I threw away a lead online when i was large stacked (not overwhlemingly) but i was in a good position... i decided to play conservative, folding JQ JK and even aces .. this resulted in me losing a lot of hands as i werent playing them and i went on tilt and lost it all... so how should i play when ahead?

Bully short stacks?
Play patiently?

1. dont fold aces.

Originally Posted by MJPerry

Also that.

NB: You lost hands because you didn't play them? Usually when I don't play a hand I don't lose that much on it.

I think what he meant to say was, he missed out on winning pots because he was folding winners or big hands.

Originally Posted by chimbomba

so how should i play when ahead?

Bully short stacks?
Play patiently?

You're going to hate my answer here, but you should be doing both.

Don't bully a short stack out of a pot just to do it. Play patiently, find good spots, put reads on other players. Then when you get into situations against smaller stacks, put the pressure on them. You don't need to go nuts either. A min-raise can be enough to frustrate a short stack.

sorry i didn't mean i had aces i meant i had an ace in one hand then say a 8 or 9 which is 9 out of 10 a defo call pre flop... in hindsight i reckon just play normally but dont crazy unless you have the nuts.. what dya think