Today I became a pro.

[sethypooh21]

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what about this hand?
PokerStars Game #9457155817: Tournament #48012493, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/04/16 - 18:31:02 (ET)
Table '48012493 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (3870 in chips)
Seat 4: taso1 (5930 in chips)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (1335 in chips)
Seat 8: rrecker (2365 in chips)
wickss79: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts the ante 50
RYMalamutes: posts the ante 50
rrecker: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts small blind 300
RYMalamutes: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
rrecker: folds
wickss79: raises 600 to 1200
RYMalamutes said, "all in"
taso1: raises 4680 to 5880 and is all-in
RYMalamutes: folds
wickss79: folds
taso1 collected 3200 from pot
taso1: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3200 | Rake 0
Seat 1: wickss79 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 4: taso1 (small blind) collected (3200)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: rrecker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Short stack is about to go out. I was probably in a bad situation against SB. I wanted to play the short stack AIPF with this hand. Not the SB. That is why I didn't go all in.

[/ QUOTE ]Like I said, unless the SB is a muppet, he's shoving ATC vs. you here. Push or fold.

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Wow...I'm glad I don't play sngs anymore. If, in fact, only the worse players at the $6.50s don't know to shove any two here, you sng players are in trouble.

When I left the $109s at party in late November, there were very few capable of shoving any two here.

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This is not push ATC! With the big stack still to act you have to be careful. However, AT is a hand to push with here, but it is also at the low end of the range to push (but +cev of 0.99 to push ATs here)... A9o is a fold (according to SnGwiz...)

Wickss, you s/b in push/fold mode. You don't have enough chips to "play poker" and raise here. You lose valuable fold equity when you play this way.

[/ QUOTE ]I think people were saying ATC shove for SB

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The 55 and 88 hands are pretty bad.

[Dr_Jeckyl_00]

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Josem = the new Slacker. Take your throne back Slack.


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You might be correct, this time Mr. Josem,
It's clear that you know how to play no limit holdem.

But what you are missing my friend with your ish,
Sometimes at this level, they all aren't a fish.

Small blind got his big stack by working the table,
And making good choices, despite Wickss' fable.

Small Blind is the bully, he has all the clout,
And isn't afraid to tell Wickss "Get OUT!"

When min-raising is right, I really don't know,
But I'm not gonna do it, not here that's fo sho.

So folding is right in this sticky spot,
Min-raising is dumb so our Hero got caught.

The moral, my friend (and inferior poet),
Is that Wickss should have known
that he just has to fold it.

Now go back to your foosball, your soccer or pool,
You know for a fact that I'd take you to school.

/pwn Slacko [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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beatiful poem...
except Wickks needs to push,
no room in SNG's for being a wuss,
so take off your maxi
or you'll be driving a taxi

[Dr_Jeckyl_00]

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what about this hand?
PokerStars Game #9457155817: Tournament #48012493, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/04/16 - 18:31:02 (ET)
Table '48012493 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (3870 in chips)
Seat 4: taso1 (5930 in chips)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (1335 in chips)
Seat 8: rrecker (2365 in chips)
wickss79: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts the ante 50
RYMalamutes: posts the ante 50
rrecker: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts small blind 300
RYMalamutes: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
rrecker: folds
wickss79: raises 600 to 1200
RYMalamutes said, "all in"
taso1: raises 4680 to 5880 and is all-in
RYMalamutes: folds
wickss79: folds
taso1 collected 3200 from pot
taso1: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3200 | Rake 0
Seat 1: wickss79 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 4: taso1 (small blind) collected (3200)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: rrecker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Short stack is about to go out. I was probably in a bad situation against SB. I wanted to play the short stack AIPF with this hand. Not the SB. That is why I didn't go all in.

[/ QUOTE ]Like I said, unless the SB is a muppet, he's shoving ATC vs. you here. Push or fold.

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Wow...I'm glad I don't play sngs anymore. If, in fact, only the worse players at the $6.50s don't know to shove any two here, you sng players are in trouble.

When I left the $109s at party in late November, there were very few capable of shoving any two here.

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This is not push ATC! With the big stack still to act you have to be careful. However, AT is a hand to push with here, but it is also at the low end of the range to push (but +cev of 0.99 to push ATs here)... A9o is a fold (according to SnGwiz...)

Wickss, you s/b in push/fold mode. You don't have enough chips to "play poker" and raise here. You lose valuable fold equity when you play this way.

[/ QUOTE ]I think people were saying ATC shove for SB

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yea, I gathered that after I posted... and they're right. If I see someone raise, and I am big stack, it looks to me like they are covering their @$$ and I shove ATC too

[floppynutz]

It took me about 3 hours to read from the beginning to here, and it was one of the most rewarding reads I've had in a while. & FWIW;

Wickss, you are my hero. I hope you grind all the way to the top... I'll be doing the same as you (different site, and can't quit my job JUST yet), & hopefully one day we'll share crazy stories about grinding our way through all the Nay-Sayers.

The world would be so much more fun if there were more people like yourself, & of course the man behind the man, The DON.

