**Official uNL Microbrew thread: January (nc)**

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It's a full 1.02% lead!

[keikiwai]

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It's a full 1.02% lead!

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wooops, that's pretty solid then, nm

[Dastone]

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The size of your PP isn't really important if you play for set value.



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The size of your's and your opponnents stack is though. Just a reminder. I like to be sure if I'm calling a 3bet w/ a PP pf. That my opponnents has at least 8,9 times the size of the bet, and that I do as well.

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of course the size of your pp is important

both you and villain will have sets... very rarely but it'll happen... the bigger your pocket pair, the more often you'll have top set, the more profitable the situation is

the reason this has to be considered is that it doesn't happen often, but everytime it happens you'll lose a full stack or more

also, don't forget that even if villain stack is big enoug, unless he's a complete retard he may not stack off to you, so villain's tendencies have to be considered too

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Good points as well. I'm not advocating that the size of the pair is not important, nor that the tendancies of villain should not be factored in as well. Just that the situation referenced originally is one where I assumed we likely had a pair smaller than our opponnents or else we would be doing the raising ourselves instead of calling to try and flop a set.
Sorry if this was unclear, but at least it yielded some more thought on the subject.

[Imrahil]

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big pot EVER for me. villian is a mega fish. he has been luck boxin a bunch of people and then donating to me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

KK... hmmm orly??? SHIP IT!!!!

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $4</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to $12</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($24.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets $12</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($48.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets $12</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $50</font>, BB calls.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($148.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets $12</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $100</font>, BB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $348.5
<font color="#000000">Hero Shows Qc Kc</font>
Villian Shows Ks Kh


in other news 100nl is carazy and i hate not being good enough to beat a level for like 8bb/100. so much varience. sigh. but i was thinkin about writing up all my thoughts on movin up from 50nl to 100nl after i play like 10k more hands at 100nl (assuming i dont go busto or sumtin [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) as long as people would b interested. pm me or reply here if u would wanna read that. cuz if no one wants to read it then obv i wont clutter the forum or waste my time [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Interested.

[Imrahil]

Does anybody know how long it takes Stars to send FPP items? They say 4 to 6 weeks but that doesn't really make sense because they gave me tracking info and it seems like the shipping shouldn't even take a week.

[Imrahil]

For my third post in a row, would you guys be interested in a HU uNL donkament?

[Corrupt Rose]

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Guessing villain had AxJ[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ?

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AKo, no diamonds. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I don't know if it was a good move on my part or not.

[corsakh]

For all the people out there talking about variance, I strongly recommend getting cardrunners videos. They brainwash position, discipline and basic card reading principles so well, I can feel both my variance and winrate greatly improved. This may also be a variance of course, but I am optimistic [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I mean I now find strength folding hands like AQs preflop, two pairs, overpairs, straights and be 90% confident I made the right play :-D

[Imrahil]

I played this fine right? Villain was unkown but I had a feeling he was donkish.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button ($21.95)
SB ($35.50)
Hero ($50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Button calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $8</font>, Button folds, SB calls $6.

Flop: ($16.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $13</font>, SB calls $13.

Turn: ($42.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $22</font>, SB calls $14.50 (All-In).

River: ($79) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $79

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kc Ks (three of a kind, kings).
SB has Kd Tc (straight, king high).
Outcome: SB wins $71.50. Hero wins $7.50. </font>

[Imrahil]

Xpert bet by villain:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB ($17.20)
Hero ($48.75)
MP ($20.75)
Button ($65)
SB ($30.25)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.25) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $0.5</font>, Hero calls $0.50.

Turn: ($5.25) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $1.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $14.7</font>, Hero calls $9.70.

River: ($34.65) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $34.65

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has Kd 9s (three of a kind, nines).
Hero has 4d 4h (full house, fours full of nines).
Outcome: Hero wins $34.65. </font>