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Isildur1 revealed

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 2:33am PDT by alaskabill

I just found this link over at PTR's forums.

http://cakepoker.com/blog/En/post/Is...undin-041.aspx

Now we know who the mystery man of the FTP nosebleed tables is.

I have seen this time and time again, but it never seems to work for me. When at a table where there are several players in the hand before you(say 5 of 9) what cards are OK to call with? I see others call with low cards like 7-9 or 3-6 and win the pot a high percentage of the time. How do I know what cards to call with when calling doesn,t cost me a significant portion of my stack size? I have tried this several times in the past and never seem to capitalize.

TILT AND THE BIG STACKS

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 2:07am PDT by blackmax

Is is me or does it seem like fulltilt favores the bigstack in poker tourny's?I have seen the most insane almost unbelivable(except for it happend)bad beats against the shorter stacks.Don't get me wrong im not into the whole conspiracy theroy thing some people get involved in but seriously i see it way to much on that site.So can thier really be a system in palce to kill the shorter stacks deep in tourn'ys???Im not saying thats the case but it sure seems like it sometimes.

Top pair and a big draw

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 2:01am PDT by wetyeti

This situation has been bringing up a lot of questions for me. Say Im holding AKs and the flop comes A and two of my suit. How do y'all play it?

I am purposefully leaving out stack size, ring vs. tourney, etc to hear more thoughts. Thanks all

Win-Loss?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 1:56am PDT by et1961

I have no idea how well I,m doing as far as my win-loss ratio. What is a good ratio. I know you can,t win every tourny or sit-n-go, but what would be considered a good percentage of cashes? Should I cash in more games than I don,t? Or should I cash in one of every five? What do others on Cardschat consider a good win ratio?:confused:

Why the hell do I do this?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 1:09am PDT by arahel_jazz

I played a bunch of freerolls on Stars tonight just to kill some time. Now, I find myself 199/435 in the "The Big Game" round 1 satty where 300 make it to the next game ... on Saturday the 3rd.

Only problem is: I have to be out of town all day this Saturday! :mad:

This has happened to me more than once too... I won a satty into the NPT Venetian about a month ago that I couldn't play either.

Wish I could play on my mobile phone...

Can Phil Hellmuth undergo a complete transformation?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 11:57pm PDT by LarkMarlow

Can Phil Hellmuth undergo a complete transformation?
Will rubber bands become poker's next must-have bling?

These are questions I asked myself after reading the cover story of April's Bluff Magazine. The cover features a photo of Sam and a handful of poker players with the caption "The Mindset Guru...Sam Chauhan is Inside the Head of Poker's Best".

Avid Bluff readers might know Sam's name because he writes a monthly column for the magazine, or because of the recognition he got after Antonio Esfandiari's game turned completely around because of working with him.

The article itself is titled "Head Games" and is pretty much a testimony to the effectiveness of Sam's techniques by such players, in addition to Antoniio, as Paul Wasicka, Josh Arieh, and Gavin Smith. Other poker playing clients, like Mark Seif, are mentioned.

Central to Sam's technique is a common household rubber band which he has his clients wear on their wrists. Whenever they think a negative thought they're supposed to snap that band hard, so it hurts.

Paul Wasicka says, "The rubber band is one thing Sam's been working with me on...I need to get more consistent with it, but basically it's a way for me to snap back into the zone, get back into the moment."

But now there's a new kid on the block seeking Sam's assistance, none other than Phil Hellmuth. Sam says who Phil really is outside of poker is like night and day compared to his public persona. Sam feels confident that we'll see a whole new Phil this year. No more tantrums or putting down other players, etc., etc.

Of working with Sam, Phil says his decision to deep six the Poker Brat image has nothing to do with Sam, that he had made that decision before signing up with him.

He continues, "So I have decided that I just don't want to scream and yell and berate people and get so negative. Sam probably didn't want me to be negative, but [emphasis mine] I'm the one that decided to get rid of the Poker Brat image...I also told Sam, 'Look, I'm going to have a really big year with or without you, so you're going to end up getting credit for this..."

Hmmm...so what do you think? Unlike the proverbial leopard, can Phil change his spots?

Personally, I just can't see him transforming into a personality like Mike Sexton or Chip Reese when he was alive. If he somehow pulls this off,I suspect I'll be even less interested in the new Phil than I am the Poker Brat now. At least the Brat has entertainment value.

nuts get reraised on the flop

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 11:08pm PDT by blueskies

I am on BB with 10Jos. Two limpers at six man 5NL table. I have about $3.

Flop comes 9QK with 2 spades.

I lead out with a 10c bet into a 15c pot. UTG reraises to 35c. BTN folded.

What should I do here?

I think it's possible he has QK or maybe KJ, or perhaps 99, in which case he'd probably call an all in. But I also don't want to scare him away.

Where does everyone play online?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 10:54pm PDT by electriceley

Hi everyone, my name's Sarah and I am both new to this board and to playing online. I love poker and I really want to start playing more and the best way to do that, I've heard, is online. There are so many different sites and since I am relatively new to the online poker world I was hoping you could let me know where you all play so I can try different sites. :)

p.s. I know a lot of people are also affiliates with certain sites. I have no problem with that and I would actually love to be able to help you out while I get to play poker, so if you are just message me the details.

New Poker Strategy based on forum input

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 10:37pm PDT by Ubercroz

Basically I've decided to try a new strategy. I think it's pretty bold and I would like some feedback.

1) I plan to play wide OOP, mostly in the blinds.
2) To make up for playing OOP I will be limping a pretty tight range.
3) I will be using a 4 buyin strategy and when I get 5 buyins I will move to the next stake level
4) I'll overlimp big pairs for deception and 3bet o/s double gappers

any input would be appreciated

ps I am really only looking for compliments
any negative input is out of line so just congratulate me

Need some business minded people to answer this question.

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 10:34pm PDT by Nexus6

I have been selling my play money chips for real money chips for little over a year along with winning freeroll money on pokerstars . I was thinking , I know allot of people do the same thing . So if so many people did this and never deposited their own money , Would that cause any disruption of any kind to the poker site . Could it cause in negative effects to the poker sites business ? If more and more people do sell their play chips for real money chips and the volume of the people doing this gets larger and larger would it have a negative effect on the poker sites business

if their is negative effects towards the poker sites business , wouldn't it be wise for them to keep track of these players that never buy in with their own money ? I think if i was the poker site i would want to know this , And if I found that their was a negative effect i would want to do something about it !!! What would that something be ????

Thanks for your time ,
Sincerely Tony

FREE Poker Timer from MonsterPoker

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 9:14pm PDT by K_Kahne_Fan

I've stumbled across this GREAT computer based poker timer. If you have a laptop or a PC near your game, fire this timer up. You can use their web based version, or DL it to your computer. You can change the blinds, antes and insert breaks!!

http://monsterpoker.co.uk/

I tried searching and didn't see this posted. Sorry if I've stumbled across something already posted.

KK facing all in reraise on flop

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:32pm PDT by blueskies

The button hesitated to call preflop, so in my mind I thought maybe he putting him on a mid pair or some type of suited connector like 10J, which didn't make me feel too good when he shoved in on the flop after I put in a pot size bet.

He easily could have had 77 or 99, which was really all I was worried about.

No brainer call? Call $2 to win $6.

I was hoping he had JJ or 10 10.

I didn't think he had QQ-AA cuz I think he would have 3 bet preflop.

Stacks:
BTN with $7.78
SB with $5.32
BB with $9.98
UTG with $2.88

Blinds: $0.00/$0.00
Site: Pokerstars
Dealt to UTG:K♣ K♠
Sklansky group 1
Preflop: Hero raises $0.13 to $0.18 BTN calls [$0.18]
SB calls [$0.16]
BB calls [$0.13]
Potsize: $0.72
Flop: 3♣ 7♥ 9♦
SB: checks
BB: checks Hero bets [$0.70] BTN raises $6.90 to $7.60 [ all-in ]
2 players fold.

April Cash Game Thread

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:21pm PDT by Jurn8

Oh Hiiiiiiiiiiii April, I used to run good when i started these, havent won yet this year, please make me win in April!

GL Mo Fo's!!

Swiss Robbery

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:17pm PDT by Lafayette2

A casino in Basel Switzerland was robbed March 28.
The Associated Press
An armed gang of masked men raided a casino packed with about 600 guests near Basel, Switzerland, early Sunday and made off with hundreds of thousands of francs, according to Swiss prosecutors.
.Motorist beaten before high-speed escape
woman who accidentally drove between the two getaway cars and blocked the casino's exit was pulled from her vehicle and beaten, police said. They said it was possible that the men fired a shot at another car during their high-speed escape.
The Grand Casino is located little more than 200 metres from Switzerland's border with France.
The men made off with "several hundreds of thousands" of francs, police said.

read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/28/swiss-casino-robbery.html#ixzz0jnaLvUcc

Making the Switch: Cash to Tournament vs Tournament to Cash

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:04pm PDT by chattin35

Curious what the forum thinks is easier to do - move from cash to tournament play or tournament to cash game play. Which type of player has a bigger edge when switching formats and why?

what is the ongame network like?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 6:12pm PDT by Western mail

Whats the ongame network like guys.Isnt it one of the larger well respected ones?Do they offer rakeback?Whats the players like etc,etc.Any feedback from posters who play there would be great;)

Pros?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 6:03pm PDT by Pokerstudent

Quick question.

Do we have any full-time poker pros at CC? What I mean is poker is your primary income.

Just curious.

"Edges" in LHE, NLHE, and PLO

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 4:56pm PDT by BenLZ

Which game do you think allows the biggest "edge" to a skilled player over an unskilled one?

PKR finding my table

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 2:16pm PDT by Mikethefish

just downloaded PKR and when i leave a freeroll table i can't seem to find the one i was sitting on. is there a quick way to find this? thanks

$1/$3 PLO in Central Ohio April 1

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 1:52pm PDT by CSuave

Going to start a weekly PLO game in the Columbus area. Going to be playing at one of the clubs. We have 5 confirmed. Very confident we will get the game going tomorrow and probably end up having a list.
Contact me for more info. Will be at the Platinum Players Club.

how do u protect urself from donkeys?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 12:34pm PDT by swade0103

This is a recurring theme...
I raise preflop with about 8 to 10 times bb with hands like JJ KK etc. get called with like 83 suited, flop gives me trips go all in and called and lose to a flush. I can handle bad beats but this is gtting ridiculous. any advise?

how do u protect urself from donkeys?

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 12:34pm PDT by swade0103

Full house %

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 12:26pm PDT by Pokrin2gu

Can anyone tell me where find live poker statistics?
For example how many times(%) i get full house?
And i don't mean mathematical probability(its 0,014%) but real game statistics.

Online Poker Software

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 12:00pm PDT by waynemoffat

What Online Poker Software are you currently using?

Looking into investing in one in the future

500k chips tournament on ft

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:04am PDT by goeoe

I'm trying to build up a bankroll on ftp by playing freerolls and just found the 500k freeroll. Has anyone allready played this tournament? How hard is the competition there, and how many players would you expect to join?

Scottish Poker Open + Luke Schwartz

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 6:31am PDT by purpleronnie

Hi guys,

Thought id post some pics of fullflush promoting the new Scottish Poker Open.

Luke sure luvs the press!

HU Sng's

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 4:18am PDT by Teebone

Can you profit playing strictly these? Or is the rake too big? I seem to be doing good with them so far i win about 8/5 and i get rake back.

Im curious if anyone else plays HU sng's with a positive ROI.

How to deal with PL Omaha

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 3:04am PDT by genozzolo

Hi

After some days that I try omaha, I kinda like, but it happens like yesterday, that its impossible to play.

Like yesterday I enter those rooms Pl omaha micro stakes 0,02 / 0,04, and usually its call / raise a bit / fold people. Yesterday it was every hand I had to put down 10 times more then my usual bet.

so basically if I wanted to come down, I had to put down from 0,5 to 0,8 instead of 0,10.

and After the flop there was already raises of 3-4 even 6, putting me in a situation to use all my whole stake for just see the 4rd card.ì, this every time.

When It happen i just flop and wait next, but in this case like every hand there was someone raising so much.

Making the game annoying.

How to deal with those rooms ?

Donkey test

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:30am PDT by morioka

I found this the other day and it seems more elaborated than many tests i've tried. [www.donkeytest.com] The meaning of the results is on the FAQ tab of the main page. You'll need patience and about 30 minutes. I got 108. Not happy but not sad either :)

What's your play here????

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:16am PDT by mypokergrind

Just wondering what everyone thought about this spot????

PokerStars Game #41968906950: Tournament #257497219, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (200/400) - 2010/03/31 2:10:59 ET
Table '257497219 50' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: VidrikVello (23980 in chips)
Seat 2: Honkers69 (23725 in chips)
Seat 3: rivers111 (35285 in chips)
Seat 4: Cogdill83 (5830 in chips)
Seat 5: sleepyhollow (17115 in chips)
Seat 6: UDontNoMe187 (12811 in chips)
Seat 7: mariano5 (9235 in chips)
Seat 8: yourdad2005 (17010 in chips)
Seat 9: crystaldawne (7315 in chips)
VidrikVello: posts the ante 50
Honkers69: posts the ante 50
rivers111: posts the ante 50
Cogdill83: posts the ante 50
sleepyhollow: posts the ante 50
UDontNoMe187: posts the ante 50
mariano5: posts the ante 50
yourdad2005: posts the ante 50
crystaldawne: posts the ante 50
rivers111: posts small blind 200
Cogdill83: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cogdill83 [7c 7d]
sleepyhollow: folds
UDontNoMe187: folds
mariano5: folds
yourdad2005: folds
crystaldawne: raises 800 to 1200
VidrikVello: calls 1200
Honkers69: folds
rivers111: folds
Cogdill83: ?????????

limping

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 1:41am PDT by et1961

I have noticed that so many players on-line limp into pots alot.. I think this is a big mistake. If your hand is good enough to play it is good enough to bet. The only time I ever consider limping is with a small pocket pair in a decent position. Hoping to see a flop. You agree?:D

10's in early

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 1:34am PDT by camptain

I'm looking for some advice playing pocket 10's in early position. Any help would be most appreciated. I mostly play SnG but when I play live it's usually only cash because I usually go with friends and end up playing other games. Advice for both situations would be most appreciated.

why do people?

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 11:11pm PDT by durrr i win

Cry while play "play chips" & freerolls! OMG :eek:! Me i could care less i figure the more poker i play the better my game will be so i can read the cards and people better, but is sickning how people cry and btch and moan when they lost there "play chips"! I play a 1k house turny usually every friday, when i play "play chips and freerolls just 2 relex and gain more experience, so for those who cry while playing "play chips" geez tone it down it makes u like really sad az a person. i lose thousands @ a session b4, but AAAAAA life go's on, stiffin ya upper lip and move on to the next game!

Someone in Cardschat

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 10:25pm PDT by IMetaphoRI

I just have a curiosity.. Anyone here play poker for livin???.. if someone does.. how much was youre initial bankroll. how do you get it.. with freerolls or making an initial deposit..? i just wanna now how far is possible to go playing poker, i mean online poker..

3-bet sizing @ 20NL

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 10:02pm PDT by ComplexPlaya

Talking about 6max. I'm getting frustrated that the premium hands I 3-bet with get folded so much, so I was wondering - is it a good idea to make the value 3-bet size about twice the raise, instead of ~3x I always do now, in the hope of getting called by the raiser with a high fold to 3-bet %?

And I could make light 3-bets the regular 3xbet size, to get them to fold more. Of course with some balancing if needed, don't think too much would be needed against most players, probably it would be against the regs.

poker pros

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 8:27pm PDT by yasudab

I was just curious where all the poker pros live. i saw a tv show where a few live in Las Vegas.

buyins

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 8:25pm PDT by yasudab

Question about down days and buyins. I am trying to practice good bankroll management and i would like to set a rule. If i lose more than say 2 or 3 full buyins in a day, i am going to quit. How often does this happen you. What are your general rules for the down times. If you lose a few, do you keep playing trying to win it all back in the same day, or do you take a really long break? I am trying to mentally prep myself for those down days, but i would like to know what others do and how they deal with it.

RUNNER-RUNNER!

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 6:59pm PDT by Olddog21

I do not care how you slice it ....there is no defence agianst someone how goes all-in ....you have him big time ....make all the right moves...and he/she hits two cards in a row that beats you! just a thought....DO NOT THINK you made the wrong decesion just because you lost that hand !IT HAPPENS to everybody!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

BR Management - playing limit cash games

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 6:38pm PDT by ItsMe

Haven't seen anything on BR managment for limit cash games. I'm currently using BR/65 for NL & Omaha cash and BR/100 for tournaments. Any advice or article for Limit cash games?

Thanks.

Training with Maven

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 5:53pm PDT by corey333bd

Does anyone think its a good idea to pay 3,000$ for a special one time offer to train with The Maven for 3 days in Vegas for Multi-table tournament training? If not what is a better/cheaper place to train specifically for online poker? thanx.

Starting Cashgame

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 5:36pm PDT by godoy

ok, so I decided to start playing cash game, I have $150 to start a bankroll, and I would like to see the tips that you guys can give me, I always played Sit n go tournaments and had a fair result

what limits I should play?
what can I do to get most profit in this limit?

thank you for your time

Implied tilt odds

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 5:10pm PDT by Eugenius

Have you ever tried this as a strategy, be it in a live game or online:

Purposely play like a donk and try to get lucky on someone to get them to tilt and help build a table image.

Then solidify your game and have them tilt off a lot more $$ your way.

Funny sit-n-go story

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 3:25pm PDT by myerrs

So there i was with 1 dollar left in my bankroll, i entered a 6 player 50 cent sit-n-go, won that. entered a 2 dollar 6 person sit-n-go, won that. entered a five dollar 6 person sit-n-go, won that. entered a 10 dollar 6 person sit-n-go and won that! all consecutively, right now i'm on a 4 game winning streak.
Bank roll: $56

Ever have a "Phil Hellmuth Moment"?

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:28pm PDT by t1riel

I recently told my opponent who took me out that he made a bad play and it got me thinking, what is your "Phil Hellmuth moment"?

few learner questions for live poker

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:23pm PDT by pokerplayer28

Hey guys going to play in irish open this friday, just wondering if i have no low amount chips left, do i ask the dealer to change like a 1000 pound chip or the person beside me ?
Also if i get moved tables do i find where i should sit, or will the dealer sort that out ?

New logo

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:01pm PDT by Olddog21

I saved the new logo that is put in nice little box...my question is may I use as an avatar where I play....if they allow custumized avatars?:cheers:

NIT to my left - how do i play against? cash

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 12:48pm PDT by Truffle Shuffle

Hi, i wondered if anyone could help me out a bit. i'm playing micro's at the lowest level.

A player seems to be tracking me and always sitting at my table he's the person i've lost most money to so far. - he's currently directly on my left.
I've just dloaded HEM today and his stats are 13/4/1.6 VPIP / PFR / AGRF. over 250 hands (i know thats not much).

i'm new to HEM but by those stats i'm working out that he's a nit - am i right? i've never notice before but the HEM has opened up my eyes -even after only 300 or so hands. i can't believe how useful it is.

anyway, how should i play against this guy? - i keep stealing his blinds relentlessly unless he plays back - which isn't a lot, and re-raising when i think i've the best hand.

any pointers on how to beat / take some cash off this player?

any advice much appreciated, and thanks.:)

Holdem Manager Filters

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 11:12am PDT by ace2daface

I am looking to improve my cash game and was interested in what filters I should run when analysing my game away from the tables and what I should be looking for when I run those filters.

I'm primarily looking at preflop as I think that massive leaks could be found there first.

Playing Rush poker at the moment but looking to get back into normal (non crack poker) and would like to retool/analyse my game before I do.

So, what do kind of filters do you run and what do you look for when you run these filters.

net revenue on minus on pokershare ,why?

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 5:37am PDT by ohoratiu

Pokershare is a poker room from the microgaming network .I promoted some of their tournaments on my forum ,after a while I started to make some money At one point I had 160$ ,after that my net revenue was going down , now I am on minus 90$ . I sent many e-mails but no answers , I sent messages on skype to their affiliate manager but still no answer . I will contact microgaming maybe they can help me .

I want to know if you had the same problem with this joke of a site and why my net revenue is on minus ??

Full Tilt - The Poker Lounge Freerolls

Posted: March 30th, 2010, 4:46am PDT by unknown87

Get behind the cards and cozy up to the worlds top players with pokers best new TV show: The Poker Lounge. Set in the luxurious confines of an exclusive London poker haven, The Poker Lounge combines intimacy and style with high-stakes action, as six players battle it out for a cool $120,000 each week.

With a $20,000 buy-in, each winner-take-all tournament brings together the top players and brightest personalities from the poker circuit. Experience the cut and thrust of friendly banter that is such an integral part of the live game, while expert commentary provides insight as the cards fall.

Airing weekly on Channel 4 from June 21st through August 23rd, each of the ten matches sees one online qualifier pit his wits against five Full Tilt Poker pros, such as Team Full Tilts Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen. If youd like to Learn, Chat and Play with the pros on TV and take home a huge score make sure to play in our series of online qualifiers.
Check out the TV schedule below to ensure you catch all the action. All shows listed will air on Channel 4 on Mondays, from 00:00 to 01:00 GMT.

Never heard of this before but the freerolls have started.

I need help

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 2:47am PDT by jp9120

Can anyone transfer 20 dollars into my pokerstars account i will transfer you 21 dollors into yuor paypal account if you can do it for me plase and thanks

Omaha H/L

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 1:43am PDT by et1961

I have played quite a bit of stud H/L with a pretty good success rate. But for some reason I do really bad at Omaha H/L. I thought the similarities of the two games would keep me in good standings. What stategies should I use in Omaha H/L that are different than Stud?:confused:

5 card draw

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 1:17am PDT by et1961

Quite a while back I played in Doyles Room. I believe it was about a year ago. Doyles Room had 5 card draw sit n gos. I enjoyed playing it for something different. I have never seen this in any other poker room. Has anybody else seen 5 card draw anywhere?

Long lag between flop and turn, river on PS

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 10:47pm PDT by blueskies

Does anyone else get bothered by the long lag on PS after the flop? I don't understand the reason for it.

On all ins, the wait's forever... if the flop gave my opponent nice draws, it makes me wanna puke.

I just had a KK vs. JJ all in preflop, and 3 clubs hit on the flop. He's got Jc, I have no club. Holycrap that 3 or 4 second lag was tough. I thought I lost for sure. What a terrible feeling waiting for the other shoe to drop.

This time it didn't happen, but it's happened so many times before. It's like salt in the wound.

my pal...madnessdoes

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 10:36pm PDT by grizzlebird

yep..i trained him in skillful poker playing..and hes a quick learner..if you guys run into him in a tourney....hang on to your chips....old grizzlebird.:beer:

interview with Scotty Nguyen

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 8:47pm PDT by BodogBecky

If interested, here's a fun, conversational interview I did with Scotty Nguyen when we saw each other in London this past January. He's such an interesting guy...I learned about his poker upbringing, his pet cheetahs, his many pairs of sneakers, and more...

A Conversation With Professional Poker Player Scotty Nguyen

Playing marginal hands from the blinds

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 8:06pm PDT by ComplexPlaya

So, in this thread http://www.cardschat.com/f11/long-ok...e-play-173415/ everyone hammered me about playing too many hands from the blinds.

I like to play stuff like SC's, small pairs, even double face cards esp if a LAG raised (or TAG with SC's)

I get what everyone is saying, but I am wondering if it really is bad at 20NL, because out of 14K hands in my poker tracker, I have :

Amount Won : Without Blind :

BB -43.40 494.60
SB -147.23 120.47

Which means that excluding the amount that I am forced to pay by default being in the blinds, I am actually making profit with my playing style. And amazingly the profit in the BB is biggest than in any position.

Am I crazy, or seeing/thinking something wrong in here? I don't want to contradict much better players than I, but those are the numbers I see....

P.S. : BTW, my fold to steal is : 81.53% in SB, 69.75% in BB, and only 58% fold BB to steal HU (tho that stat is only for 212 hands)

The Big Game at PokerStars.net

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 8:02pm PDT by itlegacy

For those who wanna be on tv, try qualifying for the PokerStars Big Game:

http://thebiggame.pokerstars.net/

POKER HOST Freeroll Madness

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:14pm PDT by natsgrampy

check out pokerhost .com They are having $50 freerolls every hour on the hour. Only 173 in the last one. I took 1st for $15
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45 Man SNG Situation

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 6:01pm PDT by Choke Canyon

Full Tilt Poker Game #19664069492: $1 + $0.10 Sit & Go (150302862), Table 3 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:43:58 ET - 2010/03/29
Seat 1: TrOutsNutz (2,670)
Seat 2: qwertz12 (1,220)
Seat 4: ramoncito1 (11,575)
Seat 5: 23Dunta23 (2,320)
Seat 6: XXdeliumXX (5,620)
Seat 7: fitzsir (4,610)
Seat 8: irys80 (3,615)
Seat 9: gigiport (7,030)
23Dunta23 posts the small blind of 100
XXdeliumXX posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23Dunta23 [Ad 4d]
fitzsir folds
irys80 folds
gigiport folds
TrOutsNutz calls 200
qwertz12 calls 200
ramoncito1 folds
23Dunta23 raises to 2,320, and is all in
XXdeliumXX folds
TrOutsNutz calls 2,120
qwertz12 folds

I'm still very much learning the game, so I know i make mistakes often. My thinking was that I had just over 10 BBs left and there was already 700 in the pot. So i raised all in. What is the most profitable play here?

Do you prefer to play NLHE, PLO, or both?

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 4:38pm PDT by Eugenius

I've recently turned into a PLO-aholic. I think it's the future of poker - at least I hope the game catches on more in the US. NLHE just seems so boring once you start logging a lot of PLO hours.

I wish more live card rooms would spread it... Vegas and some places in the south seems to be the only places where one can find a game.

Anyhow, just curious, how many of you here play PLO?

Thing i keep noticing at 9 handed Sit N Goes.

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 4:01pm PDT by tomh7795

i play 9 handed sng and i find that i play very tight early on (which you should do) and wait for top notch hands and play them aggressively. I find that when blinds are 50-100 my stack is about 1100 and there are still 7 -8 players at a table. it's a full tilt poker sng so blinds go up:
20/40
25/50
30/60
40/80
50/100

Is it me or has everyone gotten much better at sng recently because i get around 700 chips at blinds at 60/120 and have to push all in on the button with K7s and find that i get called with A7 against another shortish stack and lose :(. This may sound stupid but if there is any decent winner who play sng on ft but your id down so i can watch you play and see if i'm making any mistakes. I just feel like i'm playing all wrong and i'm losing belief. SOS lol not quite yet.

good luck at the tables everywho reads this.

Anyone else play the $12 180 Player Turbos on Stars?

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 3:39pm PDT by Xavier

I've just started playing these $12 180 Player Turbos.
They seem to be packed full with loads of donks.

Obviously variance is massive in these with so many people but they seem very profitable.

I have only played about 30 of them and already had to 2 first places.

My Dilemma

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 3:38pm PDT by BenLZ

I've bounced around between a few poker rooms and I just can't seem to stay settled. I'm on a mac so my choice in rooms is definitely limited. I recently cashed out at bodog, and I liked bodog but as a mac user I could only player 1 table at a time. I was on full tilt earlier, ran up my bankroll to 850 but then it plummeted to 300 and I cashed out from my original investment of 100. I'm a little scared to go back. I've been playing around at UB and it seems okay, but I'm a little hesitant about sending my bodog bankroll over there (the one I recently cashed out on.) I've also had some trouble depositing on Stars and I've heard it's a lot of grinders so I'm not thrilled to started there. Is it really worth buying a windows to get to those smaller, softer sites? Then there's the whole issue of poker software on smaller sites...Any suggestions?

Roll the Dice

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 2:46pm PDT by meltingpotclub

Cheers mates, I am wondering what games and poker affiliates to represent at my online community. If you have suggestions, please lend them. Thanks.

TAGfish?

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 1:23pm PDT by ats777

I've heard this label used often, but have not been able to find a good explanation of exactly what one is. Is it better than a fish, worse than a TAG (which I assume is the case)? How do you spot the difference?

Thanks

What has been your worst downswing in poker

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 11:58am PDT by tomh7795

What has been your worst downswing in poker?

FTP Points

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 11:36am PDT by kybcat

Does anybody know that if you earn FTP points in a SnG game count toward your bonus. I won SnG for one of the weekend tourneys and then had to work so i withdrew from it and they awarded me my FTP points, I was wondering if they count toward your bonus

taking notes

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 11:15am PDT by Lofwyr

Assumption is that you have some kind of tracking software.

Beyond the stuff that your PT3/HEM keep track of, what things do you find are the most critical to look for when you sit down at a table? What tendencies to you try to see and note down on your opponents if you've never played with them before? If they seem like they're somewhat regular at the limit?

Basically: What are your favorite/most useful things to note about other players?

It's a habit I'm not in that seems to be very useful, but most often I find myself trying to just record some specific play I saw. My notes never seem to be relevant as far as tendencies go.

Do many of you make notes retroactively? Like during a session review you pick something up and add it to the PT3 profile notes?

2nd in a field of 1800

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 10:23am PDT by LeanAndMean

Gotta brag. I got into the rakeback facebook free roll yesterday and placed 2nd in a field of 1800!!! Wheee!! Now I think in no way does this say anything about my ability as a poker player. This is luck, pure and simple. But I'd rather have luck than skill any day. $128

(Long)OK, is this awful variance or terrible play?

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 9:38am PDT by ComplexPlaya

***** WARNING : EXTREMELY LONG! ********

I think it will help me just seeing it all in one post, and reviewing it later, so please don't get mad at the long post, just don't read it if it's too much :)

So, the last 5 days or so I have been getting alot of bad beats, or bad variance, I would say. But it's getting the better part of me, I don't want to tilt again. So I'd like you guys to look at a bunch of hands I've lost most with - 465 euros or over 23 buy-ins !!! - am I playing terribly wrong or am I in variance hell? I know I played very wrong in some of them, paid them off, could've saved a river bet etc. but it still seems too much to me...

They're at 20NL, I'm still showing a little over 3 buy-in profit for those 5 days but it's annoying as hell! Sorry there will be alot of hands, just browse through as many as you want :)

P.S. : This just made me realize the amount I lost these past few days - I hadn't calculated before...I am awed!

1) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG DonksAreUS (€29.16)
CO fairlady (€20.57)
BTN mysmogge (€20.60)
SB Alcbin (€20)
BB Hero (€21.54)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is BB 5♠ 5♦
2 folds, mysmogge raises to €0.70, 1 fold, Hero raises to €2.20, mysmogge calls €1.50

Flop: 8♥ 5♣ Q♦ (€4.50, 2 players)
Hero bets €2.20, mysmogge calls €2.20

Turn: 6♣ (€8.90, 2 players)
Hero bets €6.67, mysmogge calls €6.67

River: 4♥ (€22.24, 2 players)
Hero goes all-in €10.47, mysmogge goes all-in €9.53

Final Pot: €42.24
Hero shows three of a kind Fives
5♠ 5♦
mysmogge shows a straight Eight high
7♥ 7♦

mysmogge wins €39.25 (net +€18.65)

Hero collects €0.94 (net -€20.60)

2) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG DonksAreUS (€27.64)
CO mhmtskr (€5.88)
BTN mysmogge (€55.87)
SB Andystorm (€19.20)
BB Hero (€19.13)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is BB 9♥ 6♥
DonksAreUS calls €0.20, mhmtskr calls €0.20, mysmogge calls €0.20, 1 fold, Hero checks

Flop: J♠ 6♣ 7♦ (€0.90, 4 players)
Hero checks, DonksAreUS checks, mhmtskr checks, mysmogge bets €0.90, Hero calls €0.90, DonksAreUS folds, mhmtskr folds

Turn: 9♣ (€2.70, 2 players)
Hero checks, mysmogge bets €1.35, Hero raises to €2.70, mysmogge calls €1.35

River: 10♦ (€8.10, 2 players)
Hero bets €4.05, mysmogge calls €4.05

Final Pot: €16.20
Hero shows two pairs Nines and Sixes
9♥ 6♥
mysmogge shows two pairs Jacks and Tens
J♣ 10♠

mysmogge wins €15.40 (net +€7.55)

Hero lost €7.85
DonksAreUS lost €0.20
mhmtskr lost €0.20

3) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Andystorm (€21.44)
UTG+1 terrj (€27.63)
CO Hero (€29)
BTN iamyeone (€9.60)
SB DonksAreUS (€31.94)
BB misha13 (€10.86)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 6 players) Hero is CO K♣ A♦
Andystorm raises to €0.70, 1 fold, Hero raises to €2.40, 3 folds, Andystorm calls €1.70

Flop: A♣ J♦ 10♠ (€5.10, 2 players)
Andystorm bets €3.82, Hero calls €3.82

Turn: 9♥ (€12.74, 2 players)
Andystorm goes all-in €15.22, Hero calls €15.22

River: 7♠ (€43.18, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €43.18
Andystorm shows a straight Jack high
8♥ 8♦
Hero shows a pair of Aces
K♣ A♦

Andystorm wins €41.03 (net +€19.59)

Hero lost €21.44

4) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Hero (€18.92)
CO DonksAreUS (€28.94)
BTN mysmogge (€36.40)
SB Alcbin (€24.83)
BB Andystorm (€19.40)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is UTG 7♥ 7♣
Hero calls €0.20, 1 fold, mysmogge raises to €0.90, 2 folds, Hero calls €0.70

Flop: 7♠ 9♦ J♦ (€2.10, 2 players)
Hero checks, mysmogge bets €1.57, Hero calls €1.57

Turn: 8♣ (€5.24, 2 players)
Hero checks, mysmogge bets €2.62, Hero raises to €5.24, mysmogge raises to €20.96, Hero goes all-in €16.45

River: A♣ (€42.65, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €42.65
Hero shows three of a kind Sevens
7♥ 7♣
mysmogge shows a straight Jack high
9♥ 10♥

mysmogge wins €40.75 (net +€17.32)

Hero lost €18.92

5) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG atomicbye (€81.79)
CO Hero (€43.21)
BTN idoshiran (€5.17)
SB marce-80 (€13.75)
BB star-poker (€64.72)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is CO J♠ J♦
1 fold, Hero raises to €0.70, 1 fold, marce-80 raises to €2.30, 1 fold, Hero raises to €7.10, marce-80 goes all-in €13.75, Hero calls €6.65

Flop: 10♥ 6♣ 4♥ (€27.70, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: 6♥ (€27.70, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: A♦ (€27.70, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €27.70
Hero shows two pairs Jacks and Sixes
J♠ J♦
marce-80 shows two pairs Aces and Sixes
A♠ 8♠

marce-80 wins €26.35 (net +€12.60)

Hero lost €13.75

6) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO Hero (€27.32)
BTN star-poker (€43.70)
SB Minerva (€20.63)
BB ninuzzu88 (€7.24)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 4 players) Hero is CO A♦ 9♦
Hero raises to €0.70, 1 fold, Minerva raises to €2.30, 1 fold, Hero calls €1.60

Flop: Q♦ 10♦ J♠ (€4.80, 2 players)
Minerva bets €3.60, Hero raises to €12.60, Minerva goes all-in €18.33, Hero calls €5.73

Turn: 3♥ (€41.46, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 6♠ (€41.46, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €41.46
Hero shows high card Ace
A♦ 9♦
Minerva shows three of a kind Queens
Q♠ Q♥

Minerva wins €39.41 (net +€18.78)

Hero lost €20.63

7) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG atomicbye (€21.10)
CO chandler00 (€19.53)
BTN nantreey (€28.85)
SB Hero (€25.76)
BB star-poker (€63.43)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is SB J♣ K♥
2 folds, nantreey raises to €0.70, Hero calls €0.60, star-poker calls €0.50

Flop: J♥ 9♥ K♣ (€2.10, 3 players)
Hero checks, star-poker bets €1.05, nantreey calls €1.05, Hero raises to €3.67, star-poker calls €2.62, nantreey calls €2.62

Turn: A♥ (€13.11, 3 players)
Hero bets €6.55, star-poker folds, nantreey goes all-in €24.48, Hero goes all-in €21.39

River: 8♦ (€58.98, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: €58.98
nantreey shows a flush Ace high
4♥ 6♥
Hero shows two pairs Kings and Jacks
J♣ K♥

nantreey wins €56.23 (net +€27.38)

Hero lost €25.76
star-poker lost €4.37

8) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Mezh (€5.35)
CO molonoso9 (€3.70)
BTN nantreey (€19.60)
SB atomicbye (€23.17)
BB Hero (€22.51)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is BB 9♠ 10♣
1 fold, molonoso9 raises to €0.60, 1 fold, atomicbye calls €0.50, Hero calls €0.40

Flop: A♠ 10♦ 9♥ (€1.80, 3 players)
atomicbye checks, Hero bets €1.60, molonoso9 goes all-in €3.10, atomicbye folds, Hero calls €1.50

Turn: 8♣ (€8, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: J♣ (€8, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €8
Hero shows two pairs Tens and Nines
9♠ 10♣
molonoso9 shows a straight Queen high
Q♠ J♦

molonoso9 wins €7.60 (net +€3.90)

atomicbye lost €0.60
Hero lost €3.70
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10) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG irmusik333 (€18.84)
CO atomicbye (€63.74)
BTN star-poker (€21.29)
SB Hero (€39.56)
BB TEMUCHIN7 (€31.31)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is SB Q♦ Q♠
2 folds, star-poker raises to €0.70, Hero raises to €2.30, TEMUCHIN7 calls €2.10, star-poker calls €1.60

Flop: 4♠ J♥ 3♥ (€6.90, 3 players)
Hero bets €5.40, TEMUCHIN7 goes all-in €29.01, star-poker folds, Hero calls €23.61

Turn: 5♣ (€64.92, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 5♠ (€64.92, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €64.92
Hero shows two pairs Queens and Fives
Q♦ Q♠
TEMUCHIN7 shows a full house Fours full of Fives
4♥ 4♦

TEMUCHIN7 wins €61.92 (net +€30.61)

star-poker lost €2.30
Hero lost €31.31

11) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO *JOKA78* (€21.04)
BTN Andystorm (€48.64)
SB iamyeone (€9.17)
BB Hero (€31.09)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 4 players) Hero is BB J♦ J♠
2 folds, iamyeone calls €0.10, Hero raises to €0.60, iamyeone calls €0.40

Flop: 5♣ 6♦ 3♦ (€1.20, 2 players)
iamyeone checks, Hero bets €1.20, iamyeone raises to €3.20, Hero raises to €8.90, iamyeone goes all-in €8.57

Turn: Q♦ (€18.67, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: A♠ (€18.67, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €18.67
Hero shows a pair of Jacks
J♦ J♠
iamyeone shows a flush Queen high
9♦ 10♦

iamyeone wins €17.44 (net +€8.27)

Hero collects €0.33 (net -€9.17)

12) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Andystorm (€21.44)
UTG+1 terrj (€27.63)
CO Hero (€29)
BTN iamyeone (€9.60)
SB DonksAreUS (€31.94)
BB misha13 (€10.86)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 6 players) Hero is CO K♣ A♦
Andystorm raises to €0.70, 1 fold, Hero raises to €2.40, 3 folds, Andystorm calls €1.70

Flop: A♣ J♦ 10♠ (€5.10, 2 players)
Andystorm bets €3.82, Hero calls €3.82

Turn: 9♥ (€12.74, 2 players)
Andystorm goes all-in €15.22, Hero calls €15.22

River: 7♠ (€43.18, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €43.18
Andystorm shows a straight Jack high
8♥ 8♦
Hero shows a pair of Aces
K♣ A♦

Andystorm wins €41.03 (net +€19.59)

Hero lost €21.44

13) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Hero (€18.92)
CO DonksAreUS (€28.94)
BTN mysmogge (€36.40)
SB Alcbin (€24.83)
BB Andystorm (€19.40)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is UTG 7♥ 7♣
Hero calls €0.20, 1 fold, mysmogge raises to €0.90, 2 folds, Hero calls €0.70

Flop: 7♠ 9♦ J♦ (€2.10, 2 players)
Hero checks, mysmogge bets €1.57, Hero calls €1.57

Turn: 8♣ (€5.24, 2 players)
Hero checks, mysmogge bets €2.62, Hero raises to €5.24, mysmogge raises to €20.96, Hero goes all-in €16.45

River: A♣ (€42.65, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €42.65
Hero shows three of a kind Sevens
7♥ 7♣
mysmogge shows a straight Jack high
9♥ 10♥

mysmogge wins €40.75 (net +€17.32)

Hero lost €18.92

14) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG DonksAreUS (€29.16)
CO fairlady (€20.57)
BTN mysmogge (€20.60)
SB Alcbin (€20)
BB Hero (€21.54)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 5 players) Hero is BB 5♠ 5♦
2 folds, mysmogge raises to €0.70, 1 fold, Hero raises to €2.20, mysmogge calls €1.50

Flop: 8♥ 5♣ Q♦ (€4.50, 2 players)
Hero bets €2.20, mysmogge calls €2.20

Turn: 6♣ (€8.90, 2 players)
Hero bets €6.67, mysmogge calls €6.67

River: 4♥ (€22.24, 2 players)
Hero goes all-in €10.47, mysmogge goes all-in €9.53

Final Pot: €42.24
Hero shows three of a kind Fives
5♠ 5♦
mysmogge shows a straight Eight high
7♥ 7♦

mysmogge wins €39.25 (net +€18.65)

Hero collects €0.94 (net -€20.60)

15) €0.10/€0.20 No Limit Holdem
Entraction
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG LudiZbrda (€14.04)
UTG+1 Hero (€36.54)
CO filipes99 (€10)
BTN turbowolf (€29.68)
SB IgoturTell (€46.09)
BB messimo88 (€4.29)

Pre-Flop: (€0.30, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1 K:spade: A:club:
LudiZbrda calls €0.20, Hero calls €0.20, filipes99 calls €0.20, turbowolf raises to €1.30, IgoturTell calls €1.20, 1 fold, LudiZbrda calls €1.10, Hero goes all-in €36.54, filipes99 folds, turbowolf goes all-in €29.68, IgoturTell folds, LudiZbrda folds

Flop: 2:club: 5:heart: J:heart: (€69.22, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: 7:club: (€69.22, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: 3:club: (€69.22, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: €69.22
Hero shows high card Ace
K:spade: A:club:
turbowolf shows a pair of Sevens
10:spade: 7:spade:

turbowolf wins €59.36 (net +€29.68)

Hero collects €6.86 (net -€29.68)
IgoturTell lost €1.30
LudiZbrda lost €1.30
filipes99 lost €0.20

PLAYIN" POKER FOR A LIVIN' (Poker song)

Posted: March 29th, 2010, 3:18am PDT by FlopIt2Me

Here's a new theme song for you serious poker players. :) Enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1221542182178

Suspect cheating/mechanics in a card room... what to do?

