Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
12-25-2003, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 92
Re: My Vegas Trip Report (long)
There must be something to these massages...since this is the second time you have mentioned it in the two places I checked in the last 3 minutes...J/K
What no mention of my interuppting phone...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-10-2003, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 74
Re: Two hands - your thoughts please
First of all thank you to everyone who posted a response. After having time to think about this hand and read all of the posts in regards to the flopped boat, I agree that I should of put in a bet...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-07-2003, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 74
Two hands - your thoughts please
1st hand - $6 - 12 game at the Mirage. Table is loose passive. I open raise with Q's two before the button. The button, SB and 2 others call.
Flop come 9s Qh 9h. It checks around.
Turn is...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-21-2003, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 77
New Denver card club
Clean, upscale social card club located near downtown Denver looking for more players. Currently spreading $5/10 HE with other limits spread as needed. Games running consistently Sun, Mon, Wed, and...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
10-10-2003, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 22
Re: Limping with pocket pairs -theory question
Seems like a matter of symantics (you win less vs. multiple opponents so therefore I value them less?) but that is why I put a disclaimer on my original post that my arguments are usually flawed. My...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
10-10-2003, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 22
Limping with pocket pairs -theory question
I want to post a conversation I had last night about limping vs. raising with big pocket pairs in low limit games. I think most of you will agree with my argument but I wanted to hear any and all...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
10-06-2003, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 18
The Gorton\'s Fisherwoman!
Colorado $2 to $5 spread limit game...seems to be alternating between Loose passive & Loose Aggressive cycles about everyother dealer down. (for a half hour no pots are above $35 dollars and the...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
10-03-2003, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 33
Re: You\'re a Manaic - I\'ll raise you back!
Yeah, your right! I did underplay this hand because I never put him on the Quads and there was no way I could of been behind on the flop and the odds are huge against him boating up. Should of...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
10-03-2003, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 33
You\'re a Manaic - I\'ll raise you back!
Colorado $2 to $5 spread limit. I sit down and wait for the button and watch the 3 hands played while I wait. There is a certified manaic, usually tough to know after only 3 hands but not in this...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
10-01-2003, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 86
Re: Card Rooms in New Mexico?
I travel to NM from Colorado probably 8 to 10 times a year and always play at Sandia for live action games. JR had the right limits, and he is right that the 4/8 with a 1/2 kill is a soft game. ...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-24-2003, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17
Played correctly or not?
This is a Colorado $2 to $5 game - but its much tighter then usual. There are 3 props, and for the most part everyone else is a regular with decent poker skills. I'll describe the players as...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-15-2003, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 36
Your favorite mix of players - poll
Recently I have been trying to figure out where I make the most money. It seems that I do better with a mixture of players. I like to sit with 3 to 4 other rocks with the rest of the table being...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-09-2003, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17
Trips on the board - your move
Typical Loose passive game with a ton of calling stations. I have pocket 10's in the CO-1. 5 people see the flop and I have the button now. Real quick, before I get a rash of it for not raising...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-08-2003, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-08-2003, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-08-2003, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 30
3 boats sunk - Where did I go wrong?
Typical loose passive $2 to $5 spread limit game. Full table that was brand new so no one had any real reads on anyone else.
1st hand - I'm the blind with Pocket 7's. No raises pre-flop and...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-05-2003, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 36
Results
I mucked because there was no way I was ahead at that point and I didn' have the odds for the crapshoot 22:1 suck out.
And as I'm sure many of you have already guessed the Q did come on the turn...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-05-2003, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 36
Re: Q\'s in the hole, Flop killed me, now what?
Tosh,
With the A's everyone mucked to my raise pre-flop. The K's went to a showdown and beat the top pair of J's. The AKs went to a showdown and I had the nut flush over a straight. This was...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-05-2003, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 36
Q\'s in the hole, Flop killed me, now what?
I'm only about 10 minutes in to this table so I don't have a clue about any of the players at the table. I sat and waited for the blind to pass and then picked up pocket A's 1st hand, 3rd hand was...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-02-2003, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17
4 hands - Sets vs. possible straights or flushes
Typical Loose passive $2 to $5 game.
1st hand - - I get K's in the LMP. 3 callers to me, I raise, two callers and the blind re-raises, 1 person calls, I 3 bet and we end up with the blind,...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
08-28-2003, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 19
Re: random selection of hands
Lil,
Appreciate the advice. I didn't list hand one clear enough about the winner, UTG who was betting and raising with me wasn't the winner. The calling station who stuck around after all of...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
08-28-2003, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 19
random selection of hands
Ultra Loose passive calling station Colorado $2 to $5 game. No other player at the table understands concepts such as the semibluff, raising for a free card, odds, etc. This seems to be a any two...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-27-2003, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 62
Re: Who would you rather be?
I want to be the guy who makes the right play and wins but who also gets just as lucky as anyone else when I make a bad play.
I play a solid game and get sucked out on all the time, so when I...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
08-27-2003, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 49
Re: My first 1000 tracked hands
J.R.
I have seen alot of your posts and think you offer some great advice and now I see that you prefer S&M over Jones starting hands. I tend to follow Lee's guidance with a few changes, as...
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