Today I became a pro.

[TIGERsrm]

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Batnam what made you post that hand? looks pretty standard.

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He is clearly bragging b/c he had the honour of playing with the great wickss in a pot. Print out that HH and put it on the fridge b/c I guarantee it won't happen for much longer as he'll be moving up in stakes .

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[zasterguava]

Take a long time to do the 600$ bonus at low stake STT. PLus the volume of sit and go's on FullTilt seems real low compared with Stars. The main advantage of FT would be getting 27% of the rake back.

[mjnumb23]

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a) that bonus sucks

b)pain to get money in and out of sites/casinos these days.

[/ QUOTE ]Yeah, what he said.

[pokerstudAA]

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I guess the euphoria of it all has prevented a great number of us from remaining level-headed.

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IT IS WICKSSTERIA!!!!

[SlackerMcFly]

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Batnam what made you post that hand? looks pretty standard

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I don't see anything standard at all in min-raising a pot for 40% of my stack with a weak hand and 8bb and 7 players at the table. Then calling the AI is reprehensible.

If Wickss HAD to play this hand for some reason, then shove it or limp it. And limping is bad.....

Had he posted this hand and Wickss folded it, then I'd say it was standard.

FWIW Slacka

[mjnumb23]

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I guess the euphoria of it all has prevented a great number of us from remaining level-headed.

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IT IS WICKSSTERIA!!!!

[/ QUOTE ]You quite possibly have just invented a word that will go down in the annals of sttf history.

[terrellk11]

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Take a long time to do the 600$ bonus at low stake STT. PLus the volume of sit and go's on FullTilt seems real low compared with Stars. The main advantage of FT would be getting 27% of the rake back.

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The bonus on Full Tilt is equivalent to 42% rakeback and you can get rakeback on top of that (though your rakeback would be lower due to the subtraction of rakeback from MGR), which works out to something like 60%+ rakeback when getting both bonus and rakeback.

[mjnumb23]

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Batnam what made you post that hand? looks pretty standard

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I don't see anything standard at all in min-raising a pot for 40% of my stack with a weak hand and 8bb and 7 players at the table. Then calling the AI is reprehensible.

If Wickss HAD to play this hand for some reason, then shove it or limp it. And limping is bad.....

Had he posted this hand and Wickss folded it, then I'd say it was standard.

FWIW Slacka

[/ QUOTE ]You have hit the nail on the head again slacker. I have been lecturing wickss for the last few minutes on what a horrible play this was. No sense in mincing words. It was horrible.

[Waco1910]

Some more wickss hands...

PokerStars Game #9423603822: Tournament #47849413, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/04/14 - 19:33:02 (ET)
Table '47849413 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (2755 in chips)
Seat 2: mower (1640 in chips)
Seat 3: champ2champ (5020 in chips)
Seat 5: mirageompl (3975 in chips)
Seat 8: rusty4377 (110 in chips)
rusty4377: posts small blind 50
wickss79: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
mower: folds
champ2champ: calls 100
mirageompl: folds
rusty4377: raises 10 to 110 and is all-in
wickss79: folds
champ2champ: calls 10
*** FLOP *** [4c 2h Th]
*** TURN *** [4c 2h Th] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [4c 2h Th Ac] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rusty4377: shows [Ad Js] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
champ2champ: shows [8s 9s] (a pair of Tens)
rusty4377 collected 320 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 320 | Rake 0
Board [4c 2h Th Ac Tc]
Seat 1: wickss79 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: mower folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: champ2champ showed [8s 9s] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: mirageompl (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rusty4377 (small blind) showed [Ad Js] and won (320) with two pair, Aces and Tens

It was only $10 more to call and possibly knock another opponent out.

PokerStars Game #9423674120: Tournament #47849266, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/04/14 - 19:37:26 (ET)
Table '47849266 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: shevstar (2090 in chips)
Seat 3: wickss79 (1260 in chips)
Seat 4: the amature (5065 in chips)
Seat 5: cam42060 (1800 in chips)
Seat 6: sappacara (2200 in chips)
Seat 8: noh0pe (1085 in chips)
cam42060: posts small blind 75
sappacara: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
noh0pe: folds
shevstar: folds
wickss79: raises 300 to 450
the amature: folds
cam42060: folds
sappacara: raises 1750 to 2200 and is all-in
wickss79: calls 810 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [2c Ad 7d]
*** TURN *** [2c Ad 7d] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [2c Ad 7d 2d] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sappacara: shows [Jh Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
wickss79: shows [Qs 9h] (a pair of Deuces)
sappacara collected 2595 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2595 | Rake 0
Board [2c Ad 7d 2d 8h]
Seat 1: shevstar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: wickss79 showed [Qs 9h] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 4: the amature (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cam42060 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: sappacara (big blind) showed [Jh Jd] and won (2595) with two pair, Jacks and Deuces
Seat 8: noh0pe folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Again he tries to standard raise instead of pushing and then calls someones all in.

PokerStars Game #9423897302: Tournament #47849500, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/04/14 - 19:51:34 (ET)
Table '47849500 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: CDerMan (2595 in chips)
Seat 5: wickss79 (1300 in chips)
Seat 6: hellraid (2615 in chips)
Seat 7: supernovaKOS (4030 in chips)
Seat 8: LetItRide345 (2960 in chips)
CDerMan: posts the ante 25
wickss79: posts the ante 25
hellraid: posts the ante 25
supernovaKOS: posts the ante 25
LetItRide345: posts the ante 25
hellraid: posts small blind 200
supernovaKOS: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
LetItRide345: folds
CDerMan: folds
wickss79: raises 400 to 800
hellraid: raises 1790 to 2590 and is all-in
supernovaKOS: folds
wickss79: calls 475 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7s 6d Jh]
*** TURN *** [7s 6d Jh] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [7s 6d Jh Th] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hellraid: shows [9h Kh] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
wickss79: shows [Ah Kd] (high card Ace)
hellraid collected 3075 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3075 | Rake 0
Board [7s 6d Jh Th 8d]
Seat 2: CDerMan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: wickss79 (button) showed [Ah Kd] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: hellraid (small blind) showed [9h Kh] and won (3075) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 7: supernovaKOS (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: LetItRide345 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Again with the raise! Maybe tryin to get someone to go all in but it backfired on him.

PokerStars Game #9423928903: Tournament #47849544, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/04/14 - 19:53:36 (ET)
Table '47849544 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: supernovaKOS (3718 in chips)
Seat 3: Luckydebarry (1904 in chips)
Seat 4: M0T0WN (1043 in chips)
Seat 8: wickss79 (6835 in chips)
supernovaKOS: posts the ante 25
Luckydebarry: posts the ante 25
M0T0WN: posts the ante 25
wickss79: posts the ante 25
wickss79: posts small blind 200
supernovaKOS: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Luckydebarry: folds
M0T0WN: folds
wickss79: folds
supernovaKOS collected 500 from pot
supernovaKOS: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 500 | Rake 0
Seat 1: supernovaKOS (big blind) collected (500)
Seat 3: Luckydebarry folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: M0T0WN (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: wickss79 (small blind) folded before Flop

And here hes the big stack in the small blind with the medium stack in the big blind. Folded to him and he folds. What should he be pushing here? Seems like the perfect place to bully.

[zasterguava]

It was standard in that yes he should either have pushed to steal or fold, but as played he had to call all in surely?