Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-07-2003, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 91
Re: Starting Hands
Major,
As I just wrote to Dynasty in another post everyone is entitled to play as they choose. I will not ever be convinced that a pocket pair with a 4% chance of hitting a set on the flop is a...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-07-2003, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 76
Re: Starting Hands - What do you think?
Dynasty,
I can appreciate your advice for what it is, but just as I have been saying in this post as well as in Festus22's post "to each there own." Meaning you must determine your own style of...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-07-2003, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 91
Re: Starting Hands
I started a similar thread last week about my particular starting hand requirements. I cannot figure out how to link it to this post but look back for a thread called Starting Hands - What do you...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-02-2003, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 76
Re: Starting Hands - What do you think?
Sossman,
I appreciate the advice and the questions.
You are correct on the similarities to Lee Jones' book. I have added some of my own opinions to MP and LP limping hands, but most of the...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-02-2003, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 76
Starting Hands - What do you think?
There was a thread started on this BB about a particular hand and if the open raise was proper or not. I have been working on my play and have came up with these low limit starting hand requirements...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-01-2003, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25
Re: I thought the turn call was borderline
I just re-read your original post about the bet and raise on the turn. I mis-read it the first time and thought that the MP had bet out and LP just smooth called. Now that I realize there was a...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-01-2003, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25
Re: AKo utg
Schmed,
You played this hand excellently. This is a text book model play.
Pre-flop you raised. I think both MP and LP made horrible calls, but depending on which book you read I have saw some...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
07-01-2003, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 19
Questionable laydown?
$2 to $5 anytime game.....I'm the blind in the 10 seat, next to maybe the worlds largest (plump) dealer. This is the dealers first night in this room, he moved from another casino I think. I get...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-27-2003, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 48
Re: Buy In
I have heard many agruments on this and still don't know what the correct answer is as far as ? x BB goes. I usually buy in for 20 x BB and depending on if there is a kill add an additional hundred...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-27-2003, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 30
Re: This one is a real dick sandwich.
Dick Sandwich?
I'll take a shot in the dark here....you said it was a loose game so who knows with this many limpers.
EP.... had the King of spades and was cold calling hoping to catch on the...
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-27-2003, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 252
Re: My two cents worth (Long)
You're correct sir, two sessions does not make for a large enough sampling to dictate further success or failures. But as I said this is simply my own beliefs and they are arrived at not just by...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-27-2003, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 71
Re: Interesting Situation
I'd take the cash and call it even for the times I mucked winners when I was first at the game. It should hopefully act as an expesive lesson for the guy as mine did.
I flopped trip 5's with two...
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-27-2003, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 252
My two cents worth (Long)
This is an amazing topic. I posted earlier this week on another web site in regards to this very topic. The breakdown is approx. the same 50/50 in responces to playing with the fish and sleeping...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-26-2003, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 20
I was awarded the pot
I have AKc one before the button and raise, only the blind, UTG & UTG+1 stay in.
Flop ... 3 low spades. Checked to me I bet and am called by all...Ok no buying the pot on this one.
Turn ......
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-26-2003, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 20
The ever improving hand
$2-$5 Colorado live action game. I'm in the blind with A2d. 7 players see an unraised flop.
Flop Jd Ah 9d.....I check hoping to check raise but everyone checks around.
Turn Ac.....I bet out...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-24-2003, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 28
Re: Strangest play I have ever saw
Next week don't forget the Medication!
Do you really know the dealer's dog and his wife are that friendly? Huh? guess you guys all have some sort of secert freindship outside of the poker room,...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-24-2003, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 28
Strangest play I have ever saw
I have never saw a table mood change quicker then last night. Easy going table where most of the people somewhat know each other and are phoning it in waiting for more people to show up and fill the...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-20-2003, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 28
Re: KK under assault
Hey its always hard to laydown a big starting hand but I think in this situation I would of laid it down when the turn was 3 bet....If you think you had the best hand you would of been betting...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-20-2003, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 28
Re: KK under assault
I'm probably way off here, but I will take a shot at it.
SB = Missed Diamond Draw - Probably the nuts since he called the pre-flop raises (Ad with Q to 9 kicker)
EP2 = Set - probably the 10's...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-20-2003, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 16
New player tells - any advice
Let me start by saying I loved playing with a table full of a combination of fish and newbies. I took approx. $350 off these people in $5 poker in about 4 hours or so. For the most part I played...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-17-2003, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 132
Ever tell someone to stop asking for setups?
I agree with all that was said above about asking for deck changes, set-ups, and scrambles being a complete waste of time. The only thing that asking for a set-up does IMO is to tell everyone at the...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-17-2003, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 15
The Turn Around Hand
I had been playing for approx. and hour and had not won a pot, I was getting great starting hands but not catching anything on the flop. I was somewhat shortstacked and contemplating a re-buy or...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-16-2003, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 23
Results
You all had some fine guesses here and I thought the exact same thing...I put BF on Ax and thought I was good until GF check raised at the river, and even then I thought she had the Q and was...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-16-2003, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 23
Here Fishy, Fishy.
A couple of new players sit at the table and have played a couple of times around the blinds and I think I have a good read on their play. 1st player (the girlfriend) is new to the game and asking...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-10-2003, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17
Moving Up in Limits, How far would you go?
I normally play Colorado $2-$5 poker and have played $3-$6 and $4-$8 while traveling. I feel confident in my normal game as well as I have been a consistent winner when ever I have moved up in...
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