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 2:51am PDT by Eugenius

Is there any sort of legal a body out there (gaming commission?) that investigates potential cases of cheating/mechanics at a licensed gambling establishment?

Without going into the details right now, I suspect there was something unsavory going on at card house I played in a couple of nights ago. It's a pretty "off the beaten path" place which somewhat increases the sketchiness factor. That was the first time in my 3+ years of poker that I felt that way.

Suspect cheating/mechanics in a card room... what to do?

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 2:51am PDT by Eugenius

Multitabling noob

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 2:20am PDT by wetyeti

Where do I start? I rarely multitable and when I do I am probably doing it all wrong. Is there a book or a thread or something I could look at to get the basics of multitabling?

Sexy new hand replayer at PTR

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 1:55am PDT by IcyBlueAce

https://www.pokertableratings.com/re...h=510625 0981
:proud:

Quote:

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new favorite hand

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 1:13am PDT by et1961

I have found one of my brand new favorite hands. I have learned to play 9-10 suited strongly. I have had good success with these cards. A friend of mine told me to play these cards stronly, especially on FT. Good advise. anyone agree?

post flop strategy

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 11:46pm PDT by stil370

anybody recommend a site that can help me with this area of my game?

big decision or go with the flow?

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 9:35pm PDT by Lofwyr

Sort of starting off with taking poker seriously at the micro cash games. I've been playing 10NL full ring for the most part, but it seems that most people agree higher BB/100 rates can be gotten from 6-handed games. They also seem to be a place where you learn more quickly (?).

So my main question is this: is it worth it to start focusing on playing 6handed right now or should I wait until I'm playing some slightly higher stakes? Is the profit potential difference that noticeable at such low stakes or does it vary by limit?

What do you think of this laydown by Hellmuth?

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 8:57pm PDT by FlopIt2Me

Good laydown or bad? What do you think and why?

http://www.bestpokermoments.com/2010...great-laydown/

Tournament of Champions

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 8:57pm PDT by maxshapiro

I am respectfully asking that you join the drive to vote for Barbara Enright to play in the WSOP Tournament of Champions. Barbara is far and away the most qualified and deserving woman in poker. This trail-blazing lady has a record 30 major tournament wins; she was the first to win two WSOP ladies championships; the first to win a WSOP major open event; the only woman to make the final table at the WSOP main event; the only woman to win a best all-around (Bicycle Casino); highest woman finisher at Mike Sexton's Tournament of Champions series, the only woman in the Poker Hall of Fame. tc., etc. Yet for all that she is the most overlooked woman in poker because she does not go around promoting herself. Please help give this likeable lady the recognition she deserves by voting for her. Go to the WorldSeriesofPoker.com website, click on the vote box, find her name by clicking on the letter "E" at the bottom of the page, and vote.

Thank you.

PT3 question

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 8:52pm PDT by BenLZ

Does poker tracker 3 support ultimate bet on a mac?

UB withdraw

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 6:15pm PDT by bhood1776

Has anybody ever got a check from UB? I thought all poker sites wanted you to fax ID and a utility slip for prove that you are who you say you are. On Tuesday I asked for a check. By Wednesday they said it was sent. Then got it on Friday. Was just wondering about this.

I would also like to say this is why I love UB. Great customer service to get a check the same week with no hassle. TY UB!

railcalls not allowed?

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 5:47pm PDT by et1961

I am new member. As a new member they allow you only 2 threads in a 24 hour period. I understand the reasoning for this and have no problem with it. However, the other day I was deep in a tournament and would have appreciated some railers. I tried to put out a rail call and they wouldn't allow me since I already had posted 2 threads. I don't think a rail call should count as a thread! Is there a way around this so a rail call doesn't count as a thread? Even though I did come in first in the tourney. The support would have been appreciated.:confused:

My attempt at a beginner guide

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:44pm PDT by whowantsahighfive

First of all, I just want to mention that included are things I have been doing in the recent months to help step my game up along with some other things I keep in mind while playing. I'm hoping it will help some new players out and get them serious about the game. Most of the things are regarding sit and go tournaments. I want to mention that after making some changes, I've almost doubled my bankroll (from $64 to $121) within about a month, maybe a month and a half or so. I was a losing online player for years and then decided to really find out why. I've had quite a bit of success playing live but couldn't really get why my online game was lacking. I started making changes and now realize that I am heading upwards. So I'll just get to it.

1. Bankroll management. Keep track of your wins and losses and stay within your bankroll. If you have $50 in your account, it doesn't make sense to start out playing $20 tournaments. Start small, like $1 tourneys and work your way up. There are websites and software that can help you with this.

2. Patience. I am a very patient person so I very rarely have trouble sitting and folding for 20 minutes. Stick to formulas that have been proven to work. Sit tight and wait for hands, in middle stages loosen up. I don't mean loosen up like raise in early position with a 7-3. Pick your spots. Which leads me to...

3. Know your opponents/Take notes. When I take notes during play for SNGs, I usually put things like players playing styles in different stages of the tournament, specific hands, calling ranges, etc. For example, I may make a note that says "Early stages - LP. AJs - player limped in middle position, called my 4x BB raise, showed down A6h." Some people change gears once a few players have been eliminated. I like to make notes on this. Another good note is to keep track if you notice a player raising from the cut off or button in, what seems, every orbit in the later blind stages. I'm the kind of person who remembers things much better when I write them down so keeping notes is a great way for me to gain an advantage. There are times when you really aren't sure how a player is playing even after having them at your table and that's okay. You can still make notes on specific hands.

4. Online tells. This is kind of an extension of knowing your opponents and you really don't need to pay much attention to this. Many people will tell you that the only major online "tell" is betting patterns. How much do they raise when they have a weak hand? Big hand? He just overbet the pot... last time he had a flush draw when he did that. Things like that. Another one is when an OOP opponent bets when the board texture has straight and/or flush possibilities and you raise, they flat call then quickly check the turn when a blank hits. This is supposed to suggest they are on a draw. I hate to even mention this because I can't for the life of me remember where I heard this. If anyone can help me out with this, I'd appreciate it. The bottom line though is DO NOT RELY ON ONLINE "TELLS". Timing tells are pretty much non-existant. They're quite unreliable. Many people are multi-tabling and if you think that a hesitation before they re-raise you is a bluff, you could be wrong and cost yourself the tournament.

5. Cardschat. This website is a great resource to help get advice. When I first joined, I stated how pleasantly surprised I was at the friendliness of the people here. People seemed to want to and enjoy helping. When it comes to poker, this is the mentality I have. I want to help people improve if I can, hence this post. You can post hands for advice on if you played it correctly and things you can change, book and website suggestions, etc. One of the best things I think is that they have standards. In order to play in a freeroll you have to have at least 65 meaningful posts. The funny thing about this is as I'm writing this, I don't have 65 posts. I'm weird like that.

6. Collin Moshman's book. READ THIS BOOK. RE-READ THIS BOOK. There are concepts in this book that I read and they make so much sense to me. As I've said before, I remember things better if I write them down. If I know I'm lacking in a certain aspect of a SNG, say bubble play, I can go to the book and I write down things on a notecard that help me. The man has these tournaments down to a science and as much as people recommend this book, I kind of don't want people to read it because I encounter a lot of players who don't understand the formula on how to play these tournaments. If you read it and apply it's teachings, you will have a significant advantage.

7. Discuss the game with people. When I played poker for the very first time and had no clue about what to do, I remember a friend of mine at the time mentioned that a couple guys she knew would watch videos of the same poker hand over and over and discuss it and I thought they were stupid. Today, I am that guy. It's funny how things work out like that. You can get on Cardschat and discuss the game with people who appreciate it. It will get your brain in poker mode. I know that when I watch the WPT or WSOP on television, I just get this "I have to play poker" mentality.

8. Record videos of your play. I am in a group where we will play tournaments and make video reviews of the table and discuss hands we were involved in and how and why we played a hand the way we did. This is a great way to get helpful criticism on your play and gives you a group to support you. I use a program called CamStudio for this. When I record a video, I make my own commentary and mention if I'm happy or unhappy with the way I played that hand.

9. Learn when to take a break. A big thing for me is when I know that I'm playing bad and making the wrong plays. That's when I know I need to take a break. This usually occurs after a bad beat from a stupid donk but it also happens when I fail to cash 3 times in a row. I take a break. This rarely happens these days luckily but we all have bad streaks. Understanding this is a must. It's easier for me these days knowing that I am playing better than I used to so when I have a bad run, it's not as hard on me.

These are a few things that I do and I can tell it is helping my game out tremendously. Here's a suggestion on a start up plan:

1. Acquire Collin Moshman's "Sit 'n Go Strategy" book and take notes to help you remember. If you already have several SNGs under your belt but aren't cashing as consistantly as you think you should be, figure out where your weaknesses are. The book will help you grasp the concept of how you should be playing single table SNGs. Once you adapt that concept, you'll notice a big difference. If you already own this and have read it, try re-reading it and taking notes.

2. Join or start up a group of people who want to give and recieve critique on videos of their play.

3. Set goals for yourself. Many players like to set goals for themselves, such as, playing X amount of SNGs a day, getting to $XXX in 6 months.

I play microstakes which is where beginners should start. I know that even though I'm doing better, I'm not ready to move up. Plus, my bankroll isn't where it needs to be to move up limits.

I know things are a bit scattered in this post but I went back and forth writing it on my own time. I hope that at least some of these ideas will prove helpful to people and am happy to talk to anyone who would like to. I have several videos that I've made of my table reviews that I'm more than happy to share with anyone who cares to check out and wouldn't mind joining another group to share videos of this nature with so feel free to PM me for whatever reason.

Thanks for reading and good luck.

busto to robusto ep. 2?

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:02pm PDT by damours21

doesnt the second episode come out today? can someone post the link i cant seem to find it

$24+$2 FT SnG's?

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 2:50pm PDT by dg1267

Where did these go? I thought they used to have them and I just got a $26 token. This sucks!:mad:

matter of opinion live vs online cause and effect

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 12:06pm PDT by crispchris

do you think online play effects ones live play?me i cant figure it out. its obv you cant play both the same. as much as id like to say no i find myself expecting better hands from apponents in live games or i expect worse calls. so i guess its made me play tighter live yet this has not changed the postions of my cashes. i ask this question because i may have played low stake live most being 100 buyin but im at the point i feel i will play a big 1 this summer, but have a nagging feeling due to the amount ive played online this will hurt me

Americas Cup of Poker Freeroll Shootout

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 9:08am PDT by itlegacy

PokerStars is running a bunch of shootout SNGs. Winner gets ticket to Americas Cup of Poker $.10 Tournaments. Go To Tourney>Regional tabs.

Omaha Books

Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:58am PDT by genozzolo

Hi

I found hundreds of Texas Holdem Books, could anyone write down couple of names of good omaha books ?

Thanks

LIVE vs ONLINE

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 12:57am PDT by leon818

Is there anyone having the same problem.
I only play ring/cash table and I play both live and online, play only 1 table when online. For the time being I realize my losses are mostly online. Is there a specific reason why this happen.

How many HUD stats do you use?

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 9:52pm PDT by rowhousepd

I'm starting think I've gone a little overboard w/ my HUD, and now that I multitable often screen real estate is tight. (I use PokerTracker, but this can apply to to Holdem Manager too.)

I'm curious how many stats people display on their HUD not including the ones in the window that pops out when you click the HUD --just the stats you can visibly see at the screen?

Also which ones do you find most useful? What do you think is essential to see easily as you play?

Feel free to post a screen shot if you'd like. Would be interesting to see what's out there.

Thanks.

low limit cash games.

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 7:21pm PDT by tomh7795

hey yall.

i sometimes play low limit cash games and i find that i am a losing player at them. I am a winner at the low limit sit n goes but at cash i'm awful. I feel as if i'm to loose with top pair (espically with pair of aces) and that i should wait for big pairs and try to see cheap with suited connectors and low to medium pocket pairs. i've read a few posts and guides on how to play them but i just feel so out of place when i play cash games which i want to change. Oh yeah and i don't play any ace under ace 9.

Should i just give up cash and focus on sng.

poker tracker / full tilt - help

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 7:05pm PDT by riverdogg71

hey guys ,

just downloaded poker tracker , and trying to set up for full tilt ..

i get a -Unable to launch auto-import for site: Full Tilt. Reason: FullTilt auto-importer needs to be configured.

in the " Import status " window ...

so i went to " fulltilt configuration tab" , and get --

" fulltilt is not configured to save hand histories to disk " ...

... anyone here who could explain to me what to do ? .. or am i just not going to be able to use PT with FT ?

thanks - River

FTP $5000 sit-n-learn Freeroll...

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 4:49pm PDT by davem86

Just wanted to inform CC members of the 5k sit-n-learn freeroll held 2 weeks from today!

There are 3 days left to qualify for this tournament!

If you dont qualify in time then there is always next month...

;) any1 already registered?;)

if so leave a post saying Im in!

GL TO ALL AND SEE YOUZ AT THE TABLES

Pokerstars SnG Leaderboard

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 4:15pm PDT by ben_rhyno

For the Mars low orbit SnG leaderboard, what is a good score and how are points earned?
I have 339 for the current 'block' with 1 game to go

Bodog Sitouts

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 4:09pm PDT by Makwa

Does anybody know how to see who is sitting out there? I'm in the OFC beside a sitter but can't find any indication of who is sitting out or not.... except for their constant folds of course. Where does it tell u who is sitting?

Gauging my game via freerolls?

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 3:51pm PDT by Sudzinsky

Since I've taken an interest in HE, I've been studying strategy through books, online content, and videos. I've not been playing very long and I've only stuck to freerolls so far so as to learn the game well enough to feel confident with real money.

I'm wondering if its a good idea to continue gauging my progress through freerolls? I do pretty well in the ones I play on FullTilt, and I usually do very well in the sng's. I recognize the competition is much different not playing with real money, however I play it from the perspective of shaping up individual aspects of my game.

I would like to move into the micro limit cash games and sng's but I seem to get trapped much more then I like in the freerolls and I'm not sure if tha'ts a common occurrance just because it's a freeroll or if it's really a good place to progress my strategy before getting into real money stakes?

What do you guys think?

My MTT tournament strategy

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 2:38pm PDT by myerrs

hey guys i'm just going to share some advice that i have found out playing MTT tournaments.

*Be selective with the hands that you play especially at the beginning

*Try to avoid going to coin flip situations AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

*Dont look at the standings up until the 2nd intermission, it will just mess with your head if you keep glancing at them befor then.

*Focus

Jurn8 Official Prop Bet Video!

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 2:14pm PDT by Jurn8

Taken from this thread

http://www.cardschat.com/f46/jurn8-1...inning-173037/

YouTube- Jurn8 Prop Bet - 125k hands in 28 Days

Hope everybody follows along!

SNG wizard

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 1:13pm PDT by telboy

Can you use sng wizard on 45players sng tournaments aswell as 1 table sngs

Position explanation needed.

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 1:09pm PDT by Boston1993

I keep hearing position, position, position over and over. I'm sure it has something to do with betting when and how much and had a couple of fellow players attempt to advise this old man that has someheimers and can't seem to understand. My advisor has helped me trementously and I have seen a lot of improvement here of late and am thankful for that. Good luck to all players on the felts. boston1993

Playing poker for beginners.

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 1:03pm PDT by Boston1993

A fellow Railbird player was getting upset as he can't seem to win. Hang in there. I'm having the same problem on the felts as I have only been at it for 3-5 months. I have a great Railbird friend and he is a local friend that was a member of a running club that I was president of. He plays a lot and wins, wins, wins. He has taught me many things about poker on the PC (it's not like the kind I played in the Marines back in the 50's). I've played many of the tournaments and seemed as though I was so dumb at it. My friend taught me to be patient, don't spend chips on a wild goose chase for straights/flushes, etc. I've learned to concentrate on folding/folding/folding, until I get something that I feel like has real possibilities. I used to bet all in on a whim and then -- bye bye. Also I was playing SnG play money tables (normally 9 players) to get the feel for competition. Using that format appears to be helping and as of the last 2-3 weeks, I have moved into the $1.20 SnG tables using that format and you wouldn't believe the improvement. Not winning much money, but at least I'm learning how to read others play. Still have a problem playing the 40-90 games as it is so hard to hold on until the end and at my age, I get worn out and end up falling back into my old ways and then I'm gone. Have the good weekend. bostonbilly/boston1993. I play Full Tilt 95% of the time.

Playing Cards- where from??

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 6:11am PDT by george123

The New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia says that playing cards originated in Hindustan about 800 C.E., with the king, queen, and jack dating from the Middle Ages. A Chinese dictionary of 1678 C.E. states that they were invented in the year 1120 B.C.E. for the amusement of Seun-Hos concubines. Some antiquarians say that playing cards were introduced into Europe by the invading Saracens who crossed the Mediterranean in the year 711 C.E. Others claim that the Crusaders brought back playing cards from the East. There is some agreement, however, on the fact that cards were not commonly used in Europe before the first part of the 15th century. Some investigators have thought that playing cards found their way from East to West by the same means as chess, through that race of wanderers known as Gypsies. It is of interest to note that, in many places, chess also was played with cards. Spain introduced playing cards to the "New World," the Americas, when Cortez conquered Mexico. King Montezuma took great pleasure in watching the Spanish soldiers play cards.

23 suited

Posted: March 27th, 2010, 3:08am PDT by et1961

I have heard it said that the best hand to beat AA is 23 suited. I got to see that first hand tonight. I saw AA beat three times tonight by 23 suited and one of the times was against me. Knocked me out a 26 dollar Ko sit n go on FT. I now believe what they say!!:mad:

1 manic player

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 1:49am PDT by JOEBOB69

Ever notice how just one manic player gets the whole table playing crazy?I just got done with a table one guy raised 100bb every pot.Me an the rest of the table was just drooling in order to bust this guy.I lost 3bi tring to when his 2 live cards showed me what % realy meant lol.An one more with AJ OFF i had postion on him with one limper (BEWARE OF THE LIMPER WITH A MANIC ON THE TABLE) manic shoves with like k4 off.I insta call with aj conting my money right there then limper showes KK.Now i think to my self who the hell is the manic playing like shit him or me?

available games

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 1:42am PDT by et1961

The most frustrating thing about playing on many of the poker sites, is the fact that it can be so hard to get enough players to sign up for the type of games you want to play. I play alot on FT and enjoy playing stud H/L, but have to settle for hold-em since not enough players will sign up for the games I really want to play. Alot of times I don't have a long period of time to wait..:(

Who is your Favorite Poker Pro?

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 1:20am PDT by Rosemarry

I want to hear from everyone. Who is your favorite poker pro and why? Tell us what it is about their style of play that you enjoy. Don't be shy I want to hear from you.

do you Ultimate bet?

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:35am PDT by soncheebs

I have taken a break from poker, but I'm back...I'm trying out ultimate bet, can anyone give me feedbaq on the site...IE competition level, and what stakes you've experienced the most success...Im referring to cash games but also have any of you enjoyed their tournaments or had success in any of them. So basically just overall feedbaq about this site is all I'm looking for, thank you much.

My new tourney strategy tip

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 10:46pm PDT by madjek

I've used to like to limp early in tournaments and try to catch something with almost any 2 cards, as long as most of the time the blinds weren't raised. Now I beginning to realize when other players see you play loose early, they are less likely to respect your raise later, so I was gettin a lot of calls when I raised in later rounds, and getting beat, usually by a hand that wouldn't have called if he thought I was playin tight. Anyway, I've seen Hellmuth berate players who play bad cards so to remind myself to play tight early I've printed a banner which I tape to the front of my computer before the start of a tourney, It reads "WWHD" (what would Hellmuth do). Hope this helps any other impatient, can't fold top pair, likes to push allin preflop with AK, fool like myself.

Maelstrom!

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 9:15pm PDT by ________ANGF

YouTube- PokerRNG 6.0 Poker Software on Poker...

Software

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 8:07pm PDT by genozzolo

Hi

im kinda new to poker, I tryed to search online but im not fully sure which software its right for me.

As newbye, im reading many books, and I've some questions about softwares.

WOuld be glad if someone can reply to both questions, let me get to the point :)

1 ) I saw theres some software like pocker tracker etc. that can give you a little help with information that you cant remember all the time.
What i was looking its some kind of software that will tell me for example when im at the river, which other options are avalaible to beat my hand.

For example Ive a double pair, and the sofware tells me that can be that someone has the tris, but not scale cause is impossible based on the cards down. And stuffs like that.

I think it does this Holdem Genius but i didnt buy it yet, would like to know if he does, and in case if theres other software that does that.

2 ) any software its very helpfull and you suggest ?

Thanks a lot!

Live vs. Online

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 7:57pm PDT by wetyeti

Been playing both for awhile now. Online I play mostly SnG and the 4.40/180 on Stars.
Live I play 200nl and MTTs up to $250.
My OPR stats are -16% but if I am correct this site only tracks tournies over 36 players.
My online stack has gone from $100 to $380. Obviously from SnGs.
Live roll is $4200 after starting at $500 and a few MTT cashes.
My issue is that I feel I am a decent player, a little above average but have problems online. I simply feel much more at ease on the actual felt.
There is so much more money online I want to get in on it!!!

Since joining CC my online game has gotten a bit better as I have taken a good look at my game and am attempting steps to improve. I bought PT3 and just purchased Moshmans SnG go and Leatherass' book.

Any tips on how to sharpen my online game? Anyone in a similar situation?
I'm not looking to go pro, live poker winnings has become a nice additional income but online hasnt quite got there.
Thanks everyone.

Poker Tracker!!!!!!

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 7:28pm PDT by wetyeti

I got it and I am psyched. It took a bit to configure but it was well worth it. I feel like a big boy.
I was wondering if anyone customizes the HUD stats and if so which stats to add/remove? I just realized Im not even sure if that is possible.
Thanks y'all

Pokerstars "BIG GAME"

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 6:18pm PDT by Grossberger

Pokerstars has come up with yet another made for T.V. game

Play poker on FOX TV!

The PokerStars.net Big Game is a new cash game poker TV show on Fox, and all PokerStars players in the US and Canada can qualify for free as a Loose Cannon! Free-to-enter Round 1 qualifier tournaments run every day from March 26-June 25, giving you the chance to make it through to one of the Big Game Final Round tournaments.
Finish in the top 200 in any of these and youll be invited to send us a video, convincing us that you should be a Loose Cannon. If you are selected, youll be going to Las Vegas to star on the show with a minimum buy-in of $100,000, alongside legends like Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and other big names. Have you got what it takes to step up to the big leagues? Qualify for free now and find out.
You can find the Round 1 qualifiers listed in the PokerStars.net lobby by clicking Tourney & Regional.

The PokerStars.net Big Game is the best thing to happen to TV poker for years. Every episode the biggest names in poker and one Loose Cannon will face-off against each other for huge sums of cash. If you make it on the show, PokerStars will pay the minimum buy-in of $100,000 for you, but you get to keep whatever profit you make! In fact, all players that finish the session up will get to return for the next episode.
If you have any questions about The PokerStars.net Big Game, contact support@pokerstars.net.

question about total hands played

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 5:41pm PDT by Lofwyr

General question about hands played. How many hands do you typically play before you can look at your stats as pretty accurate?

Looking for a ballpark type figure, obviously each case is somewhat different. 10k? 25? 50+?

Thanks!

First hand

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 3:41pm PDT by morioka

It happens from time to time :) to have a very nice hand right from the start first hand for example. What would the range be for calling an all in? Is it worth it? Take AKs is it allright to call an all in first hand in a SNG 9 handed? What about a MTT? I don't know what to think about that. Thanks

Tip on Bodog's freeze-ups & lags....

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:52pm PDT by Divebitch

I'm surprised that many at Bodog may not be aware of the cause or solution. But with the help of others at my table, I've learned how to solve the problem.... Close the tournament lobby/lobbies. It helped immediately and completely yesterday. This piece of advice will definitely come in handy for the OFC tourneys this weekend.

bubble play in SNGs

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:00pm PDT by telboy

What is the correct play on the bubble in SNGs, short stack, midium stack and big stack

Heads Up

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 1:43pm PDT by dreadedMinraise

Do any people here play heads up?

I play pretty much exclusively HU besides MTT. HU cash 50/100NL. Anyone else play so maybe we can learn from each other?

putting money on fulltilt

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 1:04pm PDT by riverdogg71

how?

all we get is play money options when logged on ??

Does Full Tilt except American players ?

FTP "Take 2" is back with a $25 bonus

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:56pm PDT by cAPSLOCK

A short version of the "Take 2" Promotion is here with a $25 bonus:

[p.fulltiltpoker.com]

This one is a 9 day deal. And includes playing Rush (even on one table I think).

This is free money folks.

Training Sites

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:26pm PDT by MmmFishy

Hey everyone,

I am thinking about joining a training site to get access to videos by professionals. I play mainly .1/.25 and .25/.5 no-limit 6max tables. What site would you guys recommend for me?

omg really,

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:12pm PDT by durrr i win

sum ppl have no class!

FTP Advisor: See how you stack up with our Tournament and Sit & Go Leaderboards.
Dealer: Hand #19574491202
Dealer: MarkoM73 shows a pair of Queens, for high
Dealer: durrrr I WIN shows two pair, Queens and Fives, for high
Dealer: durrrr I WIN wins the pot (40) with two pair, Queens and Fives
Dealer: Hand #19574498926
Dealer: MarkoM73 wins the pot (40)
Dealer: Hand #19574506302
Dealer: durrrr I WIN shows two pair, Aces and Nines, for high and 7,6,4,3,A, for low
Dealer: durrrr I WIN wins the high pot (10) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Dealer: durrrr I WIN wins the low pot (10) with 7,6,4,3,A
Dealer: Hand #19574511912
Dealer: MarkoM73 wins the pot (20)
Dealer: Hand #19574515721
Dealer: durrrr I WIN shows three of a kind, Twos, for high and 6,5,4,2,A, for low
Dealer: durrrr I WIN wins the high pot (1,000) with three of a kind, Twos
Dealer: durrrr I WIN wins the low pot (1,000) with 6,5,4,2,A
MarkoM73: fuc.k you
Chat Monitor (Support): MarkoM73 has been warned about abusing their chat privilege. Inappropriate language is not tolerated.
MarkoM73: mother fuc.ker
Chat Monitor (Support): MarkoM73 has been warned about abusing their chat privilege. Inappropriate language is not tolerated.

Playing casino donks - MTT

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 11:40am PDT by i aint assd

play poker quite a lot online, do pretty well aswell and am a decent standard.

Every friday night ive started going just to a local £15 freezeout with some friends at the casino (its more of a social thing), its not a bad set up, around 40 odd usually enter, you start with 100 BBs and its 30 min blinds.

Its really amazing how completly awful they all are ive actually never seen anything like it, i mean to get any kind of respect at all you have to raise about 8x BB preflop, and c-betting is completly pointless as ace high is the nuts to them most of the time haha

What im doing at the moment for whatever reasons isnt really working (limp with position quite a bit in early stages try n flop a big hand/set with appropiate hands, most of the time theres no raises preflop, and making a standard raise preflop doesnt do anything except build the pot and your gettin 5/6 callers guranteed). Later on im im just playing very TAG, but keep getting caught out when i carry on with like overcards that ive raised big preflop with, missed and just been called down by bottom pair. Saying that you cant just sit around and wait for a big one either, blinds are quick.

Just wondering what the best thing for me to do here? i dont really take it that seriously but its annoying seeing so many terrible donks making decent money for going deep. Anyone else play a similar thing at thier casino?

cheers

Hosting private tournaments on full tilt

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 10:53am PDT by djlee888

Ive been thinking this week about hosting a private tournament on full tilt. Ive done 1 before few years back and only had a few family members involved and few friends. does anyone have any tips or ideas as to what type of tournament i should hold!! i love holdem and i also love omaha high low but want it to be fun. think maybe a knock out type also!! im not sure... im a bit stuck on ideas really. my bankroll currently stands on 31 dollars and dont want to use it all.

i need ideas on who to invite, type of tournament, best times to play them and if anyone knows of any advantages full tilt give to the host for hosting private tournaments if there is any type with an advantage to me. also i think a bounty on me would be fun. or would i get too many people trying to donk me out because of this!!

ideas please..

thanks :cool:

How Many People Does Online Poker Ban Actually Stop From Playing?

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 9:06am PDT by Xavier

Do you think there are a very large number of people who are discouraged from playing becuase of online poker's technical illegality in America, or do most people who want to just do it anyway?

What do you guys think?
I don't live in America so don't know this and whether it will really alter the online industry by legalising it.

Also is it actually difficult for a lot of people living in America to deposit and withdraw from poker sites?

Live tournys

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 2:50am PDT by et1961

I really enjoy playing on-line, but there is nothing like playing in a live tourney. Being able to observe the faces and body language of your opponents adds a whole new aspect to the game. To get a good read on your opponents is priceless.
Anyone who has never played live I hope you get your chance soon. It is so much fun!!! I have played several times at Showboat in Atlantic City. Has anyone else played there? It is a well run tourney. Hope to see ya there. LOL:cheers:

Can you believe this $%/$

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 1:17am PDT by IMetaphoRI

hahaha just look the picture.. this photo is for everybody whos hate river.

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos...xw5TLgWE2i.jpg

WHAT WHOULD YOU DO IF U HAVE KK??? hahahaha

was this right?

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:58am PDT by smwentum

last hand for me,

Seat 3: villian (2725 in chips)
Seat 4: not to important 1(5870 in chips)
Seat 5: me (1160 in chips)
Seat 6: not to important 2 (3745 in chips)
not to important 2: posts small blind 75
villian: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [Ac Qh]
not to important 1: folds
me: calls 150
not to important 2: folds
villian: raises 300 to 450
me: raises 710 to 1160 and is all-in
villian: calls 710
*** FLOP *** [Ks 2c 7s]
*** TURN *** [Ks 2c 7s] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 2c 7s Ts] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
villian: shows [As 9d] (a flush, Ace high)
me: shows [Ac Qh] (high card Ace)
villian collected 2395 from pot

carbon poker card mod?

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 10:42pm PDT by blueskies

I googled for new cards for carbon poker, but I haven't found any. Do any exist?

THanks

Full Tilt vs. PokerStars - WSOP Qualifiers

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 7:58pm PDT by hccooley

Seeing as this is going to be the first year that I actually make an effort to win some sort of WSOP package, I was wondering which site offers the best qualifying tournaments?

Full Tilt has a WSOP page that describes their tournaments and it sounds like they will be putting a fairly large number of entrants into the field. Does the number of players PokerStars put in the field rival that of Full Tilt? Or is it not even close? To anyone who has gone through the process, which site offers the best chances?

2 different ways to play bubble? which one is better and why?

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 6:00pm PDT by tomh7795

This is a rather basic question but one i feel that i need more information on. bubble play on a 9 handed sng. i've read forums, books and more books on this subject and they both say 2 completely different things. one says stay tight and let the other players knock each other out. And the others say play aggressive to steal blinds and they will be tighter because they want to make the money. I feel it depends on what my opponents are doing. If they are tight then play aggressive and if they are aggressive then play tight unless you get around 5-8 bb then it's time to start pushing pre-flop. Any thoughts and opinions which you think is the better way to play.

Got overpair facing all in early/middle stages of sit n go

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 5:35pm PDT by tomh7795

This hand may be an easy hand to play when first looked. I was wondering if this hand is good enough to go all in with early/middle stages of a sit n go. So any sng regulars on cc, could you please comment i should of folded or go all in. any advice well might be obv but i'm the bb

Full Tilt Poker Game #19547902103: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (149268046), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:41:44 ET - 2010/03/25
Seat 1: Brontolo1 (1,095)
Seat 3: cmon fisheeeee (1,380)
Seat 4: sefiuxxx (1,245)
Seat 5: vRFasta (1,775)
Seat 6: mountsion91 (1,415)
Seat 7: Yamurang (3,115)
Seat 8: MegaMagomed (2,085)
Seat 9: fun bruce (1,390)
Brontolo1 posts the small blind of 30
cmon fisheeeee posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cmon fisheeeee [Kh Kd]
sefiuxxx folds
vRFasta folds
mountsion91 folds
Yamurang folds
MegaMagomed folds
fun bruce calls 60 (button)
Brontolo1 calls 30 (small blind)
cmon fisheeeee raises to 240
fun bruce calls 180
Brontolo1 folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh Qh 2d]
cmon fisheeeee bets 300
fun bruce has 15 seconds left to act
fun bruce raises to 1,150, and is all in
cmon fisheeeee calls 840, and is all in
fun bruce shows [6d 6s]
cmon fisheeeee shows [Kh Kd]
Uncalled bet of 10 returned to fun bruce
*** TURN *** [Jh Qh 2d] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Qh 2d 9h] [Ac]
fun bruce shows a pair of Sixes
cmon fisheeeee shows a pair of Kings
cmon fisheeeee wins the pot (2,820) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,820 | Rake 0
Board: [Jh Qh 2d 9h Ac]
Seat 1: Brontolo1 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: cmon fisheeeee (big blind) showed [Kh Kd] and won (2,820) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: sefiuxxx didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: vRFasta didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: mountsion91 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Yamurang didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: MegaMagomed didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: fun bruce (button) showed [6d 6s] and lost with a pair of Sixes

HEM incorrect session stats

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 4:26pm PDT by pifan

anyone having trouble with HEM my session stats and report stats do not match per session

the report stats are correct also table manager is correct and actual money on ftp is correct but just the session stats are incorrect.

and i do have the currency set to usd

get hh back on tracking software?

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 2:08pm PDT by JOEBOB69

My other computer that i did all my card playing on crashed this past weekend.What i need to know is step by step how to i get my hh on this computer?I read some where on the forum here i could e-mail stars an they will send hh, through the dates you asked via e-mail.How do i move the hh from e-mail to the traker?
THX,Joe

New Internet Gambling Legislation to Be Introduced

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 1:00pm PDT by JeffreyS

Today Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) plans to introduce the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010, an updated bill that would allow taxes and fees to be collected on Internet gambling wagers. Building on a previous version of the bill introduced in 2009 which permitted federal taxes to be collected, this version would allow each State and Tribal Government to collect a six percent tax on all online gambling deposits placed in their jurisdiction. It would also allocate 25 percent of the federal revenue collected to helping children in foster care.

During a time when nearly every state is facing budget shortfalls, this additional tax will generate up to $30 billion over 10 years for State and Tribal governments, giving members of Congress another good reason to consider replacing UIGEA with regulation.

For more information, be sure to check out this article from The Hill.

Thanks,

Michael Waxman
Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative
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Poker Calculators & Trackers, good to use?

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 9:40am PDT by Sudzinsky

I wonder if these are legit, legal, and good to use for a beginner or of any level? I would like to be able to find the proper outs and pot odds myself, but at this point I'm not always sure if my numbers are correct.

So are these programs a good investment? Are there free ones that are just as good? Not the calcs you have to place in every card manually, I'm referring to ones that run along side and find the cards automatically so that I can study the situation and results in the limited time frames.

What SnG Do You Consider The Easiest on FullTilt and PokerStars

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 8:33am PDT by bullishwwd

Is there a SnG that you consider easiest to consistently be ITM? Although payout is not great, I consider the Single Table Double or Nothing Turbo on PokerStars to be good. Next, on FullTilt, the Single Table, 9 person Turbo that pays 3 people followed by the 6 person Turbo that pays 2 people.

What is your easiest and most consistent for being ITM? How about BoDog?:cheers:

Wally

What SnG Do You Consider The Easiest on FullTilt and PokerStars

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 8:33am PDT by bullishwwd

HEM filter question

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 7:31am PDT by JOEBOB69

I run pt3 but i'm giving hem a shot.Any way i'm looking for the bbper hand filter,anyone know how i can pull this up.
THX,JOE

Special Invitation from PS

Posted: March 25th, 2010, 4:54am PDT by silverfox432

Anyone else get this:

Dear Dick George,

As a thank you for being part of the PokerStars community, wed like to invite you to an exclusive tourney where you will compete to win a seat at the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) AND a share of a £1K ADDED prize pool for free.

DATE: April 04 TIME: 20:30 PLACE: Under the Tourney > Regional tab in your PokerStars software PRIZE: The winner will receive a share of the £1K prize pool and a prize package worth £1,235 to UKIPT Coventry the biggest live poker tour in the UK and Ireland!
Did you know: You can now also follow us on Twitter and Facebook?

Enjoy the tourney!
The PokerStars Team

New BRM challenge

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 2:00am PDT by AlexA1986

I have decided to start my own BRM challenge on PS by withdrawing all of my earnings but $25 and playing in the 25c 45man/ 90 man sng's. I will play those until I earn $150 and try to complete it by mid-april. Wish me luck!!!

When do you quit?

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 1:51am PDT by politude

I know that there are numerous threads in here on how to deal with tilt and how to control it, etc.

I want to know how you guys know to stop playing when you are winning. I have a hard time taking breaks right now because the game is so novel and interesting to me. What are some of the guidelines for saying "I made a profit, I've had enough" that you guys follow?

A little help for those starting out!

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 1:00am PDT by mypokergrind

I am by no means a great poker player or pro. However, I do play a lot of poker and have a ton of experience both live and online. So I thought I would offer what I have found to be the most important aspects of this game. Call it my Ahah moment if you will. It took me hundreds of hours of playing and studying to finally "get it" and hopefully I can get you on the path of enlightment quicker.

I have been reading some of the posts in this forum and it seems that the first thing that a player notices is hand strength. I was reading the post about AK and it just screamed about the huge leak that most players have.

