Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-19-2005, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 465
Re: Amusing reaction to 79s push ( low content )
Lol.
What I find interesting is - the same players who were shocked - shocked!! - that I would push with 79s, were calling all ins with A2 and KT. If they think only AT+ should be pushing there,...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-19-2005, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 465
Amusing reaction to 79s push ( low content )
Live $100 +$100 single rebuy Hawaian Gardens tourney Friday night.
16 left, we're in the money, it folds to me in the cutoff
with 79s. My M is 5. The players in the blinds have been pretty tight,...
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Forum: Medium-Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
12-19-2005, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 179
Re: Flopped low end of straight - now what?
I agree with the posts here, just wanted to check though.
I did push, UTG folded, and later told me he had Kings - and would have called if I had just called!
That $300 table can be quite a...
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Forum: Medium-Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
12-18-2005, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 179
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Forum: Medium-Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
12-18-2005, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 179
Flopped low end of straight - now what?
Live hand at $300 buy-in NL table, Hawaiian Gardens.
Blinds $3/5.
New guy to table ($400) raises to $10 UTG. UTG +2 ($250) calls. I ($400) call on the button with 7s8s.
Flop comes the...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-13-2005, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 129
Do you push AT here?
Sorry if this sounds basic, but I have run into this situation a few times and am beginning to question my approach.
The situation:
Just in the money. I'm short- have 4500, blinds 300/600.
...
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Forum: Televised Poker
12-08-2005, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 671
Re: Interview w/ The Mouth
The gossip is nice, but the real interesting thing is how Matusow falls in the 'accumulator / chip up' camp, apparently eschewing even 4/1 all-in confrontations ( ala Hellmuth). This is rather...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
11-22-2005, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 371
Re: RESULTS (from the mouth of the villian)
Great thread.
John's preflop play is something I'd like to explore. Anyone else play it this way? I just can't see passing up two opportunities to raise pre-flop here.
Here is his...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
11-21-2005, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 176
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
11-21-2005, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 127
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
11-21-2005, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 866
Re: AK Early Tourney - Getting away from it.
Good post, I have usually gone up in flames on hands like these also. I think I've made progress in being able to sometimes get away from them. Here's show I see it. I think my chip counts are right:...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
11-11-2005, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 58
Inconsistency in Harrington\'s book?
HOH2. Page 162, he states that most pros would suggest folding under this scenario:
8 handed table, M of 5, folded to you in 3rd position, you hold AJo. Players behind you have been tight. One...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
11-10-2005, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 105
Re: Longest run of non-cashes for you??
Glad you posted this. I was wondering the same thing.
My longest streak just ended at 30 - that seems to be in the range of others. I then made 3 top 3 finishes in my next 5 tourneys.
My...
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Forum: The Stock Market
10-11-2005, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 108
Party valuation metrics
Back of the envelope stuff, but close, all in $US:
Market cap: $5.15 Billion
Net income: $171mm ( 6 mo's)
So if they make $350mm this year, which is likely a minimum, you're looking at 15 x...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
10-10-2005, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 42
Measurement of Party activity vs last week
I keep track of this stuff:
Tues 10/4 10:00 AM PST: 36,000 players
Mon 10/10 " " : 33,600 players
At first glance, doesn't look like a big deal post the skins decision. I also noticed...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
10-03-2005, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 125
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
10-03-2005, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 125
2/5 MGM Grand Hand - Grandstanding on the river
This hand was the source of controversy / discussion for two hours afterward. I wasn't involved. Here's what happened.
Guy in EP ( ~$515) opens for $25.
MP woman ( ~$600) calls.
LP calls.
I...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
09-27-2005, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 181
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
09-27-2005, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 164
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
09-27-2005, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 181
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
09-27-2005, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 164
Re: Huge difference in competition- MTT vs cash
"If you're the average donk, sitting at home watching GREAT players like Moneymake, and you wanna play too, would you rather spend your money at some boring-[censored] cash table, or an exciting...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
09-27-2005, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 164
Huge difference in competition- MTT vs cash
Some quick background, to put my views into context:
After mostly playing online MTT's for the past two years, with good success ( 275 tourneys, avg size 300, 5 wins, 23 Final tables), I have been...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
09-27-2005, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 181
Huge difference in competition - cash vs MTT\'s
Some quick background, to put my views into context:
After mostly playing online MTT's for the past two years, with good success ( 275 tourneys, avg size 300, 5 wins, 23 Final tables), I have been...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
09-14-2005, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 164
Question on running bad
What's the longest you've run bad - in terms of hands, OR PT BB's, if that's how you measure it?
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-15-2005, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 99
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