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[DoomSlice]

This is the first time my MOH has been called in a LONNNNNG time.

Hand 1:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter

Hero ($41.1)
CO ($22.4)
Button ($15.35)
SB ($19.45)
BB ($16.75)
UTG ($47.82)
UTG+1 ($22.85)
UTG+2 ($63.7)
MP1 ($63.79)
MP2 ($25.55)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP1 calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, Hero calls $41.10 (All-In), <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB (poster) completes $19.35 (All-In), <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds.

Flop: ($61.30) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Turn: ($61.30) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

River: ($61.30) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $61.30

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has Jh Ad (full house, aces full of jacks).
Hero has Kc Ac (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $18 in long term expectation.</font>


Hand 2:
This guy is seriously 80/50 and a total fishy.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (9 handed) converter

Hero ($29.8)
UTG ($23)
UTG+1 ($17)
MP1 ($24.4)
MP2 ($46.77)
MP3 ($8.15)
CO ($74.45)
Button ($33.5)
SB ($25.55)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.75</font>, UTG+1 calls $2.75, MP1 folds, Button calls $2.

Flop: ($9.35) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, UTG+1 folds, Button calls $6.

Turn: ($21.35) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero calls $20.80 (All-In), Button calls $20.80.

River: ($62.95) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $62.95

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Ad Qs (two pair, nines and fives).
Button has Kh Qh (flush, king high).
Outcome: Hero wins $30 in long term expectation.</font>

Cheers!

[Biggenx]

did you make an all-in raise preflop with AKs ??

And, you put all your chips in with a high card on the second hand?

i don't see any +EV on either of those hands.

The first hand you had -EV to any pocket pair, and 9 times out of 10 you're only going to get called by a better hand.

The second hand you're out of position against any number of hands better than yours, theres little reason to believe you're ahead at this point.

Please someone correct me if i'm wrong here.

[Ghazban]

I was just playing 1/2 NL on Party and a normally reasonable regular openpushed for $208 UTG. Nobody called, but it did bring back pleasant memories of the old days on Party (50xBB stacks) where the MOH was profitable at all levels (it only went up to 2/4 blinds back then).

[DoomSlice]

Meh, I'm only concerned about 2 hands, AA and KK. Sure they'll call, but that gets offset by the times that AQ and AJ call you (and occasionally the A6s).

And for hand 2 let's just say that I was 100% sure that I was ahead.

[DoomSlice]

Old party poker was like playing Ed Miller short stack strategy [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]