Forum: Small Stakes
09-12-2006, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 33
Re: Controlling pot sizes
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raise more preflop to 1.50/1.75.
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My usual line is $1 + $.25 per limper. I actually raised to $1.25 here but the converter took out my SB.
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flop bet is meh.
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-12-2006, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 33
Controlling pot sizes
I seem to be losing a lot of pots lately that are far bigger than they should be given the hands I have (TPTK type of scenario). I'm really lost as to how to bet in such a way that I control the...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-11-2006, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 46
Re: How badly was this played?
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Flop K-Q-8 rainbow. Player 1 checks, Player two bets $100. Button calls, big blind folds. Player 1 raises to $600. Player two folds, button reraises to $1100. Player 1 calls.
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-11-2006, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 33
Re: Intro and is this weak tight?
This is where a program like PokerTracker or PokerOffice is really handy. If this is a villian with an aggression factor of 0.5 doing this, you can safely exit the hand. Otherwise I'm calling.
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-11-2006, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 25
Re: Question: when to fire second bullet
Remember that a continuation bet is hardly mandatory. With pokeroffice I can easily show someone's cont. bet percentage, and using that stat pick off their bets just like you've been experiencing. ...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-11-2006, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 33
Re: Revisiting an AA hand (25 fr)
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Holy crap. That is a donkey.
Anyone with high PFR and VPIP and low aggression are super donkeys. I think our donkey caught a hand here.
Aggression is the factor in your read that...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-10-2006, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 258
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-10-2006, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 258
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 53
Re: NL25, advice needed on how to play flush draws
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Hand 1, let's say I call the flop bet. The pot will be $14.10 and there will be $16 left in my stack. How small must his bet be for me to call again on the turn, if the turn card doesn't...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 57
Re: AQ line check
I pot it on the flop with the flush draw on board. I keep leading like you did, and likely fold to a river raise by a passive opponent.
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 53
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 87
Re: I suck, but I want to learn
You are likely not a winning player right now not due to the hands you posted (lots of bad beats in there and the classic AA -vs- KK), but because you are failing to extract maximum value for the...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 22
Re: NL25-AQs line check
As pointed out in another thread, you push these draws to maximize fold equity. The problem is that I don't think you have any fold equity here. Villian either has an overpair or a set, so is...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 651
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 651
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-08-2006, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 85
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
09-08-2006, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 231
Re: Beat: My dog
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were they alone for the fight? how long do you think it lasted?
any injuries to the cat?
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Yeah, I wasn't home when the fight happened. When I came home my dog was hiding...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
09-07-2006, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 231
Re: Beat: My dog
Update!
Tubes came out:
http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/1680/dscn2226xr0.jpg
50% less freakish now.
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Forum: MTT Strategy
09-06-2006, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 63
Re: KK/AA pre flop
I think not re-raising AA/KK pre-flop is a mistake most of the time.
There's lots of cases where 88-QQ will raise pre-flop but shut down completely on the flop if there are overs. If you just...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-06-2006, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 20
I think I butchered this drawing hand.
I've been trying to practice playing my big draws much more aggresively, and then this happens. I know I'm getting really nice pot odds here, but I don't think I'm just up against TP on that flop. ...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-06-2006, 03:34 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 177
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-06-2006, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 42
Re: NL25 - How should I play low suited cards
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I know.. I just felt like playing cuz I was bored of too many trash hands.
But what if it was 67spades suited? would that make any difference
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First of all, if you find...
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-06-2006, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 42
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-06-2006, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 91
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Forum: Small Stakes
09-06-2006, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 55
Re: Value bet this river?
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Bet more every street
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I'm glad to see the responses in this post, as it shows a pretty big leak in my game.
For what it's worth, two villians showed [ 8h, 7s ] and [...
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