Forum: Small Stakes
10-22-2007, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 34
98 Suited vs. all-ins
Recent trip to Tunica left me thinking a lot about this hand. After it was over, there was a lot of discussion with both pros & cons about everyone's play. Ring game 1-3 NLHE. My stack is about...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
10-22-2007, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 110
Re: Soft play at 1/2 NL?
I've experienced it too. When I realize that I've gotten too chummy with one (or more) of the other players, 2 things happen: 1. my game is not the best, & 2. Your pal will try to take advantage....
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
07-04-2007, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 51
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Forum: Small Stakes
06-04-2007, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 24
Re: Value bet this river?
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yep, i bet 60. i can see a guy this bad calling if he has a K or maybe even a J.
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Ditto.
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Forum: Medium Stakes
05-20-2007, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 54
Re: But I hit my gutshot
If my math is correct, there is $1380 in the pot and you need $480 to call. The pot odds are (barely) there. So, you called the villian (button) a nit who has opened up his game which makes you...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
05-14-2007, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 48
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Forum: Psychology
05-14-2007, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 78
Bad Leakage
As I've progressed in poker, I've seemed to have developed a problem of "leakage." This is how it seems to happen: I'll sit down at a table full of strangers. Within 10 hands I've got a pretty good...
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Forum: Home Poker
07-27-2006, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 107
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Forum: Home Poker
07-26-2006, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 107
Re: I hate cheaters (a bit long)
Hmmm, immediately after, I had that good old post-fight adrenalin rush. I was just standing over him glaring at him like... well you know. One of our mutual friends interceded before it got any...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
07-26-2006, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 202
Re: IS the cashout curse real?
Bummer. I'm nowhere near your level, but a couple of months ago I cashed out a mere $300 and went a couple of weeks of absolutely pathetic bad beats. It really makes one wonder...
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Forum: Home Poker
07-26-2006, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 107
Re: I hate cheaters (a bit long)
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Cash out before you call the guy holding your money a cheat.
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Forum: Home Poker
07-25-2006, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 107
I hate cheaters (a bit long)
This past weekend I attended a regularly run home game. The deal was passed from player to player until the host busted out (because he's a really donk player). He decided that he would deal for the...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
07-09-2006, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 129
Re: Do You Call?
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Its always nice to know that no matter how stupid the thread (and this one is really really stupid), someone always makes it at least worth a chuckle
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Of course it's a...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
07-09-2006, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 129
Re: Do You Call?
It started out that way during idle conversation at a cash game last night. But it got a little complex when each person answered. There were 7 of us and each had their own rationale for their...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
07-09-2006, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 129
Do You Call?
A hypothetical scenario: It's the first day and the first hand of this year's WSOP. You're on the button. Two players immediately go all-in (UTG & UTG+1). It is folded around to you. You look down at...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-05-2006, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 55
Re: How to bet chaser\'s?
Most books will tell you to make a bet that does not give your opponent favorable pot odds to call. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. G/L
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Forum: Home Poker
06-05-2006, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 58
Re: Showdown on a checked river
Player 2 doesn't "earn" anything by showing his cards out of turn. If he wanted to see player 1's cards, he should have properly checked and then waited for player 1 to show.
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Forum: High Stakes
05-11-2006, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 61
Re: Interesting hand
My 2 cents:
It is not what cards he has, I think the key point is that he has read you properly and that is why he c/r you. OR - Having said that, I'd put him on pocket 7s or he hit a set with the 5...
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Forum: Home Poker
05-08-2006, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 113
Re: Some Quick Questions of Etiquette
There is a regular player in a home game that does the exact same things. Everybody (except me) thinks that he just has a bad case of ADD. We instituted a house rule that goes as follows: if you bet...
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Forum: High Stakes
04-19-2006, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 179
Re: Time for some bannings?
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You'd be surprised... 1 out of 10 of my posts some people actually find helpful
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LMAO
T4P has something that eats into fragile egos (of other posters) like nothing else. ...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
04-18-2006, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 73
Re: WSOP Hotel Choices
I checked around and finally decided a room is a room. I made reservations at Harrahs from 7/16/thru 7/20. Sunday & Wed are $70. Mon & Tu are $80.
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Forum: High Stakes
03-24-2006, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 52
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Forum: High Stakes
03-13-2006, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 209
Re: S Fishman what an A-hole.
His play had nothing to do with the cards he held and had everything to do with his read of the table, IMO.
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and yes, what a douchebag comment afterward.
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There's...
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Forum: Home Poker
02-13-2006, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 145
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
02-13-2006, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 90
Re: Tunica this weekend
lol, I'll give you a short one -
Playing in the Monday night tourney at the Horseshoe (your home?) a couple of months ago. Short stacked after a very bad play in the previous hand (totally my...
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