Forum: Micro-Limits
07-25-2005, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 28
Re: Review: Hand 52, T9
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You answered your own question here. A slowplay is bad precisely because there are many possible draws out there, and these drawing hands don't know they're drawing dead.
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Forum: Books and Publications
02-20-2005, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 401
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Forum: Beginners Questions
02-18-2005, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 110
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
02-13-2005, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 24
2/4 flopped royal flush
I know, cap pre-flop, right?
Maybe my play looks incredibly weak here, but I was afraid of forcing people out, and everybody else kept betting... and when I finally did have to bet, everyone...
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Forum: Poker Theory
02-11-2005, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 136
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Forum: Poker Theory
02-10-2005, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 119
Re: counting early round bets
It's a little hard for me to figure exactly where you're coming from, but here are two things that you may not be getting:
1) Of course it matters how much money has been previously put in the...
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Forum: Poker Theory
02-10-2005, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 119
Re: counting early round bets
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This may be common knowledge, but it seems to contradict what I usually hear. The consensus would be that once money is in the pot, it is no longer yours and should be ignored.
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-24-2005, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 137
Re: theoretical question concerning football
For those who are interested in this sort of analysis, there's plenty of it at footballcommentary.com (http://footballcommentary.com).
There's a general pattern in that coaches will generally not...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
01-21-2005, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 125
Re: am i totally weak or WHAT?
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This is small stakes. The players are bad and you can't read their hands well enough to KNOW what they hold based upon their betting
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Isn't that a reason not to fold?
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
01-21-2005, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 125
Re: am i totally weak or WHAT?
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That gives you way more than a 5% chance that you have the best hand.
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or 11%, which is actually the relevant number.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
01-21-2005, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 125
Re: am i totally weak or WHAT?
I think the important data point here, as someone else noted, is that the only hands that both a) have you beat and b) would have bet like that on the flop are 78 and 99 (or maybe 88). That gives...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-19-2005, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 107
Re: Some more thoughts...
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Say my opponent and I are both smart and after the flop we turn our cards face up (so there is no opportunity to make FTOP mistakes). I have top pair and he has a flush draw. I...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-19-2005, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 98
Re: Fundamental Theorem and Imperfect Information?
When I think about the FTOP I actually envision the scenario in which both players can see each other's cards and both know how to play perfectly from a mathematical optimizing-your-EV point of view....
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Forum: Internet Gambling
01-19-2005, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 29
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-19-2005, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 107
Re: Some more thoughts...
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Remember, if it doesn't matter at all what your opponent's action is, then he is never making a mistake, and according to the fundamental theorem the only way that you can make money is if...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-18-2005, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 159
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Forum: Micro-Limits
01-13-2005, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 62
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Forum: Micro-Limits
01-10-2005, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 24
Re: Slowplay with Spade Draw?
You probably want to repost this on the no-limit forum.
In general, I don't like slow-playing this because you are giving anyone with a J or a 9 (or AK) a free chance to make their gutshot.
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-07-2005, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 63
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-07-2005, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 49
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-07-2005, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 71
Re: Help for a Newbie (ish) please ?
Also, note that because there are so many people in the pot, the pot odds for you to call when people bet are probably huge. Before you fold in one of these family pots, check whether you're getting...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-07-2005, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 71
Re: Help for a Newbie (ish) please ?
A lot of money at these levels comes from going nuts on the flop and turn when you have a draw that has a better chance of coming in than 1/n, where n is the number of players still in. In these...
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Forum: Televised Poker
01-06-2005, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 325
Re: IQ/Poker/David Sklansky
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In fact this effect can be seen easily if you just look at the bottom of the scale compared to the top of the scale: a 1000 player will probably not have highly consistent wins over an 800...
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Forum: Televised Poker
01-06-2005, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 325
Re: IQ/Poker/David Sklansky
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Statistically, the difference between 2000 and 2200 is exactly the same as the difference between 1800 and 2000. That is, a 2200 player is expected to beat a 2000 player exactly...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
01-06-2005, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 25
Re: counter point
I'm not sure MP1 played this hand so badly. He's getting 7.25-1 on the flop call with an overcard and backdoor flush and straight draws, and on the turn he has the flush draw, might already have the...
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