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Extracting the most with your image
**Disclaimer. I play weird. Do not take my approach in these hands without careful reads of the opponents**
So far at this table I have an imposing image. I'm playing aggressively with marginal hands, and the table knows it. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font> <font color="#C00000">BB ($76.30)</font> <font color="#C00000">Hero ($117.85)</font> MP ($26.70) Button ($21.50) SB ($73.15) Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Hero calls $1, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB completes, BB checks. Flop: ($3) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets $3</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $10</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $17</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $116.85</font>, BB calls $58.30 (All-In). Turn: ($195.15) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font> River: ($195.15) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font> Final Pot: $195.15 Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF"> BB has Kc Js (two pair, kings and fours). Hero has 7d 3d (flush, king high). Outcome: Hero wins $195.15. </font> This is the hazard you face when a player takes your image into consideration. Had I been a solid TAG player in this 5 handed game I would not have gotten that call. Oohs and ahhs serenade the hand. The very next hand is dealt: PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) converter saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font> <font color="#C00000">Hero ($193.15)</font> BB ($26.70) UTG ($21.50) MP ($50) <font color="#C00000">Button ($72.15)</font> Preflop: Hero is SB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. MP posts a blind of $1. <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP (poster) checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $2</font>, Hero calls $1.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $1. Flop: ($7) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $191.15</font>, Button calls $55.15 (All-In). Turn: ($268.30) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font> River: ($268.30) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font> Final Pot: $268.30 Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF"> Hero has 4s Qs (flush, queen high). Button has Ac Jd (two pair, jacks and threes). Outcome: Hero wins $268.30. </font> My image was set, and when I had a kick-ass hand I played it the same way as my drunken-monkey approach earlier with bottom pair + flush draw. This delves into metagame, but this is a tactic I love using in shorthanded and loosish games. Yes, I will lose sometimes, but my big hands get paid off in spades. Sort of like a pee-wee league version of Spirit Rock. |
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Re: Extracting the most with your image
Preflop is whatever, but if I find myself in that situation on the flop, I play it the same way. I think both flops are pretty standard.
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Re: Extracting the most with your image
I have a nice one too... Please bear in mind that these are 2 consecutive hands:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) converter Button ($5.50) SB ($21.60) BB ($24.25) UTG ($49.40) MP1 ($21.20) MP2 ($24.60) Hero ($17.50) Preflop: Hero is CO with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks. Flop: ($2) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets $1</font>, BB folds, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $4</font>, SB calls $3. Turn: ($10) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $13</font>, SB folds. Final Pot: $25 ...and I showed my cards. Very next hand (Villain obviously is in the Button): PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) converter CO ($5.50) Button ($15.10) SB ($23.75) BB ($49.40) UTG ($20.70) MP1 ($24.60) Hero ($24.35) Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. UTG calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $0.50, SB completes, BB checks. Flop: ($3) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font> SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $1.5</font>, SB calls $1.50, BB folds, UTG folds, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5</font>, Button calls $3.50, SB calls $3.50. Turn: ($18) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $5</font>, SB calls $5, Hero calls $5. River: ($33) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $4.6 (All-In)</font>, SB folds, Hero calls $4.60. Final Pot: $42.20 |
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Re: Extracting the most with your image
Poker isnt a ame about figuring out how your opponents are playing, it is a game of figuring out how your opponents think you are playing.
Layne Flack said this once and I read this in Cardplayer. I think its one of the best advice ive ever read on poker. |
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Re: Extracting the most with your image
I personally think that image affects online play little. But thats just me..
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Re: Extracting the most with your image
At 25 tables ....perhaps 50...
Once you get to real games it matters immensly. |
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