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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-31-2005, 09:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 351
Posted By 7stud
Re: Reverse Implied Odds?

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Fold is correct, right?

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With that many limpers, would you guys still raise it, or would it become a call at this point?

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In “Small Stakes...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-30-2005, 05:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 270
Posted By 7stud
Re: What is the standard play with 99 in small blind?

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Folding seems weak. I could raise and force out the BB to get the hand heads up.

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For another viewpoint, in SSHE on p. 66 in the section titled Medium Pairs(99,88,77) it...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-30-2005, 04:28 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 101
Posted By 7stud
Re: Hypothetical protect hand question: raise, cold call or fold?

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and with 4 outs to the nuts you can't fold here

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4 outs to the nuts? As far as I can discern, there are redraws to quads, a full house, the nut flush, and a higher straight....
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-29-2005, 07:07 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 101
Posted By 7stud
Re: Hypothetical protect hand question: raise, cold call or fold?

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I know it is an easy raise if the flop wasn't already raised.

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I ask this question as a beginning SSHE player: how do you know this? My thinking is that if you have 8.5...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-28-2005, 11:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 157
Posted By 7stud
Re: SSHE starting hands question

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SSH was written with the B&M game in mind...

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In "Small Stakes Hold'em" in the section titled "Why this book" on p.2 David Sklansky writes:

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There were two...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-28-2005, 06:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 157
Posted By 7stud
Re: SSHE starting hands question

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jason_t mentioned to me yesterday that I should be raising ATs from early position in a 2/4 game. I reread my SSHE on this and it recommends

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p.68 Big Suited Broadway ...ATs:...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-28-2005, 06:37 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 163
Posted By 7stud
Re: AKo - Time for a laydown?

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Or we may draw to 7 outs if our kings are good vs villains AQ but how often is that?

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Could you explain what that means?
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-28-2005, 03:44 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 130
Posted By 7stud
Re: 67s on the button, 8 to the flop, i flop top pair

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it seems to me if the opponents don't have random hands, then the hero's equity is even less. So, how does making that statement support the argument that the hero has plenty...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-28-2005, 03:14 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 130
Posted By 7stud
Re: 67s on the button, 8 to the flop, i flop top pair

I'm having a hard time following discussions like this in the Small Stakes HE forum. General statements like:

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..you have a fair amount of equity.

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or

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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-26-2005, 08:17 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 42
Posted By 7stud
Re: Royal Flush Flop

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Did I get the best possible value here? Thanks...

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Did your opponent have any chips left?
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-22-2005, 11:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 81
Posted By 7stud
Re: pot odds and raising on the turn

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I have a question about equity here. If you are HU at the turn, then theoretically, you need better than 50% equity to raise according to your argument.

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If you are heads up...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-22-2005, 03:11 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 81
Posted By 7stud
Re: pot odds and raising on the turn

Hi,

I think you have a couple of errors in your reasoning.

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Now it's to me with 12 small bets in the pot.

I think to myself that the odds of making a flush draw, Flop to...
Forum: Beginners Questions 12-21-2005, 02:14 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 391
Posted By 7stud
Re: Just Starting Out - Any Advice?

1) Playing poker online is illegal if you are a U.S. citizen, so be aware of the legal risks you are taking and the possible adverse affect on your real career that could have.

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however,...
Forum: Texas Hold'em 12-20-2005, 10:02 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 662
Posted By 7stud
Re: Quotation from \"Small Stakes Hold\'em\"

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Yes I'm aware of that, maybe I wasn't clear about my question. May I put it this way: Is it realististic to win more than 50 gran a year on 3/6 (or 5/10) playing 3 tables only following...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-20-2005, 05:36 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 321
Posted By 7stud
Re: Raise pocket 9\'s in EP?

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So does this also mean that 99 shouldn't be played against 4 opponents? Seems silly. Why not say, 99 can be played against any amount of opponents.

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It seems to me that there...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-19-2005, 11:50 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 321
Posted By 7stud
Re: Raise pocket 9\'s in EP?

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This is exactly my understanding.

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Unfortunately, my only understanding at this point is that the authors need a better editor. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Have the...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-19-2005, 07:15 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 321
Posted By 7stud
Re: Raise pocket 9\'s in EP?

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why would you want to raise if you believe your raise will get 5 callers?

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As far as I can tell, you wouldn't. Not only do you lose more money when you don't hit a set, but...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-19-2005, 07:01 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 321
Posted By 7stud
Re: Raise pocket 9\'s in EP?

I'm currently reading "Small Stakes Hold'em"(Miller, Sklansky, Malmuth), and the authors seem to struggle with your question too. In their discussion of medium pairs(99, 88, and 77), the authors...
Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em 12-19-2005, 03:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 22
Posted By 7stud
Question from \"Small Stakes Hold’em\" p. 102

In the last paragraph on p. 102, it says a hand with one out(after the flop) has a 2/47 chance to improve by the river. For those of us trying to follow along with the math, shouldn’t that really...
Forum: Stud 08-10-2005, 03:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 132
Posted By 7stud
Re: Big Unimproved Pair on Fifth Street, Caller Raises

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A very common situation that I run into (sorry, Crypto 1/2, ante 25c) is that I have a big split pair, like (xA)A, and complete the bring in on 3rd. One person calls. 4th street, we both...
Forum: Stud 08-10-2005, 02:27 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 173
Posted By 7stud
Re: Is Stud dead?

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Stud will be revived when the equivalent of Small Stakes Hold'em is written, not before.

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I think it was written in 1996: "7 Card Stud: How to Win at the Medium and Lower...
Forum: Stud 08-07-2005, 05:53 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 447
Posted By 7stud
Re: Hello,Bartolow! His most likely hand on 5th is K\'s up ...

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Nice raise on 5th.. EVEN if he does have the flush!

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You might want to rethink that. He would have been a 1.8 to 1 underdog to win the hand, and he would only have gotten...
Forum: Stud 08-05-2005, 08:20 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 96
Posted By 7stud
Re: 3rd street question

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There are 42 cards left, as you have seen your two hole cards plus the 8 upcards.

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You're right. Thanks.

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Also, you don't multiply the chances of Kings not...
Forum: Stud 08-05-2005, 05:59 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 118
Posted By 7stud
Re: Checking 4th when an ace hits

4) your opponent bluffs at you, like in this case, I got an extra big bet in when he had a very weak hand. (extra winnings = .5 BB) /images/graemlins/smile.gif

5) (4) + sucks out....
Forum: Stud 08-05-2005, 05:26 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 96
Posted By 7stud
Re: 3rd street question

whipsaw,

I'm getting slightly different numbers, but the pattern is the same:

1 king up: 13.3%
2 kings up: 17.5%
3 kings up: 13.6%

My methodology:
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