Radical Roxie. I would never call her that to her face. She is a semi-regular in the Jokers tournaments & I know she is a little crazy. I know this because I raised once with 10-10 and she called me with A-6 offsuit. Naturally she spiked an A on the turn. However, I had kept the pot small & didn't lose too much. I said to her, "I guess I'll have to go all-in next time." She said, "I would have called." Oh my gosh. So I knew she was a little out there.
Tuesday night I was playing at Jokers and Radical Roxie was to my right. I was doing OK when about 5 limpers entered the pot. I had A-K and only about 15 big blinds left so I shoved all-in. Everyone folded except RR. She called with K-J suited. Excellent. Until a king hit the flop and a jack hit the turn. Playing bad & getting lucky. Now I was hurting for chips.
A few hands later the same thing happens - about 4 or 5 limpers including RR. I have 4-4 so I shove all-in. She calls me with the dreaded weakish ace (A-9 offsuit) and spikes an ace right on the flop. Bye bye Lynne.
Again, however, I want her at my table. Most of the time I will win both of those hands and she will be history. I sure wish I got lucky more often. Playing bad? I've got that down - LOL.
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Yes, you do want her at your table. I see that all the time playing online. I raise with 10/10and A/2 (suited) reraises me all-in. Of course the ace hits. People forevere overvalue their weak aces, particularly when suited even though that adds only 3% to their value. I just don't play weak aces against a raise ever (with obvious exceptions) and have a new question to ask myself preflop. Would I play this hand, in this position, if it were unsuited. If the answer is "no", into the muck it goes without regret. Annie Duke says this will immediately improve your game, and I believe her.
Back to my market losses, the $20K yesterday was on top of previous losses. Very ugly. I am fortunate to have a pretty large portfolio, but that erased my entire year's gains.
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