Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
08-16-2005, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 514
Re: Money Etiquette
My family I'm honest with. Poker is just a hobby for me though (profitable, but I'm not sure I could make a living on it for various reasons.) There are 2 kinds of friends I would share my money...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
08-16-2005, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 113
Re: How much can I call on this awful river?
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Id muck, Ax, where x<Q, blocker is no good here, what else could he have.
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Why does your kicker matter if he has an Ace? Aces full no? .. or am I totally missing something...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
08-15-2005, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 101
Re: Slowplayed set, like it or love it.
Did he call with, "Miss'ed yer flush draw heh?" I love the play though. This is one of those hands where I am on the other end thinking, "WTF! That's such a blank, would he really slow play.. uh.....
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
08-15-2005, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 212
Re: Motivation
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The fundamental problem I have (and I've made a lot of money too) is that losing hurts far more than winning feels good.
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My problem exactly. I'm supposed to win, so when...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
07-07-2005, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 289
Re: Quiz: test your EV instinct
That's the point of my thread is that it's not just a straight math problem. If it was, there should be a few responses, and a few quoted yes responses. Pure math questions are not interesting...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
07-07-2005, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 289
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-24-2005, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 80
Re: 1 – 2 NL at Turning Stone, stacking problem.
When this happens to me, I want to raise it enough so somebody will think, "Gee, that's a lot in there now, I'll go over the top with my AA, etc." I think I make it $150 at least, maybe even $200. ...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-24-2005, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 184
Re: Results
Hm, so he called off $100 to make =~ $650 drawing at a 2 outer with 2 shots to hit it. Honestly.. looks like you make money over time doing this then, I think. Unless I'm totally wrong. If you had...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-21-2005, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 121
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-21-2005, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 121
Re: 400 NL 6-max KK - big flop check-raise
I think about it for a while and either:
1) Fold and say, OK, I'm gonna keep an REAL close eye on this guy (I don't multitable).
2) Say, "Well, my kings are black, so I call."
I'll probably just...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-21-2005, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 111
Re: Bad Swings / Variance
The most buy ins I've lost in a session (1 day of playing online) was 9. It was just one of those days, flop top set, get all in lose to flush. AA runs into set. Flop nut flush, lose to set that...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-14-2005, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 83
Re: set no good?
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HOH Vol 2: "When your sets get outflopped, you're supposed to lose a lot of money. When I hear someone telling a story about how he shrewdly laid down middle set after some intricate chain...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-14-2005, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 135
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-14-2005, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 82
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
06-09-2005, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 620
Re: QUAD 4\'s
If you really feel you may have played this wrong, try the following: Wait a few weeks; repost this and just change it so that you fold quads on the river and see how many people respond with:
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
05-10-2005, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 92
Re: Rule/Ethics question
I have a home game with a pretty regular crew. Usually 1 new person though, or a few that have not played in casinos. I don't think you did anything wrong at all. I run the game (and play in it)...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
05-09-2005, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 262
Re: Difficult flop decision w/ deep stacks
Does Freddy play in this game, or is he still on the 5/5 game? What about Dennis?
As for the hand in question, I'm not sure what else you're looking for with T5d. My question would normally be...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
05-09-2005, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 345
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
05-06-2005, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 137
Re: greed, for lack of a better word, is good
hawt. KK and... ? I like reading these kinds of hands, very amusing. When you put the results up, make sure to include somebody's cursing at you for not playing AA stronger, and your subsequent...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
05-06-2005, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 217
Re: Split decision
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What decision? He has the A of spades, push and hope he only has high card A and you drag pot.
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A/images/graemlins/spade.gif isn't folding to the push. ...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
04-29-2005, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 357
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
04-29-2005, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 443
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
03-23-2005, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 78
Re: $400 NL PP hand 6 Max
With no replies thus far, I guessing I played this pretty much ABC? I don't normally play limits this high and was wondering if I missed some finer points on the flop.
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
03-23-2005, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 78
$400 NL PP hand 6 Max
Background: I’ve been playing pretty solid. A few steals pre flop, maybe firing a second bullet on the flop, but never shooting on the turn. MP has had a few suspect plays, and has recently lost a...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
09-13-2004, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 184
Re: Interesting hand for discussion
I have called the floor to have a hand killed at Foxwoods, TWICE, and they will not kill it in a cash game. Only in a tourney. Of course, I have gotten different ruling from different floor people...
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