Tournament poker is all about stack sizes first. The actual hand you are holding is secondary. I suggest everyone that is wanting to get good at poker to study about stack sizes. i.e. How do I play a short stack? How do I counter a short stack? What do I do with 20BB's...with 30BB's.....with 40+BB's?

When you know what you should be doing with those stacks then you start to understand what your oppenets are doing based upon the stack size they have. Put the two together and you can find spots to win chips regardless of your cards.

Obv your premiums hands are going to be worth playing regardles of stack sizes for the most part, but by understanding how to play based upon your stack size you are going to give yourself more oppurtunities to win.

Also you probably always here people talk about "changing gears" in a tournament. That is knowing when to play tighter or looser and whatnot and that the best players change gears at the right times. The biggest indicator of when to change gears is based upon how big your chipstacks is in relation to the blinds.

I wanted to throw this out there to hopefully help some start thinking on that next level that they are not at yet. If you are there already great and please add to this thread with some advice and if not try your best to get there. I think this is a very important topic and now that I have written this I think I am going to add more to it in this thread (if anyone is interested) and make an indepth post on my blog about it as well. Which I will post here if this thread gets any attention.

If you have any questions ask. I love talking poker and just feel like giving back a little seeing as how forums is where I gained a lot of my information when I was learning.

Hope this helps.

Players Only not Missouri Friendly?

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 11:45pm PDT by steak vegita

So i downloaded players only like a couple months ago and filled out all my info and when it asked what state i kept searching and searching and Missouri was not in their. It was the only state im pretty sure. And When i tried getting it today it said that only poker was not availible in my area??

making reads

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 11:00pm PDT by thunder1276

how many hands should it take before you have a good idea on how somebody plays? are you able to have a good idea after as little as one hand?

very basic questions about implied odds for NL

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 10:13pm PDT by rowhousepd

I’m a newbie Fixed Limit player just starting to play NL and am trying to figure out how implied work in NL. Here’s a fairly basic questions about what to do assuming we’re playing a very straightforward game....

Let’s say I have an open-ended nut straight draw on the turn; with 8 outs I’m about a 5:1 dog to make it by the river. The pot is currently $2 and my calling station opponent, who I’m convinced has top pair, puts in a $1 bet making the pot odds 3:1. (In fixed limit this would be an easy fold since the bet amounts on fourth & fifth street don’t change, but I think not necessarily so in NL.) Let’s say I pretty “sure” he would call a larger bet from me on the river if I make my straight.

So the question: what would be the minimum amount I’d have to expect to get from him (assuming he’ll call me) on the next street? Or another way to put it: in order to calculate implied odds for calling, bet how much theoretically would I need to think of being in the pot now? ... $5? ($3 to call now plus at least $2 on the river.)

Wouldn't the math be something like this: Drawing odds (in this case 5:1) minus pot odds (currently 3:1) = implied odds (2:1)? Arrrg.

Best seat at a table

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 9:58pm PDT by rcbstuff

What is the best seat to have at a table?

Almost everyone is sitting out...

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 9:56pm PDT by rcbstuff

You and one other player are the only players active at a table. The other player is to your left, everyone else is sitting out. Unfortunately, the payer to the left has the advantage.

How do you beat that player?

Aggression

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 7:27pm PDT by et1961

I have recently recieved criticism from other poker players that I am not agressive enough at the table. I seem to always think of what cards my opponent might have that could beat me and assume he has them.
I have been working on figureing out the odds of how stroung my hand is and acting on it. I have found on-line poker is very different than live poker in this respect. One has to learn to be much more aggressive playing on-line!! Do you aggree?:rolleyes:

The dreaded AK

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 7:15pm PDT by et1961

I have learned some valuable info about AK, much through trial and error. Though AK is a strong starting hand in hold em tourneys, It is important to remember that it is still a drawing hand. I will normally put in a significant raise but try to never risk my entire pot with it. I have in the past gone all-in with Big Slick, only to end up out of the touney.
What are your feelings about AK?:cheers:

Swimming against the current

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 6:41pm PDT by myerrs

I am in a phase right now wher the best way to describe it is swimming against the current when befor i would be swimming with the current for about two week periods. i dont believe that it is only bad luck, but i do believe that i had a short spur of bad luck that triggered me playing a bit worse.
I want to get with the flow again!!

pt3 icons

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:06pm PDT by slicky

today i noticed theres icons in pt3

is there a way to put these on the hud

AGA Now Open to Legalized Internet Gambling

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:04pm PDT by JeffreyS

In an interview with Card Player, the American Gaming Association (AGA) announced that they are now open to the concept of Internet gambling, as long as regulation effectively protects players and the integrity of the game.

This marks a big change from their previously neutral position on legalizing Internet gambling. Were excited about this news, which we think is a big win for the online gambling community. To read more of the interview, click here.

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All access Visa card denied on carbon

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 4:04pm PDT by straightd433

I usually play on FTP and AP and use the prepaid "gift2go" gift card. But I just downloaded carbon poker and saw that the all access gift card works on pretty much all poker sites. So I thought i'd give it a try and the transaction was denied. they said it as because of the bank that the card was issued by. The bank was Inter National Bank.

Should I go back to using the "gift2go" gift card on carbon poker? I have never deposited on Carbon Poker before and was wondering what gift cards people had success depositing with.

Thanks.

FTP Daily Dollar Rebuy

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 1:56pm PDT by TheUndertaker

I have played this tourney a couple of times but have had no sucess, was wondering if you guys can give me any advice on how to approach this tourney. How many times should I rebuy be I should leave, should i rebuy when my chips go under 1000, if i do rebuy should I max rebuy or single.Any advice would be helpful should i sit back and wait for a good hand or play aggressive from the start.HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Play Chips

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 1:00pm PDT by BBishop313

I know this is my first post, but I am a beginning poker player and started to build up a play money br over the past month. I built it up to 1 mill and heard you could sell them for real $. I googled it and found this website www.pokerstarsnow.com. It's a very trustworthy site and has great customer service. They stay on the support until you recieve the transfer and are very friendly unlike other sites. www.pokerstarsnow.com is open everday and you can either buy or sell play chips for a great price.

Shoving with very little blinds left- ICM

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 12:26pm PDT by jaded848

While playing around with SnG Power Tools, I tried a scenario that happens often. I put myself in the CO with about 5 BBs left and gave myself a hand like K2o. I gave all the positions ahead of me either equal or more chips than I had (4 players in total including myself). Surprisingly, I found that to shove with a hand like K2o, I would have to be down to a mere 2 big blinds!!

I was always under the impression that it is better to shove earlier than later, and in the past with a hand like K2o I might have shoved with my 5 BBs left- but apparently that play is very -EV.

Alas, I am still a big noob when it comes to ICM :(

Graph analysis

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 11:18am PDT by JoeD

A few questions.....
Just printed out a graph on HEM. My first 15000 hands. I am looking for some analysis. I am not neccessarily looking for free analysis, but any help would be appreciated. If anyone can refer me to someone who does this typs of analysis for a fee, that information could be helpful also. Thanks in advance.
Here are the vitals....No Limit Hold 'Em, mostly 50nl.
-$760 total
-$1100 non-showdown winnings
+$340 showdown winings
-$900 all-in EV

Just trying to get better, this forum has been very helpful.

Carpe Diem-
Joe D.

Poker Systems via ebooks, To buy or not?

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 10:21am PDT by Sudzinsky

Hellow everyone, I just start playing a few months back and have so far read a hardcover book and a lot of free material over the web to get the basics down. I play a lot of free rolls and do pretty well, top 10 or top 20 usually though I haven't won one yet. I feel like I've hit a plateau in my progression and do not want to move into cash games just yet because I still encounter to many "what do I do now" situations.

I am wondering if a solid and proven system that I can follow would help me develop my skills and break me out of this rut, allowing me to move into low lvl cash games with confidence?

I see there's a good amount of them out there on the web with all their flashy advertising and am curious if any of them are recommended, which ones to stay away from, or what you guys think?

pokerstars vip

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 10:10am PDT by damours21

can you get silver star or even gold star on pokerstars playing only 10nl 6max? and if you can how much volume do you need to put in

Trying to improve myself

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 8:59am PDT by kybcat

WAs playing in the CC freeroll last nite. Got there a little late. So first hand i saw i was BB had 6,10 clubs guy raise to 100 blinds were 25/50. I call and flop comes out As 7c 4c. Guy bet 100 i call. Turn comes Ac i go all in and he calls. plays out i win with a flush he calls me a idoit. I dont say a thing. It about 10 hand before I play again. I get Q 10 offsuit, and the flop comes 8 9 J offsuit. Blins are 50/100 I bet 100 he calls. Turn comes another J. I go all in and he call I have St8 and he has 2 pair. River comes J i am beat and he calls me a idiot again. What should i have done in that situation.

Thank for the Help

looking for some romanians

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 8:05am PDT by forsakenone

ok, i got a check from pokerstars, not much, 300$, went to the bank, and they told me they need to send the check to freaking Canada and i need to wait 1 month. 1 month has passed and i call the bank today, and they sayd they did not yet get my money, and i have to try in another 2 weeks.

now, i am looking for some guys, is possible, from romania (i am sure we have some around here), to tell me how long they waited for their checks to turn in to cash. or if they have a better system of getting their money faster, or anyone else who can help.

thank you!

PAD: Brandon Adams pwns Phil Hellmuth

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 6:43am PDT by baudib1

Have to say the PAD cash game is incredibly boring, especially compared to the lineup on HSP. But Hellmuth getting soul-pwn3d by Brandon Adams could make this week watchable.

Matusow raises to AJ and Hellmuth just smooth calls on the BTN with TT. Brandon Adams decides it's a perfect time for a squeeze with Tc7c. Matusow folds and Hellmuth decides to reraise. Adams puts in a fourth raise and Hellmuth calls. The pot is around $35k, aka each player has about a PSB left. The flop comes Q 8 2 with two clubs, and Adams instashoves the flops.

Hellmuth lolfolds.

OMGWTF

if he thinks Adams is making a move "I put him on AK at best," folding a flop that safe is beyond absurd. Is he set-mining in a 5-bet pot?

Spade Club for Spice

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 6:41am PDT by Lafayette2

Sunday played at Spade Club. Its a small site with no buyins. You pay anywhere from $13 to $19 depending upon your method of payment, yearly, monthly, or quarterly. Some event require tokens or points. They have a $5000 weekly and $30k monthly. Its a friendly little site. If your're new and learning I would recommend it. For experienced players i doubt you would like it.

Limping

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 6:27am PDT by fletchdad

OK, limping is the cardinal sin of so many players I post with here. I am reading Harrington on Holdem, have read Phill Gordens little green book, and watch a lot of instructional videos, just yesteday also from Phil Gordon. Harrington talks about limping to see a cheap flop, and Gordon as well. I play mainly SnG and MTT. SO if so many people here shout STOP LIMPING, is that an absolute, or are we speaking about the exception to the rule. Cause both above mentioned players recommend limping in certain situations that come up regularly. And while I do admit I was limping in all the wrong places and with the wrong hands, which I have really been working on correcting in my game, I still see places where it seems to be a viable play. Comments???

Limping

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 6:27am PDT by fletchdad

Anyone have RUSH POKER graphs? Heres mine, first time trying RUSH POKER.

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:20am PDT by IcyBlueAce

I haven't been able to put any money in my poker account for personal reasons. I won $9 in the CC freeroll so I thought I'd give RUSH POKER a try. Grinded that $9 up to about 20 in my first RUSH POKER session. :D

4 tabled for an hour or so, lost track of time. So many clicks, drives you nuts!!

That dramatic line you see is from going all in, AA vs. KK, KK hits a flush.

:banghead:

is it every good to call when short stacked(15BB or under)

Posted: March 24th, 2010, 3:56am PDT by pat3392

been working on my short stack game and realised that if i'm blinds or under and i'm going to raise i need to go all in, as if they reraise me all in i will have the correct odds to call. when antes are applied i should go push/fold mode earlier.

however, what about calling a hand? is this always a bad mood? and if so, why? of course it may be acceptable to call if you have a monster hand and wish to trap players.

when a player has 6 bb or less then calling is a non profitable move, unless they are going to add some all in bluffs on the flop. i worked out some math behind it but i doupt you guys would be interested so i'll omit it.

please give me a detailed answer with some good reasoning, i need to understand the mechanics and not just that calling is bad. thanks in advance!

Question about withdrawls

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 1:08am PDT by jmasterrich

Now I recently won some money on UB from a CC freeroll and i am happy to say i have been able to run it up to 313 and some change. However, trying to cash out they have given me trouble because I have never deposited. I have a friend who is willing to trade for fulltilt money but does fulltilt have the same policy? where I have to deposit first? Thanks in advance for any responses guys.

Question about withdrawls

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 1:08am PDT by jmasterrich

when in reno...go peppermill.....

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 11:39pm PDT by grizzlebird

wow..a las vegas type casino..3 and a half hours from the bay area..great food..gaming..clean suites..and the nicest bathrooms in any casino..try it once..youll be hooked..5 stars from grizzlebird.:ridinghor

Lowest amount of chips on the final table

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 9:24pm PDT by rcbstuff

You have the lowest amount of chips on the final table. Do you stand a chance on becoming ending in the top 3? If so what is the best way to get there?

MTT bubble play

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 7:34pm PDT by davem86

How could I change my game appropriately to have a crack at top prize?

Im usually top 9 when I do good but always beat the bubble and place almost last in the money if that makes sense!

Any1 with information when deep in a MTT please help out!

I like to play it safe early on to avoid all the omg are you freakin serious hands :D (tho it happens all the time) then i will loosen up and steal blinds/antes if any and when needed but Im doing something totally wrong here so again any1 with help it would be greatly appreciated!

THANKS

Stud H|L poker

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 4:45pm PDT by et1961

Just wanted to share a strategy I recently learned for playing stud h|l poker. Always focus your attention mainly on the low. If flopped three low cards play the hand. This strategy has helped my game significantly. many times hitting the low will also give you a good draw for the high. It seems like going for the high draw has more ways of getting beat.
try this strategy, it could also work for you.:ridinghor

This is the way to win $2 SNGS

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 3:57pm PDT by IcyBlueAce

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FTOPs series announced for April-May

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 3:39pm PDT by NiceNisus

The temptress is back again!
wow, i will be taking a look at these for the next few minutes now.

Poker Art

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 3:07pm PDT by DonkyKilla1

Here are some of my paintings.... let me know what you guys think and if you have any of your own post them, I would love to see what everyone has ;-)
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Weird KK play?

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 2:41pm PDT by IcyBlueAce

I don't understand him limping like he did with KK? Hell I don't understand this whole play all together from both players..

YouTube- Weird KK Play?

EDIT: If the video isn't showing up view it here, http://www.youtube.com/user/IcyBlueHell

Withdrawing onto Entropay

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 2:21pm PDT by politude

So since RBC won't allow me to deposit on poker sites, I opened an account on Entropay. After a successful tournament, I withdrew $50 from Full Tilt back on my entropay virtual visa card. Entropay has not shown the transaction yet and Full Tilt says it was completed.

Has anyone dealt with Entropay before?

building my way up on full tilt poker freerolls

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 1:11pm PDT by djlee888

Been a valuable member to ftp for many years now and made quite remarkable amount of deposits and still to this day havent got anywhere...does any1 know this feeling?
For years ive been playing 25c/50c omaha high low and sometimes as 50c/1d. I usually deposit around $30 - $40 and if lose i try agian until i get to around $100 bankroll then i try play steady. However this alway seems to buildto a certain level b4 bang!! crash!! wollop!! and ther goes my bankroll.
Even cashing n 1st place in the daily dollar rebuy at $2800 november last year didnt help me. Is it because i withdrew $2000 of it for christmas that full tilt decide to pull the doomswitch on me, maybe? i will never know, hmm :confused: .
Ive decided i have to start from the pitt of freerolls and try appreciate this level so i become a stronger minded guy.when it comes to bankroll management. Hopefully this will work out for me one day as they say patience always provails lol.

Has anyone here had my same experience and come out the other end with a positive bankroll. And if so can you give me a few poiters as to where i go wrong. I play alot of tournaments holdem nl and seem to do well but if i have 3 or 4 bad runs i decideto hit the cash tables to try recoporate my bankroll to its initial state b4 i started my losing streakon the tournament tables..

Please help me as i am a decent player, check my stats online in tournaments.. but i feel at the moment i will be stuck freerolling forever.

I need some advice on this :rolleyes:

Poker test

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 11:15am PDT by Grossberger

I found these 2 poker test on the WSoP website one is for cash games the other is for tournaments. It has you play 20 hands of cash if you go broke it reloads for you, The tournament gives you different levels and positions in the tournament and grades you after you have completed all the hands.

My scores were
Cash 114
tournament 101

And here I thought I was a better tournament player LOL

try it out and post your scores
http://www.wsopacademy.com/pokertest/

Thoughts PLease!!!!!

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 10:45am PDT by ratmantoo

OK heres the situation. I normally play R5+.50 SNG's. Recently the site has introduced lower level (R2.50 + .50) SNG's and I have been CONSISTENTLY loosing on these. The problem is there are so few people playing the R5 tables anymore. My bankroll is suffering badly and I have no clue on what to do.

Do I play fewer hands and stick to the R5 tables or try and grind it through the horendous play on these R2.50 tables. My bankroll just doesn't allow me to play the next level table(R10).

I have been through my plays and have not found anything that in what Im doing that is costing me money rather its a case of bad calling by the opponent who gets lucky (dem I sound like the average whiner:mad:). The only thing I can possibly think of is to get maniacly aggressive to drive others off the pot.

HELP PLEASE

Ta

RAT

This site works!

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 10:06am PDT by bhood1776

I thought about which section to put this in and I guess it fits here. I joined this forum 4 or 5 weeks ago and started reading through any post I could find. I haven't posted much because I took so much time looking at how good players view every possible situation. I've never been part of a poker forum before and quite honestly have never done much studying on the subject such as books and so forth. I knew the rules of the game and figured that was enough. Dead wrong!

Let me tell you a little bit about my poker back story so you know where I'm going with this.

I played for 4 years and always lost. Don't know the exact amount but it was in the thousands. So I figured I just wasn't that good at the game and quit. After a year and a half I got the itch again to play. This was back in November. Again the losing happened. This time about $800. Getting frustrated again I went looking for help and stumbled across this site. Like I said earlier I read the thought process that winning players went through and started to apply them.

I use a pre-paid CC to deposit for online poker and only had $15 bucks left on it. So I put it on UB just so I could play a couple of $2-$5 tournies. Well with my new look at poker(due to this site) I've gone on a pretty good run. In the past 2 weeks since that $15 deposit I've been able to turn that into $3,400. This is not meant to be a brag, but to point out the power of cardschat. There is no doubt in my mind that I would not have done this if I had not joined here.

So the point being to any new people who would be willing to really put in the study time and listen to what these people are trying to tell you. Sorry if this is long, but just thought it need to be said.

Thank You cardschat and all it's members!

PTR & OPR Scores... Break Even or not?

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 9:59am PDT by Dogfish44

Somebody help me please?

I have deposited on FTP three times since starting to play poker online, in May 09, of amounts of $30, $30 and $40. Admittedly I have lost it all... damned cash games!! However, I have learnt a lot since starting out and I am slowly beginning to see results and address the balance.

However I have had 2x freeroll wins of $15, and (thanks to CC) a 5th place ITM finish of $24... added to this my $50 bonus from completing last years 'Take 2' promo. By my reckoning, a total of $104.

When I look at my profile on PTR it shows an overall loss of -$118(?). It seems that whilst PTR is logging my losses, it does not take into account my winnings from freerolls & bonuses. So where DO I stand?

Admittedly, when I started to play online, I was a little afraid that I would end up with spiralling debts, as you sometimes hear the stories of the guy that put up his house on a hand of poker etc., but I feel quite proud of the fact that I have managed to keep this under control. My addiction is with the game of poker... not in gambling.

I would like to think that I have broken even over the course of the last year, but PTR says otherwise. Am I just deluding myself or are there flaws in PTR's calculations?

I notice that freeroll winnings are not included on the OPR website either.

Someone please help!!! :confused:

fulltilt super turbo Head-Up

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 9:00am PDT by forsakenone

anyone else play these? just found them yesterday, i was down to 7$ bankroll on fulltilt after playing rush poker, so i thought i will play some heads up, bust them or double them, and i found these super turbo heads up, where you start with 300 chips. basically it is almost like flipping, most of the time you will find yourself in a 60-40 or a 55-45 % situations.

i must have played like 25, maybe more, and i am up 13$

if anyone else plays these, maybe we can talk some strategy, personally i like going all in preflop with a decent hand, at least K high or a pair, any A high is a must go all in, sometimes when i am really low on chips i would go all in with 2 suited connectors, 89 of hearts lets say, would be pretty good vs an A rag unsuited, almost a coin flip, 47% for 89.

waiting for your thoughts on this, how to get on the better side of the flip.

What is the best way to earn FPP's on Stars?

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 5:30am PDT by AlexA1986

I would like to know because I am trying to achieve platinum status by the end of the year. Also my BR currently sits at $300 right now if that helps any. Should I do sng's,mtt's, or ring games as I do well in all three areas.

Anyone recommend/know any good auto-fold software?

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 4:36am PDT by IcyBlueAce

Thanks.

strategy against my friends who are all loose passive players

Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 3:28am PDT by DaReazon

I play texas holdem with my friends every weekend and the are all loose passive they play to see the pot no matter what and it gets frustrating here is an example, I was dealt pocket AA the blinds are only 5-10 i raise it up to 90 everyone folds except 1 player and the flop comes Q,4,8, i check he bets 50 i raise to 2 dollars he calls so im thinking he has Qeens, next card comes out i forgot what it was he bets again i push all in he calls and he flips over 4,8 off suit and i was mad how do u call a raise with 4,8 off suit so how should i play players like this ur opinions would be great thinks,

Us player-Help with depositing

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 2:38am PDT by et1961

Hi I am a Us player. I play most of the time in Fulltilt as it is one of the easiest sites to deposit in for a US player. I have also played some in bodog poker. They will both take Greendot mastercard. Where else can a US player make cash deposits and How? et1961

Sharkescope and PokerStars

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 12:57am PDT by TurboBill

Does anyone have any idea why PokerStars allows Sharkescope to hold a player account on the site to facilitate Opting in or opting out of their datamined database given that to mine PokerStars is against their rules?

I tried to chech the system for opting out on the Sharkescope Site
and you are asked two things:

1. Your PokerStars ID
2. Your Email address - normally this will be the same as the one associated with your PokerStars account.

If you provide this information (I entered some nonsense) you are then shown a web page telling you to transfer 0.01c to the Sharescope Player ID on PokerStars.

To tell you this they don't need your ID or email address! So it seems they are poaching these as well as hand histories.- All with the support of PokerStars.

PokerStars seem to be confused as to whether this site is acceptable or not. I for one would not give them any personal details. It annoys me to see that they broadcast data from poached hand histories and PokerStars helps them in this way. If an ordinary player did this he would be banned.

My Celebrity

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 12:45am PDT by Olddog21

If you havent heard ...I came in 2nd after going in with 245 chips...then I doubled that...doubled again and again ...and again....and again...until I got ITM...Played solid poker...got in the FT...FINISHED IN 2nd after heads up play for about an half-hour! Almost had the LEAD...my best finish in a big game!:vroam: :vroam:

Flopped 2 pairs on scary board

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 12:18am PDT by blueskies

In a six man .02/.05 table, in UTG+1 I had QJ suited diamonds. UTG folded. I open raised to 20c. Everyone folds except button, who flat calls.

Flop comes 9, J, Q all spades.

I bet 30c into a pot of 47c. I got called.

I am not sure where I am here. I am thinking maybe he has A10 or maybe QK with perhaps one spade. I've seen people call that with a gutshot. I think if he had made a straight he probably would have raised with a flush draw on the board, unless he had the K of spades.

Turn comes 9h. I put in 70c into a pot of about $1.10. I got called again. I am thinking if he had a 9, wouldn't he raise here with a straight and flush draw out there? So I am still thinking he is on a draw.

River is a harmless card, a low card of clubs, I can't remember what.

I have $1.70 left. The pot is about $2.50.

What should I do here?

It turns out he had QQ and I was unable to win by the flop. But ignoring that, what should I have done on the river?

It simply didn't occur to me that he had QQ, because I had assume he would have 3 bet preflop or at least reraised me on the flop with scary draws out there.

So I ended up betting my stack away while drawing dead.

List of Poker Rooms

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 12:02am PDT by IMetaphoRI

Hi!!! some can give me a list with all the poker rooms whos associated with cardschat and hes register code of cardschat to get registered like a cardschat usser.. thanks!!

echeckus

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 12:01am PDT by yasudab

i am thinking of depositing 300 on ultimatebet using echeckus. does anyone know if I will be charged a fee from either ultimatebet or echeck? I know pokerstars does not charge.

10 years later...

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 11:29pm PDT by GeoValentino

year 2000/2001 was the start of my online poker life, my first poker site was a new kid on the block with alot going for it! When it 1st open it had over 20k to 50k player base.. now its around 300 to 500 : (

Playing this site online wasn't just a great old time, it was the best time i think i have ever ever... EVER had playing poker online, before stars, full tilt, and others.

Why? simple, people TALKED!!! people talked at the tables every day, saying nice hands, to bad beats, to 'hows the kids?'. In my years from leaving this site to goto bigger sites like tilt & stars, i've found playing small and bigger stakes, people just dont chat anymore, its like all they care about is making money.

I think thats apart of online poker i miss the most is table chatter, i've tried so many times to work up talking during MTT and ring games, but 95% of the time noone speaks.

So i said to myself, lets go check out that old site that i started my first online poker with " True Poker ".. yes if your thinkin.. damn its old, damn its different, but i swear you sit down at table, and you'll see the chat box flying, and boom i d/led it, logged on, enter my credit card info, put a few bucks on the site and boom, people are chatting..

First table, 1st time on the site in 10 years, three people said hello!, and wish me gl, after a few hands, i took in a queen high diamond flush and i got 'vnh', 'wp', 'nh' running down the chat box... ahhh the feeling : )

yes i could go play live, but this is to fun to past up : )

they also run freerolls, for all you freebies out there

Full Tilt Hand History through Promotions page

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 10:11pm PDT by ryodejaneiro

So I just noticed that there's a beta Hand History feature on the promotions page. Does anyone else have this? I tried requesting hand history for the past 12 hours but it just says pending. Its apparently a private beta release so not everyone has access but for those of you that do, have you gotten your hand history yet? I'm just curious as to how it's gonna look and what people think of it.

Mini-Ftops Satellite Challenge!!!

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 9:55pm PDT by Sean Pilgrim

Just thought I'd give ya a heads up if you havent checked your promotions page yet on Full Tilt!
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Spot a CCer On Rush Thread!!!

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 8:46pm PDT by Sean Pilgrim

I thought it would be cool just for fun to post SS's of when you see another CCer on Rush Poker on Full Tilt.

I'll Go First...

I see you trigga!!!
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Full Tilt's Education Gametype

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 7:40pm PDT by JEP712

What does the "EDU" or Education game type mean on Full Tilt?

"Playing bad after winning big tournament"

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 5:52pm PDT by myerrs

I'm having a problem and i want to get some other peoples take on it

I will have periods of time when i finish in the money in big tournaments consistently and i get the feeling like i'll make it to the final table sooner or later because i am playing very good and i eventually do.

But then after i win a big tournament, its like a switch gets flipped in my brain and i just forget how to win..and i start playing stupid and not even making the money in like 5 consecutive tournaments.

I'm not sure if i'm just tired of being patient or what.

What do you guys think?

fulltilt deposit

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 5:46pm PDT by mig2169

for the last few months i have used a visa gift card for deposit, this no longer works and iam stuck with two cards worth 50 and 20$, i would be willing to do a trade for 50$ on fulltilt for 70 worth of gift cards, if this is something u are intrested in please pm me and we will work out the details. Hope this is not against the rules if so iam sorry. thanks.

fulltilt deposit

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 5:46pm PDT by mig2169

Poker Knight's tournament strategy

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 5:30pm PDT by thepokerknight

I've made a article were I write about the strategy that I use when I play all kinds of tournaments.

http://thepokerknight.blogspot.com/2...-strategy.html

Put a comment on the blog on what you think about it.

Greeting, The poker knight!

playing heads up

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 5:22pm PDT by Dreams of Tragedy

I been playing some heads up sit and go tournaments for about a week. I win some and then I lose some. I want to see what type of info people can give me to help better my game in the heads up part. i do raise with powerful, strongs hands and fold weak ones( trash hands like 2-10, 3-8). any info would be help full.:pepsi:

splitting pots

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 3:30pm PDT by bgomez89

Last weekend I was in a tournament and saw a dispute over how the dealer split the pot. At this stage in the tournament we had colored up to where we only used $500 chips. It was folded to the button who shoved with a rag ace and was called by the bb with something similar but was worse than the buttons hand. The board made a straight and they had to split the pot. the dealer gave each person back the same amount of chips they had before but gave the guy in the bb the extra chip from the sb. The guy on the button starts to bitch about it and how his hand was better etc. The dealer just ended up throwing him a chip from the raci so he'd quit whining. My question is who did the sb's really belong to in that situation?

Moneybookers---- gambling money-- fraudulent?

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 2:23pm PDT by NeverFold

Why Moneybookers consider gambling money as fraudulent.
There are some countries that are not allowed to use moneybookers to deposit and withdraw money form any gambling site. Then what is the essence of puting moneybookers in most of the poker site as a payment processor.

It's unfair. :(

Sahara Hotel in Vegas

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 9:57am PDT by kcfromhb

The Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, NV has a quiet little poker room that I did very well in this past week. I had never played at the Sahara before, but the room rates were phenomenal (21 dollars a night) and with March Madness in full swing, and my daughter home from college, we decided to go up and give our luck a spin around the block.

While I was there, I discovered the poker room (what were the odds of that??? LOL) and so I sat down and put up some cash on a small limit game (2-4) and proceded to triple my buy in in nice fashion. It was getting late and the table was very drunk so I cashed out and headed upstairs for a snooze.

I thought that maybe my luck was still in swing, so I went back down the next day, and put up the same amount again. Once again, the basketball lovers were betting big and drinking big, and so I proceded to take down some very nice pots with tight fashioned play, and did it again! ! 60 dollars became 150 pretty quick, and I cashed out and went to a buffet.

All in all it was a good trip. Blackjack did me dirty (I should have stayed on the poker tables) but we came out a little ahead, with my daughter being the big winner with a nice hit on a machine the final day. Good trip. I'll see if I can post some pictures in a reply.

Cash Game Help

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 8:39am PDT by Marlsoft

Hey there,

I started playing at Pokerstars in December. Deposited 50 which is about 70$ and lost it all in February. I deposited 50 more, to start for real in NL Hold'em cash tables only, though I do play sit'n'gos every once in a while and a bit of Omaha PL. My playing has gone for mediocre (I wasn't a talented poker player before I started playing online and reading some books and analyzing the game) to alot better, especially at reading hands and analyzing the Villain's hand strenght. My problem is this: I can't get past the 70$. This second time I deposited, I haven't drop below the 70$ nor have I gone past it. I play about 2/3 hours a day, sometimes more, sometimes less, and in Micro Stakes I really can't build my bankroll. Because sometimes I win 0.80, 1$ an hour (and thats already alot for me), others I lose 3$ in 10 min (either when I'm tilting or sometimes its just bad luck).

What I need is some strategies, from those who have passed through micro, that can really help me build my bankroll. One of the strategies, I sometimes (not always) use, is to go All in with the nuts, even if the pot is like 6 or 10 cents, i put in 3$. I've actually been paid from non agressive players, tight ones who held like Ace high on the board.

So if anyone could tell me other strategies to get more money from the hands, I would apreciate.

Props and good luck at the tables

Tell me your story about how you lost or won more with your free money you built up ?

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 4:09am PDT by Nexus6

I sold many play chips to get to 80 bucks a few times way back about 2 years ago and everytime I would try and play ring games that where beyond my bankroll manaegement I would be drawn or loose with big hands to bigger hands (like 12 15 times in a row). ... if i played mtts I would allways do pretty good. But soon as i went to a ring game i would get beat at the river or get dealt trips and loose to higher trips . Does anyone have a a story about their free money they built up ?

Beating specific players(longish question)

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 9:28pm PDT by pat3392

At the moment I am having difficulties beating the local live games. The majority of players play very straight forward, rarely bluff, chase when they really shouldn't be chasing( they really overestimate draws, don't understand pot odds and the term "on average," and like to limp a lot, with all sorts of crap, rarely raise pre-flop, call very lightly, and don't go into push-fold mode; basically loose passive players. I have been playing really tight against them so I know when I am up against them that I have the best kicker if I hit top pair(most of the time anyway). This wasn't working as I was constantly blinding off, so I decided to start raising a lot when I play; I raise 3BB plus 1 for every caller, which is huge to these players because they usually only min raise or 3 bet at most; people suspect I'm bluffing though when I do this (at least I think so) but they don't really want to risk it too often since I don't play many hands; it's dependent on the player really. However, I'm still blinding off, since they are turbo tourneys. They call too much to make bluffing profitable, most of the time anyway. Under good circumstances it works, but these don't seem to present themselves too often, although I think I'm being a little selective and should take a few more risks.

So, I've been thinking there is two different approaches to be able to beat these guys:

Stick to my style, perhaps loosen a little more(just a tad) and once I have mastered push-fold mode I should do well, just starting to understand the mechanics behind push fold mode, hopefully will figure out all the math in a few days :) However, the problem with this is since I play with these players regularly, they are more likely to call me with weakish hands( the other night a player called me for 9 blinds with A9 since he seen me go all in with rag a previous game, he was the small blind I was on the button, he had about 20 blinds though, no other limpers/raises) Because of this, I will have to be careful with what I go all in with, so I'm skeptical of this approach as I believe I will still blind off.

The second approach is to loosen up a lot, as in play hands like K10 in middle-early position, not too early though, like UTG 3 onwards. Basically start playing more marginal hands. Not sure if I should call them or raise. If you did decide to play K10 in middle position, would you call or raise if you and your opponents were reasonably stacked(20-25 blinds) and there was only 1-2 callers.

Oh, and one more thing. I have been calling small pockets if I don't believe I will be further raised, and I/opponent(s) have 15 blinds or more. However, I'm starting to think this may be the wrong way of going about it; should I raise these hands, essentially turning them into a semi-bluff. What about medium pockets?

Wow, long post. This has been on my mind for the last few days now. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

Session Review

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 9:17pm PDT by McKracken226

I've heard a great deal mentioned about session and hand analysis, so I'd like to get some opinions are on exactly the best way to do this, or how people here do this, or if you can point me in the right direction to find this information. Is this something that I should be doing after every session - making notes and reviewing my marked hands?

I have a feeling this is very critical skill/process to improve my game, so I'm looking for advice on the best way to do it.

Did I play this right?

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 9:10pm PDT by Duplicity

I was playing in a 10 cent "Americas Cup of Poker" tournament on PokerStars. I played for about 30 minutes and remained around even for the whole time. On my final hand I was dealt pocket jacks, I raised 2 big blinds and everyone folded but 2. The flop came down Q Q Q. The first one bet the pot and the second one reraised all-in. I called putting myself all-in. The 1st player had a suited A3, the second player had pocket 9s. The turn came down... ace. Game over.

I was just wondering if you guys/gals thought I played that hand correctly (even tho I lost) or if I should have just folded and waited for my next opportunity.

Redback poker ?

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 8:46pm PDT by agilbz

hey guys this is my first post and i was just wondering if anyone has played on redback.? there is a code you can type in 'VIC' all caps when you register and deposit and receive 33% Rake + 110% Dep Coaching / mentoring / help from my team 24/7 is this anygood ? its on www.redbackpokerchallenge.com

6 max sng

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 7:04pm PDT by tomh7795

hey yall.

I was wondering what you lot think about playing 6 handed sng where 1st and 2nd get paid. I would like some general ideas on how you think you should play them. i want something a little more detail then tight early and aggressive on bubble but any advice is welcome.

My 1K Post .Satellite Bubble Play for Beginners

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 6:53pm PDT by the lab man

My 1K PostSatellite Bubble Play for Beginners

There have been a few questions on this topic lately and its something I enjoy playing so enjoy my 2 cents. This thread does not discuss what types of Satellites to play or how to get to the Bubble, thats another thread altogether.

Satellite Bubble play is completely different from regular Satellite MTT Bubble play.

For the purpose of this example we are in a Satellite that awards 20 seats to a larger event and there are 25 players left in the tourney.

There are three types of groups you will find yourself in at the Bubble.

1. The Big Stack; You have already accumulated enough chips that you could turn your computer off and you know you have a qualified. Generally 10-20% of players are in this group .They are sitting between 1st -6th .Its an easy group to play in as long as you dont get involved with other big stacks, There nothing better for a short stack to see than 2 table sheriffs big stacks re-raising each other and then one getting knocked out. As a big stack surrounded by short stacks only, there is nothing wrong with Bullying and raising every unopened pot that is folded to you. The chip accumulation doesnt really help you though.

2. The Median Stack; you have above the projected amount of chips needed to qualify but the blinds and antes can easily erode your chips, these are the tightest players at this point. Generally about 40% of the players are in this group .They are Sitting roughly 6th -16th. Their hope is that the players below them will blind out. This is the hardest of the groups to play.

3. The Short Stacks; these players currently sit somewhere between 16th and 25th place, another 40% in this group. These players know they will have to make a move real soon to move up the ladder. Short Stackers pray for big cards before they have to play any 2 cards.

Please remember this; it doesnt matter if you finish 1st, 11th or 20th youre all awarded 1st place and an entry in to the larger tourney.

Tip 1,
How to figure out how many chips it will take to get your ticket, add up the total chips from players 21 to 25 and divide by 20 (entries that will be paid) and add that on to the 20th position, Example 5 players (21-25) have 8,800 chips total left ,divide by 20 = 440 add to player # 20s stack he had 2,000 that now equals 2400. Its a rough guide to give you an idea of chips needed to qualify. If you are below this amount you need to make a move and if you are slightly above this amount you need to amass chips otherwise the blind and antes will erode your stack.

Tip 2
If you are a Low Median or Short Stack Player, Its Imperative that you watch the other tables, at this point, open the other two tables. This is called Clock/Blind Management; if you are a low median stack or short stack you do have to watch for players that are using their clock to stall. Depending on your stack size and assuming you know who will be blinded out before you go ahead and stall with your clock. Using you clock to stall is a double edge sword because the antes and blinds will go up higher.

When Hand for Hand play begins (normally when were down to about 22 left) there is no reason to stall. Now we playing for Blind Management and we have to calculate depending on our stack which player the blinds and antes will eat up first. We still have all our tables open remember.

The question of folding Pocket Aces comes up a lot and three days ago I was dealt pocket aces late position. A big stack before me raised which would have put me all in. everyone else folded. I was currently in 17th position but because I had the 3 other tables open I folded, even though I was the favorite, because I saw that the antes alone would eat up the 21st player next hand. They did next hand and I won my ticket.

When is the best time to push? If you are a low median or a short stack, Its important to know who you would be pushing into. Ideally you want to be in late position and an unopened pot. Whether youre pushing with good cards or any two cards you want to be pushing against similar median stacks or low stacks who will not be able to call you unless they have a premium hand. Satellite Bubble play is the tightest play you will ever come across.

In summary Satellite Bubble Play is not just about card selection but has to incorporate intelligent positional play, and Blind and Clock Management. I emphasize that the goal of Satellite Tournament Bubble play is Survival .

Remember this it doesnt matter if you finish 1st,11th or 20th your all given 1st place and an entry in to the larger tourney.

See you in the Satellites

delete my account

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 5:27pm PDT by peacebrother

please delete my account here.

Sites and listings of satellites to the 2010 WSOP

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 4:55pm PDT by Kasanova King

I figured it would be a good idea to start listing the various satellites that each site is offering to the 2010 World Series of Poker. Please be specific with the type of tournament it is, the buy in amount, the frequency, and that dates/time. Also, feel free to add any additional information. Thanks!

Quick Tournament Question

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 3:20pm PDT by Choke Canyon

I have about 60$ in my bankroll after withdrawing. I just won a 9 man sit-n-go that I registered with FTP. I won entry into the main event. If I unregister, do I bank 50$?

