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#42
06-26-2006, 01:24 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
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Matt, Can you get to playing out of the blinds? Can you talk about live play as well, especially those 50BB max buy-in games? RB [/ QUOTE ] Blinds yes. Live play absolutely - although those 50BB games are a crime against humanity. I can't think of a worse game I've played in than the Bellagio $2-5 $200 buyin. Talk about simple strategy. 
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#44
06-26-2006, 01:29 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
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Sunny, Really looking forward to this. One thing that would be really great is some advice on calculating odds at the table when you're putting an opponent on a range of hands. Any quick formulas or tricks to do it in your head. For instance, you're considering calling an all-in with TPTK and a FD on the turn. You think opponent has a set (50%) two pair (30%) or worse draw (20%). I'd also love to see some treatment of how to play with stack sizes of various multiples of the pot - semibluffing, fold equity, strategies for getting it in, etc. Thanks NT [/ QUOTE ] Tricky to do because ranges are so variable. We might come up with a few shortcuts.
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#45
06-26-2006, 01:31 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
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I think I am giving up too much on TPTK out of position. What do you do with these hands in the face of some aggression? [/ QUOTE ] Check them early and often if they're giving you that much trouble. Sometimes you just have to lay them down. However, you may have a problem with commitment and may be setting yourself up preflop for a fall postflop.
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#46
06-26-2006, 01:31 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
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[ QUOTE ] Matt, Can you get to playing out of the blinds? Can you talk about live play as well, especially those 50BB max buy-in games? RB [/ QUOTE ] Blinds yes. Live play absolutely - although those 50BB games are a crime against humanity. I can't think of a worse game I've played in than the Bellagio $2-5 $200 buyin. Talk about simple strategy. [/ QUOTE ] In some places outside Vegas -- like in Chicago where I live -- the only live games available are short stacked. Grrrrr, I hate those games.
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#47
06-26-2006, 01:32 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
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Matt & Sunny, have you considered making a two (or more) volume book like HOH? There is so much info you can put in it that it seems like one 300+ pages-book is not enough. [/ QUOTE ] We are considering that, but we have not spoken to Mason about it.
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#48
06-26-2006, 01:52 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
Great, because I play like a nit out of the blinds. As for the 50BB games, the problem is most people here are internet players and when they play live for the first time, those are the games they tend to play in. That's how it is at the casinos that I play in (never been to Vegas, don't know how it is there).
Also, I'm going to need my book to be signed by the authors with the the caption: "To the greatest poker player we know, Russian Bear. If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be the players we are today and definitely would not have been able to write this book." For modesty's sake that doesn't need to be in the acknowledgments, just my copy. Thank you gentlemen. RB
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#49
06-26-2006, 01:53 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
Here's an idea that I think would be worth exploring, but I'm not sure whether or not it would work:
Once you get past the very basics, you find that there are a bunch of common situations that are just hard to handle, and all you can say in general is "it depends." Example: You have AK, raise PF, get one call. You bet 3/4 pot on a K-high flop in position, and get check-raised. What's your plan? Obviously this is too general a question as it's very situation dependent, and if you really understood it you'd be very good at poker. So I think it would be useful to have say 10 example hands which all begin with the situation described above. Some of them could have dry flops, other drawy ones, and be against various different types of opponents. Then good lines could be suggested for each possible case. I think a study of this sort of thing could be really useful -- it would show readers what types of things these decisions depend on, in a practical context. You could do that for a few common tough situations (TPTK in position against flop c/r, overpair out of position, etc.)
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#50
06-26-2006, 01:57 PM
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Re: What would you like to see covered in the upcoming SSNL book?
wow, really good suggestions so far, guys......keep'em coming!....
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