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Sat down at 1am (as you do) for a “quick” $5 sit n go – Please note the mindset that I was clearly in after suggesting to myself trying a “quick” effort …. (if I was seriously considering winning then I should be saying a “as long as it takes” sit n go, annnnyyyway) hehe

As it happened I was reading the table very well and noting the weak players (pretty much everyone!) – I will be the first to admit that I certainly hit a very good run of cards in the middle (AA three times, KK, KQs, AQu, AJu etc) – This put me in good stead to use my aggression to my advantage – Afterall the real point to take from this is the fact that:

“People make the adjustment to your play on the third try” – Not always a rule but in a cheapy sit n go it’s a case of almost certainty.

Come on we’ve all noticed it subconsciously … (here’s 3 hands in a row)
Example: -

Hand 1. You raise with T7u on the button, because you are bored / impatient and the SB and BB think ..”he must have something good …Fold”

Hand 2. You are now in the cutoff position with KTu and think “Yeah, Let’s go again” – this time the button, SB and BB all know you’re prob on the make but don’t have a hand to come back at you with ………. so again “Fold”

Hand 3. Bingo!! You get AA and there’s even a few limpers before you! – Suddenly you raise and amazingly their train of thought on the more observant crew on the table of “you can’t possibly have 3 hands in a row that good … reraise!!” – Suddenly the chips are flying in and they can’t believe their luck when they get ruined by your AA and start in the chat box with “lucky boy” etc etc.

The key lesson is there that you are “making your own Good Luck!” – give it a try .. it works.

I’m still not actually getting to my point about the weakest player ever, but here goes.

Once we were down to 5 players or so, without naming names, we’ll call him Mr Weak, this guy would consistently call on the SB only to fold when the BB raised him – Clearly this Mr W did not take the hint and he kept on doing giving away his chips – He never raised anything all game and so clearly we all folded when he did and was basically ultra passive – needless to say we got rid of him although he did get lucky and came 3rd! – lesson here peeps is that severly weak, passive play won’t get you very far …. and you certainly won’t be winning many big prizes!

I got my QQ ruined by A8u Heads up and was fairly content with my 2nd place before retiring off to bed (not as quick as I had planned afterall but fun all the same )

Let us know of some ultra weak plays that you’ve seen

Cheers

Duff