[wickss]

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Not really liking this push:

PokerStars Game #9462202722: Tournament #48037685, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/04/16 - 23:37:04 (ET)
Table '48037685 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (2695 in chips)
Seat 5: ironponies (5455 in chips)
Seat 7: freddy827 (4325 in chips)
Seat 8: rscl31 (1025 in chips)
wickss79: posts the ante 25
ironponies: posts the ante 25
freddy827: posts the ante 25
rscl31: posts the ante 25
rscl31: posts small blind 100
wickss79: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ironponies: folds
freddy827: raises 400 to 600
rscl31: folds
wickss79: raises 2070 to 2670 and is all-in
freddy827: calls 2070
*** FLOP *** [5h Th 9s]
*** TURN *** [5h Th 9s] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [5h Th 9s Js] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wickss79: shows [Ks Qh] (a straight, Nine to King)
freddy827: shows [8c 8d] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
wickss79 collected 5540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5540 | Rake 0
Board [5h Th 9s Js Tc]
Seat 1: wickss79 (big blind) showed [Ks Qh] and won (5540) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 5: ironponies folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: freddy827 (button) showed [8c 8d] and lost with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 8: rscl31 (small blind) folded before Flop

But who am I to question?

[/ QUOTE ]Don't I need to re-raise a blind steal with reasonable holdings?

[Kibby]

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This, however, can't be right:

PokerStars Game #9462118845: Tournament #48037549, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/04/16 - 23:31:43 (ET)
Table '48037549 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 5: kingfishco (4275 in chips)
Seat 6: bigboybunk (2470 in chips)
Seat 7: wickss79 (4460 in chips)
Seat 8: Durdan1 (2295 in chips)
wickss79: posts small blind 100
Durdan1: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
kingfishco: folds
bigboybunk: folds
wickss79: folds
Durdan1 collected 200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 200 | Rake 0
Seat 5: kingfishco folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bigboybunk (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: wickss79 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Durdan1 (big blind) collected (200)

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sure it can.

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Not really liking this push:

PokerStars Game #9462202722: Tournament #48037685, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/04/16 - 23:37:04 (ET)
Table '48037685 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (2695 in chips)
Seat 5: ironponies (5455 in chips)
Seat 7: freddy827 (4325 in chips)
Seat 8: rscl31 (1025 in chips)
wickss79: posts the ante 25
ironponies: posts the ante 25
freddy827: posts the ante 25
rscl31: posts the ante 25
rscl31: posts small blind 100
wickss79: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ironponies: folds
freddy827: raises 400 to 600
rscl31: folds
wickss79: raises 2070 to 2670 and is all-in
freddy827: calls 2070
*** FLOP *** [5h Th 9s]
*** TURN *** [5h Th 9s] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [5h Th 9s Js] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wickss79: shows [Ks Qh] (a straight, Nine to King)
freddy827: shows [8c 8d] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
wickss79 collected 5540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5540 | Rake 0
Board [5h Th 9s Js Tc]
Seat 1: wickss79 (big blind) showed [Ks Qh] and won (5540) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 5: ironponies folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: freddy827 (button) showed [8c 8d] and lost with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 8: rscl31 (small blind) folded before Flop

But who am I to question?

[/ QUOTE ]Don't I need to re-raise a blind steal with reasonable holdings?

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unless the villain is raise very wide, this should be folded.

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Ok, we need to talk, this looks like a leak...

PokerStars Game #9462228622: Tournament #48037422, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/04/16 - 23:38:45 (ET)
Table '48037422 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 3: DeadOnArival (6035 in chips)
Seat 4: FLCL (2550 in chips)
Seat 6: wickss79 (3000 in chips)
Seat 7: semibluff777 (1915 in chips)
DeadOnArival: posts the ante 25
FLCL: posts the ante 25
wickss79: posts the ante 25
semibluff777: posts the ante 25
wickss79: posts small blind 200
semibluff777: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
DeadOnArival: folds
FLCL: raises 2125 to 2525 and is all-in
wickss79: raises 450 to 2975 and is all-in
semibluff777: folds
*** FLOP *** [8h 8s Qc]
FLCL said, "wicksy nooooooooo : *("
*** TURN *** [8h 8s Qc] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [8h 8s Qc Ts] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wickss79: shows [5d 5c] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
FLCL: shows [6h Ac] (a pair of Eights)
wickss79 collected 5550 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5550 | Rake 0
Board [8h 8s Qc Ts 3c]
Seat 3: DeadOnArival folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: FLCL (button) showed [6h Ac] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 6: wickss79 (small blind) showed [5d 5c] and won (5550) with two pair, Eights and Fives
Seat 7: semibluff777 (big blind) folded before Flop

[/ QUOTE ]this is definitely a leak, one that webguysteve helped me plug in my own game. at best, you're 50/50 here. no reason to help those not in the hand which is all you're doing and risking a really sweet chip stack. while I haven't run the numbers, I doubt this is much +EV versus ATC.

[wickss]

I think I need to change something on my heads up play. With equal stacks and blinds at t600, I try to play poker and limp too much from the button. I often get raised. Should I limp/reraise with stronger holdings, shove marginal holdings and fold bad cards?

Is trying to see a flop better with blinds at t400?