catwoman

ohhhh i would give anything to get 4 of a kind in any poker game!

sigh...

Dyno_Don

Catwoman, the more you play, the better your chances are to getting a four-of-a-kind and better.

I've played hundreds of online poker games, and probably more, and have had at least 6 4-of-a-kinds. I've had 3 or 4 strait flushes and 4 royal flushes.

During the past several years it has been hard to keep track of the best hands, but taking screenshots is the best way to keep track of your very best hands.
I missed a couple screenshots of my royal flushes; the first one I didn't think about it and the last one I had, everybody folded and I was out of that tourney a couple hands later. After closing out of the site I was playing at, it dawned on me that I had forgotten to get my screenshot.

Keeping a hand history helps too, in the case where you forget to get a screenshot of a good hand you happened to get.

Just keep playing poker and you will eventually get your 4-of-a-kind.

catwoman

Right now i would be happy with Three of a Kind! lolll

I can't even get 4 of a kind in Yahtzee!

dcputernut

OH no.....just keep playing...I got 4 of a kind yesterday!

I was playing yesterday evening and this one guy was anoying me cause he kept raising pre-flop big....he was chip lead and was playing bully.

Well I got pocket 5's and called him. on the flop came
5 4 and another 5!!!! i was just praying he would bet big.....i just bet mininum, and he folded...darn it....but another guy stayed...after turn was another low card....I bet 2x min... and other guy folded....darn it all ...i was wanting to get someone! LOL

Dyno_Don

I have noticed that when playing in card games; whenever I get the four-of-a-kind, the other players bug out when I make a double bet or pot bet.

I learned that if there is a pair up there and I have the other matching pair in my hand, I will let the others do the betting until the river card.

Now I'm hoping someone has picked up something they can use. Like a strait, a flush, a full house or even just two pair.

They make a big bet, I double their bet and many times they will just call, but sometimes they go all-in.

That is the strategy I play with 4 of a kind.

Dyno Don

That is a good strategy with 4 of a kind on the flop or turn, but sometimes it's the river card that will give you the quads.

Try this scenario:

BB is loose agressive and has caught some hands to win a few pots, but has also lost half of his chip stack.

SB is somewhat tight agressive and has kept his chip stack slightly higher than when he started.

BB pre flop; -

SB pre flop; -


Flop comes:
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Let's say that there's a flush showing on the flop, and the BB player bets pot.

SB calls and gets trips on the turn.

Turn comes:
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With trips riding against a flush, proper strategy says SB should fold.

BB is loose agressive and he's been betting big on flushes and two pair on the board the whole time, but has never pushed all-in.

BB has less than half the chip stack that SB has.

BB pushes in, what should SB do?

beaston

My gut says to fold, and if you look at it from a mathematical point of view, a set is about a 4:1 dog vs a made flush. So, unless you're getting 4:1 for your money to call, throw it away...

There's three ways of looking at this...either the BB has top pair/two pair and doesn't want you to draw if you have the lone ace of spades, they already have the made flush, but not the nut flush, or they have the lone ace of spades themselves and are trying to buy the pot. Unless the BB was a weak player, you can pretty much rule out scenario #3 and should throw it away unless you're getting the right price to call.

One other piece of information that is vital is how late is it in the tournament? If it was late and knocking a player out meant moving up in the money, that might make a call worthwhile as well, which is dependent on how many BB's will you have left if you call and don't fill up.

catwoman

I have to ask a ?

Say you have 4 of a kind, and don't want to scare off the competition by raising, so you just call, and let the others do the betting, and then at the end you win with the 4 of a kind, doesn't this **** off the other players , yelling that you are holding back and not playing your hand

thanks

Dyno_Don

With a 4 of a kind I would play just that way catwoman. It's called slow playing your hand.

I wait until the final river card bet to up my bet, either doubling the bet or making a pot bet.
If another player has a high two pair, strait or flush, they may come over the top with a re-raise or all-in.
That's what I am hoping will happen.

This has happened in a few games, me being the winner with 4 of a kind and also the loser with trips or higher against a 4 of a kind.

Don't worry about others being p-issed off if you slow play a good hand. It's about the same as bluffing, and it's poker, they'll get over it.
Most players will congradulate you for making a good play.

It's all about getting the most chips when you can get them, towards winning the game or tourney.

Dyno_Don

I did forget to mention some of the vital information, but I was just using a hand that I had made from memory against another player in a tournament.

It was a play money tourney, good for practice, and was just before the first break or one hour mark.

You make some good strategy points beaston and something to think about in future tourneys.

To finish my card story; I was the small blind and called the all-in, since this player was usually a bluffer, and I caught my quads on the river card.

It was awesome, but I don't think I would do that again.
The BB player was all in my grill about my call, but the other players told him to shut up and move on.

(I decided against using my older member name. I just recently found it and used an old pass that worked, thus the few posts made)