Forum: Beginners Questions
03-29-2005, 03:29 PM
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 80
|
|
Forum: Beginners Questions
03-29-2005, 03:13 PM
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 80
How many outs?
I'm having difficulty with a passage in Gary Carson's book.
He states that if you hold J /images/graemlins/spade.gifJ /images/graemlins/diamond.gif and the flop is 9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif7...
|
|
Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
03-01-2005, 02:47 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 73
Was this add-on neccessary?
I was in a $5 rebuy NL tourney at PokerStars. I started with one buy-in plus one add-on. At the break I was 23rd of 412 players. Blinds were about to increase to 75/150 and I had approximately...
|
|
Forum: Beginners Questions
03-01-2005, 02:38 PM
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 75
Eleven All-In Matchups
What are the eleven all-in matchups and the odds of one hand beating the other in each?
|
|
Forum: Televised Poker
07-08-2004, 01:07 PM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 326
Re: Read of the Year?
There's been a lot of analysis in this thread regarding the relative strength of Q22 vs. 884. I'm not doubting the Stud experts' observations regarding whether it might have been right to chase. I...
|
|
Forum: Other Other Topics
07-07-2004, 10:25 PM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 175
|
|
Forum: Other Other Topics
07-07-2004, 05:00 AM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 175
|
|
Forum: Other Other Topics
07-07-2004, 03:40 AM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 175
|
|
Forum: Televised Poker
07-07-2004, 02:39 AM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 326
Re: Read of the Year?
[ QUOTE ]
Even if Forrest was 100% sure his opponet had a bigger pair, he would be wrong to fold his 22. The big difference in stud vs. hold 'em is the lack of communtity cards. That means a smaller...
|
|
Forum: Other Other Topics
07-07-2004, 02:32 AM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 175
|
|
Forum: Televised Poker
07-07-2004, 02:03 AM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 326
Re: Read of the Year?
I'm not that much of a Stud analyst, so I didn't catch the three-flush upon first viewing. However, with deuces being the worst possible pair, wouldn't the average player have suspected that his...
|
|
Forum: Other Other Topics
07-07-2004, 01:57 AM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 175
|
|
Forum: Beginners Questions
07-07-2004, 01:51 AM
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 129
Re: What makes a \"tough\" player tough?
[ QUOTE ]
From what I can tell, a "tough" player will put a lot of pressure on you by raising at various times, with middle pair or even nothing if he thinks you'll fold. The trouble for me is that...
|
|
Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
07-07-2004, 01:27 AM
|
|
Replies: 235
Views: 822
|
|
Forum: Psychology
07-07-2004, 01:21 AM
|
|
Replies: 99
Views: 410
Re: Do you ever wish you were innocent??
No, I wish no such thing. The best line of defense I've had against friends who were concerned about my "gambling problem" is the fact that I only play poker. And I can comfortably back up that...
|
|
Forum: Televised Poker
07-07-2004, 01:05 AM
|
|
Replies: 53
Views: 326
Read of the Year?
Is it just me, or wasn't Ted Forrest's calling down of Chad Brown while holding only 22 in the Stud event one of the best reads in recent memory?
|
|
Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
07-07-2004, 12:50 AM
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 131
Re: How to deal with Flush Freaks on Party Poker
In the often complex world of NL/PL, this answer is refreshingly simple:
What's the difference between chasing in Limit and chasing in NL? In Limit Holdem it is almost always correct to draw to a...
|
|
Forum: Poker Theory
07-07-2004, 12:36 AM
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 171
|
|
Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
07-05-2004, 04:45 AM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 54
Re: Cowboys
I'll take a stab at this, but I don't claim to be offering the best answer:
I can't say that you played the hand awfully. I'm assuming you were hoping for a K high flush to improve your overpair,...
|
|
Forum: Beginners Questions
07-02-2004, 11:32 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 78
Re: Off-suit aces: how low do you go?
[ QUOTE ]
I can only assume he meant "early in the hand" and not early as in position. Telling someone there are game conditions where folding AK in early position is right would be criminal.
...
|
|
Forum: Other Other Topics
07-02-2004, 02:22 AM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 55
Re: France and Germany anti-Saddam death penalty
[ QUOTE ]
It would be better for the US from a political standpoint if Saddam got a relatively light sentence that was acceptable to the Iraqi masses.
[/ QUOTE ] Since when is a light sentence...
|
|
Forum: Other Other Topics
07-02-2004, 02:19 AM
|
|
Replies: 23
Views: 93
|
|
Forum: Beginners Questions
07-02-2004, 01:46 AM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 78
Re: Off-suit aces: how low do you go?
Sklansky and Carson both have excellent advice on this matter. Here's my humble attempt at a 62-word paraphrase...
Any ace-nine or lower is dominated. When short-handed, however, any ace rises...
|
|
Forum: Beginners Questions
07-02-2004, 01:34 AM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 107
|
|
Forum: Beginners Questions
07-02-2004, 01:25 AM
|
|
Replies: 43
Views: 295
|
