Simple Post!

Laying a good hand down has never ever gotten anyone knocked out of a tournament, however calling with those same hands has cost them many and many of tournaments.

Don't be afraid to lay them down!

lol.

Hallalujah brother!!!

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Yes this is my hardest thing to do is lay down good hand. But as I keep playing and believing in myself it is getting easier.

Can you give a few examples of situations of when to lay down a good hand. And how good of a hands would we be laying down?

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No...but I can tell you about many many good hands that I should have laid down...lol Phil Hellmuth is the master of laying down good hands when they need to be laid down, I have seen him make some unbelievable lay downs.

Do you mean like this.

PokerStars Game #16383679941: Tournament #82961997, $1.50+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/03/31 - 09:41:04 (ET)
Table '82961997 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: chucka24 (900 in chips)
Seat 2: chesalih (2915 in chips)
Seat 3: CardLovinCat (2900 in chips)
Seat 4: inthehouse20 (1880 in chips)
Seat 6: ladyofmine23 (1085 in chips)
Seat 7: TylerBowie (1780 in chips)
Seat 8: erwludi (2040 in chips)
TylerBowie: posts small blind 25
erwludi: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CardLovinCat [As Qh]
chucka24 has timed out while being disconnected
chucka24: folds
chucka24 is sitting out
chesalih: folds
chucka24 is disconnected
CardLovinCat: raises 100 to 150
inthehouse20: folds
ladyofmine23: folds
TylerBowie: folds
erwludi: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Kc Ah 4d]
erwludi: checks
CardLovinCat: bets 200
erwludi: raises 200 to 400
CardLovinCat: calls 200
*** TURN *** [Kc Ah 4d] [Jh]
erwludi: bets 1490 and is all-in
CardLovinCat: folds
CardLovinCat said, "AQ"
erwludi collected 1125 from pot
erwludi: shows [4c Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1125 | Rake 0
Board [Kc Ah 4d Jh]
Seat 1: chucka24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: chesalih folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: CardLovinCat folded on the Turn
Seat 4: inthehouse20 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ladyofmine23 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: TylerBowie (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: erwludi (big blind) collected (1125)

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that was a GREAT lay down!!! Way to go Cat!!

Thanks deuce

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TPTK isn't that great a hand - remember, the average winning hand in hold'em is two pair. Cat, in your hand, villain raised the flop, and then went all in on the turn - do you really think you could have him beat at that point? Of course not.

A REALLY good laydown would be something like QQ preflop (did it in one of the league games, I believe), or folding a flopped set to a flopped straight (not an obvious one, but on a board of 689 or something).

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