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Forum: Micro-Limits 11-08-2005, 03:56 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 105
Posted By magates
Re: KK with lots of action preflop...

Looks pretty standard to me. I would have played it the same.
Forum: Other Other Topics 10-02-2005, 06:46 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 88
Posted By magates
Re: OOT Games: Songs with \"Love\" in the title

Loud Love - Soundgarden
Love Has Passed Me By - Kyuss
Just Another Love Song - Queens of the Stone Age
The Blood is Love - Queens of the Stone Age
Love Thing - Melvins
Forum: Psychology 09-06-2005, 06:44 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 130
Posted By magates
Re: What makes someone an expert at poker?

There's a large gap between beginner and advanced, you might want to include intermediate in there.
Forum: Psychology 09-06-2005, 06:36 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 166
Posted By magates
Re: Is poker skill just intelligence?

Everyone trying to learn a new skill eventually reaches a plateau, it's just part of the learning curve. What you do when you hit it is what divides the great and the mediocre.

Stick with it, the...
Forum: Books and Publications 09-05-2005, 03:10 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 85
Posted By magates
Re: When do I get to use small stakes hold em?I

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I apply ideas I learned from SSHE MANY times in EVERY session I play.

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Forum: Internet Bonuses 09-03-2005, 04:22 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 88
Posted By magates
Re: Casnio.net Raked Hands

Interesting, maybe I should be avoiding their full-ring tables. Thanks for the tips, I'll give 5-max a go.
Forum: Internet Bonuses 09-03-2005, 03:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 88
Posted By magates
Casnio.net Raked Hands

Ok, for those who have cleared the bonus here, how are you doing it so quickly? Casino.net's definition of a raked hand is a hand in which you put money into the pot, and the blinds don't count. ...
Forum: Micro-Limits 09-02-2005, 11:04 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 56
Posted By magates
Re: yuk, i really am unsure about this one

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yep you're right - I don't know what I was thinking. Betting the flop does suck.

just as a hypothetical - if the players in between hero and the preflop raiser had called, does hero...
Forum: Micro-Limits 09-02-2005, 01:52 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 54
Posted By magates
Re: on a 70 BB downswing and I think this is why.

No matter how well you are playing, a 70+BB downswing is pretty much inevitable. Having said that, a % of your loss was most likely avoidable.

What I like to do is go through every hand after a...
Forum: Micro-Limits 09-02-2005, 01:03 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 21
Posted By magates
Two Hands Last Night

These hands came near the near the end of a frusrating night, maybe I was getting too aggressive?

Hand 1:

CO is loose and semi-aggressive pre-flop, BB is loose and very aggressive pre-flop and...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-31-2005, 01:16 AM
Replies: 13
AF
Views: 55
Posted By magates
Re: AF

2.89/2.61/1.72

Total: 2.44
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-30-2005, 01:17 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 54
Posted By magates
Re: An excercise at keeping perspective when losing

This helps me put losing streaks into perspective:

Homer's Bankroll Sim (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=&Number=445039&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=1)

Just hit F9 over...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-26-2005, 10:10 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 451
Posted By magates
Re: Post your age, (real) location, and occupation

Age: 33
Location: Davis, CA
Occupation: Child-free Househusband? Unpublished novelist? Budding poker-pro?
Forum: Psychology 08-26-2005, 09:06 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 220
Posted By magates
Re: My wife - the fish

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Limit her session bankroll . . .

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What century are you living in?
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-26-2005, 08:22 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 157
Posted By magates
Re: Raising low pp PF for value

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A couple points.

1) I don't necessarily agree that loose passives (and if there's 7 callers here that's quite frankly what this table is full of) are going to give us more action in a...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-26-2005, 07:19 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 20
Posted By magates
Re: Two weird plays against LAGs

Hand #1:

My response seems pretty obvious, but I'll comment because maybe I'm missing something /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Pre-flop: That's a pretty loose call vs. any player with the blinds...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-26-2005, 05:40 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 157
Posted By magates
Re: Raising low pp PF for value

55 vs. 6 opponents:

This is obviously a simplified estimate, and you can manipulate the size of the pot you win however you want, but I don't think these are unrealistic at all, in fact, the...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-26-2005, 05:02 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 157
Posted By magates
Re: Raising low pp PF for value

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Let me rephrase that. I'm comfortable with the concept of implied odds, but I don't understand why everyone seems to think it relates to our preflop pot equity. Great, we'll make a...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-26-2005, 02:12 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 116
Posted By magates
Re: Did I suck out on this??? Odds question>>>

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. . . you have two overcards also which might be clean outs and if that is true you have a ton of equity.

-DeathDonkey

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The K looks ok but the only J I'd like on the...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-26-2005, 01:36 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 157
Posted By magates
Re: Raising low pp PF for value

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I don't understand what all this talk about implied odds is.

Let's say we flop quads, and you and the LAG cap it 7-handed on every street. Does that make our pfr any more profitable? ...
Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine 08-25-2005, 03:44 PM
Replies: 145
Views: 442
Posted By magates
Re: the Dissolution of a Poker Player

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I have been corrupted and destroyed by my addiction to poker . . . .

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I'm not sure why Alan wanted you to post this here. What does this story have to do with playing...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-24-2005, 02:42 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 80
Posted By magates
Re: raising the flop for value - countings outs exercise

BD draws confuse me a bit when I'm trying to determine pot equity on the flop. You're essentially drawing to a draw from the flop to the turn, but you're looking at your odds of completing the BD...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-24-2005, 02:14 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 80
Posted By magates
Re: raising the flop for value - countings outs exercise

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Are you talking about betting or calling the flop when you say you don't like to look at flop to river odds? If the pot is big enough, you should generally call with strong BD draws (like...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-24-2005, 01:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 80
Posted By magates
Re: raising the flop for value - countings outs exercise

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Anyway if you consider 5.5 outs for your gut-shot and BDFD on the flop, then I calculate that you would need 5 opponents to call to be able to bet the flop for value. (I wont bother you...
Forum: Micro-Limits 08-24-2005, 01:39 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 22
Posted By magates
Re: pushing OESD hard against flush draw

Two opponents on a 2 suited flop with an 8 out straight draw. I'd probably check call this. Are you trying to get a single club to fold? What makes you think villain is on a flush draw? I'd think...
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