Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-10-2005, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 159
Re: a loopy logy little hand
Forgot to add this to my flop analysis: if you bet you
also run the risk of somebody folding a hand without an
ace in it, which would be a terrible thing for you.
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-10-2005, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 159
Re: a loopy logy little hand
Let me take a stab at your thoughts:
Flop: This is not really a scary board for any hands, and
although no1 is going to fold a pocket pair, and possibly
not any two cards, you decided to play...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-10-2005, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 67
Views: 295
Re: Black\'s 2 donkey plays
The KJ hand was awful. Matusow opened for 260,000, Lazar
called, and Black called behind him on the button. I know
fairly little about Barch, but as long as he can read hands
reasonably well, it...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-10-2005, 02:46 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 191
Re: Why did Matasow have to go to jail?
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I personally could care less if you believe me or not but I'm sick of these rumors going around the internet that are not even true.
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Just out of curiosity, how much...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-09-2005, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 80
Re: TT 15-30
17-1 that CO is betting a busted draw with no Q or J and
the other guy is calling with 99 or worse sounds tempting
but I still fold here unless I pick up weakness in the body
language of either...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
09-29-2005, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 98
Re: AK good or bad?
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BTF the raise to $40 seems about right but I guess some would argue for a slightly bigger raise maybe to $60.
Before the flop betting the pot is $85 or so after rake. With a big hand...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
09-10-2005, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 188
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
09-09-2005, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 137
Re: J8s 20-40 bb
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a few guys I think play good are advocating a flop lead in this hand and I disagree - please show me the error of my ways.
I would check this flop because if you are drawing, you want...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
09-09-2005, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 75
Re: for letstat
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I don't understand. If there's anything less than 100% chance he lays down a pocket pair, why wouldn't you raise?
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Because you will lose sometimes. For an extreme...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
09-09-2005, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 75
Re: for letstat
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Raise the river, your ahead more often then not.
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More than 67% of the time that you are called?
Because by raising the river, you are giving your opponent 2-1 to...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
09-09-2005, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 137
Re: J8s 20-40 bb
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I really think it comes down to a couple things. How often she will three bet her good hands on the turn, and if you have a shot at getting her to lay down something like 1010 QQ. I think...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
07-01-2005, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 61
Re: AA slaughtered
I was going to reply, but you mentioned
pretty much everything I would have. I
play the flop and turn exactly as you
described. I probably check call the
river up to about the size of the pot.
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-22-2005, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 98
Re: quick one
I just thought I would throw in the comment here that, with
T8, there really are not any "worse tens" to bet the river
if you check behind, so there is no value in that (there is
value in checking...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-07-2005, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 65
Re: Love or Hate
Hey Jihad, I see you live in Sacramento. Do you play live
there a lot? If so, where? I only ask because I play
mostly in Sacramento, and was wondering if I knew you /images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-06-2005, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
Re: FPS or well played?
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On a paired, drawy board, assuming that he will bet his unimproved AK on the river instead of showing down is pretty poor logic IMO.
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This is true. I was not adding it...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-05-2005, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
Re: FPS or well played?
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I don't know why you are defending your play
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I am defending it because I think that I make some good
arguments against the points that were made, and I am not
yet...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-05-2005, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
Re: FPS or well played?
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Then you need to start bluff raising him more often.
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This is a very loose passive game. I do not get an
opportunity to be heads up with him on the turn very often....
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-05-2005, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
Re: FPS or well played?
There seem to be a couple of things on which people so far
have agreed, but I would like to clear some things up.
First, this player is not betting the turn with overcards,
so checkraising him...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-05-2005, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
Re: FPS or well played?
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Turn is an easy checkraise. If he checks behind on the turn he has overcards and its not the end of the world since he is drawing dead unless he also has hearts.
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No, it...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-05-2005, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
Re: FPS or well played?
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River: Uh, what are you doing? Going for a chk/rz? You've already given him cause to be suspicious, what hands would he possibly bet here?
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He would bet 99-AA, KQ, AQ,...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-05-2005, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
Re: FPS or well played?
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River: You need to bet this. You have been leading all along, so he his probably going to be happy to showdown his AK for free.
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Yes, he will be very happy to show down...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-04-2005, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 70
FPS or well played?
This is a hand I played last night in a very good, fairly
loose passive 20-40 game at Bay 101. To me, the hand stood
out as a little odd, and I would like some feedback on
whether you thought it...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-27-2005, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 90
Re: 96s bb turn play
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youre confusing loose passive with weak tight. loose passive players just call and call and call w/ any pair, gutshots, etc, etc. weak tight which is what you describe is where they fold...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
02-27-2005, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 90
Re: 96s bb turn play
Does anybody else find that it takes twice as long to read
through a thread since Clarkmeister got a new avatar? I am
not talking about the girl in it - I'm way past that. Now
I am trying to...
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Forum: Poker Theory
02-27-2005, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 193
Re: Best poker books
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Behind TOP & SSH I'd add The Psycology of Poker by Alan Schoonberg(sp?).
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The Psychology of Poker was very dull and uninformative. It
provided almost no new insight...
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