Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-24-2005, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,328
Re: Martingale for SNGs
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If you just double your bet till you win and then go back to one each time tell me why that does not make you money. If there is no max bet and you have all the money in the world.
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-24-2005, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,328
Re: Martingale for SNGs
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Apparently, you didn't read (or understand) my previous point. I'll elaborate.
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The *key* when calculating EV is that you're actually taking a limint as n->infinity. In this...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-24-2005, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,328
Re: Martingale for SNGs
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The sum of a series of -EV wagers will never be positive no matter how you sequence them.
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This statement that sounds so logical is actually incorrect because of two...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-24-2005, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 54
($11) Awful play w/55; how to improve?
<font color="blue">I'm starting to feel antsy with the antes getting to t50 and t100; I'm making the occasional steal, but not really playing hyper-aggro yet. Here, a routine blind-steal goes...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 126
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 144
Re: shameless bluff post
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ILuvCurtains shows [ 8h, 4c ] high card ace.
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You just had to rub his nose in it, didn't you? /images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 395
Re: Betting patterns as tells.
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Lol. That is what you were looking for?
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I'm stupider than I look. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif Thanks for the help, all.
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 66
Re: A couple of hands for your critique.....
Hand #1: an extremely expensive choice. The only time you get called here is when you're on the draw. Granted, you've got many outs left -- certainly 9 of them, possibly 12 and rarely 15. Let's...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 395
Re: Betting patterns as tells.
Ironically, you answered my question when you said you couldn't answer my question. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
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it depends on so many other things. How scary the board is, how strong...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 248
Re: $5+1: What to do with these people.
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Would it be logical to state that if these kind of raises become habitual for this gentleman throughout the tournament, I can then widen my range of calling hands so that TT would be...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 395
Re: Betting patterns as tells.
splashpot: I'm really *not* thinking about a specific hand or hands; I'm trying to think about a situation. In general, these happen early in the tournament (level 1 or 2) so that the river bet is...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 395
Betting patterns as tells.
OK, so I'm a low-skill player who wants to be better. I've been trying to improve my understanding of the concept of betting patterns and the hands they represent, but I've run into a problem: I...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 72
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-22-2005, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 90
Re: Trying to figure out pushing...this one?
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Assuming you haven't pushed before, I would do this if no one had called, so just SB was in the pot.
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Really? I'd say that would be a min-raise or 3xBB raise situation. ...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-22-2005, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 44
Re: Atrocious bubble play
Hand 1: Hero has K5o and folds in SB. "should I have pushed the BB all in here?!"
Yes. K5o is a 55% winner heads-up against a random hand. You're getting 1.5:1 odds on a push even if you do...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-22-2005, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 115
Re: Chapter 4 and Levels 1-3
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When I played the 800 chip tourneys I was uber tight early. In the 1000's i'm a bit looser early on. Well if I am interpreting chapter 4 properly, sklansky is saying that this is not wise....
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-22-2005, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 115
FTOP vs SnG: example.
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When you have a hand that is rooting for a call, you should not try to make your opponent fold by betting an exorbitant amount in a no-limit or pot-limit game. Such a...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-22-2005, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 115
Math and poker.
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"However, mathematics is only a small part of poker logic, and while it is important, it is far less important than understanding and using the underlying concepts of poker."
This quote...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-21-2005, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 358
Re: How are people this retarted?
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Are you playing for 1st or to just survive?
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This is not a rhetorical question as you may suppose, but rather an extremely misguided one. You should never...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-21-2005, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 84
Re: I\'m going to write a hand converter
This may sound retarded, but could you maybe add a few features that aren't in the usual converter?
1. Display everybody's "M," or at least stack in terms of BBs.
2. On the turn and river,...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-21-2005, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 585
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-21-2005, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 124
Re: Are the SNGs really soft this week?
How's this for variance:
Back-to-back I played two SNGs. In one, five people were eliminated in the first 10 hands. In the second, we still had a full table at the end of level 3.
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-21-2005, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 49
($11) HU SB w/AA: when to raise?
I'm not actually looking for advice on a particular hand; rather, I'm trying to figure out how to think about this problem.
Say you're down to heads-up play and you are dealt a monster (AA in...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-20-2005, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 41
$11: Top pair on scary board; what\'s my move?
I'm in the big blind with A /images/graemlins/spade.gif 3 /images/graemlins/heart.gif. Blinds are t15 and t30, seven players remain. Hijack limps, CO limps, button folds, SB completes, I check. ...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-16-2005, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 101
Re: Does ROI increase the lower the limits?
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The FAQ doesn't mention limits smaller than the $10+1s.
Incidentally, where are you finding a $5+0.5? PP only has $5+1s. I'm mentally adjusting my ROI as if the...
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