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Let me introduce myself - I’m Daniel Thorn. I will be honest - I’ve never won at the WSOP. But for several years I’ve been making a living just playing poker online. When I deposit money I use only my AmEx Platinum. I think it tells volumes.
So, in this section I described the hands that were really played. I think it can be better than tons of poker literature. I tried to make it not only educational, but also entertaining. Read, enjoy and learn from my mistakes.
As I have said – never ever play trash hands. But I used to break the rules. So did I that time with:
4s 8s
But what saves me now is that I’m a Big Blind. So, the players act. Only one bet. The rest call, the flop:
Js 9d Th
I’m not ready to bet with this hand. But I’m ready to call – so I call. I have a straight draw. A very ugly flush draw, by the way. Because all I have now is just the lower end of it. But the fact that it’s an open-end straight consoles me. The turn didn’t make me happy:
Js 9d Th Kd
My Small Blind (in fact he’s not mine, but who cares?) checks. I’m just happy to see it. Maybe, I’ll get a free card. Though, maybe my draw is not that bad? I bet. One guy folded, the other called. So – there are three of us. All I want is just a little:
Js 9d Th Kd 7c
just a little seven. And I have it! It’s like a miracle. A cautionary example for those who didn’t raise me. Three of us came to the showdown. I think you’d like to know what they had, these “I-will-not-raise” guys. The first had a couple of queens:
Qd Qs
And the other one:
Jd Kh
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