Forum: Medium Stakes Hold'em
12-14-2005, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 70
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Forum: Medium Stakes Hold'em
12-14-2005, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 381
Re: party 15/30- folded QQ preflop
Thanks for the responses.
Didnt really have a strong read and didnt feel great about the play afterwards, even though 20/9 did turn over KK at showdown.
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Forum: Medium Stakes Hold'em
12-12-2005, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 381
party 15/30- folded QQ preflop
All players involved appear to be playing in line with their pt pf stats, but i dont have any other reads really.
38/13 (with otherwise poor stats) raises EMP.
32/12 (with otherwise reasonable...
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Forum: Probability
12-06-2005, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 79
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Forum: Probability
12-06-2005, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 79
The Warren Book: I must cover my sensitive eyes
It's widely accepted that Ken Warren's book "Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker" is trash. However, it has a section in the back on hold'em odds that, if correct, would be somewhat useful. I've...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
11-23-2005, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 142
Re: Question Concerning Yearly Profit???
Longer hours can introduce drag on hourly rates, depending on the player. There's the basic can-you-concentrate-that-many-hours-per-month thing, and also whether you can play through your downswings...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-23-2005, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 189
Re: by the way
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Think that's a lot of stuff to know. Hell yeah it is. It would take days or maybe weeks to go through all the math. But imagine the confidence you'd have stealing the blinds at that...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-23-2005, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 189
Re: The evolution of the mid-high stakes forum
My thoughts... without reading this whole thread.
1) I think people have considered this before under the label of "metagame." "It may generally be best to fold here, but if you've been folding a...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-23-2005, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 94
Re: SHH strategies in loose mid-limit games
There's nothing magical about the denomination of chips in play at a table. If the game fits the preconditions in SSH, go ahead and use concepts from there.
A friend who is very into martial arts...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-23-2005, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 103
Re: the next level????
Occasionally spend some time doing "research" on your own, with pencil/paper/calculator/spreadsheet analyze some situations that you wonder about.
You're gonna have to read Theory of Poker...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-23-2005, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 129
Re: Are you a fox or a hedgehog?
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Is it more profitable to be a fox or a hedgehog?
IMO, although a hedgehog can be great at a game, a fox can get into more softer games because he knows so many. A fox can choose...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-17-2005, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 95
Re: why is limping so bad?
Three main reasons:
-If you have a hand that figures to make money, then it figures to make more money if you get more of it in. Yes, sometimes your hand might do better in a multiway pot, but this...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-17-2005, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 312
Re: closest game to poker, skill v. luck
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I'd say closest traditional game would be bridge, but there's this collectible card game called Magic: The Gathering which I think is pretty close to poker when looking at short time luck...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
11-15-2005, 03:37 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 77
Re: Traveling
I went to the English countryside (Bearstead, some 40 miles east of London, a bit outside of Maidstone) for the partypoker "world open" that I qualified for online.
About my favorite part of it...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
11-14-2005, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 577
Re: What to do with my life (need advice bad)?
I was in a similar position a year ago. I ended up quitting my job, which would not have been quite as lucrative as yours (50k out of college, but would taken ~8 years to get to 100 unless I went...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
10-30-2005, 04:36 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 210
Re: Status quo on this one?
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!!micro lurker asking a stupid pf question!!
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there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
10-30-2005, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 146
Re: Fish at 100/200?
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gus hansen is a high stakes limit fish. so is phil helmuth.
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You ain't kidding. I took a shot at 150/300 on UB the other day because Hellmuth was in there chasing QJo...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
10-01-2005, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 436
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-01-2005, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 133
Re: Best way to play for a bad player
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Okay that definitely makes sense but thats not really what i was looking for. Lets put another stipulation on the situation. Assume that the player has only one week to play and must make...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-01-2005, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
Re: Check-Raise Theory
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Yeah, you're right. Check raising in a game will keep the other players on their toes, because they can't be sure if a check from you is a sign of weakness or strength. This added doubt...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-01-2005, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 91
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Forum: Televised Poker
09-30-2005, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 720
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Forum: Televised Poker
09-30-2005, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 91
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Forum: Televised Poker
09-30-2005, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 209
Re: Laak-Chan Final
Played 10-25 NL with Laak for about an hour during the wpt borgata last week. He was pretty calm and somewhat quiet, though he did have his shoes off, and about 30 seconds after I sat down he...
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Forum: Computer Technical Help
09-27-2005, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 78
Re: Assembly Code Multiplication
This wouldn't happen to be a homework problem for junior level architecture, would it?
You wouldn't be trying to get someone to do your homework for you, would you?
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