Forum: Books and Publications
11-01-2004, 07:44 PM
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
09-07-2003, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 180
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-01-2003, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 71
Re: Lemme tell you how hold\'em works Brier
Nonsense. This is a $30-$60 game not $1-$2 game played by idiots. In almost all cases the guy has turned two pair and is betting because he thinks he has the best hand and doesn't want the turn to...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-30-2003, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 12
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Re: Jim Brier (Middle Limit Hold\'em) Problem
Although this is a "river problem", I would be happy to address the turn play.
Preflop you limped in with your suited connector along with five other players. The big blind got a free play so he...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
08-26-2003, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 13
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Re: Ciaffone\'s Mid Limit Holdem book
The player was Barry Tanenbaum who is one of the top players in the Bellagio $30-$60 game. Barry is now writing for CardPlayer as well as being an instructor for Poker School Online. He also gives...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
08-26-2003, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 25
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Re: Results
I think he should have raised as well. But given that he didn't means that my risk of betting on the end has been reduced since I will not get check-raised when he has the better hand.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
08-25-2003, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Old Man Tricked Me
Your play was fine except that betting the river is a clear mistake. In virtually every case, only a hand that can beat yours or tie yours will call. If your opponent was drawing and he missed then...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
08-25-2003, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 110
Results
I bet because I thought my hand was still good and I would get calls from smaller flushes or maybe even two pair type hands given all the money in the pot. If my opponent had made a full house then I...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
08-25-2003, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 69
Re: Ciaffone\'s Mid Limit Holdem book
Perhaps you would care to be a little more specific on some of the hands you disagree with. I would be happy to respond.
As an aside, the book was reviewed by several professional players, one of...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
08-24-2003, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 25
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$20-$40 Oceanside Hand
I was visiting some friends in Oceanside when I stopped by Oceans 11 to play some $20-$40. I was moved from the "must move" table to the main table when the following hand came up. I am on the button...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-23-2002, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 63
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-23-2002, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 63
Re: Defending my $4-$8 Article
You are right about being able to call the $4 raise in the $1-$2 game a little more often than calling an $8 raise in the $2-$4 game because of the reasons stated by you and some of the other posters.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-23-2002, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 19
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One Other Point
One of the fallacies of the "implied odds" argument is the assumption that you will win 100% of the time when you hit when you are not hitting to the nuts. Occasionally, you will find that your...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-23-2002, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Flush Draw fold
Rob if you think you can get 3 big double bets on the river from your opponent in the situation I outlined in my article, then you are right in playing on. But as pointed out by another poster, most...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-23-2002, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Defending my $4-$8 Article
Good examples but suppose you have a hand like Ace-little offsuit and toss in one-half of a small bet against 2 opponents. The big blind now raises and you know he would only do this with AA, KK, QQ,...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-22-2002, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 63
Okay, I see what you mean But..
It is true that once you limp in, then in the $1-$2 structure it only costs you 1/2 a big bet to call a raise but in the $2-$4 structure it is costing you one big bet. But in reading Dynasty's...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-22-2002, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 63
Re: Defending my $4-$8 Article
"In the situation with the full size blinds, you are calling two SB when you call a double raise."
In the normal $4-$8 structure, the small blind is $2. When you call a double raise preflop, it is...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-22-2002, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 63
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-22-2002, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 63
Re: Defending my $4-$8 Article
"In the $1-$2 structure you are committing 3/4 of a big bet preflop. In a normal structure you are committing 1.5 big bets"
It is a question of pot odds not "committment of big bets". Under the...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-22-2002, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 65
Re: The Correct Answer
Much of our terminology is borrowed from the days of draw poker and stud poker. I was not aware that anyone had changed it. Perhaps someone should look up these terms in Michael Weisenberg's (?)...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-22-2002, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 63
Defending my $4-$8 Article
It has come to my attention that there was a recent debate on an article I wrote last August for CardPlayer entitled "Blind Structures in $4-$8 Games". I was not aware of this debate because I was...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-22-2002, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 90
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Forum: Probability
12-22-2002, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: Towel Problem
Good work polarbear. The key is recognizing that what he received on the towels he sold was both his profit and his cost (p + 3.5). Most of the students in my study group tried to solve the equations...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-21-2002, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Ciaffone\'s Omaha book
I am not an Omaha player but I have read Bob's book and in all fairness, Bob is trying to cover a lot of ground. You have Omaha-high which can be played limit or pot limit. These are very different...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-21-2002, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 65
The Correct Answer
The term "over" means two pair. The term "full" means a full house.
In your example, "Aces over Deuces" means two-pair, aces and deuces. The reason is because someone else may also have two pair...
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