Poker tip of the day ...

I had one of my luckiest hands ever today, and in a no-limit money game (25c/50c blinds, buy-in 50 Euros), not "wasted" in a sit 'n' go. I had 64o in the big blind, and as nobody raised pre-flop I got to see the flop with it, which was 5 3 2 rainbow. Not a bad situation. Being out of position, I put in a 1 Euro bet after the flop anyway (that's quite a big bet, in that game!). The player on my left, who later turned out to have called pre-flop with 5 5, raised all-in, and to my amazement someone to my right, who turned out to have been slow-playing Aces, called. Still nothing guaranteed, of course, but in the event the turn and river were innocent and I scooped a huge pot, won just under 100 Euros in one hand, my biggest pot ever by a long way - feeling pretty sorry for the player with the pocket 5's. (I don't think I would have gone all in with them, to be honest, not with someone else betting in front of me, might pay to take it more slowly?). But as you might guess, it was the guy with the Aces - the worst of the three hands - whose crisp German comments in the chat window looked salt and vinegar flavoured. Poker tip for the day (like all of them, meant as a note to myself): don't slow-play Aces! ...

(If anyone wondered, the horse I mentioned last night was a non-runner.)