I've never seen the small blinds fold so much when everyone has folded before them. Even when there was action going on, especially after the first hour, we may have seen the occasional flop, but rarely the turn and river unless they were all in before the flopd. I'm a relative novice, but I would think that there were at least 5 to 8 very good players, yet with the type of game being played, it is not obvious they are good because they do not have the chance to use their skills (or maybe they do but we don't know it). Hi Chris. Longtime reader, first time poster. I also played the Toejam last night. Was in 3rd place fairly late, but went out in 11th, when my AKo was flushed on the river by A9s, we were all in before the flop. I don’t know if I should have just been folding to make into the higher money, but when do you take a stand, if not with AKo in a shorthanded situation? Gotta play for the win or higher placing….

I did notice all the folding going on; I’ve never seen the small blinds fold so much when everyone has folded before them. Even when there was action going on, especially after the first hour, we may have seen the occasional flop, but rarely the turn and river unless they were all in before the flopd.
I’m a relative novice, but I would think that there were at least 5 to 8 very good players, yet with the type of game being played, it is not obvious they are good because they do not have the chance to use their skills (or maybe they do but we don’t know it).

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