Things about poker I never knew until I started playing FTP

[Bavid Denyamine]

I can't even tell if I'm getting leveled any more [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[NNNNOOOOONAN]

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Please understand that there is no "doom switch" but there
certainly is statistical variance. It is only when speaking of tens of
thousands of hands that personal statistics begin to approach its
theoretical expectation. For players that play this game for a living,
it is imperative that they keep a very large bankroll to endure such
fluctuation.

It is well known that an excellent player that may win from 1 to 2 big
bets an hour playing limit can lose 300-500 big bets, and a winning
no-limit player can endure a run of 20 or more buy-in losses, again due
to variance. In sit and gos, 20 to 30 session droughts in which a
player
does not cash is not uncommon. These are taken into account, and
professionals are very conscientious of when to move down limits to
lower their risk of ruination to a reasonable level. Knowledge of these
statistics will not make these players immune to bad beats--nobody
is--however, they will react better when these inevitable bad runs do
occur.

Also, these same players are very honest with themselves, analyzing
when
they are running bad, and when they are playing bad. It is often the
level of honesty that separates an excellent player from someone who is
merely above average.

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this seems questionable. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[mbillie1]

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"Little by little, a man comes to resemble the shape of his destiny; a man is, in the long run, his circumstances."

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[Stake Monster]

I started playing on FTP again. First I don't believe it's rigged, but I have seen amazing and hilarious suckouts in the last few days alone. It's fun.

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4. To calculate your odds of winning when getting it in on the flop as a coinflip, take your odds of winning (50%) and subtract your opponents odds of losing (50%). 50 - 50 = 0%. yay!

5. To calulate your opponents odds of winning when getting it in on the flop as a coinflop, take their odds of winning (50%) and add your odds of losing (50%). 50 + 50 = 100%. yay!


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FYP for mathematical correctness.

[MaxRaises]

OP is my hero. Microstakes NL getting the best of you? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[MarbleArch]

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1. Ax, Kx > AK, where x does not = A or K

2. Underpair > Overpair

3. Getting in with AA preflop = -EV

4. To calculate your odds of winning when getting it in on the flop as a coinflip, take your odds of winning (50%) and subtract your opponents odds (50%). 50 - 50 = 0%. yay!

5. To calulate your opponents odds of winning when getting it in on the flop as a coinflop, take their odds of winning (50%) and add your odds of winning (50%). 50 + 50 = 100%. yay!

6. Gutshots are the nuts, value push/call them on the flop and turn.

7. Your odds of someone else being dealt AA when you have KK = ~ 1 in 4.5.

8. Top set is approximately 65% to win on the flop versus bottom set.

9. Flush draws are teh nuts. Do not fold them. Ever. If I am in the pot.

10. Poker is not fun. At all.


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I hope Harrington will implement this great chapter of advanced strategy in his new book. He should make those things clear, since he used to fool us into believing that a FD was an underdog against a pair. Knew this couldn't be right.

[NozeCandy]

I also learned that people shoving 85o for 25 big bets in MP with no limpers in front is massively +EV as long as hero is holding kings.

[mbillie1]

this is one of my all-time favorite 2+2 threads, thanks to whoever bumped it

[ralphd27]

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7. Your odds of someone else being dealt AA when you have KK = ~ 1 in 4.5.

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Almost seems like it....