New Column

[Ed Miller]

I am writing a monthly column for the new Casino & Gaming Television website.

You can check out the first one here:

http://www.cgtv.com/games/column/index.shtml

[La Brujita]

Very cool article Ed! It reminds me of the old choose your own adventures books. FWIW I quessed QJs without looking at your choices on the river. I also usually reraise on the turn and don't count that as a wrong answer (imo its not necessarily a good play to get defensive so quick).

[mike l.]

"No dice ... you have gotten no questions right so far!"

what the hell does this mean and why does it keep popping up every time i answer a question!?!

i think your quiz is severely flawed...

[rbenuck4]

Great article, I had a lot of fun reading and playing along.

I got 7 out of 8 right, and I'm wondering about the one I got wrong. It had to do with the reason you raise with pocket aces, and my answer was to thin the field. While you obviously want to get more money in the pot, I always thought it was more important to get people out of the hand, than to get a few extra small bets in before the flop. Aces is not a hand I want playing against five or six people. I wold be more upset if everyone left to act called my double bet than if no one called except the two limpers. Just my two cents. Flame away.

[mike l.]

"He is almost certainly not planning a check-raise; virtually no one check-raises the turn and then tries another check-raise on the river."

you need to come play the 3-6 at my cardroom, you would be shocked at the constant checkraising. these kids here just LOVE the checkraise. my little brother plays 1-2 and 2-4 and he just constantly checkraises, nearly every hand he's on the hunt to pull off the hat trick, he thinks checkraising some guy twice on two consecutive streets is just the funniest thing on earth, and he is not alone.

seriously, it's a very very common play at low limits around here, more so than in the 20-40.

[B Dids]

A discussion I had with my friend about this.



FoD: i disagree with his last question

bdotdids: not there yet

FoD: ok.

FoD: well...i got 7 of 8.

bdotdids: I'm a 4/5 so far- and that's because I wanted to re-raise with my Aces. Which I feel is the correct play, or at least A correct play

bdotdids: what was your answer on the last one? I thought QJ was obviously the answer he was going for- but I could make a case for AK and some other hands in that position.

FoD: ak...exactly how i always see them played. obvious and agressively.

bdotdids: Yeah- I find it odd that he suggests a reasonable player would check with AK on that board

bdotdids: I also lost a point when I checked the river

FoD: i know he says that joe is agressive and all....and has money to lose....but as a rule, no body likes losing...i really doubt he'd reraise a person who he thought was good and raised (which i take it is "you" when you take the quiz). maybe that's too much thought put into it...but....

FoD: i mean...i can see it both ways, but the qj to me seems like a stretch.

bdotdids: You know why he doesn't have AK, 'cause he just called from the BB. I think that's what he wants you to think.

bdotdids: QJs calls your preflop raise, AK raises it

FoD: yeah...but he called a raise, from a player that's good...and even joe knows not to reraise and scare off the competition...

bdotdids: You wouldn't re-raise with AK in that spot?

FoD: would you reraise in the same scenario? i wouldn't, i think...not if i thought the other two would go.

bdotdids: I would. but then I'm used to the micros wheere I don't think that will chase people off AND I think that with AK I'd rather be heads up

FoD: well, right...but...we're talking about 3/6...which may or may not be different, but in my limited experience is (only sat at one superloose table...ever...but online i see at least one a day).

FoD: against anybody i'd rather be heads up with AA. no question. but as long as your money is at risk...get more in return.

Your thoughts- Is my thinking with AK flawed? Any other input?

[sthief09]

cold-calling in a tough game is sometimes a good idea because what you give up preflop you gain in deception. but at a B&M 3/6 table the two limpers probably have such bad hands, and don't think about what you have, so you give up too much by not raising preflop.

FWIW I play the hand the same as Joe, except I would've folded to the bet. There's not much he could have that I beat. AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, AK, AQ, AJ, KQ, even KJ, KT, and JT all beat me.

[Vehn]

[sthief09]

is he the guy in Office Space?

[Ed Miller]

Damn, Vehn... took you like two whole hours. I had the under on half an hour.