Forum: Micro-Limits
12-21-2005, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 84
Re: full ring vs. 6-max
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After everything i've read the past few months I think, preferences aside, it boils down to this:
Six max is more profitable for good players. Some of us are not good players, and...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
12-16-2005, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 178
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
12-16-2005, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 119
Re: Party Took Back my Bonus!!
There might still be hope. Party tends to start bonus periods before they get around to telling people. If you cashed out before you received an e-mail about the bonus you can give them the timeline...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
12-15-2005, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 106
Re: One of *those* decisions...
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Against a weak button limper (any button open-limp is weak IMO)I think you should be raising ANY ace.
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That raises another possibility with this hand, which is that the...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
12-12-2005, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 77
Re: Fright night
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But, given that you have a read on one Villan as having the IQ of cheese, and no usable read on the other Villan...
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Although you have taken quite a while to figure it...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
12-12-2005, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 77
Re: Fright night
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Was there a potential overcall, as well? If you lose the overcall you don't win anything extra at all by raising when you have the best hand. You simply expose yourself to more...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
12-12-2005, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 77
Re: Fright night
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Had a similar river situation a couple of days ago. Jaxup was sweating me. I just called the river which saved me the extra bet when I lost, but Jaxup pointed out that long term you...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
12-12-2005, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 77
Re: Fright night
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My read was that it was an As or Ks.
I think your estimation that I'm good 85 percent of the time here is not the read I would go with.
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Let's see: 6 combos...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
12-12-2005, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 77
Re: Fright night
My read was that it was an As or Ks. A limp reraise from a non-maniac is an awfully clear signal and unusual enough that I think you should often be able to make more precise reads in a situation...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
12-12-2005, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 77
Re: Fright night
Some of you are pretty aggressive with other people's money.
During the hand I simply called the river because I was almost positive I'd get an overcall from BB and less sure he would call a...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
12-12-2005, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 77
Fright night
Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
BB is the village idiot, although he has been making hand after hand against me for...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
12-08-2005, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 127
Re: What else am I doing with these aces??
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Easy bet.
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Am I missing something.
We bet on the assumption he has no heart. If he doesn't have one yet he is about 4-1 not to get one on the river, either. So we're...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
12-07-2005, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 85
Re: AK on button novice question
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So bet the turn, if you get raised fold
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can't fold, which is a big reason why we don't bet
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I wish I could remember that more often. There are...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
12-07-2005, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 52
river clear as mud
Villain is a bit lag and tricky.
Ultimate Bet 2/4 Hold'em (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx (http://www.zerodivide.cx/converter)
Preflop: Hero is CO with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif,...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
12-07-2005, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 127
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
12-06-2005, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 506
Re: Current state of whoring...
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There is this new concept floating around that if you are good at poker, you can make money without relying on bonuses! Wow.
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More is better.
Bonuses don't have variance.
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
12-05-2005, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 78
He 3-bet me w 83o, he called my 3 bet as BB w 23o
and he won both hands.
But the poker gods can be merciful. On that same night at a different maniac's table (SB is 92/47) and several other players are VPIP 60+ I got this hand.
Party Poker 2/4...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
12-05-2005, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 540
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
12-05-2005, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 106
Bah Humbug, they fixed it
The point total is back to 100. Plus now they are tracking accurately and I'm not getting credit for any days qualified when I was just earning 10-20 points to see how long this might go on.
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
12-05-2005, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 106
Re: Ho ho ho, Party ups ante on Santa Bonus
I think this must be an account specific "we hate you" bonus.
Seriously though, I had noticed that they were crediting me for the required 100 bonus points each day even though I was only...
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
12-05-2005, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 106
Ho ho ho, Party ups ante on Santa Bonus
Those wacky elves at Party must be working overtime. Why tell people that they can qualify with 100 points a day when you can demand... Well, see for yourself.
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-05-2005, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 43
Re: Bubble play Party 11 SnG
For the pot odds it's worth the call. I was just thinking that the call instantly makes him the favorite to finish fourth when the alternative still leaves him, roughly speaking, with a 2-1 chance of...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-05-2005, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 43
Re: Bubble play Party 11 SnG
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I don't think you have much FE, but the chances are you're ahead by quite a bit of what his range is here, you were unlucky he had a hand as good as AJs.
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Well, that's the...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-05-2005, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 34
Re: ($22) JJ in BB, minraise from cut-off
My experience with JJ and QQ is that they are good enough to go broke with in the early rounds.
Harrington on Hold'em advises using bets just large enough to accomplish what you want and I think...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-05-2005, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 43
Bubble play Party 11 SnG
I'm mainly a limit player and I've been struggling for a year to learn NL. I got some great help in this forum about a year ago when I was clueless, but each SnG still feels to me like it takes a...
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