Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-17-2005, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 46
Re: Call down?
This is the third example I've read today of someone overplaying a middle pair before the flop.
Did Mason change the hand rankings or something? TT is not a 3-betting hand in most situations. ...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-16-2005, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 121
Re: Wierd Scenario
Um, yes.
The weaker suited connectors and gappers are playable in this situation (four random hands, you're in late position, your opponents are playing like idiots). You're taking a preflop...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-16-2005, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 139
Re: 10-20 Foxwoods AA hand Saturday night
You have no clue what he has because you didn't think it through.
The vast majority of players 3-bet only with biggish pairs or AK. maybe AQ. If he had JJ he probably would have smooth-called the...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-16-2005, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 121
Re: Wierd Scenario
I'd treat it as any "wild game". All pairs, suited connectors down to 65, suited gappers down to 97 or so, AKo, AQo, KTs, Q9s. Everything else go bye-bye. It's strictly value, Dude. Strictly...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-16-2005, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 74
Views: 262
Re: A Hand vs. Clarkmeister
You obviously know a lot more about Clark than I do, so my comments make some assumptions about Clark and your poker-table relationship with him that might not be accurate.
Anyway, I think the two...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-16-2005, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 134
Re: Party $15/$30, pocket 9\'s
The original poster wrote:
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I have notes on UTG+1, he is a little bit on the loose aggressive side, but not a total donk. Something like VP$IP: 28% PFR: 15%
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Okay, I...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-16-2005, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 137
Re: 20-40 at Hawaiian Gardens
In this sort of game I think you can safely airmail 65o to the muck before the flop. Straight draws suck in games where you're going to take a lot of heat after the flop.
65s would be a different...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-16-2005, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 134
Re: Party $15/$30, pocket 9\'s
Hands like these are easier to play if you don't start out by trying to isolate yourself into a heads-up situation where you will almost always be either a small favorite or a big underdog. Just...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-02-2005, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 185
Re: What\'s pacific 30/60 like?
The very bad software alone is reason enough not to play there. They also have a history of being very slow with cashouts.
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
09-05-2004, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 67
Re: Folding for one bet
When you bet the river, you were betting no one had an ace (or two pair, or set, or even a straight) but that someone would call you with a losing hand. I don't like your chances.
Once you make...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
09-05-2004, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 163
Re: Party 15 Happenings
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Folded to him two off the button and he openraises w/ Q5s.
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This is pretty light for a typical Party 15/30 game because steals almost never work.
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Cutoff...
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Forum: Stud
07-26-2004, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 116
Re: Stud/8 hand - (5s 3s) As
I would have bet every street, including the river, unless someone raises me along the way. No one has a scary board. It's very possible no one has a low. It's very possible I'll get called by a...
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Forum: Stud
07-19-2004, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 149
Re: game is too loose
In theory such games are beatable but the variance is so high and the hands/hour so low that I personally regard them as a waste of time for the serious player.
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Forum: Stud
07-19-2004, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 220
Re: 5/10 Stud Hand
I wasn't talking about this hand, but the Ten wasn't the bring-in. Chris Daddy was (9 < 10), and he brought it in for the full bet. I probably would have brought it in for the minimum myself, but I...
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Forum: Stud
07-19-2004, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 88
Re: 2nd-best trips/implied odds
You're typically no worse than about a 3-to-1 dog to trip sixes here (loosey's hand is all but dead so isn't much of a factor), and often much better than that, depending on who has the livest side...
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Forum: Stud
07-19-2004, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 176
Re: 7CS: Reese versus SM&Z: Tens and Jacks
You're going to have to post your math, because that's not what I get.
According to my calculations, in an 8-handed 15-30 game, you're getting no worse than 4.1:1 to call the completion.
$16...
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Forum: Stud
07-18-2004, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 220
Re: 5/10 Stud Hand
If you're routinely folding a pair of Nines just because there are a couple of over-cards behind you, I think that you're leaving money on the table in a typical $5/10 game.
In the original...
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Forum: Stud
07-18-2004, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 220
Re: 5/10 Stud Hand
3rd street:
A: [x,x]T
Daddy: [5 9 ] 9
B: [x,x] J
Villian: [x,x] K
I complete the bet. B folds. Villian raises. A folds. I call.
See the thread about raising a pair into two...
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Forum: Stud
07-18-2004, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 90
Re: Interesting Flush Question in tight games
What are you doing in a tight-aggressive game full of players who mostly have a clue?
Anyway, one reason to raise on 5th with your made flush vs clueful opponents is so that later on, when you...
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Forum: Stud
07-18-2004, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 176
Re: 7CS: Reese versus SM&Z: Tens and Jacks
It's usually right to call. The odds are against the overcards having higher pairs. However, there's enough of chance of your being second or (rarely) third-best that you should just call and see...
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Forum: Stud
12-17-2003, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 183
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
12-17-2003, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 76
Re: As8s mid pos
The 3 on the turn obviously helped UTG, and that can only be the case if he has 33, A3, J3s, or 83s. The problem with bad players like this is there's just no way to tell which of these hands he...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
10-11-2003, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 86
Re: JJ in the SB
Winning poker is not just about winning pots. It's about getting your opponents' money in the pot when you have the best of it. The "best of it" may or may not mean "best chance of winning at the...
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Forum: Stud
10-10-2003, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 92
Re: Monte Carlo Hand
You should check-call on fourth street. You're a dog to most hands he could have, so you're losing money with every bet you put in the pot.
Also, it's so routine for people to bet on fourth with...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
10-10-2003, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 86
Re: JJ in the SB
IMO this is an automatic raise in this situation. Because no one raised, you are almost certainly the money favorite to win the pot, so every caller you get for your raise is putting profit in your...
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