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Forum: Books and Publications 12-13-2005, 11:40 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 348
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Has anyone won with Miller Short Stack?

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I guess the next question would be, what kind of win rate is everyone having?

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$25NL table.

Hero is on the button with JJ and $5.
Villain (~$20 stack) limps from UTG....
Forum: Books and Publications 12-11-2005, 05:16 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 249
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Some numbers I played with for Kelly bankrolls shortstacked ...

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What sites let you buy-in for the 25BB? And what limits are those, since I'd like to start at $0.01/$0.02?

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Party, Paradise, Full Tilt, and Ultimate Bet will let you...
Forum: Other Poker Games 12-05-2005, 08:58 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 98
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: HU Royal Hold\'em against a madam

Heidi Fleiss plays Royal Hold 'Em?
Forum: Books and Publications 12-04-2005, 07:34 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 399
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: My Amazon review of Kill Phil

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It's a great way to play SNGs, and in trying to incorporate the system into my MTT arsenal, I have used it for the last few days in four Stars $20+2 180 max SNG/MTT and in one $10 Rebuy.
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Forum: Other Poker Games 11-21-2005, 11:30 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 146
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: \"Longhanded\" Hold \'Em Strategy?

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Interesting question. There are too many variables (format, stakes, players seeing the flop, players chasing, pot & implied odds) to give any worthwhile answer. While all hand values would...
Forum: Other Poker Games 11-21-2005, 10:55 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 146
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: \"Longhanded\" Hold \'Em Strategy?

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Or a book to write, if you're the right Matt Ruff.

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I think looking for tells and trying to simultaneously put 19 people on a range of hands would keep me way too busy to...
Forum: Other Poker Games 11-19-2005, 05:30 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 146
Posted By Matt Ruff
\"Longhanded\" Hold \'Em Strategy?

Assuming you could solve the logistical issues -- e.g., finding a large enough table -- does anybody have any thoughts on strategy adjustments for playing limit and NL hold 'em with 15-22 players?
Forum: Beginners Questions 11-19-2005, 04:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 75
Posted By Matt Ruff
\"Longhanded\" Hold \'Em Strategy?

Not sure if this OT, but does anyone have any thoughts about strategy adjustments for playing with an unusually *large* number of players at the table, say 15-20?
Forum: Other Poker Games 11-17-2005, 12:03 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 521
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Royal LHE on Ub

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I play AK 100% of the time and raise to enter, or raise vs. a limper.

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Any thoughts on raising other hands? Obviously at a wild table you don't have to worry about...
Forum: Other Poker Games 11-14-2005, 04:46 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 521
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Royal LHE on Ub

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It will be interesting to see if this game can become popular enough to spread to the 2/4, 3/6 and higher limits.

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They've got it at 2/4 and 3/6 now, although at the...
Forum: Televised Poker 11-11-2005, 12:53 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 965
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: This TOC Thing

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If sponsors are willing to pony up prize money to allow players to reduce or eliminate their entry fee, then giving them the right to name a few entrants to the event is a small sacrifice....
Forum: Books and Publications 11-04-2005, 12:29 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 517
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Semi Bragging and a $200 Reward

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Thus ten to fifteen percent of all adult Sklanskys are book authors

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But are any of them professional writers? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

-- M. Ruff
Forum: Books and Publications 10-06-2005, 07:07 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 269
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: New Milestone

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About 750,000 the last three years.

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So the guy you really want to thank is Steve Lipscomb.

-- M. Ruff
Forum: Televised Poker 09-23-2005, 09:56 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 365
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Phil Gordon Celebrity Poker analysis

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Dwarf checks trip tens. Meatloaf bets 3k. Dwarf checkraises all-in for 3200.

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So I guess that would make him the short stack?

-- M. Ruff
Forum: Televised Poker 08-28-2005, 03:44 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 182
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Mike Matasow is a raving lunatic

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But, where mental stamina is a significant factor in performance, it does not seem unreasonable to restrict drugs if you want to make sure the playing field is level.

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So...
Forum: Omaha/8 08-07-2005, 11:24 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 83
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Flopped quads and lost a big pot

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That was an option. However, how often do you get quads, let alone flop them?

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You shouldn't let the rarity of flopped quads tempt you into being silly. The situation,...
Forum: Televised Poker 07-26-2005, 04:53 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 92
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: WTF is \"TV-Style NL hold\'em?\" (Hustler $300 tourney name)

Everyone has to dress up as their favorite Rocky Horror character?

-- M. Ruff
Forum: Omaha/8 07-26-2005, 01:06 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 79
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Implications of Collusive Entanglement in O8

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You misunderstand my point. I said: If you know your opponent will chose one action (confess), then you are best off choosing that as well.

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But this...
Forum: Omaha/8 07-25-2005, 07:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 79
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Implications of Collusive Entanglement in O8

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You misunderstand my point. I said: If you know your opponent will chose one action (confess), then you are best off choosing that as well.

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But this is wrong. In the...
Forum: Omaha/8 07-25-2005, 10:36 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 79
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Implications of Collusive Entanglement in O8

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Actually I think it’s the opposite of the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

In the prisoner’s dilemma, if you opponent chooses one action (confess), then you are best off choosing that as well.

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Forum: Books and Publications 07-20-2005, 11:43 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 271
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Strange (to me) advice in HEFAP

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You should read Getting Started in Hold 'Em and you will see why this is a CLEAR fold.

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Actually, in an unraised pot, GSIH recommends calling with AJo in early position and...
Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em 07-20-2005, 11:24 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 189
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Is there any beat worse than this one?

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Hero raises $3

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I don't know what the worst bad beat ever was, but I'm pretty sure it didn't happen at the $.50/$1 tables.

-- M. Ruff
Forum: Books and Publications 07-20-2005, 09:36 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 332
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Been thinking about this project a lot for the past 24 hours

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Brilliant minds have been pouring over natural language data for decades

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Now there's a lovely image to contemplate during breakfast.

-- M. Ruff
Forum: Books and Publications 07-18-2005, 09:31 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 90
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: \"Miller - SSH\", Question about protecting your hand...

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Against a good opponent I understand raising, he/she cares about the odds and knows to fold.
But the book is aimed (or at least that's why I got it) towards playing bad opponents. So why...
Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em 07-17-2005, 11:02 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 107
Posted By Matt Ruff
Re: Petition to Remove <50bb Buyins From Party Skins (xposted)

FWIW, Absolute Poker has a 50BB minimum buy-in for NL. They don't have nearly as many tables as Party, though.

-- M. Ruff
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