Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-17-2003, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 34
Can you lay this down
Hand #2 of a no limit freeroll in a rural Indian Casino where you know none of the players. Your stack is 1000 with blinds of 10-15. You are in the cutoff seat and see 4 limpers when you look down...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-19-2003, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 30
Re: JJ Twice in a row
I call and Woops - He turns over A7 off, way ahead. I think he made a poor call before the flop but was pardoned by the flop and now has been rewarded by my call. My thinking was that he was a good...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-19-2003, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 30
JJ Twice in a row
B & M No Limit down to 4 tables from the original 7. I have about 10K in chips and the average stack is about 8K. The blinds are 100-200 and there are 3 limpers to me in late middle position and I...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-18-2003, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 37
Re: Looking for advice on a Pinaple tourney
Play Pineapple just like you would Omaha or Holdem. Try to find quality cards that all work together before you enter a pot. Also, hi is better than low if you are on two draws befor the discard. ...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-18-2003, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 41
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-13-2003, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
Re: BUYING THE BUTTON
You are correct about the post of both the large and small blinds when in the seat to the left of the button is called "Buying the button". I believe that this is a good move when you have missed...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-12-2003, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
New player Post
I recently visited a number of Las Vegas poker rooms and was surprised, when entering a game, at the option I recieved to make my post between the Small Blind and the Button. I noticed that most...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
07-29-2003, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 41
Re: sound advice
Good post. It is hard not to get caught up in a maniacs style when (s)he is going at it. Question - Did you and the Vet discuss the collution prior to the all in play or did it just happen? ...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
07-14-2003, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 45
Re: Easy pre-flop laydown?
I don't think this is an easy laydown - I think it is an easy all in. You have only a few hands until the blinds and need more chips to be in position to get to the real money. Hope you are going...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
07-10-2003, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 155
Re: Grant your friend his argument
I agree with you and the rest of the field. This is an auto fold but, for the moment, grant him his agrument and he still played it wrong!
In limit tourneys, most people that limp in will call one...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
06-20-2003, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 49
Re: Thanks a Bunch
Am surprised at the preflop raise. I think that is a bit too aggressivefor my taste but I do believe that it, if done on the rare occasion, can have merit. After that point, I believe that your...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
06-18-2003, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 71
Re: One upmanship
Talk about clueless. It is Limit Holdem, I have a small pair and one opponent after a late position raise and a protected big blind.
Flop A88 He Checks I bet He Calls
Turn 8 He checks I...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-04-2003, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 103
Re: 33 from the cutoff
/forums/images/icons/crazy.gif I've always suspected that I was a less than good player and now it is confirmed. Unlike all the other posters and you, all of whom I respect, I liked your play of...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-28-2003, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 39
Re: A Lesson
If you are going to play this hand fast, why not 3 bet and lead. You probably won't make as much as you did this time but sould win more often. Well done to maximize this pot. Think your play...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
02-18-2003, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 50
Re: what is the number one
1- luck without it you will probably never will but can win with luck and no skill or discipline. I see it all the time.
2- Skill I don't think discipline even is on the list because it is so...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
02-18-2003, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 44
Re: results (at least 3 errors)
The reason that he showed is that I decided he had something like A7 suited and was betting the river card so I called. After the passive play preceeding that point, I think I should just give up. ...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
02-18-2003, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 44
Count the mistakes
In a NL 5K tourney that started with 120+ and is down to 23. I have a good stack, about 30K (Average stack is 13,000) but have been without much to play for the last hour. I'm in the BB with 200...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-29-2003, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 79
Re: Playing against an UTG straddle
/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif Raise anyway! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif You have to love a straddle when you are in early position, even in a loose game. You should raise wilth any hand with...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
01-22-2003, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 66
Re: Great Question
Your opponent is going thru all these gyrations trying to get a read on you so give him on or two. Reread Caro's book of tells and give him whatever read you want him to have. As mentioned before,...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
01-16-2003, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 48
Re: can\'t get past 1st break....
You are ready for tourneys - we all are. What I meant was that you may not be ready for Sklanskys book. He makes numerous comments in his book that makes it sound like it was written only for the...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
01-13-2003, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 45
Re: All-In Semi Bluffs
hHad a similar no response to a question about what to do when you flop a set and the board is both coordinated and suited.
As to your question, I will tend to make a little more conservative...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
01-13-2003, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 48
Re: can\'t get past 1st break....
Sklansy's book will tell you that you are not ready for it. Try first Tournament Poker by McEvoy. You may find that more useful. You are right to play tight but, at the same time, you have to...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
01-10-2003, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 31
Re: Paradise Poker Low Limit Observation
Even 20 is pretty tight. I usually see 50 - 60 in the B&M that I frequent. I find that the low limits on Paradise are much tougher than live. They are also tougher than other sites which, in turn,...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-30-2002, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 31
Top set V suited board
I am a third of the way thru a b&m 10 table NL tourney and find myself limping with 77 on the button. 4 others had already limped and the SB had his chip ready to drop. OK so far?
I am in good...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
12-18-2002, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 60
Re: Would you rather pay time or a rake?
As I consider myself to be fairly tight and therefore win a smaller number of pots than most of the other players, I always want the rake. My cost is less /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
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