Forum: Heads Up Poker
09-19-2007, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 111
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
09-08-2007, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 756
Re: Asking Players Not To Sit With You NLTRN
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Anyone who trash talks their opponents, berates bad players and generally behaves like a rude, inconsiderate little punk will never win my respect.
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Sort of off topic but...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
09-05-2007, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 412
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
08-15-2007, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 153
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
05-24-2007, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 50
55 NLTRN: TP vs possible overpair
Blinds are still at 10/20, villain is a small winner over a small sample size on sharkscope. This is only maybe 10 hands in, and I have absolutely no reason to believe villain is crazy.
I get Q...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
04-11-2007, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 53
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
03-23-2007, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 299
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
03-22-2007, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 192
(NLTRN) First hand, KQ on a JTx flop
First hand in a 22 turbo, unknown villain. I'm BB with KQ.
Villain minraises to 40, I raise to 100, villain calls.
Flop comes J T 4 rainbow.
With 200 in the pot, I lead for 120. Villain...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
03-21-2007, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 61
NLTRN: Why play raise or fold from button?
I've seen most of you advocate playing raise or fold from the button, and a lot of you are probably better than me, so I'm likely in the wrong, but I don't see why this way of playing is optimal....
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-26-2007, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 96
Re: Defeating Type of Fish
I think especially in the turbos, it's very easy to lose to this type of player as well as maniacs when you go card dead. You don't have many hands to get a hold of something decent and take them to...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-23-2007, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 201
Re: top pair, ok kicker, tough decision
situations like this can confuse me too, where I get into trouble wondering if villain is playing based on recent history or if he really has a good hand. He bet the same amount on flop and turn, had...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-23-2007, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 53
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-21-2007, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 53
Re: Monster...how would you play it?
It seems like you're questioning your decision based on results, which is hard to avoid sometimes I know. How you played it was fine I think. Against just about every possible hand, you're ahead by...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-16-2007, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 62
Re: nl sng hand vs a hyper aggro
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Fold preflop with these stacks and a lack of very specific plan / reasons for limp-calling in that spot vs. an aggro opponent. Since you didn't mention anything in OP, I assume this was...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-16-2007, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 62
nl sng hand vs a hyper aggro
So I'm playing a very agressive opponent who is betting constantly, but is still reasonable with folding. I've been mainly folding weak hands, check raising occaisional air, and calling down good...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-07-2007, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 73
Re: my first 400 nl sngs, comments and questions
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Rather, after opening a lot of consecutive pots and playing them aggressively postflop, I don't need a 5-6bb pot to create adequate value for a hand like 87s or 44. My opponent will...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-07-2007, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 73
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
02-06-2007, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 73
my first 400 nl sngs, comments and questions
I've played 400 turbo nl husngs at 55+2.5 on stars now, and my winrate is almost exactly 53%. I'm making this post to comment on what I think some of my leaks might be, and also, some encouragement...
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
01-23-2007, 02:11 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 45
What to do when card dead vs maniac
this is a situation i'm sure we're all familiar with. NL sng, some guy is betting hard every hand, not folding to occaisional bets from you, and you're getting dealt garbage and missing every flop....
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Forum: Heads Up Poker
01-17-2007, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 63
Re: Tilting Angry Opponents
good post, i've thought about this myself quite a bit. i think keeping villain predictable is quite a bit better, because you don't know how villain will go nuts if he does, and it will likely result...
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Forum: Omaha/8
12-13-2006, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 52
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Forum: Omaha/8
12-13-2006, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 52
VPIP ~16. help me loosen up a bit!
edit: this is plo8, average table looseness i'm talking about
i haven't been able to comfortably get my VPIP higher than about 16. i hear more like 20 or even a bit higher is optimal, so i'm...
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Forum: Omaha/8
12-05-2006, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 54
another tough plo8 situation
my last scenario was well received, so here's another one i find difficult.
say you're in the bb with 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif 5 /images/graemlins/club.gif 2 /images/graemlins/club.gif 7...
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Forum: Omaha/8
12-01-2006, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 306
a type of hand i have trouble with plo8
say it's full ring, there are two callers from ep/mp, and you check in the bb with
2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif 3 /images/graemlins/heart.gif k /images/graemlins/spade.gif q...
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Forum: Omaha/8
10-19-2006, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 39
50 PLO8 tough hand vs nut fisher
PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha/8, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool (http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php) from FlopTurnRiver.com (http://www.flopturnriver.com) (Format:...
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