Forum: Texas Hold'em
12-24-2005, 03:49 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 1,262
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
12-15-2005, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 801
Re: Losing EV not changing your nickname?
Obviously it's not going to tbe the sole deciding factor, but it would make a difference; even if that difference is marginal.
Of course, if you're at a table where another skilled opponent would...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
12-08-2005, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 28
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Forum: Medium Stakes Hold'em
12-04-2005, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 405
Re: 15/30 - To 3-bet or not to 3-bet?
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What happens when you check raise? KK,88 will bet all the time. AA will bet maybe half the time. So a cr nets you on average 1.5 BB when ahead. You lose 3 BB when behind. But the ratio of...
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Forum: Poker Theory
12-04-2005, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 138
Re: The Winning Player - Let\'s Define Him
If you define a winning player as one who has a long run winrate exceeding 0BB/100 (assuming there exists a true long run average), you can evaluate it in terms of certainty only.
There is no...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Hold'em
12-04-2005, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 143
Re: That sinking feeling (using a live read)
In most cases against most players, you are behind.
There are enough players out there who would overplay J's or AK/AQ to make it worth showing down, given the pot size.
Considering the implied...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Hold'em
12-04-2005, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 284
Re: Win rate
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winning about $2,000 a week for about 1 1/2 months
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Typical hourly hand/rates at live games are 35 hands an hour.
You've been playing 40 hours a week for 5.5 weeks, or...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-01-2005, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 89
Re: What would be the stratagy for this game?
To be honest, the game doesnt play a whole lot differently than most low limit hold em games with loose passives.
The sole difference is the optimal level of looseness preflop. You could be...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-30-2005, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 111
Re: Steve Dannenmann at Taj Mahal 5-10
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Flop comes 4-5-6. Steve Dannenmann starts laughing saying how he didn't like that flop b/c that was the flop that he lost to Hachem with.
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I get the impression that this...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-30-2005, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 145
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-30-2005, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 115
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-30-2005, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 115
Re: Theoretical Question on knowing a marked card
There are many ways to mark a deck and get away with it, though i wont discuss all of the ways here.
I've never tried this, nor is it likely that i ever would - but it's interesting to consider.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-30-2005, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 145
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
11-30-2005, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 299
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
11-30-2005, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 33
Re: KK 3-bets from the BB, flop not good.
With the way you played it, it must have looked to MP as if you were attempting some retarded stop and go turn check/raise as many do when they flop a set, a straight or something comparably big.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
11-30-2005, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 62
Re: Raised on the river
9's and J9s are the only reasonable hands.
if you start foldings hands at the river here though, you're going to have a lot of observant players taking stabs at pots and putting you in difficult...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-29-2005, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 70
Re: $0.5/1 KK Hand. Was I too aggressive.
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Thanks for the responses everyone. I generally thought i played it fine until the turn. Certainly not going for any slowplaying here so I just decided to keep my finger on that raise...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-28-2005, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 81
Re: Why do people call/re-raise preflop?
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the only time I ever limp/reraise is when I have AA or KK on the button and its folded to me and the blinds are tight. I might call to lure one of them in if I can.
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Ha. ...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-28-2005, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 55
Re: party 1/2 full questions
If you're down 200BB's after a couple of months, you're either a losing player at those limits or you arent playing many hands.
How many hands do you play a week roughly?
And about 1/2 on...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-28-2005, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 165
Re: Do I cap this suited ace preflop?
Your raise isnt bad.
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You've already got 4 callers in front of you, so your pre-flop equity is extremely marginal
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A marginal edge is still an edge. Limping doesnt...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-28-2005, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 81
Re: Why do people call/re-raise preflop?
There are a lot of really bad poker players out there.
Limp-raising, relative to many things they do, is fairly insignificant.
It's not good, but it's not terrible.
When you see people do...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-28-2005, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 31
Re: folding against very lag bluffer
I call the raise and, given the fact that it's a club, check/fold the turn. If it was a non-ace offsuit card, i'd gaybet/fold to a raise from the button and call down a raise from the SB.
In...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-26-2005, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 323
Re: check/call check/call check/raise the river
You'd be a fool to fold the river for one more bet with TPTK in what sounds ilke it would be a large pot against what may very often be erratic players.
Save your brilliant laydowns when you're...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-25-2005, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 50
Re: Question about PFR to auto-flop bet
Uhm, not really.
Better hands will often raise, and worse hands will almost never fold. Plus there's always a chance that a better hand will check through.
If there are two callers and im OOP,...
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Forum: Micro-Limits
11-24-2005, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 43
Re: Looking for a softer place to play
Bankroll management isnt about putting arbitrary amounts into an account and trying to defend it with all you've got.
Bankroll management is intended to serve your own best interest. Preserving...
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