My first experience with RUSH Poker

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 1:49pm PDT by SydTheCat

I just deposited $20 on FT this morning and thought I'd check out Rush poker I've been hearing so much about. I was a little apprehensive about playing it. Thought I would lose by bankroll quickly.
Well I tried the micro stakes. played with $2 and was able to build it to $10. so I left and tried again with $2 and built it up to $20.
This is insane poker. I LOVE IT!....of course having success the first two sessions profitable would make me enjoy it so much.
So far its going well. I think Ill stick with the micro for awhile.

EChecks

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 1:21pm PDT by LeanAndMean

Wow, I'm impressed, just deposited with Echecks because Stars has a promo going, I can't believe how easy it was!!! Of course there is still time for a glitch, but the deposit was quick and easy and the money is in my Stars account. I'll update if anything goes wrong down the line.

full tilt poker down

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 12:33pm PDT by Vfranks

Err I kept getting lag, then it booted me twice, then it let me start a new hand...put money in the pot...now It won't connect...WTF....

The Illusive 'A' Game

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 11:40am PDT by dj11

I've got an 'A' game, I know it, many of you know it, and most all of you also have an 'A' game, I have seen it and been punished by your 'A' games, as you have been punished by mine.

At least a few, if not most of you seem able to bring your 'A' game more often than I can. At this is at the heart of my conundrum.

-I do know that even tho I consider myself to be patient, my patience often falters and that is NOT MY 'A' Game.

-I know that the cards, or rather MY REACTION TO MY CARDS, plays big in both my patience and my playing the poker game. I know perfectly well that the cards are of lessor importance than many other factors, yet, I falter.

-Certainly easy to control are external distractions, and my own boredom (or is it easy to control?). But the immediate panic of housemates refuses solution (I usually go to an emergency sit-out). I don't have kids around so that hasn't been any problem, pity those who do......;)

So help me out here, and in the process help us all out here describing what you consider the things are that prevent you from bringing your 'A' game.

Other peoples actions

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 10:49am PDT by cosmicgirl28

Hi All

Sometimes when other people, dont use their brains and mess it up for others.. also the ones who keep on repeately bluffing througout .. but then i guess there are other rooms.. Also some clearly need to go to beginners school as they have no clues whats so ever.. And some i think ruin it cus they have so much money they just play the real money rooms for actuall fun, which means they dont play seriously as they dont care if they loose or win as its fun to them...

f.k

River bet-sizing (blog spam)

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 6:41am PDT by F Paulsson

FYI:

http://fredrikpaulsson.blogspot.com/...with-nuts.html

Nice Freeroll Tourneys

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 6:20am PDT by patryk336

Hi

i found very good Freeroll Tournaments Look here.

Freeroll
Room: Reefer Poker

NAme: pokerandbet-planet Forum Freeroll
Date: 28.03.2010
Prize: $50 + Rebuy $1 and Addon $1,50
Password: Few Minutes before the Tourney starts

http://pokerandbet-planet.com/forum/...12 48cb6657af

CHili Poker 26.03.2010

Name: pokerandbet-planet Forum Freeroll
Date: 26.03.2010
19:00
Rebuy/addon $1
No Limit HOLDEM
Freeroll $50
Pass: Few Minutes before the Tourney starts

http://pokerandbet-planet.com/forum/...12 48cb6657af

Flanders Poker

Freeroll $50
Name: Name: pokerandbet-planet FOrum Freeroll
Date: 29.03.2010
Time: 19:00 European Time 13:00 Lobby Time
Pass: Few Minutes before the Tourney starts

http://pokerandbet-planet.com/forum/...12 48cb6657af

Nice Freeroll Tourneys

Posted: March 21st, 2010, 6:20am PDT by patryk336

tuff_fish

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 2:16am PDT by yasudab

Hi,
i was watching a guy named tuff_fish on youtube and he recorded himself while he was playing online at pokerstars and ultimate bet. they are the funniest videos because you can see how angry he gets and how he vents, and we all go through the same thing. If anyone knows who he is, and if anyone knows what happened to tuff_fish, i would like to know.
Trust me, the videos are hilarious.

tuff_fish

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 2:16am PDT by yasudab

HOW DO POKER SITES MAKE MONEY?

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 12:21am PDT by luckyhearts

Ok, I consider myself an average tournament player, below average cash player. What I want to know is how are the poker sites making any money?
I log a losing session..maybe 1 of 4...losing month 1 of 12, never had a losing year.
I have at least 30 poker sites downloaded, think I am down at one(hint: I HATE POKERSTARS)
What I want to know is, who is depositing? Who is losing money? Are all the doctors watching too much wsop on tv with deep pockets and no common sense supporting us(and the sites)? Who in their right mind would keep depositing and losing? I know the sites make their money off of rake and tourney fees, but I don't know of one single online player who will admit to being a loser. Do you?

ALL LOSING PLAYERS POST YOUR NAMES HERE, I WILL ADD U AS FRIENDS

I didn't think so.

I guess where I'm going with this is, I believe the online poker sites are a pyramid scheme, a house of cards held up by depositors, doomed to come crashing down on our heads....just my opinion, I could be wrong.(shamelessly stolen from Dennis Miller)

midnight madness

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 11:39pm PDT by damours21

anyone playing the midnight madness on ftp tonight?

if you are gl

my sn is derekdamours

obama..is giving me gas.....

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 11:16pm PDT by grizzlebird

this healthcare thing is outta control....i got an easy fix..if you work you get healthcare..if you dont..you wont....im not paying anyone elses medical bills....old grizz.

obama..is giving me gas.....

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 11:16pm PDT by grizzlebird

this healthcare thing is outta control....i got an easy fix..if you work you get healthcare..if you dont..you wont....im not paying anyone elses medical bills....old grizz.

Bodog gave me free casino money!

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 10:32pm PDT by IcyBlueAce

"Here's your bonus, Christopher" -- When I first got this email I was excited, thinking cool I'm getting some free poker money, but then I saw the dreaded line -- "..we'd like to give you $10 in free casino chips, no deposit required, to try our Casino and new games.." -- after reading that I Xed out of that email.

A few days later I was a little bored and thought I'd give it a try just for the heck of it, it said to cashout you need to play $200 worth. Basically if you can break even in blackjack 200 times, the money is yours.

Now I have $15 free money in my bodog poker account. :)

I just thought I'd let anyone know who also ignored this email that you can easily get this money into your poker account! Use a blackjack cheat sheet if you can, this whole process took me about 10 minutes.

..way better than trying to do freerolls lol.

rush poker fold

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 9:13pm PDT by damours21

are these the types of flop folds you have to make to be succsesful in rush poker?

Full Tilt Poker Game #19426168615: Table Zoom (6 max) - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:07:42 ET - 2010/03/20
Seat 1: DerekDamours ($6.50)
Seat 2: emmett_avr ($4.88)
Seat 3: sand372 ($1.43)
Seat 4: xHASHx ($6.37)
Seat 5: rj25123 ($7.31)
Seat 6: Dirty Donk ($5.08)
Dirty Donk posts the small blind of $0.02
DerekDamours posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DerekDamours [Jc Tc]
emmett_avr folds
sand372 raises to $0.15
xHASHx folds
rj25123 calls $0.15
Dirty Donk folds
DerekDamours calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [Ts 7s 4h]
DerekDamours checks
sand372 bets $0.35
rj25123 calls $0.35
DerekDamours folds

MERGE FunStep SnG win 3games win $1

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 8:36pm PDT by optikdave

I didn't realize for more than a year that these sngs can win you cash money, just have to be top 2 in the first 2 steps and win the 3rd to win a buck, lots better than spending 6 hrs in a FR to win 17c

Click here to exchange $250 play money for Step 1 SnG Coupon
Note: Limit of 10 x Funstep1 Coupon purchases each day. The counter will reset at 00:00 server time.

You will be awarded the coupon FUNSTEP1SNG, this coupon will permit you to enter the Sit'n'Go tournament called "Fun Step 1" in the Tournaments >> Sit N Go >> Hold'em tab.

The winner of the Fun Step 1 tournament will receive a coupon called FUNSTEP2SNG which should be used to gain entry to the "Fun Step 2" tournament.

The winner of the Fun Step 2 tournament will receive a coupon called FUNSTEP3SNG which should be used to gain entry to the "Fun Step 3" tournament.

The winner of the Fun Step 3 tournament will receive $1 real money, to be used in the real money games and tournaments.

Motivational help question(s)

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 5:00pm PDT by garenka

Hey :) ill explain abit before i get into the actual question.

Well i was "once again" in the daily dollar *the one that goes on at 8pm EST* Just to set the mood.

2hrs pass by: And im still playing very well...gathering up chips...playing freakishly tight *tighter than ive ever EVER played*...dont get me wrong i played a few 5/6 hands and connected with the straight or a flush.

2more hrs pass by : And its now 12am Im in the money and still doing very well for myself. Hoping noone wakes up to hassle me off the computer.

2more hrs pass by : And if your counting its now 2am in the morning and im both tired and my head is throbbing *i mean litterally splitting* (there are now 27 people left)

By this time i have absolutely no idea on what i can do to stay awake or motivate me to keep going. For the past 6hrs i had been saying to myself "remember what your playing for" in which in my mind sounds like "remember what your fighting for!" AND i had been sitting up straight because i felt that it would mean that im taking this really seriously *the tournement* which helped me to get to this point in time. I had no fear of the big chips that were on the table at the time *because during this time the highest chip leader had 1million + in chips and i had about 400k*...15minutes go by and only 2people have been eliminated.
About 15more minutes pass by and my mind is at a total blank...my previous "remember what your fighting for!" now sounds like "remember...what...your fighting for?" *pauses included* Before i knew it i was out in 24th or 25th place and got 30bucks out of the whole deal in which dont get me wrong was the BBEESSTTT ive ever done in any daily dollar event. *eevveerrrrr*

So i guess my question *confusing as all of this may be* is "what kept you going in the last 26 people of a tournament such as this ?" AND

"How did you manage to stay awake throughout the late tournament?"

Please note that i have no coffee and i attempted to walk around as much as i could during the breaks. Also note that i have never been in a tournament for this long *6 or 7hrs* and i felt that it would have been another 2 or 3hrs before the final table actually comes.

Lastly During the last stages of the tournament *as mentioned above* "is your head supposed to throb like that ? or is it because its your body telling you to go to sleep?"

Onnee more note: is that i kept constantly thinking about how many bb's i had left. and during the time i got out Blinds were 35k with an ante of about 2.5k or 3k *i forget*

Thanks for reading such a novel that is my life :p feedback before i attempt this monster again is desirably needed.

40k in 31 days at 200NL

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 4:54pm PDT by K1d_Gr1nD

pretty sick prop bet...just read the turtlelicious article at onthebink.com...think he can make it?

Just won the second crazy cash $40 on Celeb Poker

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 4:02pm PDT by swingro

This time were more players. Never won 2 times in a row 2 freerolls.

Guide to $3.50+.30 Short Stack SnG's on Full Tilt (or other site)

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 12:43pm PDT by dg1267

I wanted to write a guide on these SnG's because they can be very easy to beat. They are extremly soft if you can just have patience. The reason these are such a lucrative SnG is because with patience and well-timed aggression you can have a very nice ROI. And the pay out is $13.65 for 1st and $7.35 for second. They are still high variance games, but the lack of skill in the opponents you are facing gives you a big edge if you follow this guide.

5-6 Players
First off, you are playing a short stack tourney, meaning you are starting with 10 BB's. You have 300 chips to start and the blinds start out at 15/30. So, hopefully it goes without saying, but you are either shoving or folding at the beginning of the SnG. DON'T LIMP EVER!!! I hope you received that "EVER" part, it's important! This is absolutely horrible in this type of game, even in the small blind with marginal holdings and everyone else has limped. What hands do you want to shove with? I prefer any PP and A9o+. In the beginning of the tourney suited cards really don't matter. And these starting hands you are shoving with will be called, and beat sometimes, by KJ, KT, QT (or pretty much any two paint cards). Don't see this as a reason to start shoving with those hands! You have no room for manuevering in this tourney, so toss the marginal hands in the muck and wait for better. It is completely possible to fold your way into the money in these low stakes SnG's, as most of these crazies playing with you are willing to get the chips in with ATC. Calling hands will include AJ+ and any PP. If there is a shove and another caller in front of you, only get your money in with high PP's (QQ or better), otherwise, just fold and wait for a better spot.

4 Players
Once you get down to 4 players you can open your range slightly but you are still in push/fold mode. I like to start including any suited aces here, but that's about it. When it gets down to 4 players, hopefully you are in 1st or 2nd place, but this really doesn't matter. Don't start trying to push hands like KJ, KQ, QT through if you don't have at least a 3 to 1 chip lead over second place. It's just not worth it. If you find yourself in last place with 4 people left, then now is the time to button down. Go back to the beginning starting hands and fold everything else. More than likely, you will either catch a good hand and double up (which normally will put you in 1st) or others will go out putting you closer to the money.

3 Players
With 3 players left it starts to get interesting. With a good chip lead (3 to 1 or better) you want to be pretty aggressive, especially in position. Now is when you want to start using raises instead of shoves as a weapon. Don't do it every time, because it can be very exploitable, but vary your raises between min-raises, 3x raises and shoves. Try not to get into the habit of only min-raising with 67s and shoving with pocket K's. Pay attention to the other players and their habits. If someone is raising everytime in blind on blind situations open up your shoving range. If they are folding to any re-raise, make a note of that and try to exploit it with decent hands. Don't play maniacal! You are just asking to lose if you are raising every hand or calling every raise. While being in the lead here is nice, sometimes you will find yourself in 3rd place. Again, you need to buckle down and try to stay out of the way of the other players. You need to go back to the starting hands from the beginning of the tourney and only get your chips in when you either have a good hand or when you find yourself so low that you have to make a move. When you are down that low, any suited connector or any two paint cards are good to call a raise or shove in a good spot.

Heads Up
Here is just luck of the draw. With a sizeable lead, you want to be aggressive but not stupid. In 2nd place, you want to be aggressive as well. Once again, NO LIMPING! I'm shoving with any two paint cards, any PP, and any Ax hand. Once the chips are in, the board will determine the winner. I'm calling a shove or shoving over a raise with any PP and A9+.

I hope that someone can get some use out of this guide. I love the action in these games and they can be very amusing to watch as well. Have fun and don't worry about bad beats in these. They are going to happen and that's just part of it. Just make a note on any player who makes a bad decision and go on. Good luck!:)

disgusting welcome to party poker

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 12:12pm PDT by xx1xx

I joined party poker last week. Last night l played in a rebuy tourney (sorry but pp doesn't send emails to confirm what tourney u just joined so thats all the info i can provide) and it doesn't matter what the buy in was. I may be new to pp but not new to online poker. It was during the rebuy period where everyone practicially goes all in almost every hand where i lost around 20 all ins, all in a row with the majority having me holding the best hand pre flop. I managed to recover into the second hour where no more rebuys and add ons apply. With the blinds at 2k and 4k and i had 40k l went all in wth fives, the flop came 223 with the turn and river 22. Donkeys with their weak aces split the pot and l was out. Ordinarily bad beats are accepted but come on, l lost around 20 all ins during rebuys with holding best hand and after rebuy l have to deal with party poker fuc---g me?! Some may laugh but it can happen to u. I subsequently cashed out and will never ever go on party poker again. Im not talking about 1 hand, im talking about 20 hands where i was ahead and lost them all. This is not normal, for if i was flipping coins there would be no friggen way ld lose 20 in a row then to top it off getting counterfitted with quad dueces to weak aces. I have cashed in many tourneys both online and live games and never ever had this nightmare scenaro happen me. Its one thing if it was just the quad dueces but with around 20 'coin flips' in a row with the majority of the time l was ahead preflop and 20 times not holding up....in a row!! Before i get accused of sour grapes, i've had my fair share of bad beats and always accepted them as they all even out in the end but not in the inordinate way that party poker has demonstrated. Thank you for allowing me to vent.

Full Tilt - WSOP Freerolls

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 8:32am PDT by unknown87

Does anyone know when the WSOP Freerolls will be on?

Advice to go deep - MTTs on Stars

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 7:29am PDT by The Gent

I have been playing recreationally for 7 or 8 years now and have donated for most of those years.

I am now at a crossroads where I am able to play more than I used to and feel that MTTs are the way to go.

I have played at most sites and over time fell out of love with all of them apart from Stars and playing low stakes Limit HE to boost my BR at FT and NoiQ (I suggest anyone needing a bankroll boost go there for a few sessions).

Recently started MTTs on Stars with ROI 31% and finishes as follows (mostly $2 180s and $2 sats)

MTT Avg. Finish%
Early 5% (10%)
EM 18% (20%)
Mid. 40% (40%)
ML 20% (20%)
Late 17% (10%)

I tend to blind myself away by being too tight. I also doubt my holding against others 'potential range' as I seem to always fear an A high flop instead of attacking it.

Is it just a case of playing well and letting luck take you through or out (KK v AA shove pre when short staked etc) and adding volume to make the grade or is there a specific technique to grab hold of such as ICM or using M to target my moves.

I understand and use position, starting hands are no issue so maybe it is just time and patience to hit the big score?

Any advice would be fantastic :)

Access to PStars $2,000 Weekly Round 2

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 6:58am PDT by itlegacy

TIP: When you win a seat to the Sunday $2,000 Tournament at 2:00pm, you also win a ticket to the Saturday $2,000 Weekly Round 2. (REMINDER NOTE: To enter both of these tourneys, though, you must followup AFTER WINNING THE SEAT AT ANY OF THE DAILY FREEROLLS and MANUALLY enter each of them.)

Only move when have 13 blinds or under is to push? All others are losing moves?

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 4:30am PDT by pat3392

I have read this and was wondering if you guys can show me the math/reasoning why this is true

poker sponsorship

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 4:11am PDT by slicky

anyone know any sites that sponsor players?

not those no deposit bonus stuff im looking for someone to give me a certain amount ever day, week or month how ever they do it.

im a very good tournament player and know i can profit if i have a site giving me the money for a percent of my earnings

What should I be shoving with here?

Posted: March 20th, 2010, 3:44am PDT by AlexA1986

I am playing in the 10+1 NLHE 5K guarantee on PS and am getting close to an M of 10 when should I start shoving and with what?

BAd beats

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:41am PDT by the 323

U guys all hate bad beats right.... TEll me your bad beats u had and the worst bad beats u guys had.

FULLTILT DEPOSITING

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:38am PDT by the 323

DOes fulltilt always get problems with depositing?

FULLTILT DEPOSITING

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:38am PDT by the 323

DOes fulltilt always get problems with depositing?

Pot Odds and Closing the Action

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:22am PDT by Dr_Loiselle

I heard WiltOnTilt from another poker site discuss in his great video series Mathematics of NL Hold'em that one only knows ones true pot odds is when one closes the action. So, if that is true, then when I am not closing the action what do the pot odds mean and why? He didn't go much more into detail about this topic.

Pot Odds and Closing the Action

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:22am PDT by Dr_Loiselle

pokerstars vpp

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 1:57am PDT by forsakenone

i have been reading on pokerstars about the vpp, but looks like i am too dunb to get it lol. so i need to make 260 vpp more till 31 march to get silver star.

if i play 1.10 DONs how many of these do i need to play?

pokerstars vpp

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 1:57am PDT by forsakenone

Utilizing the Full Tilt Poker Academy

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 10:54pm PDT by dg1267

Okay, someone asked TPC to do a post on the Full Tilt Poker Academy and TPC said he didn't use it that much. I, on the other hand, love it and I think that everyone should give it a try. It's free and simple poker knowledge, so there's really no sense in passing this up. So I'm going to give an overview on the certain aspects of the Full Tilt Poker Academy and anyone who has anything to add is more than welcome. I don't use all of it, but I do use most of it.

First off, you sign into the Full Tilt Poker Academy by using your same screen name and password that you use to log into Full Tilt's poker client. I don't think this can be changed. Anyway, once you enter the Full Tilt Poker Academy front page you will see 8 tabs across the top of the page. They are:

-The Pros
-Lessons
-Sit-N-Learns
-Challenges
-Sessions
-FTPA Store
-Podcasts
-My Academy

We will be going through all of them and I will explain what each tab is for.

The Pros -
Full Tilt Poker Academy utilizes over 100 pros to bring together this learning site. I won't put all of their names in here, but there are quite a few from Tom Dwan to Gus Hansen to Jennifer Harmon. The site is free to use and there is tons of useful information for beginners up to, I'd say, around mid level stakes. These pros have put together small segments of information regarding some of their strong points. So check through all of them and find one that you think would offer you the greatest help to start.

Lessons-
Okay, this is where it starts to get a little more fun. Now you get to chose, based on your level of skill, certain lessons that you want to view. These are usually a 10 minute video of a certain pro talking about a certain subject. The subject could be MTT's, Pre-Flop Play, How to Play against a certain type of player, etc. They aren't really boring, especially if you pick a subject that you feel you could really learn something to improve your game. I would start with an individual lesson to begin with and get used to how they are structured, and then move into the FTPA Courses. FTPA Courses are found by clicking the link that shows up just above where the lessons are at. There are four courses that you can take: Introduction to Winning Poker; Mastering No-Limit Hold 'em; Advanced Multi-table Tournaments; and Advanced Cash Games. These course take a number of lessons and structure them into a full on course of study for you to learn about a specific style of poker you want to play. I highly recommend these courses, and I suggest that you go through them at least three times each to allow them to fully sink in. And I don't mean run through them three times in a row all in the same day either. Go through one of the courses, and then take a couple of days or a week to try to use the skills you learned. Then, go back and do it again, rinse, repeat. This will allow you to learn it, use it, see where you might have misunderstood something, learn it again, use it again, etc.

Sit-N-Learns-
The Sit-N-Learns are fun as well as informative about how much you actually learned while doing the lessons. Basically, they are tests about the lessons you have taken. You pick a Sit-N-Learn that is based on one of the lessons that you have taken from the Lessons tab. Then, you are asked questions and timed on your answers. The faster you answer, the higher your score. The higher your score, the better chance that you can get into the exclusive $5000 Sit-N-Learn Freeroll put on once a month. You have to make the leader board on one of 27 different Sit-N-Learn sections. To do this, you have to be in the top 250 of scores in that section. Then, the people with the top 250 scores on each of the 27 sections get invited to the freeroll. You can do this once a month per section.

Challenges-
This is my favorite part. But I wouldn't start here! Do the lessons first, then work on this part. The Challenges are made by a specific FTP pro on specific aspects of a specific type of poker. In other words, Chris Ferguson challenges you in "Pre-Flop Play" to several tasks pertaining to "pre-flop play". Some of the tasks you only have to complete once, some as many as 5 times. When you complete a task you are awarded with FTPA Credits. These credits you can use in the FTPA Store which we will talk about in a minute. I enjoy picking one of these challenges because it gives you the challenge and tells you why each certain task was asked of you. This allows you to add new aspects to your game fully aware of what you are meaning to do. One major issue though... Don't try to force the tasks through! You will only lose money doing this. When you accept a challenge, memorize it as much as possible, and keep it up on your web browser for quick reference. But I try to only look at them when I'm at a break in a tourney or when I've sat out of a cash game for a b/r break or what-not. You don't want to constantly be trying to force the task through, but instead, you want to constantly be looking for where you can use the task to your advantage. A good example is where Gus Hanson tasks you to see 6 out of 10 flops in a 6-9 seat MTT with 90 or more starting players when you have 40 or more BB's. You don't want to do this on a loose table! If you try to force it on a loose table, you will just lose chips. Try to look for a table that has more TAG players than LAG players to do this. That will increase your chances of having less players on the flop which in turn increases your chances of winning your hand with your "small ball" type strategy.

Sessions-
I haven't spent a whole lot of time with the Sessions tab as of yet, but I plan on it. This tab has FTP pros explaining their plays and thought processes as they play in real time on FTP. You can find sessions on MTT's, Cash games, SnGs, etc. I think this would be a good section to utilize while in the middle of doing Courses. After you finish a course on a subject and are playing poker trying to use your newly learned skills, when you finish a session for yourself (or before you start one), try to find a session in the Sessions tab that shows a pro doing what you will be trying to accomplish. This will allow you to see the moves the way they play them and maybe hear some more "in tune" information while a game is being played.

FTPA Store-
The FTPA Store allows you to spend the credits you have earned in the FTPA Challenges and such FTPA gear, FPPs, MTT tokens, poker strategy books, and even Subscriptions to certain Strategy sites. After you get accustomed to the FTPA I would look through the store and find something you might want to buy with your credits you will be earning. This will give you goal to attain and will help keep you on track with your FTPA.

Podcasts-
This section is pretty self-explanatory. These are short, video podcasts of FTP pros talking about different aspects of poker. I would definitely take a look through these to find subjects you might be struggling with. This is a good add on to Lessons and Courses.

My Academy-
This is where you get to see what Challenge you are on. You can also see the Challenges that you have accepted, but are waiting idle. You can change between the active challenge and idle challenges anytime on this tab. This is what you will want to keep in your web browser and handy when you are trying to accomplish certain tasks in your challenges. At the top of the page in this tab, you have your "Dashboard". The Dashboard allows you to change the main screen in My Academy to show "Track your Challenge Progress", "Access your Academy Transcript", Add your Favorite Pros", and "Check the Sit-N-Learn Leaderboards". This way your My Academy page will have the information you want as the main part of your page. Play around with the settings and see what works best for you.

I hope that I've either answered any questions you might have had or made someone interested in an excellent, and free, way to improve your game while getting bonuses through the FTPA Store. If anyone has any questions concerning something I've talked about or something I might have missed, please post your question in here and I'll try to answer it ASAP. And again, if anyone has anything to add feel free to do so. But no matter what, I think this is an excellent resource that, if used properly, can do nothing but good for your poker game.

Micro (25 cent) MTTS on Stars...

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 10:10pm PDT by hccooley

Has anyone played in any of these games? I am looking to get in some MTT practice and these were the lowest levels that weren't 1000-players deep.

Just won the $40 celeb poker freeroll

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 8:11pm PDT by swingro

Flopped trips, had bad kicker. He raises, I fold. Need advice on my playing style. Lo

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 7:31pm PDT by pat3392

Ok, so this is what happened: there was a caller from UTG1+2, and I look down and see A4. I have 15. I decided to call as I doubted a raise-steal wold have worked.

the flop comes, AAK, rainbow

SB raises 2 blinds, followed by UTG1 who reraises it 3 times, to a total of 6 blinds. up to me. What should I do in this spot? I cannot call with the intention of seeing his next move, as he would raise there if he is bluffing or actually got it. Since there was two raises one of them must have an ace, and if they did, it would most likely beat mine.

I ended up folding the hand. For this reason I usually fold these sorts of hands, but lately I have not been running particularly well and thought that I should loosen up a bit. I have only been playing hands with at least a 10+ kicker, only reasonably good positions unless the hand is a monster. I call with pockets if they have 15+blinds and call with suited connectors if they have 50+ blinds. When I decide to play a hand, I raise it to 3 blinds + 1 for every limper. These raises are huge compared to a good majority of the players I'm up against. This has not been working very well; last night for a little under 2 hours of live poker I only played 2 hands, one of them which I would not normally play but I thought I better play some hands. I was particualry card dead than night, usually play a roughly about 1 card per 30 mins, maybe more; we shuffle fairly slow. I can get away with steals a bit because of my super tight image, but they're too many calling stations where I play at to do it often. Last night I probably lost 15% of my original stack to the blinds. We got down to 5 players so I started making some moves.

So, should I loosen up a bit more? A decent majority of the players I'm up against player any k, q, no matter the kicker. So if I start playing hands with 8+ kicker I will still be ahead most of the time. Or is what I'm doing fine? I haven't mastered push fold mode so when I do this might go well with my style. What do you guys think? Honest criticism please.

does anyone know

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 7:20pm PDT by three3y3

of a website that tracks freeroll results....inquiring minds would like to know....:icon_smur there must be some where......

carbon poker

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 3:21pm PDT by damours21

does anyone here play on carbon? i can get a great rb deal so im thinking about switching to there.

flatlining

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:53pm PDT by blueskies

I just can't break through the $40 profit mark which I reached almost 3 months ago. (Obviously I play micro) I would have a string of nice days and come close, but all my profits would be wiped out in a bad day or two. Like last night. I lost almost 3 buy ins. I didnt exactly play perfectly but sometimes the cards just dont fall my way. I had JJ vs. 10 10. He shoves all in on the flop of 3 low cards and I called. And he hits a runner runner straight (including a J on the river to gimme a set just to rub it in). Then another one that hurt the most was when I shoved it in on the turn against what I correctly thought was a flush draw (about 1.5 size of pot bet), and still got called, and he hits a 9 outter. These 2 hands cost me almost 2 buy ins. My problem is when I am on a bad run, I cant bring myself to stop. And when I am on a good roll, I am afraid of playing too long and giving back most of my winnings. The opposite of what I SHOULD be doing. I play conservatively and usually dont win huge everyday except when cards really fall my way, but when I start losing, then I get more aggressive when I have something. I still get in there good most of the time, but it just seems when things go bad for me, things go real bad. I dont play perfectly, of course. For example, an example of bad play on my part. The other hand that got me was when I reraised a LAG all in on the flop when I had top pair with QJ. The guy had been betting almost every hand, so I thought hed make the same play with medium pair or just ace high from the button. I was wrong. He had KJ. I really didn't need to shove there, but I just got tired of him betting all the time and me not having anything I could push back with except then. I should have led out with a bet but I thought that my J was good and wanted to reraise him cuz I knew he was gonna raise regardless.

Tourney to win Dusty's book?

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:50pm PDT by lektrikguy

I saw a thread that said there was a $1.50 tourney to win Dusty's book but couldn't find it. Anyone know where/when it is? Be nice in this economy to win it.

European Poker Tour Berlin Robbed

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 1:37pm PDT by xXSmuggla

-March 6th

-Six armed men stormed the Grand Hyatt Berlin and made off with around 800,000

- Fortunately, nobody was seriously hurt, there was about 22 players still left in the tournament

-A bystander video of it can be found

YouTube- EPT Berlin Armed Robbery FULL TAPE 2010

I didn't hear about this until recently but its pretty scary that 5-6 men can rob a casino in the broad daylight, as far as I know they haven't charged anyone with the crime. This incident might have an impact on the game of poker but most likely not that big of a deal, especially because nobody was hurt.

European Poker Tour Berlin Robbed

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 1:37pm PDT by xXSmuggla

YouTube- EPT Berlin Armed Robbery FULL TAPE 2010

first timer at casino

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 1:13pm PDT by woody19

hi all as some of you already know i have never played live in a casino, but just got some great news me and my uncle and couple of his mates are going to a casion in bristol next month yayyy lol. so looking forward to this gunna save up all me dosh and try my luck at the card tables, wont play anything else at the casino other than poker hehe, i will let you all know what happens after i come back, but it's not for another month but just so excited lol :)

Non showdown profit line completely inverse to showdown profit

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 11:56am PDT by xtncx

I just recently found out that my non showdown profits had a steady negative line and my showdown earnings have a steady positive line. Just tryin to get a feel for this situation and what others who have this have done and how they have adjusted. I'm tight, but table ratings says I'm more agressive than 50% of the population, so it's not like i'm overly passive. What do you guys think?

Help with poker Tracker HUD

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 8:50am PDT by kmixer

Posted this in the general forum but it didn't get any responses. Although it did get 36 views. I am sure someone must have an easy answer.

I am wondering how do I re-size the HUD stats to match the size of it when I add more tables. A lot of times I am playing two tables and the size of the HUD is not an issue but once I get to four tables the HUD is overlapping other things like players cards and chip bets.

Ultimately I would like to have the stats sit right under the player perfectly sized. Is this possible? Is this something easy that I have over looked. I checked Configure HUD options but did not see it there.

Thanks in advance for the help on this.

Flop Hand Strength

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 8:33am PDT by Lafayette2

I was looking at my Hem in plugging leaks. Boy was I suprised to find that I had very good stats with 2 pair wtsd 63 W$SD 88 won on hand 92% with top pair wtsd 31.5 W$sd 34.2 won on hand 35.9%. Guess that means I'm only winning one out of three with my Aces-Kings-Queens-Jacks. Must because i get drawn out a lot and lose a lot on the river. Should I go all-in more when I get preminum hands?

10K Freeroll

Posted: March 19th, 2010, 3:19am PDT by link879

Hehe that is a large amount ive got to admit :)
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PokerStars: Americas Cup of Poker--Freeroll Shootout SNG

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 2:41am PDT by bazerk

Is anyone else doing these >>> 81-peep total donkaments to win a ticket to play in the 1st Americas Cup of Poker $0.10 tournament against another country...

http://www.pokerstars.net/poker/prom.../americas-cup/

Located under the Regional tab.

I'm finding it good practice for HU's play since it's a shootout format.

low pocket pairs

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 2:29am PDT by et1961

An onging question I have. How should I play a low pocket pair (example 33) in middle or early position? Is it OK to limp in or should I always bet if noone else has made a raise. If I should raise, how much?
It's the kind of hand you would like to see a flop, but how much of your stack should you risk? Open to suggestions. Thanks, et1961.

Ultimate Bet Casino Feedback

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 2:22am PDT by pdid5000

Has anyone else tried their casino? I would love some feedback on your experience so far. They offer slots/3 card poker/craps(which does'nt work for some reason) and a variety of other games, oh and the most ridiculous one....virtual horse racing. For me, something does'nt feel right when playing their casino games. Now I know it's pretty much a "sucker casino" and your donking your money away, at least from my experience, but I had to try some of them out. Ok, my thoughts.....Slots suck(extemely tight), Craps and roulette never load, had some decent success in 3 card poker and "poker burn em" i think it's called, and yes I tried the horse racing and I did win a couple here and there but for the most part they screw ya over. Any thoughts on UB casino, thanks.

Poker notes mod for FTP

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 1:37am PDT by IcyBlueAce

I thought I would share this little mod for anyone else who may wanna use it.

It turns those colors for your poker notes into icons. The images were taken and converted from PT3 and some random shark image I found on the net (because PT3 doesn't have a shark).

:D

Go to these locations and save the image over the current.

C:Program FilesFull Tilt PokerGraphicsNewTableCommonPod
http://i43.tinypic.com/21l6541.jpg

C:Program FilesFull Tilt PokerGraphicsNewTableCommonDialogsPlayerNotes
http://i43.tinypic.com/21l6541.png

C:Program FilesFull Tilt PokerGraphicsLobbyButtons
http://i44.tinypic.com/a1670w.png

PLO: stacking pre

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 12:41am PDT by baudib1

I was going to post this in the hand analysis section but I thought it was more instructive to put it here. This is pretty high variance but this is the type of hand I'm going to 3-bet OOP pretty much 90% of the time. When it gets 4-/5-bet we'd normally see a flop when we are this deep, but with effective stacks this shallow we're getting it in 100% of the time, IMO.

This is high variance but I believe we always have great equity here unless we are dominated in some way, which is rare. This is about 100% of the time AAxx and another hand that AAxx dominates, in which case we'll probably be a small underdog or have something like this:

AAxx: 40%
QJT8: 44%
Axxx: 16%

run some stoves against AAxx and other possible stacking hands (likely KKxx or big AKQT or AJJx or Axxx DS type hands) and you'll see we are almost always good against this range.

note I think it's crucial to understand that we don't do this with a pair in our hand or with an A or K as these hands are going to be dominated quite a bit, we want to be drawing as live as possible against likely big pair hands.

$0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($4.68)
UTG+1 ($9.75)
CO ($6.46)
BTN ($7.88)
SB ($22.74)
Hero (BB) ($32.06)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 6 players) Hero is BB Q:diamond: 10:spade: 8:club: J:diamond:
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.20, CO calls $0.20, 1 fold, SB calls $0.15, Hero raises to $0.60, UTG+1 raises to $2.20, CO goes all-in $6.46, SB folds, Hero raises to $21.78, UTG+1 goes all-in $7.55

Flop: 10:club: Q:heart: K:club: ($38.19, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: 10:diamond: ($38.19, 3 players, 2 all-in)

River: 4:spade: ($38.19, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $38.19
UTG+1 shows two pair, Aces and Tens
A:heart: 9:spade: A:spade: Q:spade:
CO shows two pair, Aces and Tens
6:club: A:club: 3:spade: A:diamond:
Hero shows a full house, Tens full of Queens
Q:diamond: 10:spade: 8:club: J:diamond:

Hero wins $36.45 (net +$14.67)

UTG+1 lost $9.75
CO lost $6.46
SB lost $0.20

What Defines a Good player?

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 9:52pm PDT by naruto_miu

I know, I know it really sounds like an easy Question to answer correct? Yet I don't really want some Kiddy answer like "I know I'm good, when My BR is up", or like "Cuz I'm constantly winning"...I mean realistically, there's ppl that Are always winning, yet are they really good? It could all be thought up as a long Up Swing Variance, being good to them, Could it Not? Yes there Ok (I guess) to always be a winning player, but are they realistically good, or very good/excellent? I've been thinking lately alot about playing the Sunday Million/Warm-up events, and yes It's realistically steep for me to even phatom (Throwing) $215:eek: , in-to that Tourney and truethfully, I'd be Choked if I did'nt atleast come out ITM, but the thing about it is, the Players that do win them, Minus the actual Highstakes players that play in them, the rest are just your average Joe correct? So with that being said, are they good to have won that Tourney, or were they just destined to win it? Hold on to this for a minute..

Now lets assume you won it, $215,000.00, this does'nt neccissarly make you good/average/above average, pro, or anything down those lines correct, it just means you were a 1 time thing, correct? There-fore, you can't really think a person who wins this tourney is a good player correct? So with this thinking what actually defies a good player? Personally even if I were to win the Sunday Million, I would'nt think I'm any where near good/decent/average for many reasons, but Primarely I'd have to atleast win it another 3 times in 1 year to even think I'm decent/Good/Average of a player Correct? I said 3 because I figure the 1st was fluke, Lady Luck, the 2nd good just be Lady Luck again, but 3rd well then that's just lets a person have that boost of confidence, and actually lets him/her, Know there doing something correct? There-fore then and only then can they actually start thinking there Good, Correct?

Now here's my question to you all, what defies a good player? What builds a good player? I'm not talking pro, I'm not talking Highstakes, just your Average/Above Average MTT Grinder? What Strengths, does one need, and What Weaknesses must one Work on, in-Order to Become an Average/Above Average MTT Grinder?

Thx all for reading it:)

Local Bank Transfer Problem FTP

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 7:21pm PDT by Lachy711

Hi all, I just joined Full Tilt Poker and have already encountered a problem with trying to transfer my first deposit- I opted for local bank transfer and went through all the steps correctly, and the sum of money has been successfully transferred from my bank account.

However there is no sign of the transaction on my FTP account- it is not listed as pending, and I have not received the money. So far the FTP support has been less than helpful. I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions or if this was normal? I don't want my money to have simply disappeared and this is obviously a horrible start to online poker for me.

Thanks.

poker hand statistics

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 6:50pm PDT by budebuzz

I have never seen this done but would be interested in the results. Most of the charts for odds are examples for 8 or maybe 10 players at a table. I would like to see a chart of all 1326 possible starting hands and the number of times they would have won against all 1326 other hands combined. They would all play each other with 5 common cards (all the way through the river) like the flop was 5 cards. The 5 cards would be every combination that 5 cards would make from the 52 cards which is over 2 million combinations 2,118,760. I would like to see which hands win most of the time against all other hands with all possible combinations. Of course there would be some hands depending on the 5 common cards that would need to be discarded because they would not be possible like if the 5 common cards were A A A A K, any hand with an A in it would not be possible but if the 5 cards were A A A K K, any single A hand would be possible and they would all play. Any 5 common cards like the first example could not be beaten so that is a mute hand but the second example any A hand would win or tie another A hand so that would be a win. The result would be a list of all 1326 hands and the number of times each hand was a winner.

Playing Live(Bar Poker) for the first time Tonight!

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 4:59pm PDT by Vfranks

So they have a poker league that goes around and plays every night of the week. I been wanting to go play, but hadn't built up the guts I guess. It's bar poker. I am gonna go tonight, after talking with a friend I hadn't talked to in a while who also say's he goes to play there.
He says they have 2 tournaments, 1 right after the other. So you get to play twice if you so choose, and they have side games(I assume for fun also) in between for the players who go busto and are waiting for the next tourney.

