Poker Muck Hand
Posted : admin On 8/3/2022
Frank Hough is correct. The commonly accepted practice is that if you state that you are playing the board BEFORE you muck your hand, then you would still be entitled to your share of the pot. Auto muck is a term used when you play poker online. Auto muck is a feature that is available in some online poker sites which allowes you to always muck your hand when you lose in a poker showdown. If this option is available, then it is best to utilize it, since, you don’t want others to know what your have when you lose in the showdown. Muck in poker refers to all discarded cards in front of the dealer. When a player throws his cards into the muck, it means he folds. Mucking refers to folding a player’s hand, which takes him out of the game. It’s a simple term that can significantly affect a player’s strategies and profitability.
This is a discussion on ACR auto muck within the online poker forums, in the Poker Rooms section; I played ACR a while back. I see the site has removed the ability to show your cards. I eventually say 'you're first to act so go ahead' and he just throws his hand into the muck. I ask 'are you sure, man?' And he says yup. I don't show my cards and scoop a decent sized pot with a hand that doesn't even beat the board. He later tells me he had 97 which would have won. Tl;dr Don't muck your hand and lol live poker.
'Poker's tough.' I've heard that line - and said it myself - more times than I can count.
The truth of it is never more obvious than while watching beginners lose pots with the top five trouble hands.
Some hands are just simply harder for rookies to play than others.
The following poker hands are trouble for beginners and pros alike.
Poker Muck Hand
The big difference is that professionals are able to fold these hands much quicker, without investing much into the pot.
5 Major Trouble Hands for Poker Beginners
5) Ace-Jack
To everyone who is still in the learning-to-intermediate stages of poker, I have some solid advice for you: Ace-jack is not a premium hand.
In fact, it's not really even a good hand. I know it looks spiffy when you peel back your two off the felt (or see it in a million psychedelic colors), but you're going to have to trust me.
Unless you're heads-up you have to treat A-J the same as A-T rather than playing it as if it's A-K.
4) King-Ten
Above all other potential candidates, king-ten has been awarded the title of 'sucker's hand.' If you're holding this hand, there are significantly more boards that will give you the second nuts or a bad beat than boards that will win you the pot.
If you don't flop broadway, you're in a rough spot. Flopping top pair of kings will almost certainly pit you against a king with a higher kicker. Flopping a pair of tens is rarely the top pair, and if it's not, you have straights to look out for.
Flopping two pair again puts you at risk against a straight, and you're going to run into more two pair-versus-sets scenarios with this hand, because people are playing all the pocket tens and pocket kings they're dealt.
3) King-Jack
Like king-ten, but a little less dangerous. The reduced risk, comparatively speaking, gives this hand the appearance of being more powerful than it really is.
Again, if you flop two pair, you're going to have to watch out for sets, and you still have to worry about kicker problems on one pair.
This hand is better left in the muck than overplayed.
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2) Pocket Jacks
The second-most-overplayed hand in poker. Pocket jacks is a top five hand and is a powerhouse compared to almost any random hand you can be dealt.
But if you raise it pre-flop, the only hands that ever call you are far ahead, or a coin flip (excluding the odd lower pair).
Played properly, this can be a very profitable hand. Overplayed (as amateurs tend to do), it will cost you a large percentage of your roll. No matter how strong your hand is before the flop, after the flop (unless you hit your set) you only have one pair.
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1) Ace-Queen
Ace-queen is the biggest trouble hand for beginners and amateurs alike. I don't have enough fingers to count the amount of times I've given away my money on a big click with big chick.
I won't rehash my advice on how to play A-Q again here. Instead, I recommend you head over to the ace-queen series and give it a read. It just might save you some serious coin.
Poker Muck Your Hand
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These five hands obviously don't cover every sticky situation a beginner is liable to encounter at the felt. I'm not saying you shouldn't play these hands, but play them with due diligence.
For a beginner the one rule you should never forget is 'If you think you're beat in a hand, you probably are.'
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