Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-15-2004, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 16
Nut flush draw from the blinds
Suppose I'm dealt A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/diamond.gif in the BB
What would I do preflop in a multiway pot at a typical table? Raise to give myself the best drawing odds...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-09-2004, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 23
Epiphany?
Ok, with a bit of a bruised ego I slinked away from this forum a few days ago. The questionable raise with T7s on the button was brought up by a few folks, and the missed bet on the river was, if I...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-05-2004, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 56
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-05-2004, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 24
Re: More trouble w/suited connectors
Look at it like this:
after the betting on the flop there's ~7 big bets in the pot. If you bet the turn and get check-raised by MP2, if CO raises you can fold knowing he had the str8. If CO calls...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-05-2004, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 56
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-05-2004, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 56
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-05-2004, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 56
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
06-05-2004, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 23
Did I miss a bet?
This was in a sort of home game last night.
Playing 3/6 hold'em.
I'm on the button.
UTG (fairly solid values) limps in, folded to me.
I raise with T /images/graemlins/spade.gif 7...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
04-08-2004, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 78
How often to raise pf?
How often should one be raising pf (assuming good starting hands)? Maybe this should be broken down further by position?
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Forum: Poker Theory
04-01-2004, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 82
So is it a bad thing...
When you're playing a solo card game like solitare and you start worrying about the EV of certain moves at certain times? /images/graemlins/shocked.gif
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Forum: Beginners Questions
04-01-2004, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 86
Re: Call Down Mode with TPTK
you're right. That's why I opted to go into call-down rather than fold. I've been bet to the river by someone holding AK so many times on the 0.5/1 tables it's ridiculous.
I also see the point...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-31-2004, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 86
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-31-2004, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 86
Call Down Mode with TPTK
When is it best to go into call-down mode and when is it best to fold?
Played a hand last night where I had AQs (suits don't matter) in the SB. EP raised and I called along with 3 others. Flop...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
03-30-2004, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 74
Re: Dayton OH Poker Room?
I'd be interested as well. I'm a native of Dayton but haven't lived there in years. I do visit family quite often, though, and am always looking for a game.
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-30-2004, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 264
Re: what\'s your poker wisdom?
(I'm a relative newbie, so take this FWIW)
Let the size of the pot guide your decision. The bigger the pot the better it is to go for it and see what happens.
Almost always bet your draws,...
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Forum: Poker Theory
03-29-2004, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 91
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
03-25-2004, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 32
Re: Where did my patience go??
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On another note..It feels so good to get cards again! I just had my first winning session out of my last four. I seem to play much tighter when I am winning
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Are you sure...
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Forum: Televised Poker
03-25-2004, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 345
Re: Was hansen\'s call wrong?
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Yes, he's definitely that good.
When I see my friend Gus in a few weeks during the eastern holydays, I'll be glad to tell him that you consider him one of the best ...
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Forum: Televised Poker
03-25-2004, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 153
Re: Celebrity Poker, new host, now 2 hours
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The only way I'm watching Celebrity Poker Showdown is if it is co-hosted by the girl who played Kelly on 90210, naked, with Zena, Warrior Princess, also naked, and they hate each other...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
03-23-2004, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 84
Good or bad laydown?
Playing NLHE 25 on PP
Table is loose aggressive preflop, tight aggressive postflop.
I'm EP+1, stack ~$29 dealt A/images/graemlins/heart.gif8/images/graemlins/heart.gif and call expecting to...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-23-2004, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 82
One piece of advice that I can see is paying off
Read a post not too long ago about how one should not fold just because the pot has gotten big and you have seemingly little chance of winning. That instead you should hang in there (not fish-calling...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
03-22-2004, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 115
Re: Definition of gambling? (X posted)
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What about baseball for example? Only a few teams a year win more than 60% of their games. Doesn't this mean chance outweighs skill in baseball?
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There's a saying in...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-22-2004, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 76
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
03-21-2004, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 40
Hand that busted me out - Did I Play This Right?
My 4th ever multi-table (5+1), first time in the money, I finished 49th out of 1472. I played VERY well, if I may say so. I allowed one over-riding principle guide my decisions: the size of the pot....
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-19-2004, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 44
Re: Table Stakes
Thanks. I've played like that before, just never knew there was a formal name for it.
(And with some of the fishy play I engage in, there's no way my car title would get anywhere near a card game...
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