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Thanks Beanie i feel good as i actually understood what you told me there. right i just wanna play. Youll get there Kegman.

Here's some Virgin Poker articles im reading as i go-

One of the sections within FLUSH Magazine is called The Poker Parliament. It's basically me abusing the fact that I have access to lots of pros, writers and celebs, and so can easily pass on questions from readers. Some are very simple, some pretty deep. Here's one that I thought would be worth sharing with you...

"What does 'stop 'n' go play' mean?" Ok - here we go...

You have QQ and your opponent has AK

You are first to act beyond the blinds, and raise. AK re-raises, you push all-in, AK calls.

OR - The Stop 'n Go method:

You are first to act beyond the blinds, and raise. AK re-raises... but you JUST CALL with the intention of using your eary position positively to push all-in post flop.

Why?

Well, with the first approach the good news is that you could win more from the hand as long as AK doesn't hit either of his cards. The negative aspect is that he has five cards to come and there's nothing you can do but sit, watch, and cross your fingers.

With the "Stop 'n' Go" approach you are taking advantage of the fact that (as we all sadly know) most of the time one doesn't connect with the flop. The good news is that you don't have to improve because you're already holding QQ. By pushing all-in post-flop, you're now forcing the AK player to give up all his chips having only seen three cards rather than guaranteeing him all five cards with an all-in pre-flop. Ask most people how good they feel about AK with a full board still to come... and then ask them how good they feel if they only had two cards to come.

When the flop arrives and doesn't contain an A or K, you push all-in and the blood drains from AK's face. You potentially aren't winning as many chips if you get AK to dump now, but you have an additional way to win besides praying the board is kind (i.e. your new-found fold equity).

If an ace or king does arrive on the flop, wel... c'est la vie - curse the poker gods and move on. The only difference is that with the first approach you would now be all-in anyway; helplessly watching the cards fall. In our second scenario however, you now have the opportunity to get away with a chip and a chair.

Hope that makes sense and proves useful.