September Low-Content Thread - Page 13

Hass · #**121** 09-12-2007, 06:24 PM

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To Chop or not to Chop?

Well yesterday while playing 40/80 I decided it was best to just play all the time(it was short at the time). Now i would rather not chop just because I get to play more Blind vs Blinds(in case i want to move up to timed games), prevent angling, have a bit of edge. On the negative side there is rake and it my upset the regulars and maybe cause some problems? Anybody have some thoughts on the matter?

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I just stopped chopping my blinds a few weeks ago due to an argument that I got into with a non-regular when we got short handed in a late night MM game. I had been chopping with him all night when the game was full and when it became 5 handed I told him I don't chop SH, he didn't like that idea so I don't chop at all now.

It doesn't cause any problems or arguments like it seems like it would. My only advice is to say "I play" rather than "I don't chop" it just sounds less negative and you can always say "chopping is no fun" when they complain about it.

that_pope · #**122** 09-12-2007, 07:50 PM

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So this is probably the most worthless post on here but I'm bored.

Last night I saw 2 guys at the same 20/40 table try to put their chips in the rack upside down.

One of them puts the 3rd rack on top of the other 2 and starts piling chips in it. He then just stops and looks with this look of confusion as to why this just wasn't working. He then looks around the table at everyone elses racks to try and Mcgiver a way to making this work.

The second guy piles about 50 chips on the wrong side of the rack, as he notices what he did he looks around the table to see if anyone was watching. When we made eye contact just picked up the racks and went straight to the cage.

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Suffice to say, a bunch of these were probably my chips. I lost 4 racks in 3.5 hours last night. Every overpair I had was against either Aces, or an underpair that flopped a set. And I had one doozy, where I had JJ and raised preflop, had 2 callers, and the limper ahead of me called as well. Flop comes 579, he checks, I bet, next guy raises, and he OBV cold calls with K6o, cause how can he lose, and we all know the 8 hit on the river. And another guy hit back to back sets on my overpair. It was a very painful evening.

But thanks for the heads up on not chopping, you will always be able to look to your left and see me sitting right next to you from now on.

Sailboats · #**123** 09-12-2007, 07:52 PM

Yea makes sense guys. That kind of "angling" is what im talking about. That way it doesn't cause any arguments/confusion when it goes to SH to FR or vice versa.

HOWMANY · #**124** 09-12-2007, 09:24 PM

Why does this sort of hand frustrate me so much more than suffering a standard 2 outter on the river?

PokerStars 10/20 Hold'em (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB calls.

River: (11 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 11 BB

Results:
BB has Ts Js (one pair, tens).
Hero has 5c Qs (one pair, fives).
Outcome: BB wins 11 BB.

Vehn · #**125** 09-12-2007, 09:53 PM

I'm on the worst run of my life, worse than I thought possible. Ugh. I blow my brains out today for the millionanth time then come home and play some "relaxing" unlhe and win the bad beat jackpot.. if I was at canterbury in the 8/16. First time I've done that.

All in on turn, of course.

DeathDonkey · #**126** 09-12-2007, 10:40 PM

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The rake effect is too big to overcome and not worth the variance assuming your neighbors aren't anything special.

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-DeathDonkey

HOWMANY · #**127** 09-12-2007, 11:05 PM

Does anyone know where the 520 area code is? Curious because I got a text from someone there asking me to call them if a game was going down tonight and I have the number of all the people I play with.

About to go play more Crazy Mike poker, given the crew that he has assembled so far I am really hoping we are playing mixed game instead of Hold Them. Maybe I can have my 2nd winning session in this game after like six 5k losses and one 1k win.

btw vehn that's not a bad beat at all. I'd think by now you would be expecting the 1 outters to hit. These days I am considering 2 outs to be a legitimate draw for my opponent.

BigBadBabar · #**128** 09-12-2007, 11:31 PM

arizona

private joker · #**129** 09-12-2007, 11:40 PM

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arizona

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More accurately, Tucson. Maybe it was DeathDonkey's brother.

private joker · #**130** 09-12-2007, 11:41 PM

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So this is probably the most worthless post on here but I'm bored.

Last night I saw 2 guys at the same 20/40 table try to put their chips in the rack upside down.

One of them puts the 3rd rack on top of the other 2 and starts piling chips in it. He then just stops and looks with this look of confusion as to why this just wasn't working. He then looks around the table at everyone elses racks to try and Mcgiver a way to making this work.

The second guy piles about 50 chips on the wrong side of the rack, as he notices what he did he looks around the table to see if anyone was watching. When we made eye contact just picked up the racks and went straight to the cage.

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Hass, what are you talking about this was the best post on page 2 of the thread easily. I lol'ed.