Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
07-13-2007, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 348
Views: 1,538
Re: Board edit
Dear Jeff Gordon,
I'm thinking about robbing a bank tomorrow and donating 9% of the proceeds to your charity. If I get caught, will you be a character witness for me at my trial? Will you tell...
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
06-15-2007, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 58
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
05-25-2007, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 192
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
05-25-2007, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 192
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-27-2006, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 66
Re: recommended holdem software?
Are you aware that internet gambling is illegal?
I play $3-$6 and $4-$8 at B&M's, but between trips I would like to practice on my computer.
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-27-2006, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 66
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-18-2006, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 49
playing medium pairs 99, 88, 77
On p. 66 of SSH, it says:
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These pairs shine in two situations. One is when you are two or three handed(me: = less than 2 opponents)....
These pairs are also quite profitable against 5...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-18-2006, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 73
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-18-2006, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 73
Re: pot odds question
Thanks HoneyBadger and Nick Royale.
I included choice b) because it's a similar calculation to one on p.48 of TOP in a discussion on effective odds:
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Well, if I miss my hand, I lose...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-18-2006, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 73
Re: pot odds question
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You need to explain how many outs you have on the turn.
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How many outs you have has nothing to do with what the pot odds are.
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-18-2006, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 73
pot odds question
I'm wondering about the correct approach to figuring out pot odds in a particular situation.
Assumptions:
1) $10-20 Holdem
2) Heads up on 4th street
3) Opponent bets $20 into a $60 pot (total...
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Forum: Stud
02-12-2006, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 62
Re: dealing stud?
...and sometimes that is followed by a flop. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Forum: Stud
02-12-2006, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 67
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-10-2006, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 102
Re: A Note on Hand Protection
Hi,
Sorry for being so dimwitted, but I can't follow your math. The math may be totally irrelevant to the point you are making, but if I can't follow the math, I can't even get to your...
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Forum: Stud
02-10-2006, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 130
Re: Outgunning an Expert Player
3rd street:
(Fold: two 8 eights dead, and two spades dead and you have all low cards)
If I was the Queen, I would not put you on a pair of 9's because 9's should raise there. Any pair bigger...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-09-2006, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 260
Re: 15/30 AK
Continuing with my analysis:
In the bad case scenario considered above, the 14% equity means it's 7:1 against winning the pot. That means a raise needs to be called by 7 opponents for it to be...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-09-2006, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 260
Re: 15/30 AK
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The problem with this is that all of your opponents would need to call your raise, and you would need to be correct about the number of outs that you have for this raise to be correct.
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-09-2006, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 260
Re: 15/30 AK
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So, answer these two questions:
1. What is our equity likely to be? Do we have value in a raise?
2. How do we improve our equity by raising? Do we want the opponents behind us to...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-09-2006, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 260
Re: 15/30 AK
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When it's his turn to bet on the turn, hero has pots odds of 9 BB/2 BB = 4.5:1 if he raises, or 9:1 pot odds if he calls.
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As DeathDonky pointed, that's not the correct way...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-08-2006, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 260
Re: 15/30 AK
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If people don't fold, raising is cutting down our own odds.
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On the turn, if people don't fold, you are getting 3:1 on your raise. You have 9 outs to the nut flush. 3...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-08-2006, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 260
Re: 15/30 AK
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the way the hand was played, I'm not too concerned about a flush.
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What in the play of the hand leads you to that conclusion?
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Why would he bet into the PFR on...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-07-2006, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 117
Re: 2/4 no idea how to play AA from flop on
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The only hand I see the BB playing this way that you can beat is JT.
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How does someone call an EP raiser with JT?
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Why are you raising the flop?
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Forum: Stud
02-06-2006, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 51
Re: Split Jacks in Taj 75 game
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So I'm playing the the 75 game recently when...
The villian I would define as medium-good for this game.
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This is a serious question
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
02-06-2006, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 44
Re: AK on turn, continue to protect hand?
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When you raise the flop, you give your opponents 6.5:1, which is good enough to chase 6 out draws, thus you don't protect your hand or induce mistakes.
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...but he protected...
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Forum: Stud
02-05-2006, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 50
Re: Fear quads?
If I made quads, I'd check or bet the minimum. So, if he checks or bets the minimum, I would fear quads more than when he bets the max.
You already know he is a bit wild since his cap says, "I'm...
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