Official October Thread: General Discussion

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Villain doesnt have AA or KK here always... Pretty standard?

Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $398
SB: $266
BB: $400
UTG: $486.40
CO: $392

Pre-Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BTN)
<font color="red">UTG raises to $16</font>, CO folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $54</font>, 2 folds, UTG calls $38

Flop: ($114) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
UTG checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $78</font>, <font color="red">UTG raises to $178</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $344 and is All-In</font>, UTG calls $166

Turn: ($802) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($802) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $802 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero mucked K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (a pair of Twos) and LOST (-$398 NET)
UTG showed T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (two pairs, Tens and Twos) and WON $800 (+$402 NET)

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plz plz keep the reef hands w/ chat coming.

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[Eagles]

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plz plz keep the reef hands w/ chat coming.

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[Marwan]

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can anyone relate to my situation currently?

in regard to cashgames, i am winning a little bit in sixmax games at 1/2 and 2/4 when i game select well, but the only thing I am showing good profit in (ie consistent five figure months if i play a good schedule) is heads-up poker

however, it is hard for me to put in sessions at heads-up, because of how stressful sessions can be. not in the sense of sweat-going-down-my-forehead, just the fact that hands per hour feels higher and so many more things have to be considered even with an MT ratio of 2, like pace of play, timing tells, how the metagame of the match is going, how i feel villain's mood is, etc

whereas sixmax (i assume others feel the same) i just load up 4 tables and try and pick up reads, but for the most part play lag autopilot.

can any HU players chime in on how they manage to put in so many sessions? I mean, at some point I need to grasp that its my responsibilty to put in hands, but it seems harder to get inspired to do it for HU compared to sixmax just because HU is so much more demanding even though the relative opposition is weaker

/ramble

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I have class in 10 mins so I'll go into more of my thoughts later, but just game select HU where the winrates are higher and you should be fine.. I can usually tell within 50 hands if the player i'm facing is decent HU, if I don't feel comfortable against his playing style I think simply leaving and finding another table is best.. Also playing overrolled and 1-tabling or 2-tabling max keeps you alert and thinking instead of auto-piloting a bunch of 6-max.. plus you can get 200ish hands in an hour playing 1-table HU so you can still get the hands in.

[Xaston]

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I'm a White Sox fan, but still sick brag Xaston.

First WS game?

[Xaston]

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I'm a White Sox fan, but still sick brag Xaston.

First WS game?

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Yup, for me and for my dad. And he's like 60 something and been a Sox fan his whole life.

&lt;3 tagfish like Reef that made this possible.

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I'm a White Sox fan, but still sick brag Xaston.

First WS game?

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i'm a white sox fan and going to all the division series and alcs games was sweet two years ago but my biggest regret is not being baller enough at the time to see any WS games

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ive always been a baller and went to the ws in 04 in boston and alcs and will be going to the ws again this year. season tickets hollla, thx daddy!

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I'm a White Sox fan, but still sick brag Xaston.

First WS game?

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i'm a white sox fan and going to all the division series and alcs games was sweet two years ago but my biggest regret is not being baller enough at the time to see any WS games



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I was in section 122 row 10 for game 2 of the WS. Konerko's grand slam was probably the greatest sports moment I'll ever witness...