Forum: Beginners Questions
05-17-2005, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 7
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Re: POLL: Odds for chasing backdoor flush
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Don't you think it would be more productive to just ask this than to make a poll?
[/ QUOTE ]This gives people an option to type a response or answer using the poll if they don't have...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-17-2005, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 45
POLL: Odds for chasing backdoor flush
Is it proper to consider 5:1 odds on the flop to make a four flush on the turn if you believe the pot will then offer you 5:1 for the river?
Obviously, you have to consider higher flushes, board...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
04-13-2005, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21
Re: need help with laptop and overlapping
Laptops have fixed maximum resolution constrained by the hardware. Regular computer monitors are can generally have a theoretically infinitely high resolution.
Your laptop is proably 1024 x 768,...
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Forum: Poker Theory
04-13-2005, 03:49 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 172
Re: Teaching poker
Intelligence aside, some people don't have the psychological makeup to play winning poker. That is very difficult to change, though not impossible, but not possible in a week IMHO.
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Forum: Poker Theory
04-13-2005, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
Re: Many calculations
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-Drawing to an inside straight, 11:1 against.
[/ QUOTE ]This is a particularly worthy figure to know, IMHO.
Many people just assume drawing for an inside straight is a bad play. ...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
08-27-2004, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 158
Re: Bad night at Pokerstars
You flop a set of Aces, but... [ QUOTE ]
A few players were coming in with AK and AQ without a raise to trap others, the betting was relentless and pots were reaching $100+ every other hand. I had...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
08-27-2004, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 51
Re: Results
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Well, I guess he figured he'd get utg trapped in for another SB and then could raise me on the expensive streets--probably thinking that a flop 3 bet might put me in call down mode or...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
08-26-2004, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 66
Re: Help! Ugly play...Party 1/2
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If he has a set on the flop, I am drawing to the backdoor straight or flush only. When I hit my King on the turn, I am drawing DEAD to a set. I don't have 2 outs as you said and others...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
08-25-2004, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 66
Re: Help! Ugly play...Party 1/2
Thanks, Piiop. I expected you to say I was playing WT, based on your previous post. I'm going to consider this in my play analysis, but I find it very hard to consider myself a passive player. I...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
08-25-2004, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 66
Re: Help! Ugly play...Party 1/2
I'm new here, but have a fair amount of experience, which isn't to say there's no room for improvement. So these comments are as much seeking feedback on my style as they are suggestions for you to...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-25-2004, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 68
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-25-2004, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 68
Re: Fighting the Effects of Fatigue
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Cocaine is helluva drug.
[/ QUOTE ]I figured that stimulants might be popular, but my personal experience suggests they wouldn't be an ideal palliative at the table. Good for you,...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-24-2004, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 54
Re: Trips on the flop, would you fold?
Back to the general question...
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But, nevertheless, what's a good general strategy for a tournament with such a huge luck factor built in?
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How about...
All in pre-flop with...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-24-2004, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 68
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-23-2004, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 72
Re: Hand from LOP tourney
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I think it is a good fold, and the reason is you went with your gut. Warning bells went off.
[/ QUOTE ]I also agree it was a good fold, but it really seems this was more than "gut". I...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
08-23-2004, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 68
Fighting the Effects of Fatigue
Late in an offline multi on Sat night (3 handed) I moved in with a marginal hand for no good reason.
Five hours of play, and my first mistake was a doozy, costing me a likely 2nd and very good...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
02-11-2004, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 78
Re: Learning the proper odds
If I reply to this, does it "bump" it to the top of the list?
I'd like to hear more people's feedback on this hand.
Thanks.
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
02-10-2004, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 78
Learning the proper odds
I'll admit it: I need to get better at calculating odds. I don't think I had the right odds for the final call on this hand, and would appreciate any comments. Feel free to comment on pre-flop and...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-14-2003, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 78
Re: Moving in with a four flush on the flop
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Of course in a regular cash game you can't move all in with the 4 flush draw
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uh, why not?
[/ QUOTE ]Well, the assumption was limit games, since that where...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-13-2003, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 78
Moving in with a four flush on the flop
I've noticed on PokerStars NLHE tournaments that a lot of folks move in with a four flush on the flop. Sometimes not even the nut flush draw. Most of the times this fails, but, of course, it just...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
09-16-2003, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 66
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