Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
07-03-2005, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 123
Re: Preflop, need help
king ten suited is a hand you should raise in late position with no limpers, otherwise i would typically fold to a raise before me unless it is shorthanded. I also advise open limping in late...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
07-03-2005, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 44
when the cards run dead
when your cards are running dead bluff more or bluff less. heads up that is. with a loose agressive opponent
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
06-21-2005, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 45
Re: another AJ in the BB
i would have raised this hand preflop since you are last to act and noone showed strength. I believe your flop play is fine although the flop is worriesome. On the turn i am probably gonna cuss and...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
06-21-2005, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 32
Re: 77 flop oesd
you have a good draw but i am folding to this bet. The blinds are too small and it is too early in the tourney to be risking so many chips on a draw. Villain is pot commited and is not folding imo....
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
05-18-2005, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 73
Re: Big slick with 3 players left
Well i did call, much like anyone probably would. I figured at worst he had a Pocket pair jacks or queens, at best i had him dominated with a better kicker. He had pocket aces and i lost the pot...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
05-18-2005, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 73
Big slick with 3 players left
me and 2 others left in tournamnet blinds are 300-600
i have 3500 chips
small blind has 4200
villain has about 2300 (a solid moderately aggressive player that i have been pushing around with all...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
02-09-2005, 03:49 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 25
what cards to play on the small blind
obviously you dont wanna play trash if your short stacked with large blinds. but say you have an average stack what kind of hands should you complete with or fold
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
02-03-2005, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 39
when to and when not to narrow the field
I usually play my strong draws somewhat aggressively. (straight flush draws or open ended straights) This tends to limit the field by the time i hit my draw. Therefore not as many people in the...
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
02-03-2005, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 39
Re: Value of Ax in NL?
the thing with flush draws in no limit is that they are too obvious. In my experience the majority of the money you will make will be the bets you call to get your flush . ONce there is 3 of a suit...
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
01-21-2005, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 78
Re: 2nd nut flush from BB - family pot
this is a very tough hand. Ive lost hands like this as well.
the pot before the river was only 5 dollars. then your raise tripled the pot size. You gotta look at it in your opponents eyes though,...
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
01-21-2005, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 36
Re: A10
looks to me like he may have hit a set. That is a pretty big bet. I would probably fold this unless villain is known to try and steal pots with large bets. The pot is still relatively small. If the...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
01-12-2005, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 35
Re: Am I playing scared here?
Your play looks ok to me. On the flop i would say you definatley have the best hand not many people would play A 2 or 6 7 or even real small pocket pairs like 3 4 5 with the kind of raising that was...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
01-12-2005, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 96
Re: Part Two
personally i would reraise here. you have a very nice draw to the nuts with 2 overcards. Their bet was super weak, and for all they know you could have raised preflop with pocket kings or aces. So...
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
12-30-2004, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 40
Re: fold or call
the way the villain played this definately looked like a draw, either flush or straight draw. I would have bet more on the turn and checked the river if he was dumb enough to call
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-10-2004, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 34
Re: to raise or not to raise
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There really isn't a way to protect your hand when you're in the BB with that many people in. You raise for value.
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yeah i guess the AA preflop raise IS standard. ...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-10-2004, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 34
Re: to raise or not to raise
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In that case the pot would be 1/2 as big while your equity would not be twice as big. Do you see why this is a bad idea?
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yes i understand where your coming from but now...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-10-2004, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 34
Re: to raise or not to raise
oh i am more than willing to put it in. I was just curious if anyone had any ideas about how to keep them from getting cracked, because i was just wondering if you had ace ace in BB and lets say you...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-10-2004, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 34
to raise or not to raise
We all know that raising AA preflop is usually the right thing to do, because it is a value bet when we have a significant edge. But say you are big blind in a limit game and you have more than 6...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-09-2004, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 77
this book any good
ive been playin online poker for about 3 months with moderate success i suppose. Ive bought and read sklanskys holdem for beginners and his tournament book. I started off with like $20 and have...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
11-13-2004, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 80
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Forum: Beginners Questions
11-07-2004, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 86
Re: omg what is goin on
work on table selection. If it's getting folded around to the SB you need to find a new table.
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the thing was that the flop percentage was like 80% I always try to pick games where...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-07-2004, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 75
LAG problems
i have a friend that I play poker with and I would say he is a loose extremely aggressive player. He raises 90% of the time preflop with many chips. Now i am more of a tight aggressive player so he...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
11-07-2004, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 86
omg what is goin on
This is my first post so bear with me.
Is it possible to have a losing streak that just lasts for multiple days? i usually only play low limits like .50/1 .
I have read sklansky's book on small...
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