My buddy told me 10k starting stack, blinds start at 100/200 and go up every 15 minutes, he said from 100/200 to 200/400, 3/6, 4/8, etc...

It's all free, but u can win a 25$ Walmart card... And it's run by a league that plays every night of the week somewhere, looking at their website they actually have games running at 2 diff bars at the same time tonight.

So I am gonna go check it out for fun, I have never played live except with family or friends at a home game....and that experience is very limited.

Wish me luck! and hopefully skill... I hope I don't look like a donk, but from the sounds of it most people are there to have fun, so I will do the same.

Question about the Poker Tracker HUD

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 4:58pm PDT by kmixer

Not sure if this is the best forum for this so if there is a better sub group to move this to please do.

I am wondering how do I re-size the HUD stats to match the size of it when I add more tables. A lot of times I am playing two tables and the size of the HUD is not an issue but once I get to four tables the HUD is overlapping other things like players cards and chip bets.

Ultimately I would like to have the stats sit right under the player perfectly sized. Is this possible? Is this something easy that I have over looked. I checked Configure HUD options but did not see it there.

Thanks in advance for the help on this.

heads up hands...which has more value

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 4:21pm PDT by sarahholt3

I understand that heads-up is less about your cards and more about your opponent and position. With that said, there have to be hands that play better HU than others.

Would you rather play K-5 off or 45 suited

or

Would you rather play Q-7 off or 78s

My instinct is that the high card (suited or not) , even with a crappy kicker, plays better than the lower end suited connectors or even one-gapper suited cards.

But, my instincts on these things are often wrong...that is why I am asking you guys. Thanks.

Full tilt doesn't accept credit cards?

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 4:19pm PDT by soncheebs

Did full tilt make any changes as of the last 3 weeks that I should know about? I've never had problems depositing with my bank debit card or various prepaid visas. Now, they won't accept either, and are saying it's "due to circumstances out of their control".

What's going on can someone clue me in?

WSOP ToC you vote, they play

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 4:09pm PDT by GeoValentino

after taking almost a hour to pick them, heres my list, yes tilly is on my list, she can play when she doesn't have brain farts :D

http://www.wsop.com/toc/

Should I have called this?

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 3:57pm PDT by sarahholt3

I posted the hand history below but in general.

30$ deep stack tourney, I have 8200 chips
blinds 30/60
I am dealt Jh Jc, I raise to 240 with one limper behind
one caller and limper fills
flop: 6c 9c 10h
limper checks
I bet 600
next player calls
limper goes over the top all in for 4700
I fold

Is this a good fold? I almost always fold in these situations, early in a tourney when my m>20, but I don't know if it is the right play.

One factor in folding here was that I did have a player behind with an equal chip stack as me to worry about. But, to be honest, I am not sure I make this call even if it was heads up.

Obviously, I am behind to a set, 9-10 and 7-8 OR racing against a flush draw, over cards or a middle pair with a straight draw (but not over pair). On the other hand, A-10 and A-K (and worse) are possibilities too. I imagine I am beat about 40% of the time, racing 40% and ahead 20%. Does that sound right to you?

Just wondering what you guys would do. And more importantly, in your experience what hands do you see make this type of play? Would hands I am ahead of typically make this play or would they check raise to 1200 or smooth call rather than check raise all-in? Assuming that the player is not a complete lag moron.

Also, if I had QQ+ rather than Jacks would that change your recommendations of how to play the hand?

I run into this situation at least once a tournament and not sure if the fold is the optimal play in the long run.

I apologize for the lengthy post.

Seat 1 - MYCHIPS (4,360 in chips)
Seat 2 - HERO (8,260 in chips)
Seat 3 - ROGER (8,025 in chips)
Seat 4 - DOLPH (4,940 in chips)
Seat 5 - IFLY (8,615 in chips)
Seat 6 - GOODTRY (4,310 in chips)
Seat 7 - ROS (13,495 in chips)
Seat 8 - FLOP (7,180 in chips)
Seat 9 - RM (5,000 in chips)
DOLPH - Posts small blind 30
IFLY - Posts big blind 60
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO[Jc Jh]
GOODTRY - Folds
ROS - Folds
FLOP - Folds
RM - Calls 60
MYCHIPs - Folds
HERO9 - Raises 240 to 240
ROGER - Calls 240
DOLP - Folds
IFLY - Folds
RM - Calls 180
*** FLOP *** [6c 10h 9c]
RM- Checks
HERO - Bets 600
ROGER - Calls 600
RM - All-In(Raise) 4,760 to 4,760
HERO - Folds
ROGER - Calls 4,160

HEM question

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 2:01pm PDT by Wes747

Just a quick question.

How do I get it so that when I join a new table I start off with 0 stats? I like keeping track of my table image, but at some tables I start off and already have a few hundred hands on myself.

Shoving with the best of it - play blind?

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 12:50pm PDT by hrt25g

Hi - Game is No Limit Hold'em, £20 to sit down, blinds 20p/40p

So here is the situation

I am not able to attend my usual home game in a couple of weeks time because I have the immeasurably good fortune of spending the weekend at my mother-in-laws house - 250 miles away from the action.

When I pulled out I was accused of being afraid of losing by one of the guys. So my first thought was to choose a random moment, phone them up, buy in and shove blind there and then and see who fancied it not to win the money but just for the hell of it.

But then I got to thinking how might I do it in a way that gives me an edge? If I go with the formula above at worst I lose my £20 buy in and at best double through, but most likely I will pick up the blinds for a massive profit of £0.60. Not really a very good return.

I will have at least six players to get through and although only one would have any real idea of what hands were better than even money against two random cards, someone is likely to have something and if not I pick up my life-changing £0.60.

Most will just look at their hole cards and decide to call if they are pretty enough. That means any Ace, any pair, any two face cards and maybe medium suited connectors if they are drunk enough when I shove. However there are at least two guys at the table that might make a much looser call, say any two suited, T8o, K5o etc possibly worse, possibly even blind!

So what I figure to do is have one player sit out (naturally I have chosen the TAG) and buy me in and then relay my hand to me over the phone. I fold until I hit XX or better and then I shove, hoping to get a loose call.

The question: What does XX or better look like in this situation?

Ps. I know that by sitting and waiting to see what my cards are, I am much less likely to get called so am kind of hoping that I get something playable very quickly so it feels more random to the table. Remember I am not looking for a massive edge, simply one that has +EV however slight.

I will do it blind if someone can convince me its worth it!

The finer points of SNG wizard

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 10:44am PDT by WiZZiM

A while ago, i said i would create a thread about basic ICM and an intro to SNG wizard.. unfortunately i havent even started.. due to a time issue mostly. but also. i really dont know where to begin.

What id rather do is this. start a thread and deal with some sng wizard issues that i find most people have no idea about.. Also can discuss some basic ICM. Its not critical you know the workings of ICM, but you need to know what it does in a nutshell.
This way im able to actually go into some stuff you guys want to know about rather than droning on about edges and whatever..

Ill make my first post here on monday when i get some time.. any questions you want answered just post them in here, and ill cover them for you.

I find this topic to be important. as you can review a game, see all green ticks.. and go "ok, good, i played perfet" or the flipside,, wow i made a bad play.. but it could be a good play against a particular player.. so without this knowledge, you may be relying on the wizards opponant modelling, which is flawed..

Ok just post any queiries you want answered, ill be back on monday to make my first post. which will jsut be a basic intro into the program.

Advice please on my playing style

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 8:57am PDT by pat3392

I havn't really developed a style for me to use and was wondering what you guys thought of this. I play at the smallest stakes on pokerstars, and local pub games/ cash games.Basically, I only play good cards: A9 and K10 being the worse I'll play, and I'll only play them in good position. Play all pockets, and suited connectors when I and most other players have 50+ blinds.

This is one of the flaws in this style: will only call(most of the time anyway) when I have suited connectors or low pockets. An observant player would catch on to this, but I am not concerned with this at the moment. When I raise, I go 3BB+1 for every caller. When I get down to 10BB I'm not that sure what to do, people online say push-fold mode is best but I'm not completly convinced... But, I usually go all in at 10BB.

I thought that this would work great. Small risks and put people on pressure when I play. The only problem would not getting enough cards, since I mainly play turbo games.However, this strategy did not work tonight whatsoever. Perhaps I should have been more aggressive. For example, one hand I had AK and followed my raise pattern: It was a MUCH bigger raise than the other players were making. they all folded. Second hand I had AQ, raised a little less as there were not many limpers. THe player to my left reraised me 3 times. I decided against an all in, called, missed and folded to her continuation bet. She had pokets 88s. I guess I should go all in more when I think I have an edge over them? Another hand I did a decent sized raise with AK and got two callers. The flop came 10,Q and rag. I was first and for whatever reason decided to check, I was probably thinking that it was a rather scary flop. The last player to act did a decent raise and I folded.

Every time I don't win one of these hands impacts my stack rather severly, since I am playing very tight and not making my chips. From playing live for about 1:20, I probaly only played a few under 10 hands, and only limped in once with A10, and I was probably a little scared to lose another raise, and A10 isn't that good.

So, what do you guys think. Please give me honest critism

Choose Your Seat

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 8:11am PDT by plainluck

I noticed on at least one poker site you could choose your seat. Can't remember which one. Does anyone do this, and how would you choose which one?

GiantBuddha's Wellathon (ask me anything)

Posted: March 18th, 2010, 4:14am PDT by GiantBuddha

I know I'm not a poker folk hero like leatherass, but I am currently on Day 3 of my own epic 28 day grind. So I thought I would tell you guys a little bit about it, and answer any questions, whether they're about the grind, LHE strategy, the Mayfair Club of old, vegan baking recipes, martial arts, or whatever else anyone wants to know.

Grindathon cliff notes: I'm quarantining myself in my apartment complex for 28 days to grind poker and raise money for charities. I won't be collecting the money myself. People make pledges, then donate the money themselves once the grind is done. I will also donate a portion of my winnings once the whole thing's done. I'll post the whole press release below in a response.

---==NEW TO THE FORUMS==--- And I hate to start it with a rant but bear with me :)

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 1:27am PDT by 2ofdakind

Going to try and keep it short as I could go on and on...

I have been playing poker for around a year and a half now. I consider myself
to be a pretty decent poker player and I am not exactly gods gift to poker but
I am a + money player. Anyways this year in Feb I finally had my breakout tourney and placed first in a 2.20 2k and got myself a few dollars short of 1000$. I then went to 4 cash tables with 100 $ on each and doubled on 3 of em and busted on one.. the next day I played the sunday 1/4 mil and went deep and got another 200 $.. in 2 days I went from like 130 fpps to over 7900 and got myself a goldstar.. at this point I was on top of the world.. invincible, bulletproof.. you know the drill. Guess what happened next? yep the inevitable downslide... I cashed out most of my winnings and left 400 $ on and that was gone in a week.. and have deposited nearly another 300 $ on top of that in frustration trying to get back on track.. but nothing is working. I really don't want to go into the whole "rigged debate" as i think it leads nowhere but everyone spamming each other in the end... but since March has started I have seen the sickest things ever. I will go an entire day without winning a race and having every high pp cracked or trips runnered etc.. it's just getting to the point where I AM going to either have an aneurysm or heart attack, and pokerstars will be getting a funeral bill. I know stars is setup to induce as much action as possible every hand, and I have just been the recipient of some really bad luck.. but here's just a few examples of some of the beautys that i've seen in just the last 2 hours..

I'm holding kk in 2 diff tables. They both get broken. k7 makes 777 and k10 makes 10 10 10.

I'm holding 10 10 flop comes 10 10 2. Idiot holding AK reraises me all in and turn comes 2 and river comes 2 and AK wins...

Thnx for letting me vent.. hopefully I can come out of this with my wits still about me.

GL @ the tables:beer:

Card dead with a medium stack?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 12:51am PDT by zeeduh

Loose aggressive table, UTG i look down at KQ off and make a standard raise and get called by two people. Flop doesn't hit me but it hits my opponents, or maybe not. This happens 5 or 6 times. Either way I end up folding and losing money. How often should I be cbetting with nothing? I know for a fact that if I check any villain will bet. How should I approach this dilemma?

Working Out to Get Over A Beat

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 12:32am PDT by salim271

This worked out pretty well for me, I was playing a Double Deuce 50c + 10c satellite, made it to the final table, was getting a little short and shoved with from CO and got called by AK, hit a queen and looked like it was gonna be smooth sailing but my opponent ran into an ace on the river.

Wasn't really a bad beat but bubbling steamed me a little, I only lost like 1.10 because I never rebuy, just get one add on. Instead of just sitting and steaming or doing something stupid with my BR I did a quick workout, some crunches, pushups and light freeweight lifting.

Didn't really go for more than 25 minutes, but taking all my frustration and channeling it into working out really made me feel better. Maybe working out isn't for you, but I can't think of a better outlet for any anger you have towards poker.

Anyone else have any good outlet ideas?

Please explain push-fold mode

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 11:55pm PDT by pat3392

I don't know when i should go into this mode. Some say 10 blinds, others 13. I did some math and worked out that at 5 blinds if you call you are actually losing on average, and that's assuming you will win every time you hit! Most places In play at I am the only one who goes all in when I get short. Other players seem to wait for some decent cards or call to see where they're at instead(if they're in the small blind for example)

I am starting to question the usefullness of push-fold mode, as I get into a lot of trouble doing it. It just is so risky. When Should I push-fold?

Just the other night, one player got to the final table with 2 blinds. She didn't make any moves as she wasn't getting anything. When she sat down she was UTG. She got J2 and I would have went all in, thinking that If I don't go all in now I will have to go all in on the blind, where I would probably have a worse hand. If I did my move, I would have ran into decent cards and bust. The next move she had crap cards, like 47 or something. Only one player called and she checked, whereas I might of went all in, thinking that I really needed to chip up. The flop came and she paired, her opponent checked she went all in and he folded. 10 minutes later she somehow won the damn tournament. She said she got A8 twice in a row and went all in and doubled up.

So, is playing a more passive game better until I get decent cards for a push?

Another thing, if I pushed when I had 10 blinds everyone would just fold, so I would make little money on my decent hands. If I just sit back and only play 1 out every 15 hands or something, and those hands I would be an all in, I would lose money overall anyway(to the blinds), unless someone decided to call and I holded up.

By the way, I play at lots of turbo tournaments, where most players have are extremely short stacked (15 blinds is average around half way through the tournament)

Daily Goals

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 11:40pm PDT by BenLZ

What does everyone think of the idea of limiting how much you are going to earn in a day? Do you see it as too constricting or a way of preventing yourself from becoming too tired or losing focus?

What HuD stats do you use?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 11:21pm PDT by IcyBlueAce

Just looking to see what people have on their HuD.:D

Thanks.

Stoxpoker/Stoxtrader Scandal

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 10:59pm PDT by Kasanova King

As some of you may be aware, there is currently a scandal brewing about the owner of Stoxpoker. He goes by the name of Stoxtrader online and on another well known forum.

I can supply the cliff notes and if any members would like to go into more detail please feel free to do so.

- A few days ago, a high stakes player posted accusations about certain members of Stoxpoker - including but not limited to: short stacking, multi accounting, rat holing and collusion.

- The thread was then quickly moved but eventually re-opened again after more evidence was brought forth.

- Stoxtrader came out and posted his winning histories - CONFIRMING he is a short stacker and eventually ADMITTED to having multiple accounts.

- New evidence emerged showing possible collusion between his multiple accounts and other accounts.

- Stoxtrader has since denied ever being involved in any collusion.

- New evidence is being brought forth of possible collusion/cheating and more and more people that know or have evidence are coming forth as well.

- High profile players such as Tom "durrrr" Dwan (WHO IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY WAY) have even commented on the scandal.

Figured this is a pretty news worthy story and something that members here should know about - especially if they are also members of Stoxpoker or were considering getting a membership there.

Thoughts?

Syncing player notes between 2 computers for fulltilt

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 10:22pm PDT by chevanater

Is it possible to sync the player notes between 2 computers for full tilt? I use my desktop mostly but also spend a lot of time on the laptop chillin on the couch. Whats the best way to combine the player notes and where do i find the file?

happy st. paddys day to all.......

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 9:36pm PDT by grizzlebird

:turtle::turtle::turtle: there should be a 5th suit in poker.....all shamrocks..that way when you royal flush in green..you get all the green....old grizzlebird.

Strategy question

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 9:04pm PDT by bhood1776

I want to get some feedback on what others think about a very specific situation in a MTT. This might sound kind of odd but there is one hand in particular I'm not quite sure how to play. It's also at a certain time in the tourney.

Suited 9 10 UTG midway through the tourney with avg. to slightly above avg. chip stack. Let's also assume there are not any hyper-aggressive players who will call with a wide range of hands. Assume two LAG's, but nothing crazy and everyone else is pretty tight. Also your own image is a fairly tight player.

I'm not sure if this is a raise, limp, or just fold hand. My thinking is you have many possiblites to make something happen here, but I'm not sure how far to take it. I understand if someone plays back hard to get away from it, but what about pre-flop? What if I'm re raised? Do I fold? Do I call and try to outplay on the flop and turn?

I don't think there is a right or wrong answer, just wanted to know what others think. Thanks

Limping in low limit games or MTTS

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 8:57pm PDT by jecolgan

A lot of folxs seem to say that one should raise in position with good starting hands to weed out the players. In low limit games it seems that limping as often as possible is better as so many will call anything with any two cards. To see as many flops as possible and then pushing hard when your hands hit. It seems that in low limit games you just cannot run many folxs off their hands and they will see a flop no matter what the raise..Im wondering if you kind folxs here agree or think that one should raise pre-flop with good hands,,big pairs,,,A/K and so on???

Advice for my home game...

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 7:13pm PDT by PNJs_dad

Hey guys. I have recently started a home game(we've had 2 nights of it so far). We're planning on meeting every other Saturday night with buy-in being pretty small $5 the first one and $10 with $10 rebuys the second one. I was wondering where I could find some ideas about structure for my games. Actually any advice or places to find info etc. would be appreciated. Thanks so much. :)

SOFTWARE

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 6:06pm PDT by the 323

What poker softwares do u guys prefer the most? i play at fulltilt but alott of people tell me to switch to poker stars

Legal US online poker?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 5:08pm PDT by K_Kahne_Fan

This was just a thought I had while in Vegas, what if there was a casino network in which you could purchase online $$ while you're in their casino, then you can play from home; would/could this be a way of allowing legal online gambling? I thought about this while I was @ the Nugget in Vegas. I thought it would be nice if I could "deposit" $xxx with them and then be able to use it on their web site. Then, if multiple casinos were to get together as a joint site, there could end up being quiet a few players. This could be done similar to how they offer gift cards right now, or it could be placed on the players cards most casinos use right now. As it is now, if you make a bet while @ the casino, they can mail you your winnings (correct me if I'm wrong), so I would imagine they could do the same with this. Or they could require withdraws in person, however, they probably wouldn't get as many players.

I titled this with poker, but it could be used on a site similar to Bodog with the capability of sports bets, poker and casino.

Bodog $5K Freeroll - Who's In?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 4:50pm PDT by Sean Pilgrim

Hi Sean,

You qualified for a private $5,000 Grand Prize Freeroll as part of our Ultimate Sports Fan promotion. Registration for the tournament is now open.

Do Stars rake less than other rooms at micros?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 4:02pm PDT by CerberAcE

Im alarmed at how little Fpps im gaining at Pokerstars compared to Titan..Is it simply because they rake less?

Take this example at 2NL.

Titan - Hands 1190, Rake - $2.99, MGR - $3.47
Stars - Hands 1144, Rake - $1.35, MGR - $1.59

I know its a small sample and your never going to earn many points at 2NL but the difference is huge in my eyes.

Deposit Question . . .

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 3:51pm PDT by atskippy3

I have a large amount of disposable income and I would like to deposit a large amount to play online. Is there any way to deposit a large amount on money of FullTilt. If not, are there sites that allow large deposits . . . thanks

Can I get someone to sweat me?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 2:43pm PDT by dg1267

I've jumped from NLHE to LHE and was doing fairly well for a while, but now it just seems like I can't do anything right. I'd be willing to pay up to 20% of any winnings for however many sessions someone would care to give.

I'm playing at Full Tilt on .05/.10 LHE and between 2-3 tables, but could do 4 if you'd want me to.

I know C9 might be interested, but knowing your style, I really don't want to change my game that much so quick.;)

I use skype and teamviewer but would be willing to download anything that works and is free. Just let me know. Thanks.

Top/Top in SBvBB hand, check fold river or commited?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 1:08pm PDT by 4sorbetter

Villain is VP: 70% / PFR: 0% / Call preflop raise: 48% over 54 hands. I just lost a big pot with top/bottom pair Vs top two pair and this hand happened. Can I check fold the river or am I committed after my turn bet. With how big my turn bet was I didn't put him on the draw and it's hard to check raise a person who never bets. All he ever did was call people down, very passive player. Very frustrating playing against a calling station.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 3.3 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 (t16090)
CO (t10040)
Button (t12728)
Hero (SB) (t10079)
BB (t11190)
UTG (t3730)
UTG+1 (t12735)
MP1 (t29112)
MP2 (t10170)

Hero's M: 33.60

Preflop: Hero is SB with

5 folds, CO calls t200, 1 fold, Hero bets t800, BB calls t600, 1 fold

Flop: (t1800)

(2 players)
Hero bets t1400, BB calls t1400

Turn: (t4600)

(2 players)
Hero bets t3600, BB calls t3600

River: (t11800)

(2 players)
Hero bets t4279 (All-In), BB calls t4279

Total pot: t20358

Results:
Hero had A

, J

(two pair, Jacks and eights).
BB had Q

, 10

(flush, Queen high).
Outcome: BB won t20358

Full Tilt Down?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 12:59pm PDT by xXSmuggla

3/17, 1:00pm EST. Takes a long time to even connect to site, then when I check all boxes for any game type (SNG,Tourny,Ring) and it comes up with no tables at all. Already tried it on 3 different computers so I know its not that. Just thought I'd check with you guys let me know if it's workin for any of you. Thanks

6 max double or nothings

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 12:25pm PDT by Western mail

Anyone played or got experience in the 6 max dons?I know they dont have them on pokerstars,but they have them on cake and ipoker skins.

Im going to ive them a try anyway ive got rakeback at cake so im going to try a few on there they start at $3.30.It shouldnt be to much different from the normal 10 man game.We shall see:)

Raising Out Of Turn

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 11:45am PDT by AILeeds

Hi,

No Limit Holdem:

if someone has raised out of turn (accidently), what is the ruling?

Thanks
AIL

All-In Call in Question

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 10:55am PDT by McKracken226

I decided to take a break from ring games last night and play a MTT. I was in 24 place of 27 when this situation occurred. I had long ago made the money and had 80k in chips. Chip leader had over 300k.

Blinds are 3k/6k with about a 600 ante. I've got J8s in middle position. Guy in EP limps. Now, before I go on, I should mention this guy had been limping and playing just about ANYTHING. In fact, had stats of 52/12 for the last 50-100 hands of the tournament and was making several questionable all in moves and calls. Anyway, action is on me and I raise to 30k with the only goal to steal the blinds and the limper. Everyone folds back to the limper who waits for a good long while and then shoves all in. He has me covered. So here's my thought process...

- i've got 50k left and the pot is 150k, so I'm getting 3:1 on a call
- I rule out TT+, AJ+, because based on his play he would have insta-shoved
- I'm putting him on Ax or maybe a low pocket pair, in which case I'm a coin flip or a little better than a 3:2 dog. Getting 3:1, calling should have +ev
- I'm shortstacked, and have been for awhile, and money doesn't payout doesn't increase again until 18th.
- if I call and win, I'll have 200k and have a good chance at the final table and big money.
- so I make the call

Now, did I just completely spaz out and make a horrible decision or is my logic to make the call ok? I should note that against ANY other opponent I lay down my hand to a limp re-raise, but I wa fairly confident I knew where I stood with this guy. I think my bigger issue with what I did would have been my 30k raise knowing the limper could call or do what he did, forcing me into this situation. I just don't play a ton of MTTs so I'd like to know if my thought process is flawed so I don't make future mistakes.

Thanks for any advice

p.s. Apologize if this should have been posted in hand analysis section, I meant for this to be a more general post than what it ended up being.

Middle Tournament Issues

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 9:10am PDT by popowich

I think the biggest problem with my tournaments (2-5 table SNG's, but probably MTT's too) is with my play in the middle of tournaments. I'm generally a tight player and somewhere between a rock and a mouse. Once I have chips I generally don't lose them with losing hands but from time and blinds chipping away at me. I understand to be going after medium stacks as the bubble is approaching and picking up chips during that time, but between the beginning and that point in a tournament I think is wen I'm not playing enough hands. I hate getting re raised at this stage of SNG's because folding a raise trying to pick up blinds is a significant % loss of chips. I've been limping with more hands than normal form the button and CO to try and correct this issue and picking up the pots after the flop if the blinds check. Any other things I should be trying?

How to become a Pro?

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 7:21am PDT by Lindyloo

Hi, I need advice on playing poker for a living.
I love playing poker and would love to go pro, but I want to do it right. What advice can anyone give me. Starting out I would be happy make $10 an hour, so what bankroll would i need and which tables should I be going on? Also would anyone recommend a poker training site, such as cardrunners, has anyone on here used one of these training sites and are they any good?
Thanks everyone.

This is AweSome! Best strategies for smart players!

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 4:30am PDT by maxallin

I was looking for best poker strategies on the internet and i've discover the following website.
Smart strategies 4 smart players!

Can you tell me what you think about this??

Great way to start your PokerStars BR

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 3:41am PDT by justin306

(First of all I'd like to appolgize for the very long post, it just gives the ppl that don't know about this the general idea of what i mean about starting a BR by doing this.)

If you don't have a BR on Poker Stars, then now would be a good time to take advantage of this oppurtunity. I'm sure you all know about the Americas cup of Poker, all you have to do is play in the ACOP - freeroll shootout SNG (can be found in -tournys-regional). Its 81 players - 9 tables - then 1 final table. you just have to beat your other 8 opponents at your table, then wait till every other table has a winner, the winner of every table goes to the final table where 1st place takes a $0.10 ACOP tourny ticket (wow $0.10 no big deal you might be thinking right? haha). You then use that ticket to enter the $0.10 ACOP (your country vs. other country). Yesterday there was 2320 entrants in my countrys tourny with 342nd place taking $0.15 and with 1st taking $38.20. the SNG shootouts are fairly easy except there is always alot of all ins on the first hand, the good thing is that there are around 3 of these SNG's every minute of the day and night and you can get as many tickets as you want. GL to everyone.

Hot rumor that CC's own Dusty"Leatherass"Schmidt has joined team Poker Stars online!

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 3:38am PDT by Kasanova King

Rumor on the web is that Dusty has joined team Poker Stars online! If true, congrats Dusty! Very nice accomplishment! :beer:

Edit: Now confirmed, is listed in the P.S. client.

Cardschat's own Dusty"Leatherass"Schmidt has joined team Poker Stars!

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 3:38am PDT by Kasanova King

Rumor on the web is that Dusty has joined team Poker Stars online! If true, congrats Dusty! Very nice accomplishment! :beer:

Edit: Now confirmed, is listed in the P.S. client.

Bankroll

Posted: March 17th, 2010, 3:16am PDT by the 323

whats the best way to build bankroll at fulltilt

im thinking of playing 90 player or 180 player tournaments and then bigg cash games what do u guys do to build bankroll

Why?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 2:44am PDT by IcyBlueAce

What is the reasoning for playing 16 tables all on different limits?

Jeeze this guy... (online now)

How much money per hour on average do you think you make per limit?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 1:03am PDT by IcyBlueAce

I couldn't find any information on this, I'm just interested in knowing (if possible) if there is any kind of "average" amount of money someone makes per hour if they are a winning player for each stake.

I would think somewhere there is some kind of statistics on this.. A few players I randomly searched for $1/$2 had an average of 3BB/100, so that being said, that is around $3-$5 per hour, per table in profit?

Maybe I'm missing something.. because I also read a post a month back saying you can't make a living off $1/$2 NL, but if you were four tabling, thats $20/hour..

:pcguru:

Please explain push-fold mode

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 9:13pm PDT by pat3392

Probability Question

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 8:50pm PDT by chattin35

Just wondering if there was someone who could guide me in calculating or where to find the actual numbers to a probability of possible hands given an opponent's range question.

For example:

What the percentage of the time will villian have AA/KK if he is opening 7% vs 14% vs 3% etc from EP?

Given X combinations of AA/KK possible and X cards in his range that comes out with AA/KK a calculated X% of the time?

Thanks much.

Which do you think is tougher to do...

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 8:30pm PDT by brianvoytek

....make a tough laydown or gutsy call?

Both have their moments, but which overall is THE toughest.

limping with ace rags suited?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 6:52pm PDT by blueskies

I know limping is bad, but I think hands like A3, A7 suited are like
small pocket pairs. I would rather get in the pot as cheaply as
possible. The hand is vulnerable, and its only strong if I hit my
suited cards so I dont want to build a pot and get called by pocket
pairs and Ax with higher kicker. If someone raises behind me,
depending on the opponent and the pot size, I may call or fold.

I want more people in the pot because if I hit a good or great flop, I
have a big hand. With more people in the pot, theres more chance I
get paid off by a straight, smaller flush or trips or something.

From the button or CO I will vary play and may open raise.

It seems to work at microstakes. Probably should just fold at higher levels.

How come chat is disabled for double or nothings?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 6:43pm PDT by IcyBlueAce

Any reason why? I know they are disabled for FTP and DoylesRoom.

Heads Up Play In Sit N Gos

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 6:03pm PDT by Xavier

I have an ROI of 20% in sit n gos but I really suck at heads up play, and according to my stats I only win 2 out of 3 times when I get to heads up.

I play the regular sit n gos where you often get to heads up whilst the blinds are not that big often like 100/200 while the 2 stacks together total 13500, so you're quite deep, and its not like you just have to go all in quickly.

Does anyone know where you can find some info on how to play heads up, or any books?
This isn't covered in much detail in most books.

Does anyone else struggle with heads up play?
I've realised this is the worst area of my game by far now, and its totally different from playing even 3 handed.

Is this common ?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 5:56pm PDT by Nexus6

I have been at so many online tables where everyone is calling and folding fast then when ever I bet everyone takes their full time or almost full time? then everyone folds except 1 player ... It has happened to me at 2cent 5cent and at 20.00 sit n go double or nothing. At pokerstars

Thanks for your time...

Moneybookers?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 5:31pm PDT by NeverFold

Hey guys I'm thinking to open a Moneybookers account to fund my online poker games , shall i go with it ?

On my way to Foxwoods!

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 5:21pm PDT by natsgrampy

On my way to Foxwoods. Gonna get in the Foxwoods Poker Classic, play cash game tonight and Tourney tomorrow. I'll post some GOOD NEWS here, when I get back

Did I Make a Mistake on This Hand?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 4:09pm PDT by PasoTex

OK, I'm playing in a $150 NL hold 'em tournament at Caesars. My stack is down to 3100 at a table of 10 players. The blinds are 400-800 and the ante is 75. A player in middle position limps. He has about 10,000 chips. The table has been solid, so I put him on JT+, 98s+ and 22+. It's folded to me in the big blind. I have K9o. I knew I certainly was not going to make him fold if I pushed, but for several orbits I had no opportunity to shove as my cards were truly awful, such as 85o. A push seemed marginal, but seemed like the best choice, so I went all-in. The limper called, turned over AJo and won the pot. I think I made the right choice, but wish I knew how to determine what my chance of success was against my opponent's range.

After that game ended, I felt my biggest mistake was in letting my stack get that low without taking any chances. So a few days later when I played in the same tournament again, when I had about 10,000 chips at a full table with the blinds 500-1000 with a 100 ante, I pushed all-in from early position with 99. A guy on the button called with AQo and I lost the coin flip. I was satisfied I made the right play, though.

Just Got Back From Vegas

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 3:52pm PDT by PasoTex

I just returned home from 4 day trip to Vegas - Thursday through Monday at the Bellagio. The trip was good, as I won enough to pay for my trip and then some. I'm a 30-60 limit hold 'em player who also played some 15-30 hold 'em while I was there.

The poker room at the Bellagio was busy. The level of play varied wildly. Sometimes, I was at tables where the play was tight and very sound, with none of the players making any obvious, exploitable mistakes. At other times, the play was truly awful. For example, one opponent was in a pot heads up with me with 66. I had AA. He peeled on a flop KQ4, spiked a 6 on the turn and cracked my aces. Other examples of awful play include players who raised in early position with Q8o and drawing to backdoor gutshot straight draws in small pots.

I also played in a couple of nightly $150 NL hold 'em tournaments at Caesars. The play was reasonably good and most of the players seemed to be locals.

Overall, my sense of Vegas is that it is much busier than it was last year, when it was deader than I'd ever seen it in the 20+ years I've been going. Having said that, it is not nearly as busy as it was 3 years ago when the economy was still healthy. The city and state are still having a tough time, and I think it will be awhile until the city fully recovers. However, it's still a great place to play poker and I look forward to my next visit.

Iron Man: Use it, it's free!!!

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 3:51pm PDT by TPC

So in another thread, Time to quit playing poker and start taking it for real, I talk about looking at poker as a part time job. I mentioned that you need to pick a site and stick to it, to take advantage of the promotions they offer. Full Tilt offers the Iron Man Promotion. However, I've talked to some CC members and there is a lot of questions on how Iron Man works.

Where is the Iron Man section.
Go the the Full Tilt Cashier and hit the my promotions button at the bottom. It will take you to your "My promotions" web page. Click on the Iron Man Challenge button. From there, there are tabs for your Iron man page to track your progress. There is an Iron Man Main page tab, an Iron Man Store tab, Iron Man Details tab, a One-A-Day Freeroll tab and finally a rules tab. You can find pretty much all the information you need on those pages. However, even with all that information some people are still confused, and I can understand why. So I'll address some of the common questions I've heard.

One-A-Day Freeroll vs Iron Man Challenge
You can pretty much think of this as two different promotions with a similar name. The One-A-Day challenge is pretty straight forward all you need to do is earn one FPP point per day or more in a month and you are eligible to play in a special freeroll the second Saturday of every month. You can't make up any days, if you don't earn a point one day, you are done and have to wait till next month. If you don't want to play in the freeroll, just don't register and about a week later you will receive 15 Iron Man Medals in your Iron Man Medals Bank.

What are Iron Man Medals?
Think of Iron Man Medals as a second set of points. You earn them by hitting one of four Iron Man levels, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and the highest level Iron. You can use the medals in the Iron Man store to buy gear with the Full Tilt and Iron Man logos. These are separate items not available in the regular Full Tilt FPP store. You can also use them to buy FPP's, Tourney tokens and cash bonuses.

Buying cash bonuses and Tourney tokens are probably the best value of the Iron Man medals. There is a good article here on the value of Iron Man. That will give you the best idea of what you should use your Medals for.

What happens if I miss a day?
A lot of people I've talked to confuse this with the One-A-Day freeroll. Yes, if you miss a day in the One-A-Day challenge where you don't earn at least one FPP you're done for that month and will earn nothing.

However if you are trying to hit one of the Iron Man Levels it depends on where you are in the month. You can miss days, but if you miss too many you wont be able to hit certain levels. For example to hit the highest level (Iron) you must earn 200 FPP's or more a day for 25 days in a month. So if there were 31 days in a month, you could miss six days throughout the month and still hit the Iron level.

You can't make up any days by earning twice as many points as you normally would. So plan ahead on when you are going to miss days.

What type of plan do I need?
Iron man is pretty much geared for ring grinders, although SNG's players doing a lot of volume can also hit Iron Man. I'll just assume you play cash games, because that is what I know about.

If you have a small roll and are playing 10nl, it's kinda hard to earn 200 FPP's every day. It's possible, I've done it. Playing 8 tables at a time you are looking at around 3.5 - 4 hours a day. Which might be a stretch for a lot of people. So shooting for 50 points a day is probably more reasonable. If you hit 50 points a day for 20 days in a month, you will hit the lowest level which is Bronze, if you do it for 25 days, you'll hit the silver level.

On average, it takes around 600 hands at 10nl to hit 50 FPP's. The more tables you play, the faster you earn points, but don't kill yourself with too many tables where your win rate goes from positive to negative. Just take it slow at first. Don't worry about trying to hit any Iron man level until you can do four tables. At 10nl it's going to take about two hours on average to hit 50 points, playing four tables.

Iron Man seems like a lot of work for little reward.
True, when you are starting out and playing micros. Iron Man can seem like a ton of work for little reward. However, doing the Iron Man Challenge has it's benefits.

First, it's creating a goal for yourself. It's forcing you to play volume which, if you are a winning player is healthy for your bankroll. It's forcing you to play longer when on an upswing, at the same time it makes you play through downswings.

The more consecutive months you hit Iron Man, the quicker you earn Iron Man Medals, which means the quicker you can buy bonuses. Meaning rewards start to come at a quicker rate.

Iron Man Bonus
Every six months Full Tilt gives Iron Man bonuses. For every month you hit the Iron level, you would get $100. So if you hit Iron every month, you would get a $600 bonus. If you hit Bronze every month you would get $150 bonus. Basically the break down is Bronze is worth $25 a month, Silver $50, Gold $75 and Iron $100.

Do Happy Hour points count towards Iron Man?
No, the happy hour points do not count towards Iron Man.

What happens if I can't play for a month?
Well if you miss a month and don't hit an Iron Man Level, you will start over. You'll still receive any bonuses that you have coming to you. However, if you are earning Iron Man Medals at a quicker rate do to hitting Iron Man levels for more than two consecutive months you'll go back to the beginning rate.

Luckily in the Iron Man store you can buy an Iron Man Month for 150 medals. So if you know you are going to miss a month for whatever reason just purchase the continuing month so you don't lose your status and all the hard work you put in. You can purchase an iron man month for two consecutive months if needed.

Also if you ran short towards the end of the month, you can purchase Iron Man days in the store as well. You can buy up to four Iron Man days in any given month.

Closing
So, if you are going to start treating poker like a part time job and you are going to play on Full Tilt. Be sure to take advantage of all that the Iron Man Challenge has to offer. By doing so it will create structure for your poker business, give you goals to shoot for every month, as well as give your poker business some extra income.

Questions?
That's a run down of questions I've been asked by CC members. I'm sure there are other questions out there. If you have any other questions feel free to post them in the thread.

Reg'd for the Foxwoods Classic $200 NLH

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 1:00pm PDT by Four Dogs

I'm registered for the Foxwoods Classic $200 NLH tournament. It starts tomorrow at 11am ET. I've played live tourneys before but they've all been charity or cheapo Vegas events with horrible structures. This will be my first live tourny that isn't a total crap shoot.

The blinds start out at 75/150 and double for the first 3 rounds which sounds terrible if it weren't for the 40 minute levels and 5000 starting chips. This actually rates pretty well with some WSOP events and is better than most on-line events at Full Tilt or Stars. The blind out time is 3 hours and for anyone familiar with Arnold Schneiders rating system it has a patience factor of 9 and a skill rating of 5 out of 6.

Due to the low buy-in I doubt they'll be any big names but I expect the final table to be full of reasonably skilled players and of course a luck-box or two who somehow manage to filter through the 1000 player mine field.

I expect the prize pool to be around 160k and the winner to take home about 30-40k.

The tournament itself is a 2 day affair with day one playing down to a final table which will continue at 12pm on Thursday. Day one could go as long as 15 hours so I'm a little concerned with how I'll hold up if I manage to go deep. Any advice on how to stay sharp will be appreciated.

I'll try to keep you all up to date via Twitter and this thread. BTW, the ME is a televised WPT event. If I do well I may just treat myself. Wish me luck.:)

Pokerstars BR from play chips or freeroll

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 11:44am PDT by jaggibson

I rarely play at pokerstars and don't feel like depositing there. Was thinking about trying to get a BR from freerolls. These are just insane donk fests and much time is needed for little reward. I decided to play in a play chip tourney and am doing well.

I looked into it and there are sites that pay you for play chips around $10 per million. I am almost thinking with multi tabling these might be the easier way to go.

