In the past several months I’ve found myself more frequently than average in big online poker pots that ended up all in before the flop. Each time I would be holding a big pair, AA or KK, or sometime QQ, against an inferior pair, where I was forced to call a reraise of all in by an opponent who insisted on playing fast. By an almost insane degree, I’ve seen the flop come, and the turn and river, and hit me right between the eyes giving my opponent one of his two outs. With this kind of regularity of happening, over time, it can seem like you can’t win, like something wants to destroy you.
Playing all-in online poker is never a fun situation for the more intricately concerned player. No matter the odds, I dislike putting all my money in preflop, because it then becomes a matter of luck (who gets the cards, who holds up). Even with aces, when you are favored 6 to 1 over any other pair, the rest of the hand is out of your control.
In hold em, each hand is primarily defined by what comes on the flop. Going in blindly, even when you are dominating, is about the same as a roulette: you wait for the right number to come along, and you hope you stay alive.
If you are like me, and hate this kind of action, even when you are often going in the favorite, waiting for a more explorative online poker table to come along can be worth the inconvenience of having to switch tables.
