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Forum: Psychology 12-23-2005, 11:40 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 276
Posted By Benoit
Re: poker play during finals week????

It's not like I didn't learn the hard way too... So it's actually never too late to change your habits. You just have to have the desire to do it.
Forum: Psychology 12-22-2005, 08:29 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 276
Posted By Benoit
Re: poker play during finals week????

Before finals I was just playing during the weekend. For finals (and one midterm a week before that), I didn't play for about 3 weeks leading up to it.

After playing poker, I'm always distracted...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 12-04-2005, 02:47 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 129
Posted By Benoit
Re: NOthing like that first pot after a downswing that lets you know

Everyone calling the raise on the turn means someone must have the ace of spades and is going for the over calls. Check fold the river.
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 12-04-2005, 02:44 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 79
Posted By Benoit
Re: gringofish

You should have folded in the first hand. You were lucky, he could have had 3 pair.
Forum: Televised Poker 12-04-2005, 02:35 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 353
Posted By Benoit
Re: Sexton\'s WPT Commentary

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It seems I'm in the minority, but I think Mike Sexton is great. He's the voice of poker. He knows his shite, he's funny, he's entertaining, and I love his enthusiasm for the game. Guess...
Forum: Home Poker 12-04-2005, 02:19 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 455
Posted By Benoit
Re: What Was This Fellow 2+2er thinking??????

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Antes=250
Blinds=450
My Raise=900
His Push: 1,750

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Woops, I thought you meant his blind was 450, I missed the other part stating his blind was 300...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 12-03-2005, 11:05 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 51
Posted By Benoit
Re: My Best Value Bet Ever

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lol that guy KNEW you were bluffing

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I think it was a re-bluff.
Forum: Home Poker 12-03-2005, 10:58 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 455
Posted By Benoit
Re: What Was This Fellow 2+2er thinking??????

Well with the ante, he's getting over 3 to 1 on his money since you only mini-raised and you say you are loose. So against your range of hands, he may have figured he was getting good odds on just...
Forum: Televised Poker 12-03-2005, 10:07 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 353
Posted By Benoit
Re: Sexton\'s WPT Commentary

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I find Mike's commentary really horrible/borderline offensive (to my sense of logic at least) because of this. I have a really hard time deaing with willful ignorance.

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Forum: Brick and Mortar 12-02-2005, 08:16 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 350
Posted By Benoit
Re: Tax return question

What do you mean by you must notify the IRS in that $10,000 situation. Like that instant, or just in your IRS report for that year?
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 12-01-2005, 08:10 PM
Replies: 21
DIE
Views: 518
Posted By Benoit
Re: DIE

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um... poker isn't hard.

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Dude- poker is hard when every turn completes every draw possible every time. IF YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE THESE 3/6 FISH FOLD, PLEASE LET...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 12-01-2005, 01:30 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 161
Posted By Benoit
post 90 BB swings here

But I just cashed out 100BB, so I may just have a 180BB swing in the other direction now.

http://www.dotchasm.com/poker/winnings11-30-05.jpg
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-30-2005, 11:08 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 144
Posted By Benoit
Re: colddeck vs maniac

Not really, because you also have reverse implied odds when you feel the need to call down your second best hand. Please don't tell me you thought you were ahead on the flop, because you only called...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 11-30-2005, 12:08 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 141
Posted By Benoit
Re: Question about B&M etiquette...

If you're so afraid of that, just start racking up your chips on that last orbit. If during that last orbit you happen to win a pot, then so be it. They will see you were already racking up and...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-30-2005, 11:54 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 373
Posted By Benoit
Re: Tell the truth

Yes it's true at first, but now I like online better. I can play a game within my bankroll and I can run out the cold spell of cards much faster.
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-30-2005, 11:44 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 411
Posted By Benoit
Re: Check out this epic HU SNG win I just had

As rude as it is, he kind of had it coming, he did overbet the pot on the river. Donkey move.
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-30-2005, 11:34 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 144
Posted By Benoit
Re: colddeck vs maniac

Shouldn't this be in another forum?

What did you think you were doing with 34o? Yeah if I had higher cards I'd know I was ahead and punish him, but you didn't even do that preflop. There were also...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-30-2005, 11:16 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 373
Posted By Benoit
Re: My first cash out!

<---- I'm Benoit /images/graemlins/wink.gif and I'm 23, but I didn't go to the high school in Livermore. I moved from Palo Alto when I was younger, but was able to just kept going there for school...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-29-2005, 08:37 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 148
Posted By Benoit
Re: AKo against wild and crazy table. ($0.25/$0.50)

Anybody else have weird hands to show?
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-29-2005, 08:36 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 373
Posted By Benoit
Re: My first cash out!

crap I didn't think of that. But if I deposit at a new site, then the curse is lifted right? And then I can re-deposit later to this site?
Forum: Internet Bonuses 11-29-2005, 08:13 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 92
Posted By Benoit
Re: Currency Exchange Idea

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it doesnt really matter when you transfer money cos the merchant (Neteller, Visa etc) will just screw u anyway

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how is that? I've just been doing electronic transfers on...
Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance 11-29-2005, 07:58 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 373
Posted By Benoit
My first cash out!

Last year I started with a deposit of $50 and worked my way up by starting at $0.02/0.04 and getting lucky with $5 SNG games. Now I'm playing $0.25/$0.50, probably going to have a roll large enough...
Forum: Beginners Questions 11-28-2005, 01:11 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 61
Posted By Benoit
Re: Table selection

I find tables with a high % of players seeing the flop and larger ave. pot size. Then I might look at the table for a hand or two. The tables that have a lot of limpers and hardly any raising is...
Forum: Beginners Questions 11-28-2005, 12:53 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 84
Posted By Benoit
Re: I think it\'s time... pt. 2

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Doing the opposite, however, by ignoring hand review and focusing on stats (with an insufficient number of hands in database), would (at best) be little value-added, or (at...
Forum: Beginners Questions 11-28-2005, 12:39 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 244
Posted By Benoit
Re: Brick & Mortar noob question

Yeah I just buy in for $200 for $3/$6. I normally buy in for 50BB online to just play poker without changing my style because I'm worried about my money getting low. But at a B&M $300 in $1 chips is...
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