Either way would take some time, but i think i might give it some and try it out.

Micro stakes strategy. Oxymoron?

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 11:38am PDT by fletchdad

After doing only Sng and Mtt for a while,I have been studying a lot and trying to improve my cash game. I feel like I have a better grip on game strategy, I am paying attention to position, calling/betting/raising range, and feel ok about the way I am playing. I understand variance, but I am wondering if you just need the best hand or fold on these tables. In maybe 20 hands I saw 2 way all in 3 way all in and 4 way all in with hands like 79 s, KJos, Atos. OK, not all of em, some were JJ or KK or AA but lots of impossible PF all in hands. My raises were getting re raises that were then getting re-raised again that made it hard for me to stay in...... I havent been on cash games so much maybe I just forgot how it is.... I am on the micro stakes. Is it just an all in frenzy, or did I have bad table selection (watched 4 tables, happening on all of em)

OK I didnt post a question here so here is one...
Is Micro stake strategy: wait till you can afford to see the flop with a good hand, and take advantage of flopping the winner and then take the money and otherwise fold???? Of gambling with the rest of em.....?

Preflop bet sizes (6-max)

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 10:35am PDT by Ubercroz

I've been thinking recently to change my bet sizing based on my position at the table.

UTG= 5bb Range=11.8%
UTG+1= 4bb Range=17.9%
CO= 3bb Range= 28%
BTN= 2bb Range= 48%

SB/BB= 6bb/3bet Range= 7.6% This one is a little bit trickier since its also a stealing opportunity but any hand I have in there is essentially being 3bet to a raise when I play from either of those positions. Though I've been getting beaten up recently when I try to steal from the SB too wide...

The reason is to reflect the relative strength of the range I'm playing in each of these positions. I want the strongest portion of my range (which happens to be out of position) to give the worst implied odds to my opponents and make me the most since its the range I'm the least likely to want to go past the flop with.

On the button the min raise is to reflect I'm stealing super wide which makes it easy to get away from if I get 3bet and it maximizes my risk reward when people fold too much. This means I would be doing 2bb whether I'm raising with Kxs or AA.

Thoughts, opinions, reasons why this is stupid?
Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks.

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buy in

Posted: March 16th, 2010, 3:36am PDT by yasudab

i was reading somewhere that the loss of 15 buyins is not uncommon when playing nlhe. is this more unusual or has anyone had longer.

FTP login error

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 2:02am PDT by toomanynames

I was playing on FTP and a friend wanted to create an account so I let him do it on my laptop. For some weird reason he can't log in at all now and I can't log into my account either. Is anyone else having this problem??

whats the easiest poker hud

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 1:00am PDT by corey333bd

I want to use a poker hud. However I have holdem manager and find it too complicated and hard to use with way too much stuff. What is an easy to use poker hud that still has player stats listed right next to their names while at the table? Thanx.

Brian Hastings busts Isildur1 again

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 10:00pm PDT by ________ANGF

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Anyone really good at omaha please tell me what happened here???????

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 8:35pm PDT by the 323

ok i had a hand that was 5 5 8 9 all off suit and the other player had a k 10 7 he won with a two pair aces kings but i had a str8 with ace through 5 how is this possible pleease help how can a str8 loose to a two pair aces and kings on omaha ????

high stakes poker season 6, episode 5

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 7:59pm PDT by paumarhas

a very big bluff by durr. durr vesus ivey.

durr started off with his betting at 25k. everyone folded but ivey who had A6d, durrr had 89spades.
the flop came 10d, Qc, and Kd, nice hand for phil not so for durr.

prior to dwan getting into the pot the others around the table were making fun and joking about dwan's unpredictability and his "ways" haha, which i think edged him on.

after the flop durr makes a CC bet of 45.8k :eek: then ivey makes the mistake of just calling, he's giving dwan too much credit. :confused:

the turn card is the 3 spades no help to noone.
durr bets 123.2k, ivey calls again. remember dwan has nine high :eek: phil could beat him right now with A high. :rolleyes: and the pot is 408.7k.

then the river - 6 clubs, ivey makes a pair of 6's. durr has gotz.

durr bets out again 268.2k. i think at this point phil's too embarressed to call, with just a pair of 6's (poor phil.)

the pot is now 676.9k. phil's thinking and thinking, he makes the comment to the table about how sick it is that it's taking him sooooooooooo long with what he's got. but he don't know he has the hand. :(

dwan sits there with his moronic stare, his eyes are tearing up and very red and it looks like he's going to "cry" if he doesn't succeed.

the only thing i could figure is maybe phil felt sorry for him or phil's losing his nerve, because he folds. :eek:

wait till phil sees the tape. he's either going to have a huge laugh over it or next time "watch out durr"

phil was durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrred. :(

i'm not much into dwanistics. i prefer philistics. god i wish phil would've called that would of made my day.
:vroam: :rofl:

2 Questions on limit poker

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 7:58pm PDT by telboy

What bank roll do you need for .50/1, when do you move up. how many big blinds do you need to have for each level.

In no limit when choosing a game you look for 30 plus pre flop. Is this the same for Limit

custom labels in the note taking tab on pokerstars

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 6:59pm PDT by pat3392

Does anyone use these? If so, what do you do with them. I was thinking of assigning player styles to each colour, was curious if others already do this

How to Play KK

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 6:36pm PDT by steveestewart

So, I'm playing NLHE and I get dealt KK. I don't want to say specifically what my position is (as I'd like feedback on any position) or whether its a cash game or tourney (again, curious of advice for both).

Obviously, its a decent hand, as a AA is the better starting hand, so a part of me wants to raise (which I feel I should), but the other part is thinking how much I raise as someone coming in with Ax and a single A drops, I'm beat.

So, what do you guys do when UTG or in any other position and everyone before you has just limped in. Also, what do you do if someone raises before you get a chance to bet (hinting they may have an A)?

If there is a good article or thread on this already, please feel free to direct me there

Ticket to SCOOP on Stars help

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 6:02pm PDT by natsgrampy

I was just awarded a ticket to the 2010 SCOOP freeroll on Pokerstars. It is 2010 SCOOP depositor freeroll US/CA. I can't seem to find such a tournament on Stars. Anyone help? :icon_scra

Player Stats for multi table SnG's on Stars

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 5:51pm PDT by awesomename

anyone know how to look these stats up for Stars? im aware of sites like sit-n-go shark, cardplayer online rankings and pokertableratings... but was wondering if there is a specific page for the $2.20 - 90 person and $4.40 - 180 persons SnGs found on pokerstars...

thnks in advance, andrew

4nl hands ... lead out or check back flop?

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 5:19pm PDT by matt20

I was playing at doyles room so im not sure how to import a HH or if its even possible but anyway....

5 handed .02 .04 cent. A super call station limp in cutoff. I have KK in dealer position.. I make it 16 cents. he calls.

Flop K K Q. he checks i bet out 30 cents he folds.

What the opinion here.. check or bet? I have the board pretty much locked but since the guy was so stationy I felt I would get calls from alot of random trash, but this time he folded... how often do you all bet out vs check here bcuz we obv want to play for hte biggest pot possible and I guess folding out any hand is sort of a mistake.

Players only to Merge update

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 5:13pm PDT by Numbuh 0ne

So I talked to a customer service rep today and they informed me that April 15 was the day they would officially be moving over. He also said that the gold chips and gold cards would be converted into vip points or whatever merge calls them. I guess there planning on having a reload bonus as well. Idk about you guys but I'm kinda excited about the move and can't wait.

Huck Seed in FT Horse freeroll at 5:40....

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 4:53pm PDT by Divebitch

Still time to sign up if you hurry.....ID # 146716842. Don't remember the last time I saw a bonafide pro in these donkfests.

Interview with Randy 'nanonoko' Lew

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 4:46pm PDT by icemonkey9

Hey guys over at a site I write for, they are featuring an interview I did with Randy Lew, otherwise known in the online poker world as "nanonoko". If you are curious how a young kid became a millionaire and what steps he takes to get the job done, give it a read.

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Learning with videos

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 4:32pm PDT by maolitas

Hello,
I'd like to ask your advice about specialized websites like Deuces Cracked and others, that supply Learning Videos.

I'd like to have your opinion. Can we really learn a lot with them?

I'd like to find some specifically about SnG.
Can you guys let me know if you know some good websites that provide good SnG learning videos?

Thanks :)

Tournaments in Central Ohio

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 4:30pm PDT by CSuave

There is a qualifier tournament this coming weekend (03/18 to 03/21) at Gemini Players Club. Prize pool will be in excess of $10k

Also, there is a $600 tournament coming up April 3rd at Platinum Players Club. It is part of a full series for March Madness that is running from 03/16 till 04/05.

You will have to look up their information on your own though. Sorry.

Wild $300/$600 PLO action

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 4:02pm PDT by ________ANGF

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Table Theme

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 3:56pm PDT by BabyAcey

Is there anyway to change the look of the table (Table theme) at Absolute Poker? most sites have it in the "options" section. But I don't see anything for AP. It's a "dark" table, needs more light. Anyone know?

$600 tourney in central Ohio

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 3:39pm PDT by CSuave

Platinum Players Club is holding a March Madness tournament series from March 16th till April 5th. Pretty good variety of tournaments with the main tournament being a $600+60 buy in with 15k starting stack and 50 minute blinds.
Check their website for more info. Not sure of the blind levels.

Manners

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 3:35pm PDT by BabyAcey

Makes me laugh when wanna be Phil Hellmuth's, call YOU a "moron" or an "idot" or a "donk" when THEY lose against your hand!!! Don't be a sore lloser. Lose with dignity say "nice hand" or not saying anything would be welcomed!

Are the vids. at PXF DRM or no?

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 3:18pm PDT by Poker Orifice

Does anyone here know if the vids. over at PXF are DRM or not?

anyone withdraw from western union?

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 1:26pm PDT by Spiral46and2

im needed a little cash and i know they charge 25 to withdraw from ub. but does anyone know how fast u can get the cash?

against an aggressive opponent who will not fold

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 12:27pm PDT by blueskies

I played at this table where I stayed about 100 hands. I had this guy sitting on my right who would just refuse to fold when he’s in a pot. Normally that’s great, but not when I am not hitting the board at all or not getting any great hole cards.

I had 33 and 55 once. Didn’t play the small pairs as there were big raises preflop. And AQ twice. Raised his limps about 4xbb both times but he out flopped me both times with crap hands 8 10 and K6. I went to showdown the first time and folded the second time with K99 on the board and he showed a K.

I didn’t like the way the cards were falling (tons of K3, J6, 84 kind of crap, which I folded and hitting air in the few pots I got into), but with a guy like this I kept telling myself that I could easily double up if I finally caught the cards. Never did. Or when I did catch something, he wasn’t in the pot.

He ended up finally losing after building up a nice stack but donking it off to other people. And after he left, I left. I had lost nearly 2/3 my stack at the table. Should I have left for another table when the cards were not coming? Just shove with AQ when he limps? I guess 4xbb raise was too small to chase him off right?

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How many are playing in the MiniFTOP

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 9:15am PDT by blade1984

I have only play in the 1st tourney so far but i am going to play about 4 more :cheers: gl to all that are playing in them

Factoring Stack Size into your PreFlop Action

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 8:55am PDT by Weregoat

Hey Gang, I've been thinking about something a lot lately that I hadn't thought of much until recent events (stacking people with shady hands for hundreds of dollars at the live tables).

I have a very LAG style, in that I don't mine showing up to raised pots with weak holdings if the strength of my hand is low, but has potential to hit big against a deepstack. Also I certainly don't mind barrelling or 3-betting light if I think it's going to be a profitable move.

In one of Harrington's Cash books, he discusses this theory, and relates it to a venture capitalist. If I understood the theory correctly, he basically says that a venture capitalist is somebody who puts small amounts of money into business that may or may not make it, but if it blows up, they make a lot of money.

Loosely translated and in my own words - I look at the potential of my hand rather than the strength of my hand. And a big deciding factor in potential is stack size. In the live games I frequented while I was home, a few players ussually get their stack sizes up to about 200BBs and sit there, waiting for opportunities to play their stack against eachother with the nuts, picking off the short stacks to keep up with blinds etc. I believe while I'm relatively new at this, it has paid off well.

DISCLAIMER - Some of you 'nitty' online players are going to tell me that I shouldn't be showing up to a flop with these garbage hands. Let alone calling a flop bet with them. That's all well and good, perhaps it's a -EV move, but I'm looking for BIG pots. And a BIG pot is decided by one player with a deepstack having what he considers to be the best hand against another player with a deepstack having what he considers to be the best hand, and these 'hidden strength' hands are very sneaky ways to get it done.

All of these hands are at the 2/3 NL at the Bike, a live game.

Hand 1 - 24o double up
I'm in MP with 24o. I've just bought in for $300, and perhaps I'm tilting a little bit. The player directly on my right hand ~$500 in front of him, and raises to $15. I call, knowing damn well I'm behind, and I'll fold to a 3-bet (this table didn't 3-bet often, otherwise I probably wouldn't try this move from this position). The button calls the $15, blinds fold.

After the rake, the pot is ~$45.
Flop comes Q72 rainbow.
The player on my right bets out $25, presumably with an overpair or a strong queen. Let's say AQ just to be on the side safest. He ussually doesn't put money into the pot with nothing, and being the preflop raiser from out of position I give him credit for KQ at the very least. And I don't think he'd bet a set of queens (or sevens, or dueces) on such a dry flop, even if it is 3-players. I decide a call is in order, and I don't suspect the pot will get raised by the BTN. The BTN calls, and I pray for another duece.

The turn comes a 4, not making a flush possible. The player on my right fires up his engines, and bets $100 into the pot of $120. I decide he's commited enough to call a jam, and if I'm beat or get drawn on, I've got more money in my pocket, however the BTN won't call a jam here with only a Q. I jam, BTN folds, player on my right calls, flips over AQ.

Had this player had $40 in his stack, I wouldn't have dared show up to this flop. So stack size definitely mattered, and luckily a bunch of harmless looking cards came out, and I ended up being best after all the cards had fallen.

Hand 2 - 35o turns a monster.

In this hand, I was the chip leader at the table. I had already stacked the player on my right in two straight hands (24o and 66 with a set respectively), and was for the most part playing my rush. A raise from a 100 BB stack gets my attention from the button, and I happily call a raise here.

The flop comes 47J rainbow. The preflop raiser checks, and I'm happy to check behind him. If he has an overpair, TP, or even 2nd pair I'm looking at a 9% chance to improve to a straight, and only if I hit a 3 or a 5 am I going to open up to any more outs to beat him, or be drawing thin to a flopped set.

The turn comes my miracle 6, and he decides it's time to bet. He fires a pot sized bet. I look at him, and decide to make what looks to be a steal attempt, and raise to 2.25x his raise. He jams on me with AJ, and I call, happily adding his stack to mine.

Luckily on this hand I was able to use my position and my opponent overvaluing his hand to my advantage.

After stacking him, villain rebuys, wins a few small pots, and a few hands later he raises again. I look down with Td5d from the button.

Now - generally T7 is the worst T I'll play, and in fact I'm folding this hand about 90% of the time, even if me and villain are stacked and a million BBs each (not true, but if I'm stacked that deep at a cash game I'm calling a friend to pull me off the table and provide armed support in case it becomes neccesary as we leave the casino). I talk myself into not folding by saying "it's such a small bet, it's just a fraction of your stack. Maybe you'll flop 2pr or something." Okay, me. Okay. So I call.

The flop comes 9 high, all diamonds. Villain checks his whole cards (big PP anyone, one to no diamonds?) and jams. Now I'm in a predicament. Should villain have AdXd here I'm getting my money in bad and winning 0% of the time. Should he have a bigger diamond he has 7 outs to beat me on two streets, rule of fours says he has a little better than a 28% chance to make a flush, let alone runners to a fullhouse if my read is right, so we'll leave it at 28% to accomodate for his runners and folded diamonds.

I call, he asks me if I flopped it, and he opens KcKd. No more diamonds come.

So...

What do all these hands have in common?

1. I have position on the original raiser.
2. They're all 'snap-fold' preflop for most players.
3. They all won me over 100BBs each.

I left that night with $2000 in chips (getting off the table with 666 BBs is fun), and had a lot to think about as far as playing deepstack poker.

I believe it can be profitable at live games, because most live players don't have the math of bet-sizing available to them, and are overall a weaker field. I believe it can be profitable at online games, however much less so, as a flat-call pre, and a raise on the river sets off 'set alarms' to most players who see a bajillion hands, so you have a lot of fold equity.

But it's something I'd like to discuss - how does stack size effect your decisions in poker?

All discussion is welcome.

Thanks,

WG

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Do you prefer cash games or tournies?

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 11:27pm PDT by K_Kahne_Fan

If you're like me, you'll take poker however you can get it. However, if you had 3 games to choose from at the same time, which would you pick? Cash game, tourney with no rebuys or a tourney with rebuys?

How much is "fun" for you?

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 11:25pm PDT by K_Kahne_Fan

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Ive joined team Moshman. This will be my progress thread.

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 10:36pm PDT by custo80

As of today, I am officially receiving coaching from team Moshman. If you havent heard of Collin Moshman, well I dont know why youre the member of a poker forum. ;)

I contacted the management team via their website [collinmoshman.com] and applied for a coaching deal. Within 24 hours I was contacted and an offer put on the table. The original deal was that I play 400 $5 double or nothing tournaments per week and pay 50% of net profits for a period of 6 months.

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Posted: March 14th, 2010, 9:56pm PDT by Pascal LeFiscal

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Posted: March 14th, 2010, 9:20pm PDT by Grossberger

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Full Tilt 1.10, 2.25, 3.30 45, 90 player skill levels and strategy?

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 8:08pm PDT by salim271

Hey guys, I've recently started to play 1.10 FT 90 player SnGs, I found them really tame with low skill levels but the pay out isn't very good until the top 5, and even first place isn't that large for the amount of time put in, I don't like multitabling yet so I don't do more than two at a time. I've looked but haven't played the 2.25 and 3.30 levels and I'm wondering about the skill level of players there?

At 1.10 there isn't much skill at all, I've found that tight aggressive play works really well, I tend to play extremely tight out of position even with low blinds, I ignore stuff like KQ and QJ out of position because raising with them always seems to cost too much and you're too easily dominated by hands that are better and just called like JJ, AJ, or AQ. Today I played in most of one but I had to leave right before the money bubble and I came back to find I went out in 13th which is only 1.80, .70 cents is not worth 2 hours of play to me.

I was hoping for some strategy suggestions before I move up to 2.25 level, I don't want to go in unprepared, does nitty poker not work well at that level? Is the skill level similar or the same as 1.10?

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Posted: March 14th, 2010, 8:03pm PDT by The_Pup

I played a HU tourney tonight against a player who had me completely flummoxed. It was a $6.25, 4 player HU, winner takes all. I quickly won my first game, so I went to take a look at the other table to see how the other finalist would play. The game was odd. With average stacks of 1500 and blinds at 50/100 moving up to 200/400 every hand was limped by the button and both players pretty much checked to the showdown. Neither of them took the initiative: there was no raising preflop at all, and if anyone hit the board a min raise would get a fold. I watched both players limp with AJ+ hands and check to the river with quality made hands. The game ended when one player was blinded out and their Q7o fell to J8s.

So, I get to play the winner and it turns out they are the instigator of the weirdness. My initial strategy was to place value bets, lots of small pots and get fairly aggressive. The first thing I noticed was that the villain would limp a pot and check down as they had done previously - it was as if they had they 'auto fold' button ticked. But if I put in any bet they would call or even double it. Within ten hands or so I was down 2000/4000 as my value bets on flop or turn had been cracked by a river card. It continued like this for 15 minutes until I was dead.

A typical hand would be: I get QTs on button and raise; villain calls; villain auto checks flop; I bet half pot; villain calls; check, check, check, check to showdown and villain takes pot with K5o to a A7827 board. It went on and on like this, if I bet they called or raised, if I checked they checked. Common strategies such as raising from BB and betting any flop (which usually gets a fold 4/5 time) just didn't work; check raising wasn't an option as they didn't bet and any kind of bluff was out of the question.

The most exasperating thing was catching a bit of the flop (say Js8d to a 8h5hQh flop), value betting and getting raised an amount I couldn't call or a call that left me weak on the turn.

The question is, was I up against:
a) a computer program?
b) an idiot?
c) a genius on a level I don't understand?
d) someone having a laugh at lower stakes?

Did he have odds?

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Posted: March 14th, 2010, 5:35pm PDT by Saintnick

Nice to meet you all
I'm from Boston and just got into this online poker.:beer:

Taking a beating on Micro Stakes

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 5:03pm PDT by jecolgan

But,,still coming up with the PO frs,,and the private tournies on PS,,where i also have a small br,,cashed in 3 of the 4 tournies in the last couple of days,,smallish fields,,less than 20,,top 3 get paid:):) last one,,the last 3 played for well over an hour with small swings:) helluva fun game..tho,,ive laid off the micro stakes for a bit,,got hit a small lick on some BS and just too dmn mad to play...mabey later,,some hi/lo,,which seems to be the only game i can consistently win in @ that level:( bout all i play is da wheel and i play it to the hilt, but anyway,,,time and learning,,I think I may almost be ready to buy some books,,and really learn the math behind my decisions,,:)

i need help.....

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Posted: March 14th, 2010, 2:54pm PDT by xXSmuggla

Recently lose a bankroll? Want to start a bankroll with no risk?

Most CC members are aware of what freerolls are but I have not seen a thread that actually ranks the sites. With myself being a "freeroller" I have been trying to find the best freerolls. The two major factors are obviously payout and # of ppl in field. Feel free to add!

*Before I start I just wanna say that while playin these freerolls, most of the time one loses is because of a bad beat. If it happens dont get pissed about it most ppl in freerolls are huge donks

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2. Sportsbook
- The freerolls on here have smaller fields than full tilt. And offer $500 freerolls every wednesday

3. Doyles Room
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IN DEPTH QUESTIONS ABOUT SET MINING(long)

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 1:34pm PDT by JOEBOB69

First off i will tell yall what i consider small pair,middle pair,an high pair.Small pair 22-77 i'm in the pot with these hands 80% of the time to set mine an 20% of the time to steal the blinds in postion.Middle pair 88-jj 85-90% of the time to take down the blinds an limpers preflop an the rest to set mine vs a rocky as hell tag player that i'm sure is ahead pre.High pair qq-aa reason to play these i don't have to say.

I have read on this forum several times that everyone in the pot needs to have at least 10x the amount the raise was for set mining to make a profit in the long run.I just read Harrington On Cash 1 an he says he likes every one to have at least 20x the ammount was preflop.
Question #1 Who is right on this?

I just reviewed an averaged my bbper hand with small pairs(22-77) average was .276 bbper hand.
Question #2 is this good,bad,or average?

I've read on here an every where else for that matter that chances of hitting a set or 1/7 (please correct me if i am wrong).Ok so counting the rake into thought here.
Question #3 Once we hit a set to we have to make 10x the ammount preflop every time to show a profit?If not what is the x ammount of the oringinal bet to we have to make to show a profit in the long run.

Ok my next question depends some what on #3 i belive.It has to do with single players,vs muti players in the pot.For the sake of argument that were playing 10nl were on the button everyone folds to the cuttoff he raise 3x blinds we have 33 (i know we could raise here vs a lag but lets just say we are calling).Ok we call right now we are up against one oppent an in postion but whats the odds that we get paid off here if we hit?I'm not sure but in most random hands i doubt it.He raise 30c we called flop k39 he cbets 40-50c we call are raise is he putting any more money in the pot on average?

Question#4 Should i quit set mining so much vs one player?

my hud wont work with satellites

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 12:31pm PDT by rssurfer54

I play on ps and my hud wont work with satellites. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? The history is recorded, but the hud never shows up.

How to Keep from Losing Pre-Flop

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 12:20pm PDT by steveestewart

Hey Guys, I'm currently on a bit of a downswing. I'm talking almost every time I flop 2 pair, someone lands a higher 2 pair on the river despite my frantic 10-20x BB raises. If I flop a fullhouse, someone will flop 4 of a kind on the river (actually flopped a AAAJJ and some DB with pocket 3s calls my $10 raise (2/5c tables) and the table says AAJ33 at the end...) so I'm reexamining what I'm doing wrong, how I am losing SO MUCH MONEY, and even who I am as a person.

I am playing SUPER tight now, almost too tight but my question is: Ive noticed I am losing a bit of money pre-flop from scenarios such as the following:
I am in any position on the table (it happens anywhere Im at) and I'll get dealt KJ or TT or something similar. So, I know an A will win, but you can't fold this hand immediately. So, everyone before me will limp in or fold and the decision will come to me, so I'll bet 3x-5x BB, since I'm learning to not limp in (even though I seem to be losing more money from this. Thank you DONKS!), and following me someone will raise me to like 10-15x BB. I usually will fold, but every once in a while I'll get tired of folding and will call with my KQh and Ac5s4d will come down and then I'll get raised like 40x BB, so I fold.

If I call Ive then lost 15x BB, but even if I don't call, Ive still lost 3x-5x BB. I know its not a lot, but over the course of 300 hands... it adds up to overtaking my winnings (lately). Am I doing right by going in on these hands or should I just fold everything but AA (not literally, but you know what I mean). Any advice.

Shove to Induce Call 1st Hand of 9 Player SnG

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 11:50am PDT by jernest

Hi all, when dealt AA or KK in BB on the very first hand of a single table SnG with 4 - 5 limpers - especially one from UTG - is a large raise or a shove more likely to induce a call?

It seems on the rare occasions that I have such good holdings in this situation that a 6x - 8x BB (sometimes even as low as 4xBB) raise usually causes folding all around. In other games where the Premium PP is in someone else's hands, given some limpers - they shove and usually gets at least one caller sometimes more.

So the question is, does a first hand shove get more callers than a "proper raise" due to players thinking the shover is an idiot/donk or whatever, and if I am holding such a hand and want the callers will I get a caller with a shove when the same individual may have folded to a pre flop raise?

I guess taking all of the limped bets is nice, but I would rather get better action. Should I lower my raise to a min raise or even just 3xBB raise hoping for a re-raise/shove or one or two callers? Any thoughts appreciated. And this is only dealing with BB or SB play.

Bet sizing in 3bet/4bet pots

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 8:05am PDT by thepokerkid123

How does your sizing differ from what you'd do in smaller pots?
If you change it at all.

I ask because I'm not really clear on this one.

Assuming there's between a 19bb and 25bb pot with 100bb starting stacks then stacks are going in on the flop or turn, most of the time.

How small do you think you can bet here, or do you think that's dumb and you should just be shoving?

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A case for limping pre-flop.

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 4:53am PDT by chattin35

Im writing to present an alternative to the conventional wisdom so widely permeated throughout the internet poker community about limping pre-flop, and attempt to make an argument in its favor. Please tear this post apart if you have a counter-argument. Contrasting perspectives are extremely benficial and productive.

My poker experience is mostly full ring 10nl with occasional ventures up to 50nl online and a couple live tourneys and cash games. So, consider the sourse. It may be a micro-stakes specific.

Like so many other poker players, I learned the basics playing tournaments and then migrated to cash games after winning a few freerolls. I am just beginning to open my eyes to just how different cash games really are (took me 60k hands, haha). At its most basic a tournament is a battle for the blinds, with survival correlating to (real money) profit rather than chip accumulation. One of the main reasons for raising in tournament poker is to protect a strong hand. By raising, you simultaneously lower the risk of a speculative hand (smaller pocket pairs, suited connectors, Axs, etc) busting you, when they hit a set or draw, by pricing them out while simultaneously getting value in the form of blinds or a few chips on a street or two of betting - thus ensuring your survival.

However, this is not necessarily true in a cash game. In cash poker, you make money by well, winning pots. The bigger the pot the better. You might make the money in a tournament and double up, but you can double up in one hand in a cash game, even triple up! The initial investment of a couple bucks for a small raise or limp is fairly insignificant compared to the potential reward, where in a tournament, you need to conserve your life. This reality changes significantly the value of certain starting hands from cash to tournament poker as well.

The downside to raising pre-flop... so much is talked about the benefits of raising pre-flop and taking the initiative. Heres a different way to look at it. Raising makes it extremely easy for your opponents to put you on a hand. If a standard 14/10 player opens to 3x bb UTG+1, its probably safe to assume hes got 99+ AQ+ give or take a little based on how tight/loose/positional aware he is. This allows you to play almost perfect poker against him and take virtually ATC and make them profitable. Also, when a standard TAG raises, hes usually raising with a TPTK hand. Ive learned the hard way, that you dont want to play big pots with these types of hands. Good opponents wont give your AK on a Kxx board much value unless theyve got you beat. So, why would you want to clearly define your hand, and start building a big pot pre-flop with a small pot hand? I always found myself raising AK, flopping TPTK and then trying to pot control it to showdown. Why not start the pot small and maybe the guy with K10 will come along cause nobody limps AK? You want to win stacks off the ex-tourney player (me) who falls in love with his AK or AA not be the guy who is suddenly facing a river shove on a suspect board with just TPTK. I argue that you can maximize the value of a hand like AK by limping early position. More to follow on that

You can take advantage of the fact that limping is considered whimpy and stereotypical of weak-tight or calling station type opponents. There are hundreds of players that aggressively iso-raise a limper assuming limp=weakness with a much wider range than they would normally open. This makes them extremely exploitable. Some will raise big in position with ATC when there are several limpers in the pot. When youre at a table with one of these agro-tards, or especially a short-stack, you can limp behind with a decent hand like AK. Sure enough he sticks in that big 4bb+1 raise from the button and then, if its folded back to me, I just move all-in (depending on stack size of course) knowing that hes likely raising with a wide range, to pick up dead money, and youre mostly ahead. Hell be hard pressed to call with anything less than AA or KK, given the standard perception that a limp re-raise is usually AA/KK. He is unlikely to actually have AA//KK himself (based on your read) and two blockers cards. At that point, you just took your TPTK type hand and made a decent little profit from dead money rather than having to play cautiously with a small pot hand OOP against an agressive player post-flop. Another thing you can do is limp with AK and when the lobotomized agro-monkey raises, flat call. Hell put you on a small pp most likely - hardly ever AK - when the flop comes A-x-x. You can safely check-call three streets of value from his AQ. That same player might fold AJo to an UTG raise from you, but now youre playing a pot with him in a very profitable dominating situation.

The beauty of this is, after people see you make these plays, it adds an incredible mix of deception to your game while playing OOP. You can effectively take the initiative away from the raiser making him guess - and thereby much more likely to make costly mistakes. A limp-call from you could now mean pocket pair, big ace, suited connector, basically, your entire range. This indecision from villain will slow down his aggression, force him to play more straight-up, which thereby allows you to play more correctly according to ole Sklansys fundamental theory of poker.

However, the number-one most valuable reason to limp is it invites more people into the pot. This is something you want. It creates more chances to play post flop with several people who might decide to come along for the ride with two-pair or a goofy draw when you have the nuts. It gives you better odds, both pot and implied, to play your speculative big pot hands when there are more people in the mix. Monster hands only get paid when there is someone to call you down. Don't scare everyone away with a raise - more people in the flop the better your chances there will be someone around to pay you off when you do hit.

There is also the cost-benefit analysis to limping. If you miss the flop, no pressure to continue as your investment was only 1bb. In theory, you could limp-fold 99 times and if you take a 100bb stack from someone once, it is profitable. Realistically however, you can steal a lot of the limped pots fairly cheaply and bet for thin value, relying on your skills and playing small pot poker with draws and when you semi-hit the flop. The potential for profit is very good from a risk/reward standpoint. Of course, your opponents can pick up monsters as well, so it takes as certain element of caution to step through the set mine field you created (har har).

Plus, yeah, the fish like to limp. Might as well put them all in a barrel while you do your thing.

All said, I think limping pre-flop can be a powerful tool to add deception, exploit opponents, and maximize your profits if used correctly.

Anyway, feel free to tear my arguments up. Please do, in fact. Im still an infant in my knowledge of the game and always trying to learn more.

:beer:

Trade Funds anyone?

Posted: March 14th, 2010, 4:38am PDT by Sean Pilgrim

Anyone have BR on Full Tilt and Pokerstars?

Reason I ask is I don't play stars much and would like to just get it into my FT account. So if someone wants stars money for trade of Full Tilt money let me know. And, I'm not interested in Sklansky dollars at the moment. PM me if you're willing! :-)

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Can anyone answer this for me?

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 1:09am PST by AlexA1986

What is the best poker site for a tournament player? I mean with massive fields and acceptable BI amounts nothing crazy like $11 or less.

Equity question

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 8:19pm PST by Pbland

Why does QQ have more equity than KK or AA vs. 65 in pokerstove?
QQ (80.368) vs 65 (19.632)
KK (80.362) vs 65 (19.638)
AA (80.356) vs 65 (19.644)

Obviously not a big difference, but I would've thought AA would've been a little higher than QQ.

bankroll

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 3:47pm PST by yasudab

i have decided to play on .10/.25 no limit holdem on pokerstars where they have 50 BB buyin. taking variance into consideration, what should my starting bankroll be?

bankroll

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 3:47pm PST by yasudab

i have decided to play on .10/.25 no limit holdem on pokerstars where they have 50 BB buyin. taking variance into consideration, what should my starting bankroll be?

full tilt cc freeroll

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 2:08pm PST by slicky

CardsChat

Unfortunately you have not qualified for this freeroll.

why not? do i have to use your bonus code or something

How to turn the corner to profitablity?

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 1:39pm PST by ryanmefford

Hello, my name is Ryan and I have been taking poker for 3 years but really started playing seriously for about 3 months now. I understand thats not a long time but bare with me. I have been playing about 5-6 hours a day at 25NL. So far I have lost about $500, but I know my game is improving and im getting better. My next step is to purchase poker tracker 3. Anyway, my question is how long did it take to become consistently profitable? Im not talking six figures just $20-$50 per day. Sometimes I make $100 a day but find myself not knowing when to call it a day. My job allows me to play pretty much all day so I plan to make this my part-time business. I feel like I'm right at the edge of profitablity but cant quite make it. Any helpful tips would be greatly valued. Thanks

4bet shove with Queens, AK suited... or dare I say Jacks?!

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 1:33pm PST by Deceitful_Frank

Ok over the last few days I have learned what a pre-flop 3bet is... basically just a re-raise. I didnt realize that the blinds counted as the first bet!

This led to some relief as I thought I was never actually 3betting pre-flop and was going to investigate some kind or strategy to put this right.

Fortunately I have long since been re-raising pre-flop and will do so in the average situation with around 12 hands ranging from KTs up the ranks to AKs and with pocket Tens up to pocket Queens depending on where I am from mid to late position.

I would imagine that the average apponant would generally tend to 3bet with the following holdings:

AKo
TT
KJs
AJs
KQs
AQs
JJ
AKs
QQ

Obviously KK and AA are possibilities and I think that most people would look to get at least half, if not all their stack in before the flop.

Now this, after a recent badly played hand with Queens led me to ponder the value of a 4bet shove, combining a re-re-raise preflop with a good slab of fold equity, simultaneously building a healthy table image of "don't $%*& with me!"

I plugged the above range of 9 hands with KK and AA into pokerstove and put then up against QQ, AKs and JJ, results as follows:

QQ 55.7% to win
AKs 50.8% to win
JJ 46.5% to win

Well the first two hands look promissing and I thought at first that JJ was a no-go but then I figured that if I raise 4bb and villain 3bets me with a 14bb bet there could be near to 20bb already invested in the pot so I wouldn't need a 50% chance to win to make the 4bet shove with JJ profitable. Then when you factor in fold equity and the fact that players at 2NL/4NL could even be 3betting with far inferior hands like AQo, KQo or AJo...

What do you guys think? Does my theory make sense?

If not, what range of hands do you think the average player with an average stack in an average situation would re-raise/3bet with?

Looking forward to your thoughts and critisisms!

Frank.

EDIT:

Okay someone just 3betted me with A9s....whats that like a top 20 hand?! I had AKs and shoved, he called! He was a 71.2% dog. He lost.

Floating In Pos w/ 9 hi flop

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 12:11pm PST by Pokerstudent

Hey All,

Question. How much do you float?

What aspects do you need to float the flop? I typically want to be in position. I also would rather a passive player behind me, but not necessary. Am I missing anything?

I used an example on the subject line. Many times I have limped In Position (IP) against one player and the flop has come 9 5 3 rainbow (or some very dry flop w/ 8 or 9 hi). If I have an aggressive player in front of me or someone who hit the flop, I often call. My reasoning is because I believe that with (w/) 9 hi, and 10, J, Q, K and sometimes A will allow me to bet large on the turn and take it away.

Does anybody do this? What other times do you float? What is your reasoning?

Later,

STUD

best site

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 10:24am PST by APOCALYPSE

..well i just started playing poker about 6 months ago i mainly play freerolls right now on UB/AP..but as of late theyve gotten cheap on their freerolls and unless you belong to a bunch of clubs or jump thru hoops you basically find yourself restricted from play..so i was just wonderin' what everyone thought..as far as what is the best site to play on..

Beau Rivage Spring Break Poker Classic

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 9:28am PST by dakota-xx

Okay - someone come join me for this!

http://www.beaurivage.com/casino/casino_poker_room.aspx

I am going to play in event #12 on April 5th. I need to test out a big tournament before I decide to play in a WSOP event in June.

What are the odds?

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 6:01am PST by ShelbeeD

Can anybody tell me what the odds of catching quads on the flop is? Not with 3 of the same card coming out, but with a pocket pair and then the other two coming out? Thank you. Just curious.

Great New Titan Update!

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 2:59am PST by Poker Orifice

If you play on Titan, go check it out. New update today.

First (& best) thing I noticed was -> you can finally re-size the tables!!
Some other stuff as well, including improved notes (also colour-coded).

Will take a bit to get familiar with it but seems like a big improvement.

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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 1:46am PST by malawi

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Anyone with PT3 able to help me with this problem?

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 1:35am PST by IcyBlueAce

I'm playing on DoylesRoom (CAKE network). Everytime I play a tournament, PT3 records it, but if I win, it does not come up. I have to go in and manually put in what I won for that tournament. (changing $0 to whatever I won)

Anyone have any ideas as how to fix this?

Thanks. :)

trades?

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 1:11am PST by damours21

hey guys i am new to your forum and im wondering if you guys do trades here? i know im new so i would send first to someone with a good rep with trades. im just looking to get a small amount of money from stars to ftp

micro heads up cash on UB

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:58am PST by NiceNisus

lol @ 1c/2c nlhe heads up

trying it out

my opponent and I both sat with 80c and I could see our money disappearing to rake, after a few hands we were down to 1.50 on the table

i eventually busted him and sit with 1.27 of the 1.60 = alot of rake

Anyone trade 10$ on UB for 10$ on stars or tilt?

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 11:24pm PST by NiceNisus

I'd like 10$ on UB for playing their step sngs.

I'll trade pokerstars or full tilt money.

Anyone interested? I'll send 10$ first to any respectable person and they can send me 10$ after they receive.

which kind of hand would you rather lose?

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 11:02pm PST by blueskies

If you HAD to pick one way to lose a hand in which you went into the flop way ahead, would you rather lose:

Something like AA vs. QQ, and the other person hits a 2 outter.

or

Something like AK vs. A7 and the person hits two pairs?

I lost AK/AQ vs. A9/A7 twice tonight and AK vs. QQ last night (I hit the A on the flop and the other person called me all in but hit a 2 outter on the turn)

I must say I rather lose the second way because at least the other person had a legit hand.

Both of the other hands I mentioned the other guy called a big raise out of position and somehow nails the person cards.

Strange Coincidences

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:36pm PST by osub44

Now I don't know the exact odds for both of these situations (as far as how often they happen) but I know what my experiences have shown me, at least up until this past month anyway.

I don't know whether AA vs KK (or a similar situation) or AA vs AK. I know up until this past month (which I seem to be on the wrong end of a lot of AA vs AK's) I have seen a lot more AA vs KK deals than I have AA vs AK. What are your observations on this?

Questions about rakeback and rush poker on FTP

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 9:12pm PST by philthy

1. On a standard ring game, how is the rake for rakeback calculated?

...Is the 27% rakeback given out of the total rake at a given table? (So, I should make more rake if I sit at a table for 4 hours than if I only sat for an hour, right?).

