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Forum: MTT Strategy 08-14-2007, 12:30 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 50
Posted By awakuni
Re: i can\'t stop being the bubble boy! i need help!

it's true that two tourneys is not a very big sample but right now i'm just looking for some general strategy tips during the bubble period. i think a lot of my confusion comes from hand ranges and...
Forum: Poker Theory 08-14-2007, 12:19 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 52
Posted By awakuni
Re: help! i need some bubble strategies

do i play more agreesively with cards or position, or does it not matter and i should just be raising blindly. that was part of the problem that i was having. i'm just not sure what a proper hand...
Forum: MTT Strategy 08-14-2007, 12:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 50
Posted By awakuni
Re: i can\'t stop being the bubble boy! i need help!

could you further expand on your concept of "standard stuff" because i think that is the kind of knowledge that i'm lacking.
Forum: MTT Strategy 08-14-2007, 11:54 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 50
Posted By awakuni
i can\'t stop being the bubble boy! i need help!

i'm normally a cash game player but i play the occasional cheap weekend tournament and lately the last couple of times i've played i've have been the bubble boy. once as the short stack and once with...
Forum: Poker Theory 08-14-2007, 11:48 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 52
Posted By awakuni
help! i need some bubble strategies

i'm normally a cash game player but i play the occasional cheap weekend tournament and lately the last couple of times i've played i've have been the bubble boy. once as the short stack and once with...
Forum: Small Stakes 07-31-2007, 10:14 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 20
Posted By awakuni
what to do with weak flush oop?

i badly misplayed a hand at commerce and wanted some help as to figure out what to do with a weak made hand next time. i had 3 9 of clubs in bb. there were five limpers, so i checked my option...
Forum: Omaha/8 07-30-2007, 02:36 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 45
Posted By awakuni
an easy question: how does the kill work in omaha/8?

i think i'm gonna start playing the 3/6 at commerce but they have a kill and i think a half kill option and i've never played with that before. can somebody explain to me how it works and how it will...
Forum: Poker Theory 07-26-2007, 01:45 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 128
Posted By awakuni
Re: is it better to fold pre-flop in an easy game w/ jacks?

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so in this case, with really bad players, it might've been better to fold and get my money in a better spot?


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Wouldn't you rather be in that spot with your...
Forum: Poker Theory 07-26-2007, 01:14 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 128
Posted By awakuni
Re: is it better to fold pre-flop in an easy game w/ jacks?

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When you play against a table full of bad players with different stack sizes, the value of your chips is close to linear, and there is little reason to be risk-averse.

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Forum: Poker Theory 07-26-2007, 12:09 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 128
Posted By awakuni
Re: is it better to fold pre-flop in an easy game w/ jacks?

so in this case, with really bad players, it might've been better to fold and get my money in a better spot? i also thought about the hand range of the co but in the previous hand he bluffed off 3/4...
Forum: Poker Theory 07-25-2007, 09:40 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 128
Posted By awakuni
is it better to fold pre-flop in an easy game w/ jacks?

i was at the $40 nl game at commerce and the game was really easy as people were playing pretty badly (going broke with one pair, calling draws oop and without the right price, etc). so early in the...
Forum: MTT Strategy 07-08-2007, 01:56 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 176
Posted By awakuni
bubble plays

i was the bubble boy today at a b/m limit tournament. i realized that my bubble play needs a lot of work because i was playing way too tight during the bubble. everybody except for the big stack was...
Forum: Home Poker 07-04-2007, 03:58 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 110
Posted By awakuni
Re: need help to beat my home game

thanks for the awesome feedback. ricky made me realize that i do play in a short-stack game and i just never realized it before.

your post also made me think of a follow-up question: you advocate...
Forum: Home Poker 07-03-2007, 12:33 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 110
Posted By awakuni
Re: need help to beat my home game

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And OP, it sounds like you guys play a relatively short stack game if most of the money is in play by the time the flop is dealt. In short games the value of big pair hands go up and...
Forum: Poker Theory 07-02-2007, 09:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 89
Posted By awakuni
i need help controlling tilt

lately, after taking a bad beat i always seem to steam off some chips and i know what is happening and yet i can't stop myself. what is weird is that i didn't use to have this problem. does anybody...
Forum: Poker Theory 07-02-2007, 12:05 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 53
Posted By awakuni
Re: Firing multiple barrels

i think this is a very "feel" situation question. if you feel that your opponent (or opponents) will call you down with second or third pair then you may want to back off, especially if you have...
Forum: Home Poker 07-01-2007, 07:12 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 110
Posted By awakuni
Re: need help to beat my home game

here are the basics: its usually a full table with 3 or 4 loose passive, 3 or 4 tight aggressive and 2 or 3 loose aggressive. players generally make basic mistakes: call draws without the right...
Forum: Home Poker 06-30-2007, 01:29 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 110
Posted By awakuni
need help to beat my home game

i've been playing in the same home game for about two to three years, a .25-.50 nl game. it's a really loose game fluctuating between aggressive and passive. for whatever reasons i just can't seem to...
Forum: Books and Publications 06-30-2007, 02:02 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 52
Posted By awakuni
is the full tilt book any good?

i was wondering what the 2+2 people thought of the full tilt book. just flipped through it at the bookstore and it looked like a mix of decent material with some of the same recycled stuff. is it...
Forum: Poker Theory 06-21-2007, 02:53 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 76
Posted By awakuni
Re: Theory of Leverage

i thought that in theory it sounds good, but after taking a walk and thinking about it the one flaw that occurred to me is that at ssnl three times the big blind is not very much and so it seems...
Forum: Poker Theory 06-21-2007, 02:18 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 203
Posted By awakuni
short-handed tournament style vs full-table cash game

i've been playing a lot of short-handed, freezeout style poker lately and have been trying to figure out ways to take those skills (aggression, position raises, etc) and transfer them to a full-table...
Forum: Books and Publications 06-21-2007, 05:30 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 142
Posted By awakuni
anybody here use cardrunners.com?

has anybody here used cardrunners.com and if you have, did you find that it helped out your game? i was thinking of signing up, but after watching the free demo video was having second thoughts. a...
Forum: Poker Theory 02-13-2007, 07:58 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 96
Posted By awakuni
Re: .25-.50 NL pot odds

thanks for the analysis gonso, i guess i'll give you a hand that came up last night that made me think about how i played it because pot odds was the real decidiing factor. it's a home game with...
Forum: Poker Theory 02-13-2007, 05:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 96
Posted By awakuni
Re: .25-.50 NL pot odds

thanks for everybody's input. as far as the flop and turn bets go, it's generally because of both underbetting along with loose callers (don't forget it's a .25-.50 nl home game). so with 3-to-1 or...
Forum: Poker Theory 02-13-2007, 02:20 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 96
Posted By awakuni
Re: .25-.50 NL pot odds

thanks for the reply. my response though is, what if i'm getting 3-to-1 or 4-to-1 on the flop, and turn bets as well? and shouldn't these speculative hands be played in a multi-way pot to begin with,...
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