Forum: Televised Poker
10-28-2005, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 79
Hellmuth is terrible!!!
I know he played strongly back in the day bit i mean c'mon, his play at the table where he got knocked out was god-awful. He wanted to trap in every single pot he played, and what the hell were all...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-30-2005, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 95
Re: THE book (Theory of Poker)
It's the bible. When you hear pros discuss hand analysis, they use phrases and words like "positive expectation/negative expectation," and "good decisions/bad decisions," and "correct play," and...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-30-2005, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 144
Re: The Theory of Top Set
Hank Scorpio said in an earlier post to simply, flat-out trust your reads, which in a situation like this - where yu have the nuts barring any bizarre runner-runner possibilities - is an absolutely...
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Forum: Books and Publications
09-30-2005, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 124
Dan Harrington is the SHIZNIT!!
From H.O.H Vol. 1, pg. 240, "About a year ago a tight player in the BB raised me. I actually thought he had AA, I was in early position with KK. I made a modest raise and he reraised...(long story...
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Forum: Psychology
09-23-2005, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 80
Re: I am winning, but I am not a winning player
poker players are always guilty of thinking one thing but doing the exact opposite, I'll always catch myself say out loud, "he's got the flush" or "he caught that strait" and being right more times...
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Forum: Psychology
09-23-2005, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 149
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Forum: Psychology
09-23-2005, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 149
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Forum: Psychology
09-23-2005, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 149
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Forum: Psychology
09-23-2005, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 188
Re: Tips for learning to love the fish?>
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So basicaly I am saying I get my enjoyment from playing well and learning. These are the things I can control so I try to do them well.
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That is an excellent point,...
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Forum: Psychology
09-23-2005, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 188
Re: Tips for learning to love the fish?>
I have the same problem, only my problem is magnified 100 times b/c I dont keep my mouth shut, at all /images/graemlins/wink.gif
In a way a little berating every once in a while, ON A RARE BASIS...
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Forum: Televised Poker
09-21-2005, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 118
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Forum: Books and Publications
09-21-2005, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 228
Re: Harrington on Holdem Vol 1
Yeah, thats the first thing i read when i picked up the book at barnes and nobles and started flipping thru it. He not only explains what he was thinking but makes educated guesses on Farha's,...
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Forum: Televised Poker
09-21-2005, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 118
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Forum: Books and Publications
09-21-2005, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 228
Harrington on Holdem Vol 1
I just think it's an awesome source of poker material. I'm only about haflway through it (bought it 3 days ago) and you just get this sense that Harrington has possibly the deepest understanding of...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-14-2005, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 180
Re: When your a losing player
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Again, you are complaining because a marginally worse hand beat you. It happens to everyone.
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Are yu telling me w/ a straight face that after reraising w/ a dominated...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-14-2005, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 180
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-14-2005, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 180
Re: When your a losing player
Oh and by the way I just got sucked out (again)in a 10+1 sng on Stars
I have AKs against AJ. Im in EP raise 4x, reraised by loose player w/ AJo (we're on the bubble for money)
flop = x J K, turn =...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-14-2005, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 180
Re: When your a losing player
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"1010, raise, total station calls w/ a 52o and flops inside strait draw, makes it on the turn after I went all in and he called without hesitation." - you went all in with a pair of tens...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-14-2005, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 180
When your a losing player
When yu have played cards for a long time, what are the tell-tale signs that yu are a losing player? I have been playing small-stakes holdem for the past three years. I have studied WLLH, SSHE,...
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Forum: Texas Hold'em
08-26-2005, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 235
Re: Slowplaying AA pre-flop in first position!!
Its called a limp-reraise, he was counting on you to raise and then think to yourself "I have never seen a decent player...etc" so he could get the call. You said it yourself that he was a solid...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-26-2005, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 250
Re: My failure as a poker pro (very long)
I cannot even begin to explain how ludicrous that post was, I understand that was a very traumatizing period in your life but I cant feel sorry for someone who makes poor life choices and then blames...
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Forum: Texas Hold'em
08-26-2005, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 225
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Forum: Psychology
08-10-2005, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 81
Mental glitches...FPS, Tilt. What else?
What other poker ailments, or I like to call them mental glitches, regularly affect poker players? It seems to me that most everything negative that players inadvertently project in reaction to a...
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Forum: Psychology
08-10-2005, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 79
Re: FPS PLEASE HELP (part 2 long-sorry)
Yes absolutley, I think you hit on a good point. I'm aware that there is no figuring out, its not like on/off switch, what I think I was saying is that I'm aware there is a fundamental problem in my...
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Forum: Psychology
08-09-2005, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 79
FPS PLEASE HELP (part 2 long-sorry)
I wanted to thank everybody who responded to my post about fancy play syn. from a few days ago. I wanted to thank dibeter(sp?)especially b/c his advice clarified a lot that should have already been...
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