Or is it 27% out of the of the total rake from the hands that I play only? (So, if I fold preflop I wont be eligible for that rake.)

2. How is rakeback calculated on rush poker? Assuming the 27% of the rakeback is calculated out of the total rake taken from a given table, then it would be possible to make more from RB since rush poker plays so many different tables...right? Also, does the quick fold option affect anything? I know when you fold you move to another table, so do you still qualify for RB from total rake calculated from that table after you've moved?

...Sorry if this is confusing.

Full Tilt Poker - Security Tokens

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 7:53pm PST by icemonkey9

Just a friendly reminder about using a Security Token - do it. It makes your account hack proof (that is, unless someone knew your password AND stole your security token).

Tokens for both branded and unbranded are available in the FTP store as well as the iron man store.

The one thing I really love about the Full Tilt Poker edition is that you can use multiple security tokens for one account. For example I ordered one of the tokens (took 2 weeks to deliver to California) and then ordered the mobile phone app (iPhone). I have both linked to my account, thus, when I am on the road I dont have to take the token. Fun!

Anyways, dont get hacked, use a token. It's a wise use of your points.

easyplay bailing on usa

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 7:28pm PST by luckyhearts

Easyplay poker (merge network) bailed on usa players this week...anyone else having trouble getting their money out??? My login info wouldnt work even though i know it was right....ended up emailing them for a transfer to another merge, gl me.

won 500.00 at cache creek....wow

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 6:58pm PST by grizzlebird

yep, its my time 2 crow...a fullhouse with lots on the table...long live the indian casinos........:beer:

Just wondering? Card DeadNess

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 2:44pm PST by naruto_miu

Here's something, and I find it happens to me not often but when it does it's a bitch I swear, anyways, lets just say you bought into any tourney, and as the blinds are going up, you just keep folding and folding and folding, because A)The table Aggressive B)No cards what so ever, so what exactly do you do in these circumstances?

This is usually the part in the game I just get bored/fed/and just decide to just luck box it, because I can't fathom going in to the first break as the lowest in the tourney cuz of my tight ways...Correct? So what should I do to not let this happen to me? Or is there nothing I can do when up against players like this?

LOL at Poker stars

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 1:37pm PST by Madness_does

Poker stars has a daily free roll called the daily eighty grand, only 7 people advance, when it first started there were 10,000 players, then its went to 20,000 players, and now its at a whopping 40,000 players, with only 7 people making it. I figure the least they could do is up the amount of people that qualify, hell while they are at they just should make it unlimited.

LOL at Poker stars

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 1:37pm PST by Madness_does

Why do people play so much slower on other sites?

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 1:28pm PST by IcyBlueAce

I've been playing a few $1 SNGS on DoylesRoom and everyone is soooooooo slow compared to FTP.. I don't understand, I guess its just because the site is soft and filled with more donks??

Even the "turbos" go slower than FTP..

:sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep:

Time to quit playing poker and start taking it for real

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:02pm PST by TPC

I’ve been playing online poker for a little of a year seriously. By seriously, I mean I actually review hand sessions, discuss strategy with friends, read books, watch training videos ect. I’m doing things to become as educated as I can and become a better poker player. Part of which is running your playing like a business which I found great insight on reading “Treat your Poker Like a Business” by Dusty Schmidt. This was the first book I read that gave me one of those “a ha” moments.

Now a few of my poker buddies didn’t like the book but I think they missed the message of the book. Poker is a grind, just like most business. You invest money and time in things that should give you the best return on your investment in the future. Depending on what your business is some of the strategies you pursue might not pay off till many years down the road. So what I’m trying to say like in business, poker isn’t a get rich quick scheme. It takes a lot of time and work to generate a profitable poker business over the long term

I know you’ve heard the term “It takes money to make money” and that couldn’t be truer for poker, obviously. However, many players online like me are not poker professionals we all have jobs, bills, and other things outside of poker. With that said to be successful and consistently turn a profit you need to think of poker like a second job or your own business where you are the only employee. You are responsible for research and development, scheduling and finally generating an income for your business. You need to set yourself an organized structure that you stick to. One that allows you to have free time other than doing things poker related. You need to let the people you care about know about your poker business. Let them know it’s your own business. Something you can’t just stop doing while you’re in the middle of it because your significant other wants to go to the mall or your buddy wants to go out for a few beers.

I know what you are thinking, I play $2 tourneys or 10nl. It’s not that big of deal. Well if you want to keep playing $2 tourneys and 10nl for the rest of your life, then that’s fine. Don’t change anything. Think of your time in the micros like a start up business ran out of your garage. The most expensive piece of equipment you have is a coffee maker and a computer. You have no clients and no one knows who you are. People close to you will say, well he doesn’t have much, but he’s just getting started. I wish the best for him. Others might say you’ll never make it. Don’t let them get to you!!

I’ve made posts in the past that state you need at least $200 to start your bank roll, plus another $200 for poker related expenses. So I suggest starting with $400 total. If you don’t have the full $400 to start, SAVE up until you do. If you are going to take this seriously you need to buy tracking software such as Poker Tracker 3 or Hold’em Manager. I would buy that first before you even buy a poker book. There are other means of free poker learning material via the internet, which I’ll touch on in a second.

Where to play? Well, you need to pick a site and stick to it for the most part. The reason for that is there are VIP programs associated with the major sites such as Full Tilt and PokerStars. If you are jumping between sites, you’ll never be able to do enough volume to take advantage of the VIP programs. So which site is the best? Like everything in poker it depends. However, if you are just starting your poker business and have limited amount of capital, I suggest Full Tilt. Due to the fact that they have the Full Tilt poker Academy which offers free poker training. To make consistent money over the long haul playing poker and to take full advantage of the VIP programs you’ll need to learn how to play ring. I know some are going to say you can do it with SNG’s ect, but trust me playing ring is the way to go.

The Grind

At times, poker can seem like the easiest game in the world and two seconds latter it can make you want to punch a hole though your monitor. I have struggled with tilt issues and not knowing when to quit my whole online career, however I’ve slowly figured out ways to manage this and each blow up gets a little smaller. I’ve found its very self defeating and disheartening. The side effects of this cycle can make you want to quit or even go broke. It’s a vicious, vicious cycle and will prohibit you from becoming a winning player if you don’t manage it.

When you are playing the micros your money won per hour is going to be tiny. When starting out and only playing a few tables, your dollar per hour figure might be less than $1 an hour. Which seems terrible and it is, if that’s how you are looking at it. You should have tracking software which will show you your win rate. And you need to focus on that win rate. If you are beating the micros for 5BB/100 then you are doing great, just keep grinding. If you are losing you need to spend more time in your research and development lab and find out what’s going on. Thinking of the money as points rather than dollars and cents helps as well. Never try and push yourself to make some quick money. That will always work out terrible and put a dent in your bankroll, trust me.

Always stay humble. I’ve gone on good runs where I think, wow, I’m so awesome I can push everyone off their hands and run over the whole table. Well at times the situation may dictate that you can, but don’t get cocky and think you can always do it. To be successful in poker isn’t glamorous, it’s a slow and steady grind which will have many high points and many low points.

Setting goals is a must! The grind can get boring at times, setting goals can give you a chance to see the light at the end of the tunnel and give you something to focus on. But set goals that make sense and are actually attainable. I’m so sick of seeing the “I’m going to turn $50 into $100k in a year” BS. No, you’re not. You’re not because you don’t have any structure and the expected win rates at the limits you’ll have to start at to hit that goal makes hitting that goal and using proper bank roll management impossible. For me, I like hand goals. Playing a certain number of hands in a month gives you something to shoot for and creates structure. It makes you play volume, which is great for building your role, rake back, truly free poker training and Iron man on Full Tilt. It will force you to play through your downswings and also play longer while on a heater. Maybe you want to set a points goal to buy something in the points store? Whatever you do set goals that are challenging, but are also attainable.

It’s time to take poker seriously and start generating some income. To do that you need to run your poker playing like you would a business.

What to do, what to do???

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 11:15am PST by BabyAcey

So I had 99 and I'm the BB, everyone folds, the small B who is the chip leader raises me. So I'm thinking he's trying to bully me out. I call, then the flop is QQ6, he checks, I check. Then the turn is a 3, he checks I bet, he calls, then the river is another Q, now in my gut I know he doesn't have the fourth Q, so I bet and he re-raise me all in, I think he's got A high at best or even if he has a 3 or a 6 I got him beat, so I call. He's got pocket 10's. I'm out! Was I wrong to call???
Sometimes this game drives you crazy!

FullTilt USA-Restricted Freerolls

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 11:01am PST by itlegacy

Freerolls are excellent resources for praticing boardgames. I discovered each weekday evening, FullTilt Players can participate in USA-"Restricted" $250 Freerolls at 21:05. MAX players are set to 7,500.

Tonight (Friday, 3/12/2010), the Freeroll Tournament number is 146017461; registration is open now. Enjoy and good luck.

trade

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:50am PST by rirwin

anyone want to trade $200 on stars for $200 on tilt?

Rush Poker....(I think)

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:02am PST by Pokerstudent

[vimeo.com]

This is a pretty funny video. Stryd0r is trying to teach rush poker. Now he might just be way over my head in his teaching, but his logic is hilarious!

If anyone gets a chance to watch, please don't tell me I'm the only one who found humour in it.

STUD

A little longer than I would have liked, but the funnier stuff comes about 1/2way through.

Large MTT Endgame

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:01am PST by 4sorbetter

Playing large (500+ ppl) mtt is my favorite format for playing nl hold'em. I've made it deep a decent amount of times with five final tables that ended with a win, second, third, 7th and 8th. Most of the time I find myself getting knocked out in late game, but before the real money starts. I have Dan Harrington on Hold'em Volume 2:The Endgame, but obviously I've missed something.

Some of my recent finishes:

29th out of 18875
15th out of 647
18th out of 779
65th out of 1376
19th out of 444
59th out of 1571
20th out of 1583
11th out of 180
36th out of 748
12th out of 929
31st out of 665
80th out of 1722
38th out of 418
15th out of 897

That's way to many missed opportunities to making final tables where a decent amount of money could be won. With my most recent 29th in miniftops event#1 I noticed/felt like I was one of the worst players at that point. It might have been because of lack of sleep (10hrs of poker and up the entire previous day) but that's how I felt. I never just try to scrape by to make it itm, and I have no problem putting my stack on the line on the bubble because who cares if you just make your money back after 5 hours of play. But there is a big difference between the itm bubble, and when getting close to the ft, or final two tables bubble.

For those of you who play and do well in large MTT how do you cope with endgame, low M situations? What kind of signs to do you look for when trying to find a player who's just going to try and fold their way to the final table? How light will you 3-bet the guy that's made a steal raise the past 4 rounds on your BB? Is there ever a time when calling a pfr is correct, or should I play raise/fold? Is there a trick to ignoring the fact that 240,00 is only 2 BB and not 240,000 chips (big number syndrome)? Are there any other books out there other than Harringtons that will provide some insight?

Kind of a random list of questions but I want to make more final tables! Any other bits of information are more than welcome.

~Thanks

full tilt dep ?

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 9:56am PST by jenisis

i keep getting the runaround from support. can some1 here help...i have made 3 deposits with my visa debit...30 20 and 10. i looked at my account and they charged me 30.26 20.18 and 10.54. why is it more? r they trying to tke little extra amounts thinkingg i wont notice?

software essential ???

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 8:16am PST by tcummo

hi all
i play fairly often (online only)
mostly low limit tourny's ($5 max) sng etc.
i mostly play no limit holdem
i play in 3 rooms (fulltilt,betfred cdpoker)
i am up a small amount in all three
i dont use any software (except pokerstove for odds etc)
if i want to get more serious
is software essential (huds,pokeroffice,pokertracker etc.)
i have mixed feelings about software
is it cheating ???
is everyone using it ?
i enjoy my poker at the moment
but would love to get rich lol
is using software the only way to win big online ?
any thoughts welcome
good luck at the tables
tcummo
:beer:

Poker is like getting in shape

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 7:20am PST by ben_rhyno

I've thought about this for a while and noticed similarities with the two, especially in my life.

At first, you have to get to a point where you are fed up. In poker, you lose your bankroll for the umpteenth time after not putting 100% of your efforts into keeping it with good BRM, in life you're struggling to fit in your favourite pair of jeans because you haven't been bothered to look after your diet and exercise.

So, we vow to stop playing, and take a break from poker and educate ourselves by reading books, articles and forums, like CC, we record our progress using things like HEM/PT3 and set ourselves strict BRM and personal goalswhen we come back after our break. In life, we may read men's health magazine, a few articles about good nutrition, going to the gym, we start goping to the gym, or getting out to exercise, we start a strict diet. We look down at the scales and see we've dropped 10 pounds in a month. We look in the cashier and see we've doubled our bankroll in a month.
We are extremely confident, so we move up in limits, maybe a little too fast, and it hurts our bankroll a little. We think that we've dropped 10 pounds so we can have that chocolate bar, or burger, and then another one because if we've lost it before we can do it again.

Then we get lazy again. Leaks reappear in our game and our confidence drops. We lose a bit, so try to make it up fast, making rash decisions, and the bankroll begins to dwindle.
In life, we skip the gym for a few days, pig out on fast food, go to the pub and notice our results fading away much quicker than we gained them.

We have now lost confidence in both areas, and the downard spiral will start again if we don't get a grip of it. This is where we should break, now before its too late. Read up on poker, BRM, drop down a level and go back to it with strict goals and grind away, we don't need quick results. We shouldn't need to go broke again to realise this.
In life, stick to that diet, force yourself to the gym, you know you will feel better afterwards. Slow and steady wins the race.

I think the message I'm trying to put across here is, when I win, I get too confident and I'm sure others do. I think a better word may be complacent. Making smaller goals makes the overall goal easier to achieve. In EVERYTHING.
Don't fall off the bandwagon ;)

Anyone else feel these 2 are similar?
I would like to know if anyone else has found anything similar to poker in their lives, in the way i've found getting in shape relates me to poker.

Someone here must know how!

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 5:08am PST by custo80

Yo!

I find the more ambiguous the title the more readers hence responses one tends to get. :)

Ok so before I attempt to decipher the most encrypted piece of gobbledegook Ive ever read Im going to ask CC for help.

I posted something in Holdem Manager and got some pretty hardcore response that a person with limited expertise in IT simply cant understand.

Im hoping to get a nice easy to follow answer here so if you can help I will be eternally grateful.

In data view I have around 1000 games played filtered by a specific buy in amount.

What I want to find out is results by start time. When I click on start time it is putting them in order of days not time.

Is there any way I can filter through the games to see how many Ive played starting at times

1pm, 2pm, 3pm etc

And see stats games:
Total games played
ROI
ITM etc

All Im basically trying to establish is what times of days I run good at and what times of day I run badly at.

The Holdem manager is talking about writing all this code that is pretty much to over-whelming for me to even attempt.

Please please please help if you can

Cheers

final table trouble

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 4:24am PST by slicky

i keep making the final table on the 45 man sngs on full tilt but cant seem to take first and many times not even making the money

any tips on the hands i should be playing would be nice

Different kind of stats analysis

Posted: March 12th, 2010, 3:41am PST by WarriorStoic

If you were playing against this player and could see these stats while playing him...they would mean WHAT to you? Why do these stats give you whatever perception it is that you have?

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 110 hands and saw flop:
- 2 out of 12 times while in big blind (16%)
- 4 out of 13 times while in small blind (30%)
- 5 out of 85 times in other positions (5%)
- a total of 11 out of 110 (10%)
Pots won at showdown - 1 of 2 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 10

you would play him in this manner or that......and WHY?

Live Stream: WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 2:50am PST by MrSticker

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bay-101-shooting-stars

Down to 7, as of this post.

limping in

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 11:16pm PST by slicky

i learned a valuable lesson today just thought i would share it with the beginners i know the more exerienced players know this already.

NEVER limp in if you have a great preflop hand.

i had AK suited and limped in and the whole table limped in not one person folded

Flop comes out 2 4 A.

I knew i was beat by the worst hand that would have folded if i had bet instead.

But i take the chance and push with my top pair.

The only person to call my all in has 2 4 and that was the end of my game.

As soon as i had limped in and seen all the limpers i just knew it and its my own fault and to make it worst ii knew i was beat but i still went for it.

2 good lessons for a cheap price

Need Advice

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 9:34pm PST by osub44

Hey all.

I have a safe bankroll. $200 and I play $5 9 top sng and do well in them. When I do go on a bad run I increase stakes to try to make up for what I lost. I need to stop increasing the stakes I play when I start losing. Have any of you got any tips or advice

Any help would be appericated

Dennis Rodman- POKER GOD

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 7:38pm PST by Four Dogs

I was listening to the ESPN's poker podcast The Poker Edge with Phil Gordon yesterday and the subject of his old show Celebrity Poker Showdown came up. Now, for those of you new to the game, CPS pitted celebrities, Atheletes, TV and movie personalities mostly, against eachother in a single table Sit and Go with proceeds going to the charity of the winning celebities choice. Although I didn't know it at the time, the poker in this show was atrocious but god help me, I loved it. I actually credit this show for getting me into poker. Never missed an episode.

Anyway, in the podcast Phil Gordons cohost Andrew Feldman made a reference to Dennis Rodman as an example of an athlete who had taken up poker. Phil scoffed a bit and then went into a story about a hand played between Dennis Rodman and actress Cheryl Hines which had me literally L'ingOL.

Now because many of these celebrities were new to poker Phil Gordon would often sit down with anyone interested (mostly the ladies it seemed) and give them a crash course in Texas Hold 'em. The instructions he gave to Cheryl Hines were that if anyone checked a paired flop to you, JUST BET and 90% of the time they will fold.

In the hand in question, Dennis Rodman min raised UTG with Q5o, which should give you some idea of his skill level. Cheryl Hines tanked a bit but finally called with KTs, the rest of the table folded. The flop came down QQK giving DR a flopped set and CH top pair. DR, apparently slow playing, checked and Phil Gordon, remembering his tip to Cheryl Hines, commented on how much trouble she might be in, and like the good pupil she was she bet, just as instructed. And just as Phil said would happen, Rodman FOLDED! WTF?

Several months later Phil ran into Rodman and had a chance to ask him what it was he thought Cheryl had that would make him fold set. Rodmans answer? He was afraid she had TWO PAIR! lol :rofl:

Here's the Video. The hand is 3:52 into the clip.

YouTube- Cheryl Hines Highlights (1)

HU SNGs

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 5:46pm PST by Numbah 0ne

I've started playing a few of these and just wondering what people on this forum think of them. On bodog there pretty soft and a pretty aggressive game can get you some wins. Anyone here play a lot of HU sng's? If so do you have any comments or advice?

Cashout tournament rules, tips and etiquette

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 5:34pm PST by politude

So what are cashout tourneys really about? I am currently in a 11$ one on Full Tilt and am wondering what I should know if I want to get deep in this tourney.

Anyone have tips, tricks, unspoken rules for these events?

PLO8 blind defence

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:44pm PST by NiceNisus

lets say villian raises pot from Mid/Late Position and has 7-8BB remaining after his bet.

hero has KK1010 unsuited in BB,

is it right to defend and call hoping flop is high?

I didn't know what the right decision was and folded. I had 20BB.

another interesting hand

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:26pm PST by LukeSilver

So I am playing heads up limit holdem and this is the first time I had the betting capped on every single street.

Heres what happened my opponent was very aggressive often re raising me and capping with any pair any draw and any card pre flop above 10, even with j4.

I was picking my spots carefully but fighting back heavy with all reasonable holdings. this was a very aggressive battle with a lot of swings and then i took the edge and finally busted him on the last hand with capping pre flop and on every street.

he raised on the button and I am looking down at k9 suited I re raise as I am going to go to the river with K high am likely to be ahead and if he is going to out flop me I want himt o pay to draw. he caps. flop comes Ah kc 4h I have second pair and the nut flush draw. generally speaking this is the hand you see people getting all in with. I am not going to slow play it and give anything away this is war and I will come out swinging I bet out instant re raise I re raise he caps. Now i am putting him on the ace but with 14 cards to draw to twice i am certainly going no where so i call is the cap obviously.

turn is 9c Right now I have two pair and nut flush draw I think i am ahead but cant be sure but i have to assume i am and go for it because of all previous action and I bet out instant re raise I re raise he caps. turn is the 3h

I hit the nut flush draw I was thinking i might have sucked out on the guy maybe this time he had AA for a set or higher two pair etc, ut he was playing so reckless this wasnt inconceivable for him to do with 92 or j10 so i stand by my play on every street the river got capped again.

this is the first time ever I have had every single street capped in a heads up fixed limit game.

An interesting hand Don't know what you guys think, by the way he had 83 off suit, he had done a few bluffs but surely you have to know you can't just buy any pots you want and since when he had done this previously i had slowed down and flat called him to the river and exposed his bluffs surely he had to know yes he had pushed me off a few hands but based on the action did it look like i was going anywhere.

if the turn hadnt paired and my hand had failed to improve after the flop i would have flat called him on the turn and river anyway.

any thoughts comments?

FullTilt Academy

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:11pm PST by absoluthamm

So I was just playing around looking at some of the challenges and stuff with the Academy at FullTilt when I then looked into the store and realized something. There are a couple items in the store that there is no way that you could attain enough FTAcademy Points to get to. Now I really don't care about the Academy, but this is dumb.

If you add up all of the possible points you can win with the Academy, it adds up to something like 84,000 if you finish every challenge the maximum 10 times. In the store they have the Custom Avatar for 1,000,000 FTPA Points and $600 bonus or 100,000 Real FTPs for 100,000 FTPA Points. I guess those are really the only ones that are unattainable, but still. Some poor soul is going to be crushed when he finds out he can't get that custom avatar with those FTPAs.

My Ultimate Guide for Online Poker

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 11:37am PST by TexasPokerStar

Hey Everyone,

Just like a warrior gearing up for battle... Online Poker Players do the same thing...

SELECTING THE RIGHT TABLE:

Finding the right table to sit down in, can make you or break you.

There are plenty of good places to help you find a good table, one of them is http://www.pokertableratings.com if you click on TOOLS, you will see TABLE FINDER.

There are software programs that also help you find good tables, such as Hold'em Manager, Poker Tracker, etc.

KEEPING PLAYER NOTES:

Besides just sitting at the table, it's good to know your opponents so you have an idea of how they might play.

If you go to:
http://www.pokercrusher.com/poker-player-search.html

You can type in a players ID, and it will tell you what type of player he is, wether he is a FISH or BOMB.

Then you can tag him at the tables, using colors for the type of player he is.

GREEN = MOUSE, GREEN FISH, RED FISH

AQUA BLUE = CALLING STATION

YELLOW = WARNING

RED = BOMB

ORANGE = MANIAC

PURPLE = ROCK

USING A POKER TRACKER:

There are a lot of good tracking software out there, and they are very good tools to have, because they gather a lot of information about the players at the table.

How often they fold to a 3 bet, do they steal the blinds, do they like to check raise... all kinds of important info, that you can use to play better against them.

Poker Tracker 3, is a program I use and it works well with both Macs and PCs...

Hope this tips help you guys out...

Best of Luck at the Tables

Found this on another site, but thought it was interesting none-the-less

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 11:31am PST by naruto_miu

I hope this is'nt against forum rule, posting "Other ppls material" Since I'm not taking any credit for this at all, just had to say that:D ..

Poker Beginner's Mistakes

Playing the wrong starting hands: This is the most common mistake for beginners - they play poker without knowing the starting hands, and very often this will result in them playing too many hands, and from the wrong positions. If players take a little time to study this, they will have a much better chance of winning.

Playing at the wrong limits: Most beginners play way too high compared to their skills. This means they won't win often enough to learn the game.

Not knowing the pot odds: When players have to decide to call a bet, or fold, its very important that they know the pot odds. Most new players dont pay attention to this.

Running out of patience: Most beginners dont have enough patience, and will play hands in wrong situations. They will very often play too many hands when they have lost some money.

Playing out of position: If players dont know the importance of position play, they will make very many expensive mistakes. Positions are everything in poker, and most beginners undervalue this.

Playing on tilt: Many new players play when they are on tilt, and don't play very well. This can often happen if players have lost games, are tired, lose their rhythm or have bad cards. This is very important to avoid shut down and go for a walk, or go to bed 

Having too much ego when you win: Some new players are very lucky when they start, and they think they are born poker superstars. Their ego will never allow them to cool down and focus on the essentials of being a good poker player, like learning math, discipline, study and 100 other things.

Not quitting when you lose: A lot of players will play on and lose their entire bankroll when they have a bad session with many unlucky losses. Its very important to take a break, and avoid losing too much of your bankroll.

Playing too many tables: Novice players very often want to play many tables. This will affect their results, because they will make too many automatic decisions. Its much better to play 1 or 2 tables, and have everything clear in your mind so that you can maximize profit and minimize loss.

Playing when drinking alcohol: Alcohol has a very bad impact on your poker game. Your decisions will be bad, your playing style will be inconsistent, and in the long run you will lose if you mix alcohol and poker.

Playing too much: When beginners learn to play poker, they often play too many hours, and will lose their concentration without realizing. Take a break, sleep an hour, or walk around for a few minutes.

Playing predictably: If you play the same way every time, your opponents will very quickly read your style, adjust their play accordingly, and you will lose money. When you have good cards, they will fold, and when you have bad cards, they will jam you. So try to think about varying your game, so the other players dont know what kind of hand you have.

Ask the better player for help: Its very hard to play perfect poker without getting help from others. Try to find a winning player who can spare a little time to discuss the game and teach you some tricks. If you can get him to look at your hand history, or you can sit behind him when he plays, you will learn a lot. BUT please remember he's helping you, so dont disturb his play or try to be clever, because then he will NOT invite you again.

Bluffing too much: The bluffing aspect is a little overvalued in the poker world. Most new players think its all about bluff. IT IS NOT. New players will often put their money in the pot on a bluff that the better players will see right through.

Superstition: Very many players believe in this, and think they can change their luck factor. This is impossible; you can only take good decisions and hope this is enough. If you believe in luck, and that leads you to take a seat on the left side of a player, even though his playing style says you should prefer the right side; you will make a costly mistake in the long run. TOP PLAYERS DONT BELIEVE IN LUCK, THEY BELIVE IN SKILL.

Bluffing a weak player: DONT try to bluff a weak player, he will never fold.

Emotional feelings: If you have some problems in your life away from poker, be very careful not to let this affect your poker as well. It can be very hard to give the game full attention when other things are preying on your mind.

Playing with much stronger players: If you play offline poker, be aware there are some very good players out there, some of whom are playing for a living and will keep raising the stakes. It can be very difficult to quit when other players are okay with a higher limit, and suddenly you're playing twice as high as you can afford.

Dont go after one player because he has upset you: This can just cost you more money. If you dont like a player, just keep your cool - dont go after him. Instead you should focus your energies against the weakest player by the table.

Suited Hands: Dont put too much value in suited hands. Very many new players want to play mostly suited hands, and this will be costly. If you play the suited marginal hands, you should do so from the late positions.

Blinds: Dont try to protect your blinds with marginal and bad hands. You are in a very bad position, and in the long run this will cost you money. When a player has raised in early position, he probably has a very good hand, and a second pair can be very expensive here. Take care.

Continuing in a good starting hand: Even if you had a very good starting hand, if the flop does not fit your hand and the action is getting heavy, fold your hand, otherwise you will pay too much in pots where your chances of winning are very small.

Read more: [www.bankrollmob.com]

Any-ways once again thought this was a pretty good run down of it, but if you think there's more to add to it by all means plz do so!!

Tell Me Something I Don't Know

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 10:37am PST by thepokerkid123

One of the best ways of learning new things is through discussion; even if neither party has a valid point the verbal analysis of a subject can be very enlightening. Personally I'm really dumb and slow witted, but I learn ridiculously fast when I manage to trick people smarter than me into talking to me, so I like intelligent discussion and that's what this thread is here for.

It's not that there's a shortage of that here, it's just that I think it can be taken further. So I put forward the challenge to anyone who's willing: can you tell me something I don't know?
It doesn't even have to be me, it can be anyone, all I want you to do is to think about some aspect of poker that you understand better than most. Odds, BRM/risk taking, tells, psychology, game theory, whatever. A lot of people think they're god's gift to poker or have put in the work to get good, so show us what makes you good. :)

It's only right that in asking for contributions, I give a little first. So even though there are a handful of you guys who're too good to learn anything from me, I'll do my best, and I'll cover a couple of topics to try to be helpful to a diverse audience.

Did you know...

That the vast majority of people are using the wrong pre-flop raise size? 3bb and 4bb are good, and are both effective raise sizes but their effectiveness is dictated by your VPIP which should change depending on your opponents and position. A loose range works better with smaller bets, a wider range works better with bigger bets. Consider if a 12/12 player is a nit and a 36/30 a LAG, the former is better off with 4bb and the latter with 3bb. Now consider what type of player you are by position, if you look up your stats by position in PT/HEM and you're not losing money overall then there's a very good chance you play as a nit and a LAG at the same table.

Now, what if we don't confine ourselves to 3bb or 4bb, what if we consider 2bb and 5bb, 6bb even. Could the kind of ranges we could play with these raise sizes be profitable? Think about it, adjust it, adjust it 30 times over, thank me when you make more money (or lose less).

Did you know...

20 max buy ins IS adequate to withstand the swings of poker over a reasonable timeline, if you always move down in stakes. Even just hanging around CC, you'll see that the better players will all say the same thing "I'm a bankroll nit" and they don't mean 20BI, they mean 30, 40, 50 or 100.

20BI is substantial enough to handle the swings if you always move down.

But 20BI is very risky.

BRM is about more than sustaining the variance from your winrate. You play better when you're not emotionally attached to a buy in, the only way this isn't true is if you play truly terribly the rest of the time (and that should be what you're fixing). Secondly, you wont always move down, you're human and when that megafish bad beats you for 200bb and drops your BR down to 19BI, unless you're Chris Ferguson you're not leaving your seat, hang around long enough and your roll can go down the toilet really, really fast. Check the brags, bad beats and variance section for horror stories.

Final thought, at 20BI or 100BI, your probability of going broke is 100% given enough time, your only job is to increase the timeline between now and then and the easiest way of doing that is to add a few more buy ins of padding.

I am not saying any set BRM is best, I am saying that you should intelligently think about a few things: Are you okay with losing your BR? Are you 100% tilt free, and since you're not, how bad can you tilt? Double the amount of BI you think you can lose and you get a more realistic number. Decide on your own bankroll requirements, but know this is simply a matter of managing a very legitimate risk.

Did you know...

Ok, this one is for the newest of you because everyone else knows already, but its common enough that Im adding it anyway.

Deeper stacks favour the more skilled player. Simply put the closer the stacks get to the size of the blinds the more correct it becomes for both players to push their stacks in. It becomes harder for your opponent to make mistakes since their favourite one (calling) is better than folding, when short stacked.

Also rake is capped, that means when you go all in 100bb against 100bb, you pay the same, or near the same amount of rake as when you go all in 20bb against 20bb. Rake adds up really, really fast.

Also, short buy ins dont mean you need a smaller bankroll, you need at least the same size bankroll to buy in at 20bb as 100bb.

Ok, so I think Ive now covered a lot of stuff that most people dont know, but I think theres quite a few of you who havent learned much/anything yet. As much of a challenge as that may be, Ill make an attempt.

Have you ever thought about...

The biggest single bet is on the river (but pre-flop and flop bet sizes may be worth more in total, given their frequency), have you ever put much thought into how draws get to value bet or fold here. Getting value and avoiding giving value, when it really counts. Made hands however give value against bigger hands and get value only from smaller made hands.

As much of a fan as I am of value betting really thin, this does indicate that your value betting range against anyone whos not a calling station, should be weighted towards the stronger end of your made hands range and you should check back more of the middle/bottom of your range.

Did you know that you fold/call too easy on the river?

A lot of otherwise good players fold to 3rd barrels of pot size or less, because despite the odds that youre getting omg, he bet 3 streets, he must have it! yeah, he probably does, but dont get blinded to the pot odds. The pot odds heavily favour being a calling station on the river, when faced with pot size or less. Most otherwise decent players forget this.

Whilst people fold too easily to pot size or smaller bets they call too light against overbets (this bit Im not sure about). The problem with overbetting is that it lets the other guy fold out all of his rags and call with just the very top of his range, make sure youre doing this.

Your range should be drastically different when faced with a 100% pot bet and a 200% pot bet, and you should almost never fold to a 20% pot bet (against an unknown, your mouse clicking finger should be itching above the call button with A high here). Dont determine your calling/folding range as heavily on whether you think he has it or not, make sure youre considering the pot odds and call small bets a lot lighter than most of you do.

Continuing on from that...
Did you know that you should fold easily on early streets?

Yes, you did. But I need to clarify anyway. You can call river bets because it ends the action, on earlier streets youre not calling just a percentage of the pot but youre actively accepting to continue playing in a pot of increasing size, this is bad with marginal hands (not bad as in you shouldnt do it, bad as in undesirable).

So after this extremely long post.
I issue my challenge again, which may well go ignored but who knows, maybe Ill inspire a little more intelligent discussion.
What do you know that the rest of us dont?
:)

Real Deal Live Poker

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 9:54am PST by frenetic

I was watching this video of Real Deal Live poker and there is somone being accused with using CLICKERS.

What are Clickers:confused:? Google is pointing me towards a device which is being used in classrooms.

Check out the real deal live poker.

YouTube- Reel Deal Live Poker Leveling

When to lay down 2 pair?

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 9:26am PST by lawd

I find sometimes I lose huge on 2 pair. How should the 2 pair on the flop be played?

For instance, the other day I had a huge lead in a 45man SnG.

My cards on the hand were AKo, I raise 3BB preflop and 2 people stayed in. The Ah Jh and 5 Fall. I raise between 1/2 and 3/4 of the pot. I get called by one player. The next card falls, a Kd. I go all in thinking wow, I have 2 pair and no flush developed! Villain calls, he has QT.

So basically, my question is how do I avoid getting burned on 2 pair hands.
From what I've seen, I think paying better attention to potential straights developing, particularly if I have 2 face cards is key.

What questions should I be asking to find out who has the triple/straight?What sorts of bets should I be making to get the info? How should I treat a 2 Pair? What about a Low 2 Pair? What about high 2 pair? Basically, I want to know how to maximize my gains and reduce by losses with the 2 pair hand.

from what I've seen:
(1)Trips tend to be slow played or disguised as high pairs. Here, the only solution I can think of is to lower my bets to min my losses, of course than I also minimize my gains... The only thing I can think of is that If i have 2p on the flop, the odds of the other person having TRIPS is lower, since I have blockers for 2 of the 3 cards on the flop. Maybe an all-in (to prevent straights/flush forming) and hope someone with the high pair calls?

(2) Straights that develop on the turn/river, betting pattern seems to be CALL --> High/Max Raise. I suppose I could lower the bet amount when the potential straight forms, but then I leave myself open to a huge bluff/steal.

Poll: Many in US oppose Internet, sports betting

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 9:25am PST by tpb221

This is a AP article making the rounds today on the net and in newspapers across the US.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/..._gambling_poll

I think its funny as most people said they gambled and still oppose it.

Still the questions asked did not ask about internet poker. I don't see how they could not include poker.
They asked alot about sports betting.
Here's a link to the questions.

http://publicmind.fdu.edu/casino/

Question on Rules?

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 8:57am PST by Straughany10

Hi everyone
this is my first ever post, and look forward to some good discussions with you all, however at the minute i have a question to ask just been speaking to a guy i play poker with down here in yarmouth UK, he said he was watching some poker tournament and in it 1 player told another player that he wanted him to call and revealed that he had Ace King, anyway the tournament director went over to him and said that he lost the hand as he revealed what cards he had. anyway i have scoured the internet to find this rule and i cannat find it anywhere, can anyone confirm that this is a rule and if so do you have anything that i can print off to show the guy who runs the poker tournaments down here. Cheers

Rush Poker

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 8:37am PST by Lafayette2

I wrote a post a little while back asking how to increase my FTPs to attain bonus on Full Tilt. I started playing 2c/5c on Rush and in 400 hands have almost reached my first bonus level. I was successful until I tried to play 5c/10c, my opponents kept going all in and flopping sets to my 2 pair and Aces or Kings. Over all i enjoy Rush and intend to incorporate it into my future games.

Pokertableratings.com Down?

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 5:36am PST by Pascal LeFiscal

Found this site a few weeks ago and found it very useful, but for the last few days it hasn't been loading.

Does anyone have any info on it, or any similar sites which track cash games for free?

What makes learning difficult for some and not for others?

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 5:34am PST by MICHAEL55

I have a hard time learning a language but when it comes to math I learn more. Why is that?

Why can't my brain apply how it learns math to learn a language as well?

Limping low pair-SC...

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:43am PST by fletchdad

I have read a number of books and made/read a number of posts, and I am still never entirely sure what to do. In a SnG or MTT:
Problem 1. Low Pocket Pair. If it is real early tourny and I have no read on the table I am likely to can 22-88 utg-EP w/o thinking (and maybe up to JJ, depends...). But, especially in later positions (and even sometimes utg, depending on table dynamics) I have been limping with low PP: And, so far, its +ev. It is not always the correct decision with the pot odds I am getting, but I know that the players on my table - low buy in - are not paying much attention to pot odds, so I make my decision not only on pot odds, but with my players in mind as well. Ive been keeping track, its only a month or so, but I am +ev as I fold when I dont hit and am raised, but when I hit it has payed of well. I also am not sure how to deal with low PP later in the tourny. I have been told NO LIMPING!!! but it works on the low buy ins a lot, I am not always punished. I seem to see enough flops cheaply, and when I come in blasting I am often called, then if I dont hit im in trouble. Of course, this is only EP, if its checked to me I am always aggressive in LP late stage. Early stage in position, play the low PP? Call and see a cheap flop, or get aggressive (early stage)?

Problem 2. Suited Connectors. From what position/tourny stage do I limp/raise/fold with em? I dont feel comfortable UTG and 10 BB left going 3 BB utg with 89 suited Am I just being too timid, or fold em here?... Auto fold UTG? Auto raise late stage, SS?

PokerGives.org and Charity Tournament

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:18am PST by roundcat

You may have already heard of the Poker Gives organization founded by Mike Sexton, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, and Lisa Tenner. They raise money for charities like the Special Olympics and Fallen Heroes Fund.

In case anyone is interested, they're holding a charity tournament on Full Tilt on April 4. Buyin is $5 + $5, double stack, no rebuys. There will be pros playing and bounty prizes for knocking them out. I'll be there -- hope some of you guys can join as well!

Info on the left: http://www.pokergives.org

Folded when they could have checked....??

Posted: March 11th, 2010, 3:04am PST by fletchdad

I have encountered this a number of times. I guess it is just a sign of the FISH, but wtf? A number of times, players either on the BB or anywhere post flop and being checked to, as last player sometimes too, I have seen players folding when they could have seen another card. It is a concept I dont understand. I have occasionaly hit the fold button on mistake, but there is always a warning system asking if I am sure I want to fold and not check. Even if I know I am beat 100% I dont fold if I dont have to, so can anyone explain what this means (other than complete idiocy)?

What would you do?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:11am PST by wetyeti

Live local tourney

Blinds at 300/600
12 players left out 20

Hero has 6700 and is in the CO. Hero has been playing solid. 3 hands prior lost a big pot to a suck out and is steaming a little.
Action is folded around to hero who peeks at 55.
Button is big stack 20000, SB is average with 13ish and BB is short with 6000.

Shove, limp, raise or fold?

PokerHost changing networks

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:20pm PST by keaton

Poker Host has moved to the Merge Network from Cake.

Can you receive money from a player on FTP without a deposit?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:04pm PST by IcyBlueAce

I know you have to have a successful deposit to send to a player, but can you receive without one?

Thanks!

Can you recieve money from a player on FTP without a deposit?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:03pm PST by IcyBlueAce

I know you can't send money without at least one successful deposit, but can you receive?

Thanks!

