Official August Thread: General Discussion,etc

[Jay Riall]

lol xorbie. Thats a pretty [censored] funny post though. I might treat the cinema the same way if they don't stop charging me $14 for stale popcorn and flat drink.

[john kane]

ah yeah just found it.

i can read oot but i cant really post there as i was banned, so i sometimes read it but never post.

[ImsaKidd]

No offense John Kane but I could imagine you being like that.

"[censored] [censored] 3 BIG BLIND DOWNSWING? [censored] THE MAN WE STAYIN HERE BOYS"

[ImsaKidd]

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All hands are at FTP.

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werent you a decent winner at 5/10? what made you drop down?

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100k hands at 5/10 at 1.63PTBB/100 vs 60k hands at 2/4 at 6.5PTBB/100. I also, lost about 22k live in Vegas, so had to spend a couple weeks rebuilding my roll and then I realized that the most important part of poker that I have spent my entire history playing ignoring is table selection. Since I've started to table select well I stopped caring about what stakes I played and started caring about playing well. So much better for your physocology when your table lineup at each table doesn't include three 2+2ers. I could move back to 5/10 regularly and have over a 50 buyin roll for it just don't care to play in games like that on a regular basis. If the 5/10 games get good I'll be there.

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Jared this is good stuff - that i'm starting to experiment with myself. I used to be so stubborn that i'd 6-table 5-10 w/ no care of who was at my tables. But if there are 5 regulars at your table, wtf is the point? Sure i'm still a winner overall at 5-10, but the edge is SOOOO much smaller playing against people who know what they are doing and will play back at you. And the swings against tough regs are tough to swallow mentally as well... There is really nothing wrong w/ looking for tables that have some marks in them. AFterall, poker is about making moniez, and not showing how "good" you are.

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It used to be 10/20 was the shark filled waters and 5/10 was soft, right? (I wasnt around much on party, so srs q).

Is this our future? Pretty soon 2/4 will get tough and we're playing 1/2?

Maybe just doomsday thinking, I certainly hope game quality doesnt get any worse. Maybe fish have enough money that 2/4 will always be juicy? It is a really good hourly after all.

[xorbie]

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yeah def not me, ive only been posting in finance forum recently as ive stopped playing poker as got a few bits and bobs to do. ill check my post history via this post to see if someone has logged into my account and posted something stupid.

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yah i actually somehow realized that i had made this mistake when i was walking to get food and it just dawned on me somehow. mea culpa all around.

john voight die in grease fire, john kane robusto!

[Jamougha]

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It used to be 10/20 was the shark filled waters and 5/10 was soft, right?

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No since the uigea. 5/10 is softer now than in the weeks following that I think.

Actually pre-ban the 10/20 on FT was often softer than the 5/10. Sob.

[Morrek]

"soft" is such a relative term. I think 5/10 is soft and 10/20 clearly beatable

[aislephive]

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didn't see we had a gutshot aswell, thought it was just a naked FD that might not have overcards and may be dominated / vs a set.

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Still, even with a naked FD calling > folding for sure to a minraise. It's $350 more with $1520 in the pot, so we're getting a bit over 4-1 and literally always stacking him if we hit (unless he sucks out of course).

[obiedman]

jesus it really is like printing money

Full Tilt Poker Game #3170429557: Table Promenade (6 max) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:57:08 ET - 2007/08/06
Seat 1: Mano Nera ($645.60)
Seat 2: ociodesoto ($166.90)
Seat 3: Religion_LOL ($542.20)
Seat 4: mantis17 ($461.25)
Seat 5: ericontilt ($843.10)
Seat 6: boo__zer247 ($400)
Religion_LOL posts the small blind of $2
mantis17 posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Religion_LOL [Ah As]
ericontilt folds
boo__zer247 folds
Mano Nera raises to $14
ociodesoto folds
Religion_LOL raises to $46
mantis17 folds
Mano Nera has 15 seconds left to act
Mano Nera calls $32
*** FLOP *** [2d 8d 6h]
Religion_LOL has 15 seconds left to act
Religion_LOL bets $77
Mano Nera calls $77
*** TURN *** [2d 8d 6h] [2c]
Religion_LOL has 15 seconds left to act
Religion_LOL bets $150
Mano Nera has 15 seconds left to act
Mano Nera calls $150
*** RIVER *** [2d 8d 6h 2c] [2h]
Religion_LOL has 15 seconds left to act
Religion_LOL bets $269.20, and is all in
Mano Nera calls $269.20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Religion_LOL shows [Ah As] a full house, Twos full of Aces
Mano Nera mucks
Religion_LOL wins the pot ($1,085.40) w

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