Steaming is bad but pretending to steam isn’t. Esther Rossi

Here is a link from an email I received. Pretty good read on steaming after a bad beat.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/tip-email-189-deposit?utm_id=189

Good article Batman, Thank you for sharing. Had I hard the nut st8, I would of play it too. I don't think poket 3's are that strong of a pair my self. What do you think?

Well... the thing is ... she had poket 3's yes.. but she was in the BB and it was up to her... with just limpers... so by her just checking she was trying to set up an opponent by trying to make them believe she was steaming from the bad beat the hand before. Having middle set.. she reasoned that no one would have her hand beat at that point and the next card was a 10... which she reasoned helped no body. Then she sprung her trap and it worked beautifully. Betting most but not all of her chips.... she got her opponent to go in for the rest of it and of course called putting her all in. He only had low pair.. so he must have thought she was just steaming from the bad beat the previous hand and put his chips in. Little did he know.. she doesn't steam from a bad beat.. and she got back in it.

nice read, and it leads into so many aspects of the game. I enjoyed it, nice post.