Short stack play in the Party NL 2000

[greg nice]

well they are right, you do suck. frankly, following a chart out of a book hardly consitutes playing poker.

but they suck also if they are getting it in with the worst of it.

so its a battle of who sucks more. sounds like a good game!

[mrwatson23]

I don't really care if I am "playing poker" as you define it or not. What matters is whether playing a small stack makes money. I don't claim to be an expert no-limit player, which is why I am playing the small stack in the first place. There was a big thread about this in the Poker Theory forum, with some very informative posts from Ed Miller. You should read it.

[greg nice]

you do what works for you. obviously im not a fan of it because the strategy is blatantly obvious and it tightens up the game considerably once a few of you sit down.

i do find the quote in the initial post sort of funny now that you admit that its true..

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I don't claim to be an expert no-limit player, which is why I am playing the small stack in the first place.

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[mrwatson23]

what's more important, playing great, or making money?

[excession]

what's more important, playing great, or making money?

Unless you're a pro, playing great..

[KaneKungFu123]

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what's more important, playing great, or making money?

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if you can play great youll make more money long term.

[fnord_too]

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what's more important, playing great, or making money?

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if you can play great youll make more money long term.

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Counter point: Stu Unger.

Edit - also, that is a really big "if"

[mrwatson23]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) converter

SB ($2011.5)
BB ($2606)
UTG ($1925)
UTG+1 ($2965.5)
MP1 ($2458)
MP2 ($2334)
CO ($2057)
Hero ($597)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $10.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $20, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $90</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls $70, UTG+1 calls $70.

Flop: ($280) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $150</font>, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $507 (All-In), BB calls $357.

Turn: ($1294) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($1294) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $1294

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has As 8s (flush, ace high).
Hero has Ah Ad (two pair, aces and tens).
Outcome: BB wins $1294. </font>