Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
12-01-2007, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
Re: Question
Played 20/40 limit for 6 hours today at Commerce. Ended up folding the winner on 5 different occasions. This is no doubt an all-time record for LA's Friendliest Casino, CoCo's pre-flop AA folds...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-30-2007, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,411
Re: A hand I read about
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Funny, I was sitting on TV pro's right and watched him play this hand. I didn't get it then either. He said he was going to write about it. Wow.
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Ok, cool.
Not going to...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-29-2007, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,411
A hand I read about
I was poking around on another website and came across a blog from a well-known TV pro. He was describing a hand that he played recently in the $40-$80 game at the Bike in LA. Here's the hand:
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-29-2007, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 727
Re: Comm 40: A fold I made
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UTG sounds like Richard, in which case your hand your hand is never any good. Is the guy invariably wearing a heavy jacket?
I don't know which is worse: the limp or you not saying...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-29-2007, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 734
Comm 40: Another fold I made
This one came up yesterday a couple of hours or so after the one I just posted. Game's gotten significantly better since then.
SB is Frenchie. He's a regular at the LA casinos and frequently goes...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-29-2007, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 727
Comm 40: A fold I made
Decent afternoon game yesterday.
UTG is an old white guy who has been playing at Commerce, might be/was a prop there at one time, since the Lincoln administration. He's pretty...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-25-2007, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,248
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-20-2007, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 881
Re: 60 120 live comm
Check-call the river and say "Did Jeff Van Vanderen teach you to play that way?"
(Most of you will not get this reference. Those of you who have seen the episode of A&E's "Intervention" should...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-18-2007, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
Re: November Low-Content Thread
I was sitting in an ok/decent $40/$80 limit hold'em game. One of the toughest players was a 50-something white woman named Kat. She's apparently been playing a very long time and she used to run a...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-13-2007, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 204
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-13-2007, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,290
Re: Bizarre river raise
Here's button's thought process with a set:
"ZOMG I flopped a set. I will be really tricky and wait to raise the turn."
"Crap, now there are three hearts. Stupid dealer kill me every time! I...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-12-2007, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 204
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-12-2007, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 204
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-12-2007, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,290
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Forum: Small Stakes
11-09-2007, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 214
Hollywood Park 400NL: Line check with TPNK
I'm waiting for a seat in a limit game and decide to sit down in a $400 buyin, $5-10 blind no limit game. I mostly play limit, so please be gentle...
I've been observing the game for a few minutes...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-08-2007, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 500
Re: Comm 40: Bottom set vs Iris
I 5-bet and she called down on a blank turn and river. She had A5 and I kinda felt like I got owned.
I was a little torn at the time because, like most of you, I figured the only way to get her to...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-07-2007, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 500
Comm 40: Bottom set vs Iris
Decent game last week. Iris, for those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting her, is a Commerce regular. She's a trust fund pro (I have no idea if she actually has a trust fund, but you get...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-07-2007, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
Re: November Low-Content Thread
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Surely, work must be more fun than this. And for you, almost as lucrative. Or at least lucrative enough to where it's a decent option.
-Michael
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Meh. I was extremely...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-07-2007, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
Re: November Low-Content Thread
I'm really surprised to hear that folks think the number is low -- I had always assumed that all of the Persians/Middle Easterners were, along with a good chunk of the Asian business community.
I...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-07-2007, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
Re: November Low-Content Thread
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They could have access to at least $1,000,000 without selling their home or having to borrow.
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Not clear enough. Does that mean we have to include all money in...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-07-2007, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-07-2007, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
Re: November Low-Content Thread
Quick Q for the Commerce regulars:
What % of 40-80 players do you think are millionaires outside of poker? I think it must be close to 50%, but someone else thought it was much lower.
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-05-2007, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 478
Views: 11,998
Re: November Low-Content Thread
Two gems I had recently (live games in SoCal):
1. I raise UTG+1 and get called by the blinds. (My hand isn't particularly important to the story.)
Flop: 5s4s2s
SB bets, BB calls, I raise, SB...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
11-05-2007, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 382
Re: 40-80 Commerce Line - Way Ahead Heads Up
I agree with everyone else that you needed to get more value pre and post.
As played, though, I'd bet this turn. You'll get a call from a big spade that would have taken the free card. You'll get...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
10-29-2007, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 402
How badly can I get owned here?
Good live game in LA this weekend. Villain is a short late 30's black dude with eyeglasses and a Bluetooth -- you've probably seen/played with him if you've played in town during the past couple of...
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