How to Ride Out a Bad Slump

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:18pm PST by steveestewart

So.. Ive been playing online for a while now and have more than quadrupled my initial deposit. It has taken a little while as I am attempting to use proper BRM and am playing to earn money and not 'gambling' (meaning I don't play without a big hand, never chase on big raises, and play very tight and smart). Things were going well with small ups and downs, but mostly ups. Sometimes I wouldn't win much, but I would normally increase my BR by at least a few cents (playing at least 100 hands a day).

However, the past 3 weeks I have done nothing but lose, lose, lose. I'm not playing any more loose than I was and I'm not making bad calls... i'm just getting beat over and over by fluke hands. I'm talking flopping a full house, push all in, get called and the DB with pocket 3's hits 2 more 3s for 4 of a kind. If I flop trips, there is ALWAYS 3 suited cards on the flop (none of which I hold) or a 4th comes down on the river making me lose a lot... just bad beats.

My question is: what's the best thing to do to ride this shitty storm out? Should I just keep playing and hope for the best or take a long break and hope things are better when I return.

I love poker and understand the ups and downs, but have never experienced it this bad. I know it can last a lot longer, but my BR has literally not increased one time in a month.

Just gets to you after a while when you get owned every day. Any advice?

playing online poker?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 9:56pm PST by jimmya

ok been playing online for awhile and playing the sit and gos and have been doing pretty good matching what my regular job pays about every month so the extra income is nice my question is before i get to serious or excited about it playing online poker in the us is absoutly legal and safe rightand legal to cash the withdraw checks and just playing on the sites at all.

Phil Hellmuth says.......

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:38pm PST by Grossberger

Was watching the Bay 101 shooting star online and about 10 minutes ago Helmuth was talking about there not being a Aruba tournament this year. Then he said the Pros put it at 70% that online poker will be legalized adn then you will see someone like Harrahs or another casino group come in and buy the online sites. Any thoughts?

strange way to play pocket Js

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:51pm PST by blueskies

I can't figure out what he doing. I put him on a 4 when he hesitated to call. Didn't see JJ coming.

Blinds: $0.02/$0.05
Site: Pokerstars
Dealt to BTN:7♣ 8♣
Sklansky group 5
Preflop:
3 players fold.
Hero calls [$0.05]
BB: checks
1 players folded.
Total folds this street: 4
Potsize: $0.12
Flop:
4♠ 8♥ A♠
BB: checks
Hero bets [$0.15]
1 players fold.
BB calls [$0.15]
Potsize: $0.42
Turn:
8♦
BB: checks
Hero bets [$0.25]
BB calls [$0.25]
Potsize: $0.92
River:
4♦
BB bets [$0.80]
Hero raises $0.83 to $1.63 [ all-in ]
BB calls [$0.83]
Results:
Hero shows a full house, Eights full of Fours:
7♣ 8♣
BB shows two pair, Jacks and Eights:
J♣ J♠
Hero collected $3.98 from pot

Why we lose in freerolls...

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:30pm PST by Elie_Yammine

I've been playing freerolls on full tilt for quite some time and I already finished bubble boy once and cashed twice in the daily dollar satellite...Now I finally understand why we keep losing in them and why they are harder than real mtts!

Why?Because good players don't have a defence against donks and especially lucky coin tossing donks! We paly well, calculate pot odds, play position, bluff the shit out of people, and milk them good when we got the nuts etc...
So even if we're not lucky, after 2 hours we will have something like 16000 chips out of the starting 1500. And now you've been sitting a while on a certain table and you know everyone's play.Well how can we lose all this advantage?

Quite bluntly, we lose this advantage because we are the better players who know how to play solid poker inside out, and because we do have a read on our opponent but he lucks out every single time! We lose it because we allow ourselves to call pre-flop the all-in of a guy with AsQh because we know he has much MUCH worse(That's what we call a read!So please no speculation about he could have AA,KK,QQ or AK!).After all this work to get all these chips we lose them to a guy who goes all in with Qd8d and hits his only saving pair then the flush...(Sure you got some chips left and you work your way up but lose them again to a similar hand)

This all-in would never have happened in real cash mtts, but over here?!Well it's as normal as hello! So as long as these things keep happening and as long as there are lucky and stupid donks about, winning a freeroll will always be much harder than winning a real money mtt...
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what stakes should i be playing with $450 bankroll

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:37pm PST by tomh7795

hey yall.

I have a bankroll of about $450 which i worked up from freerolls :). What stakes do you think i should play. I play 0.02/0.05 and 5 doller heads up sng and normal 9 handed sng. i have fairly decent results if you want to sharkscope me. Was wondering what stakes you think i should play.

appericate good and bad advice

got overpair facing raise

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:34pm PST by tomh7795

hey yall. you want me to stop saying "hey yall" at the start of everyone of my posts? I think this was a suitable fold or was it a tight fold with the overpair. my opponent was a tight player who likes to min raise pre-flop but this hand he raised more then normal.

Full Tilt Poker Game #19137921061: Table Ketchup - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:31:15 ET - 2010/03/10
Seat 1: pbfrk ($5.39)
Seat 2: cmon fisheeeee ($5.10)
Seat 3: Online Stud Pro ($6.22)
Seat 4: guerriero nero ($2.77)
Seat 5: romalucky04 ($1.26)
Seat 6: Camaban82 ($5.16)
Seat 7: miasnik84 ($5.16)
Seat 8: GreymanArh ($1.75)
Seat 9: Flippy1989 ($5)
cmon fisheeeee posts the small blind of $0.02
Online Stud Pro posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cmon fisheeeee [9d 9s]
guerriero nero raises to $0.15
romalucky04 folds
Camaban82 folds
miasnik84 folds
GreymanArh folds
Flippy1989 folds
pbfrk calls $0.15
cmon fisheeeee calls $0.13
Online Stud Pro folds
*** FLOP *** [3d 6c 5s]
cmon fisheeeee has 15 seconds left to act
cmon fisheeeee bets $0.30
guerriero nero raises to $0.70
pbfrk folds
cmon fisheeeee has 15 seconds left to act
cmon fisheeeee folds
Uncalled bet of $0.40 returned to guerriero nero
guerriero nero mucks
guerriero nero wins the pot ($1.03)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.10 |
Board: [3d 6c 5s]
Seat 1: pbfrk (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: cmon fisheeeee (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Online Stud Pro (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: guerriero nero collected ($1.03), mucked
Seat 5: romalucky04 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Camaban82 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: miasnik84 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: GreymanArh didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Flippy1989 didn't bet (folded)

No Card Activation Fee Availible at...

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:53pm PST by xXSmuggla

For U.S Players, at Cash Advance they have the Visa All Access cards that work on Full Tilt and Pokerstars. Because Visa gives them to Cash Advance for free, they DO NOT have a 4.95 activation fee or purchase fee or anything like that

PKR SNG FREEROLLS

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:35pm PST by GeoValentino

If you haven't heared already, pkr is shuttin down freemoney tables for a few days so to keep the free action going, they are running mirco sngs, you can only enter 1 at a time, with $1 or less in your account and enter 1 ever 20 mins!

www.pkr.com !

and you win real $$$ :D

Minor Glitches with Fulltilt

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:31pm PST by matt0216

Its nothing major, but when I'm playing at a table every once in awhile there will be one player where it won't show how many chips he has.

Instead it will say CALL(if he just called), or FOLD(if he just folded).

It can get annoying because when I'm playing at a Sng I need to know how many chips everyone has and the only way to keep track of his is to look at the last hand replayer.

Just wanted to see if this was a problem only I am having or if some other people also have this same problem.

Last high stakes action

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:10pm PST by ________ANGF

10/03 Izzy up other $463K to Cole South

YouTube- Isildur1 vs Cole South 10/03/2010

Live Poker in Chicago Area

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:25pm PST by Numbah 0ne

I wanna start playing some live poker but can't go to casinos (only 19) unless I get a fake or something. So I've been reading a little but about these charity games. There's Rockford charitbles and I think Chicago charitables, has anyone on these forums played in any of these? Also how do these games compare to online? The only live experience I have is some 1/2 in Canada in which I did pretty decent up 3 BI's.

+EV how to figure it out?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:19pm PST by Teebone

How do i figure out on my own, whethere a play i just made is a +EV play or not?

Sorry about the fishy question i know i should know this by now.

Started watching video's and stuff, really working on my game. Im going back and looking at my sng's but i dont know how to tell if a play i made is +EV.

Is a Hud very important?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:48pm PST by Numbuh 0ne

I'm starting to question if i really need a hud or not. My non hud reads seem to be exactly the same or better than my reads when i use the hud. What do you guys think, is hud really that important.

What does X/Y mean?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:35pm PST by blueskies

I have noticed that some people here refer to opponents or self as having X/Y playing tendencies (X and Y being numbers). What does that mean?

Well back to basics, and now where to start???

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:05pm PST by naruto_miu

Hey All, I use to play alot of Poker, and then shit happened where I had to take a long break from poker, now It's like even though I just play free-Rolls just to get into the grove, I can't read for shit, I can't catch a bluff for crap, and I'm just making alot of retarded Retarded plays...I'm either playing to damn tight when close to the money with a monster Chip stack, or I'm just doing alot of dumb dumb plays, Bluffing at the wrong time, Walking righ into traps/setups/ so I ask you all where should I start at again...

I realize that it's just gots to be the basics, but where is a good start for me...

Thx all who put there input in here

HEM v PT3

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:55pm PST by Pascal LeFiscal

Are there any major differences between HEM and PT3, and which one is better?

PT3 comes with 2 licenses for two PCs - are both licenses tied to one account or could the software be shared between 2 people?

Pocket AA

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:12am PST by BabyAcey

So your dealt pocket AA, you want and should pre flop raise but you don't want to scare anyone away, do you do the minimal raise to reel the table in and slow play it? Or knowing that pocket AA don't always hold up, should you jump right in and go for the jugular????

PLO: bottom set on a drawy board

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:46am PST by flint

This happened to me yesterday in a 10+1 PLO tourney on Felt stars (Merge Network).

I got dealt 55xx on BB at 50/100. My stack was about 2.5k, 2 people limp in, SB completes and I check. The board comes AT5 with the two bigger cards being suited. I lead for pot size of 400, get raised by the next player pot to 2000 and I ship.

My question is that I have learned that in Omaha that set over set is much more likely, something like 1/10 so would the chance with 3 other players therefore be 3/10? Also with such a shallow stack should I always be jamming? (In cash games I would obv. fold).

Online Interactive Odds helper?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:08am PST by fletchdad

I read Phil Gordons Little Green book a few weeks ago, and he offers a webpage where he posts problems with odds and implied odds, but it gives me "not found" in my browser. (and couldnt find it on his new HP either.) And it got me to wondering if there are any websites where you can approach problems of any kind, or have to figure odds like in a real situation, or answer questions to check your knowledge or just anything of this kind.?.

Poker ebooks

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:45am PST by fletchdad

I have had a suggestion to download Ryan Fees 6 max ebook. I have done that and can recommend it. I have an ever growing library of real book, and am trying to increase my library of ebooks. I dont really want to buy them, cause if I buy a book, I want to take it with me if I travel, or read in bed, couch etc. (Unless its a must read and only available as ebook) But Ryan Fees was free, and good. Does anyone have other good suggestions for LEGITIMATE free ebooks? I capitalize, cause I put ebooks in google and get a lot of what looks to me like suspicious crap, typical "earn over 5oo$ a day just by reading this book" stuff, with a long page of testimonials and they want your email - no problem, I have a free acct. for this stuff - but most of these books are a waste of time, just email phishing. I dont need free books, I am happy to buy them, but just wondering if there is any free stuff - like Fees book - that is recommended, cause, hey if its free anyway, I am happy with that too.

Just deposited $150 what level of sng's should i be playing?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:45am PST by AlexA1986

Just wondering what level of sit n go's I should be playing and how many buy ins I should have in my BR.

Just deposited $150 what level of sng's should i be playing?

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:45am PST by AlexA1986

Just wondering what level of sit n go's I should be playing and how many buy ins I should have in my BR.

Brian Hastings isildurized

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:50am PST by ________ANGF

Isildur1 is up $2,2 million dollars in PLO since yesterday, he took like 1 million to Zigmund 780k to Cole South and there you can watch Brian Hasting being isildurized who finally ended up losing $556K....
i am happy for this guy .. i hope at last he will comeback like we have seen him in the past...

Isildur1: lets go 5001k u stpd donk
Brian Hastings: k

YouTube- Isildur1 vs Brian Hastings down $556K...

How much to raise preflop?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:33am PST by pat3392

I've been thinking that I raise by too small amounts. I'm considering to make a rule when I raise:

Raise 3 big blinds plus 1 blind for every limper. This could also be applied to reraising I suppose. If the raise/reraise is more than 50% of my pot, push all in.

What do you guys think? it is going to create much bigger pots, and help my tight aggressive style. I find that I'm not making enough chips fast enough so this may help. There is a catch to it though, when I try to do continuation bets I have to put a lot more money into the pot, it is a risky style.

When your at a NL table, when do you leave?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:53am PST by IcyBlueAce

Most people like to leave once they get above a certain % of the money they orginally had. I've heard anywhere from 5% to double.

What about you, and whats your reasoning for that?:fight:

When your at a NL table, when do you leave?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:53am PST by IcyBlueAce

Most people like to leave once they get above a certain % of the money they orginally had. I've heard anywhere from 5% to double.

What about you, and whats your reasoning for that?:fight:

Low suited cards or small pocket pair under the gun

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:41am PST by sdmooks

Anyone have any advice on calling for this hands? I notice it often. I typically watch to see if there's big stacks on the last 3 positions if I'm short stacked and the blinds are heavy,,,but otherwise I normally call. Being under the gun, though, chances are very high for raise pre-flop.

How strong of a pre-flop raise does it take for you to fold these hands?

What is the optimal bet with Quads?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:26am PST by blueskies

I hit trip Qs on the flop and then quads on the turn. Being first to act, I decided to check the turn after having bet the river, hoping to sell having just a 10, and at the very least give the other two a chance to hit a card on the river.

I ended up making zero extra on the turn and river. I compounded checking the turn by betting too much on the river.

Should I have bet the turn and how much?

Thanks

Dealt to BB:J♠ Q♦
Sklansky group 5
Preflop:
1 players fold.
MP calls [$0.05]
CO raises $0.05 to $0.10
BTN calls [$0.10]
SB calls [$0.08]
Hero calls [$0.05]
MP calls [$0.05]
Total folds this street: 1
Potsize: $0.5
Flop:
Q♥ Q♠ 10♦
SB: checks
Hero bets [$0.25]
1 players fold.
CO calls [$0.25]
BTN calls [$0.25]
1 players folded.
Total folds this street: 2
Potsize: $1.25
Turn:
Q♣
Hero: checks
CO: checks
BTN: checks
Potsize: $1.25
River:
2♣
Hero bets [$1]
3 players fold.
Uncalled bet ($1) returned to Hero
Hero collected $1.20 from pot Hero: doesn't show hand
Total folds this street: 2

CC..FR

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:49pm PST by Olddog21

How do I start a track so I can remember and show how I'm doing in the tournaments I play in?:icon_scra :icon_scra :icon_scra My FR ..IN-THE-MONEY places are starting to add up...but I do not know how to add it to my signature like everybody elses!:confused: :confused: :confused:

? about betting in MTTs and STTs

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 8:54pm PST by cjatud2012

It's a pretty widely accepted notion that there are two main reasons why we bet:

1) To get calls from worse hands (a value bet)
2) To get folds from better hands (a bluff)

My question is, when we bet in tournaments, are our goals the same? This may seem like a silly question, but I really would like to get some feedback on it, and am curious to see what the responses are.

FT money transfer

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 6:42pm PST by toomanynames

Hello,
I had a friend send me twenty bucks the other day for some money he owed me, but he sent the cash to the wrong name. My pokerstars avatar name is Bugaluflew and he sent the 20 to Bugaluflew on FT. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get the money back??

quick moneybookers questions

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 6:12pm PST by slicky

i have a $50 gift card but bodog doesnt take mastercard so i have to use moneybookers

am i going to have to upload my picture id to put it on moneybookers then on bodog?
i know withdrawling ill probly need to but im just worried about putting it on bodog right now

and is it instant?

Razz Question-Odds of 2 players Hitting the Wheel

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 5:04pm PST by the lab man

Razz Question- What are Odds of 2 players Hitting the Wheel same hand. I've never seen it. Is it very rare?

Hit mine on 6th street, villain hit his on 7th street and did not even reraise me

Bigger Donkfest Freeroll vs Low Buyin Rebuys?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:59pm PST by jaggibson

Now i know there is different strategy in rebuys and when someone gos all in on a draw they can rebuy if they miss. I just find it interesting when people will constantly rebuy and in a sense need to final table to make money.

Where as freerolls there is no money put up so there isn't any to be loss. However once you are out you are out. Also many people on a gamble just trying to build a BR.

I see the rebuys as a bigger donk fest. Course as stated above when money is lost the bad beats suck that much more.

(Side note had two bad beats in two recent rebuys couldn't handle doing a rebuy due to becoming too tilted)

VISA $25 Gift Card

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:52pm PST by xXSmuggla

Pre-paid $25 Visa Gift Card purchased at Krogers Trying to use on Full Tilt. I have used this same exact type of card atleast 3-4 times in the last 6 months. Does anyone know if FT has been having problems with this lately? Also i tried it on PS and still didnt work.

odds calculator

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:34pm PST by jenisis

hey... cant seem to find athread on this, soo maybe someone can help me.... where can i get a odds calculator that works for cake, and do they allow the use of one??
thnks

Best Looking Site?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:02pm PST by GeoValentino

I think Full tilt with there flash software is the best looking out there, then second comes pokerstars, and 3rd would be PKR, but in the past, before ftp & ps & pkr, the best looking was true poker!!! :D

anyone else agree? and if not, what do you think is the best top 3 looking poker sites online today ( or before )

PS: Scorepoker before they switch clients was sexy looking too, now its ugly : (

When to show hands?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:10pm PST by fletchdad

I have been in a couple of situations lately, and was wondering what some of you think. It is always after I have been semi-bluffing/stealing blinds. Usually in late stage MTT or SnG. I had a couple of hands where everyone was checking or min-betting to me so I 4-5 BB bet/raise barreled into em and folded the table. The situation I mean is when I do this at least twice in a short period then get a real nutz hand, so I barrel into em again regardless of position, like AKh was one, KK was another. So I am thinking the table is fed up with me and my stealing days are over so I show the nutz, as if to say "hehe, I realy do have it" This is always after 2-3 times sucsessful stealing/semi bluffing. Good idea? Bad idea?

help w/ opponents range

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:02pm PST by jj white

Hello,

I'm starting to really try and study my opponents possible hand ranges (after the flop), but I need a basic idea of how to approach this. Like maybe a simplified way of thinking after flop activity that helps me narrow the possible hands down. I mean what should my thought process be at the flop, turn, and river. How do I narrow down their range? If they are calling my bets but not raising? If they are leading? etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Fulltilt withdrawal

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 11:18am PST by leon818

take how long for a click2pay withdrawal to be processed. Also does FTP allow reverse withdrawal?

Full Tilt Ring Game ?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 11:16am PST by budebuzz

I have not made a deposit but I have money in my account. I try to enter a ring game and it looks like it wants me to make a deposit. Is that the only way to get in a ring game is to make a deposit even if I have money in the account?

fulltilt cashier

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:54am PST by brandogg7

ive been tryin to put money in fulltilt but its sayin that i cant right now its been sayin that for 3 days now has anyone else had this prob:viking:

Online MTT starting chip stack

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 9:19am PST by fletchdad

I am just starting a 900+ MT at PKR. Some people have large stacks of smaller denomination chips, and some have small stacks of large denomination chips. Is it this way anywhere else, and any idea why?

Minimum hand to call an all-in during the final table bubble

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 9:18am PST by ambil_resiko

Hi all,

I just joined the forum. I hope I can improve my game through this forum.

I just played 10$ MTT on FTP (around 400 people).

I played pretty good poker. during the final table bubble (12 people left), I was considerably aggressive. In fact, when I was in the hijack, UTG+1 raised 3BB and 2 people before me called. Knowing that UTG+1 is a weak player, I put in an all-in squeeze with middle pair. All fold! And I am now the second chip leader with 72,000++ in chips. And several hands later, I got a situation:

Chips: 68,000++
Position: Button
Blinds: 1,500/3,000 with some antes.
Hand: JJ

All folded to me, looking at nice two Jacks. I put my standard 2.5BB raise. SB folds, BB shoved for 46,000.

What I was thinking:
- This guy wants to tell me that I cannot bully the table any longer! But he doesnt know that I hold a decent hand.
- his game is pretty good, so I put him on KQo, A9s, KK and everything in between. I didnt put him on AA since no way was he going to shove all his chips for 7,500 raise.
- I play for the 1st place (well, the final three is fine!). If I won this hand, then I am almost guaranteed to ship this tourney all the way.

What happened?? Running into QQ. No miraculous Jack. Got crippled and finally finished 12th.

Questions:
1. Should I fold my two Jacks in this spot? Considering I've been so agggressive and now holding decent hand..?

2. If I want to be aggressive during the final table bubble, and willing to take a coin flip, then what is the minimum hand to call an all-in?? What is the maximum chips you can afford to lose?

3. Anything, suggestions, critics are really appreciated!!

FullTilt Freerolls

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 8:00am PST by blade1984

It;s has been a very long time for me since i have played in any of there freeroll since they added more player to them. so yesterday i gave it a try i was playing in the 9,40 am freeroll and after sitting for over 5 1/2 hours only to be knockout in 49th place, talk about alot of play and nothing to show for it, it would be nice if they would cut the betting time to 10 seconds and make it a super turbo with that many player in them , it like they would have you put money into you account then to play the freerolls. anyone else feel the same way as i do?:confused:

Wanna move up the stakes!

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 6:36am PST by Deceitful_Frank

Hello people!

I have been playing on Party now for some 7 months and feel I am finally ready to move up from 2NL to 4NL. The most I have deposited is $25 and my BR is approaching 100. I Feel that I am very comfortably stronger than 90% or Players I meet at 2NL though with the increased aggression I will face from players that are not TOTALLY clueless I am expecting it to be a shaky start.

Of course I will limit myself to a comfortable 4 tables, pay close attention to selection and generally try not to do anything to fancy untill I have settled in!

As a beginner I of course aspire to be a TAG and I have an idea of the numbers I should shoot for... 16/12.

As can be seen from my details sheet, I could be a little tighter and more aggressive. I think I know how I can work on this but what I am asking you guys is if you can spot any other points of note amongst to mass of figures?!

Specifically:

Filling the small blind%
Blind stealing%
went to showdown
Won $s at showdown
Aggression frequencies and factors

All in all I feel my game is coming along nicely and I am always surrounding myself with post-it notes of ideas, thoughts, reminders!

One of my favourite being "If you intend to call a probable raise then you are better to bet it all yourself. Then you taking control of the betting and gaining fold equity, giving yourself an extra chance to win!"

Any thoughts on how I can tweak my game before I move up?

Thanks in advance,

Frank.

EDIT:

I play 9 handed cashed games and the figures are for 90% 2NL and 10% 4NL (taken a couple of shots to test the waters)

Site Name: Same everywhere?

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 5:23am PST by fletchdad

At the moment, I belong to 4 poker sites. I will slowly be expanding. I always use the same SN. I notice some players do this too, and some have different names on different sites. Is there any reason to use a different SN? I cant off the bat see any advantage - except for players who dominate me one one site being able to get me in the first few games on another and vice versa, but dont really see this as any lasting thing.
Thoughts?

Applying Renton's theorem

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 2:56am PST by baudib1

Something I've been trying to work on is not only putting opponents on ranges, but playing our ranges as well. This is a very simple hand where I'm making a marginal play with 87s, but I used to just give up on this type of flop, figuring someone hit this board with a weak ace.

Instead I think about my range here...I'm raising at CO so my range is presumably stronger than a button raise, even though this is a bluff. My opponents ranges: Caller is pretty tight and he didn't 3-bet, so his range on the button is largely pocket pairs, some KQ type stuff, some suited connectors, and the occasional suited ace. BB is loose and with a raise and caller, is getting odds to call with a wide range...again he didn't three-bet so we don't expect him to have a big ace or huge pair here very often. The board is very dry and hits my range a hell of a lot more than theirs.

$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($51.35)
Hero (CO) ($50)
BTN ($59.90)
SB ($49.50)
BB ($49.30)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 5 players) Hero is CO 8:club: 7:club:
1 fold, Hero raises to $1.50, BTN calls $1.50, SB calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: K:diamond: A:club: 5:heart: ($5, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4, BTN folds, SB folds

Final Pot: $9

Hero wins $8.75 (net +$3.25)

BTN lost $1.50
SB lost $1.50

wtf is wrong now

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 2:29am PST by slicky

so for a couple days i was winning everything i played pretty much and now that im reaching close to my first pokerstars bonus i cant hit even one card to save my life

for real. my confidence was so high but as soon as i got within 150 of the bonus i cant win nothing at all. not even win a hand.

now im just frustrated. its like they are saying yeah you can have the bonus but its gonna cost you big

Poker rules quiz

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:43am PST by Grossberger

Ok so I made a short little quiz on some situations that can/have occured at the poker table, this is more for the live players not online. Now don't cheat and don't go into reasoning so others are not persuaded toward your answers. Just put the number of the question and what letter you think is right.

***OZ you can take this quiz but not post your answers as others will then know the correct answers :-)***

All these situations are for either tournament or cash game unless otherwise noted.

1.) Btn is seat 2. action goes seat 4 folds, seat 5 calls, seat 6 raises,
seat 7 says "I only have 1 card". Dealer should?

a. Call a misdeal
b. Give the player top card
c. Tell player hand is dead
d. Tell player hand is dead unless they want to play with 1 card

2.) Btn is seat 10. Seat 3 calls and says "I will call any raise!!", seat
4 folds, seat 5 calls, seat 6 goes all in, it folds around to seat 3
and he folds. Dealer should?

a. Allow seat 3 to fold
b. Tell seat 3 they must call as verbal is binding and play it out
c. seat 3 should have to call the raise and his cards are mucked

3.) Btn is seat 4. Seat 7 raises, seat 8 calls, all others fold. Flop
comes out, seat 7 bets, seat 8 then says "wait button is in wrong
seat, it should be in seat 3" all other players agree its in the
wrong seat. Dealer should?

a. Stop play give chips back to players and redeal with button is correct
spot.
b. Continue the hand and button goes to seat 5 next hand
c. Continue hand then put button in seat 3 next hand then seat 5 the
hand after that.

4.) Btn is seat 8. Seat 1 folds seat 2 calls folds around to btn who
calls, SB calls, BB checks. Flop comes out SB checks, BB checks,
seat 2 checks and dealer flips over turn. Btn says "I didn't check
but was going to so go ahead. Dealer should?

a. Leave the card since btn checked
b. Reshuffle only the turn card back in the deck then deal a new turn
c. Reshuffle the burn and turn back in the deck and redeal a new burn
and turn.

5.) Btn is seat 3. Seat 6 folds, seat 7 folds, seat 8 is thinking and
seat 9 says "raise" dealer says"its not on you" and seat 8 raises.
seat 9?

a. Must raise as verbal declaration is binding
b. Can raise,fold,or call
c. Can only call or fold for acting out of turn

6.) Btn is seat 5. Dealer is dealing and the second card to SB is
exposed due to dealer error and is the Ace of diamonds.
Dealer should?

a. Allow player to keep it if they want
b. Replace with the next card
c. Continue dealing and replace the card with what would be the burn
card and the Ace becomes the burn card
d. Redeal because the exposed card was dealt to the SB

7.) Btn is seat 2. action folds around to seat 8 who raises, folds to
Btn who calls and BB calls. Flop is out BB checks, seat 8 bets
all in. Seat 1 finds a card from the deck on the floor.
Dealer should?

a. Call the hand void and return the chips
b. Reshuffle the card back in the deck and continue play
c. Continue the hand and treat the card as a dead card

8.) Btn is seat 5. Seat 8 raises to $10 (in a cash game) or riases to
$200 (in tournament). Seat 9 throws out a $25 chip (in cash gm)
$1000 chip (in tournament). Dealer should?

a. Announce "Raise" from seat 9
b. Announce "call" from seat 9
c. Ask seat 9 if they are raising

__________________________________________________ _____________________

I will post the correct answers and reasoning in 1 week on 3/15

anyone see the ceasers cup USA vs Europe?

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:28am PST by Teebone

IMHO ivey and huck seed played horrible. Got them off to a bad start they still would have had a chance.

Very entertaining to watch tho.

Streak of HU SNGs won

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:23am PST by ________ANGF

Hi everyone,
i wanted so often to build a bankroll and when i was close i was choking or cashing out all the money.. now i would want to dedicate to heads up sng.. i would appreciate if you could tell me whats your winning streak record of hu sngs won in a row? mine is 7 but at an italian room you dont know.. in ft 4 or 5 i think.. dont remember ..curious to know if is possible to win more in a row.. also if you know from pros or so... thanks

Anyone been to Buffalo Run Casino?

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 12:55am PST by steak vegita

Well I'm taking a trip to buffalo run casino this Friday and was wondering if anyone has ben there or has any info on the place. How big is there poker room? What are the stakes? Any info can help.

Annie Duke Wins Heads-Up Championship

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:54pm PST by hccooley

I was kind of shocked to read that Annie Duke bested the field to win the 2010 National Heads Up Championship. I think the field was a little bit weaker than it could have been, but it's an impressive win nonetheless.

Annie Duke Wins Heads-Up Championship

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:54pm PST by hccooley

FPPs - VPPs

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:05pm PST by hccooley

What is the difference in the two types of points? I just don't get it.

FPPs - VPPs

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:05pm PST by hccooley

What is the difference in the two types of points? I just don't get it.

bodog poker

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 10:50pm PST by yasudab

can you play blackjack on bodog poker like you can on ultimate bet?

Holy Hell Bodog?? Client problems..

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 10:10pm PST by IcyBlueAce

I play on several poker rooms, and today I felt like playing on bodog.. But the client has been freezing and lagging like hell! Is it just me or what? I don't get this with any other site.. I had to exit bodog a few times now and restart causing me to lose a bit. :argh:

your most profitable site

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 8:20pm PST by slicky

yeah well im sick of pokerstars

what sites have you guys had success with

Ever wondered what "M" is...

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 8:10pm PST by FTP_TheNuts

Ive decided its time i contribute to this forum a little more, ive started to post alot in the MTT hand section, and im going to post a little something here, for newish players, about what "M" is, and how to interpret it into your MTT game.

Sometimes, when converting hand histories you may see a players M, displayed, if you have ever wondered what it is, here is your answer...

So what is this "M" business?

A Players "M", which can also be called "M Factor" or "M-Ratio" its all the same thing dw, and to keep things simple im just gonna use "M", is basically, a measurement of how healthy your chip stack is, i order to play each orbit (or round of blinds).

M is mostly used in pot limit and no limit holdem, and tournament poker, M can be considered in cash games, but its significantly less effective, due to the fact a player can reload their stack at any one time.

Simply put

Having a high "M" means a player can sit back and relax, there is no need to make any moves because your stack can healthily afford "M Laps" which is a round of blinds, or an orbit.

If you have a low "M", you are under alot of pressure from the blinds and antes to make moves with alot more hands, due to the damage the blinds and antes are causing to your stack.

Ok, but how do i know what my "M" is?

Its alot easier to calculate your M than you may think.

You simply, Divide your current stack size, between the combined value of 1BB, 1SB, and total antes.

For Example: If, 6 handed, you have a 100,000 stack, at 1000/2000 levels, with 200 antes. Your M would be

M= 100,000/ 1000+2000 = 3000 + 6x 200 = 1200 = 100,000/4200 ~ 24

So, how do i know if my "M" is good?

Taken from Harrington on Holdem (Obv i cant take all credit :o)

If your "M" is 20 or Above = You are perfect, you can feel free to play as aggresively or conservatively as you want.

When your "M" is between 10 and 19 = You have to take on a little more risk, and your low pairs and connectors loose alot of value

When your "M" is betwen 6 and 9 = It becomes highly important to preserve your chips for the right situations because......

When Your "M" is between 2 and 6 = Your only option is an all in or fold game, the blinds and antes are affecting you stack incredibly, there is not enough value in a simple raise.

Once your "M" gets to 1 = You are 100% dependant on luck, you should never let yourself get into this situation.

I hope my post on "M" atleast helps a few people a little

I have interpretted it into my MTT game for a while now, and it really does give you an idea on what range you should be playing, how much your raises should be, and really helps you feel alot more comfortable around the table

Thanks for reading (if you did ;))

Good luck at the tables

FTP

Hit a wall

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:42pm PST by FTP_TheNuts

I have hit a massive wall of recent playing poker

I feel like a couldnt be running any worse, im on one of the biggest downswings of my life

I feel like giving up, ive had a few deep runs, but nothing special, i know i know, variance and all, but its a sick downswing at the moment and my motivation is down....

Ive hit a wall, and im sure i can hit through it, has anyone got any tips.

Please, no needy/pathetic attention whores in this thread saying, aww man ul push through it, such as complexplaya

More Books?

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:08pm PST by wetyeti

I just ordered 'The Psychology of Poker' and am looking to get three or four more. I dont want to spend more than 120.
I mainly play SnG and a few live tournies and a 200nl live ring. I put in between 15-30 hours per week trying to decipher whether I should raise or fold or rebuy. My play style is TAG with a capacity to get aggrowild here and there.
Books I already have
Gordons Little Mean Greeny
Harrington on HE: Cash V1, Tourney V1

Books I am thinking about getting:
Moshmans Sit n Go Strategy
Schmidts Treat Your Poker Like a Business
Iveys Journal

Thanks Guys

poker tracker 3 stats help

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:02pm PST by tomh7795

hey yall.

i need help with which stats to put on my poker tracker. It will be used for cash games and i also play heads up sit n goes which i don't really need but i still would like some advice on stats for both games. I believe they make you aware of the stats that are very easy to miss. :)

Micro Stakes Stragety

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:58pm PST by jecolgan

I have been grinding it out on the micro stakes tables recently,,,.2/.4 .5/.10 nlhe and ohama,,hi/lo..most play these like frs...all in,,silly raises,,and chasing anything down to the river..but ive noticed that if im patient,,watch my opponets,,i can usually isolate a player or two that bets on air hoping to hit,,and if i wait long enough,,folding dmn near everyting that costs too much to see..ill catch a monster hand,,mask it well and be able to double or triple up:) then i leave..and wait 30 mins or so and try to do it again..sometimes,,,i get caught,but it seems to be working,,,varience notwithstanding,,and i seem to be on a slow climb up:) anyone else have any good ideas for winning these things??? id surely love to hear em...

Micro Stakes Stragety

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:58pm PST by jecolgan

Micro Stakes Strategy

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 1:58pm PST by jecolgan

Post Oak Bluffs

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 10:17am PST by moeraj

For those who don't know what this is , a brief explanation.

A post oak bluff is a small semi-bluff that is made to protect a good drawing hand. Let's say you have A-K suited in a pot raised by your opponent. The flop comes Q-J-6 and you now have a one way straight draw and a nut flush draw. Your opponent is a lag player and you are sure he will make a large continuation bet if you check to him.Instead of checking to him and being raised off of you draw you make a small quarter to half pot raise , hoping to convince him/her not to put in a raise that would be hard for you to call based on your stack size. If you make your opponent think twice here about hammering the pot , he/she might call you down instead. This way you get to see the next street at an acceptable price.

Now I know most experts will advise you never to use this play but for me it works quite well at micro limits.If you read super system , which is the only book i own or have read , Doyle Brunson will tell you never to use it. I do not necessarily disagree with Doyle on this. At the stakes he is playing , players thinking at that level will recognize a bet which shows weakness and protect their hand anyway and you will either have to gamble or lose your post oak bet. However , at micro limits you can usually get the donkeys to change their minds and just call unless they have a monster.

Has anybody here ever used this play at higher end limits online and how has it worked out for you?

Goin' to Vegas baby!

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 9:34am PST by santa fe slim

So I'm headed to Vegas later today. Any suggestions for good Hold 'em tourneys?
Or just wish me luck!

Min. Raising

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:20am PST by Teebone

Min raising in a deep mtt, good idea or bad?

Ive been using it alot lately and its really affective people call in hopes of hitting something, miss, and fold to a c-bet. Also if you get 3-bet its an e-z laydown inless u have a monster.

Im looking for pro's and cons to min. raising.

Mulltiple questions.. and HA, sort off..

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:23am PST by fletchdad

OK; here I was in a 1$ MTT. I usually play nothing but premium hands, and I am posting complete hands, cause I am not looking for hand analysis (although comments welcome - results hidden, highlight will show) but am looking for overall MTT strategy advice. 1st hand, AKh, me utg+1. I feel I have to bet here, even though 1st hand. I have info on 1 player, 8 are complete unknowns for me. As I get TPTK with flush draw, I still feel I need to represent my hand. I am posting this cause of strategy that promotes tight image at early stage MTT, which I use, but had a couple of hands I thought were necessary to go for. (BTW, the HC I use always puts there annoying (All in) after every bet/raise/call, so ignore it just see the bet/raise amount) and the $1 or $2 is always stack to the nearest 1000, $1 is 1000 to 1999 and so on

PKR No-Limit Hold'em, $20.00 BB (9 handed) - PKR Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($2)
UTG ($2)
Hero (UTG+1) ($2)
MP1 ($2)
MP2 ($2)
MP3 ($2)
CO ($2)
Button ($2) SB ($2)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A

, K

1 fold, Hero bets $80 (All-In), 1 fold, MP2 calls $80 (All-In), 2 folds, Button calls $80 (All-In), 2 folds

Flop: ($270) A

, 9

, 5

(3 players, 5 all-in)
Hero bets $160 (All-In), 2 folds

Total pot: $270 Results below: Hero didn't show A

, K

. Outcome: Hero won $270

This hand was about 5 hands later. The table had been real tight, maybe 3 players max seeing the flop, and a couple hands 1 raise to all fold. So I thought I cant let this by. Just a call to see what the table does, after 1st flop check, in position, I had to bet. Concur?

PKR No-Limit Hold'em, $20.00 BB (10 handed) - PKR Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP3 ($2)
CO ($1)
Hero (Button) ($2)
SB ($1)
BB ($1)
UTG ($1)
UTG+1 ($1)
UTG+2 ($1)
MP1 ($1)
MP2 ($1)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J

, K

6 folds, CO calls $20 (All-In), Hero calls $20 (All-In), SB calls $20 (All-In), BB checks

Flop: ($80) 2

, 8

, 3

(4 players, 6 all-in)
SB checks, BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks Turn: ($80) 2

(4 players, 10 all-in) SB checks, BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $60 (All-In), 3 folds

Total pot: $80 Results below: Hero didn't show J

, K

. Outcome: Hero won $80

My point is, in a MTT, is my second hand too wide? The table seemed to be relatively tight for a small buy in tourny, and with me on button.... And after all check the flop, I kinda have to bet, dont I? Or is proper MTT strategy dictating an auto-fold here PF, to keep my image tight? And do I show my first hand after all fold to promote my only premium hand playing attitude? The second is a certain no-show.

I will post another hand in HA, so I would appreciate anyone here looking there for your thoughts on that hand.

And just as I thought it was a relatively tight table, this happened...lol

PKR No-Limit Hold'em, $20.00 BB (10 handed) - PKR Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP2 ($2)
MP3 ($1)
Hero (CO) ($2)
Button ($1)
SB ($1)
BB ($1)
UTG ($1)
UTG+1 ($1)
UTG+2 ($1)
MP1 ($1)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 3

, 7

UTG calls $20 (All-In), 2 folds, MP1 bets $40 (All-In), 3 folds, Button raises to $100 (All-In), SB calls $100 (All-In), BB calls $100 (All-In), UTG calls $100 (All-In), MP1 raises to $1980 (All-In), 1 fold, SB calls $1880 (All-In), 1 fold, UTG calls $1700 (All-In)

Flop: ($5660) 4

, K

, 8

(3 players, 11 all-in)

Turn: ($5660) 6

(3 players, 11 all-in)

River: ($5660) 7

(3 players, 11 all-in)

Total pot: $5660
Results:
SB had 9

, A

(high card, Ace).
UTG had K

, Q

(one pair, Kings).
MP1 had A

, J

(high card, Ace).

Outcome: SB won $180, UTG won $5300, MP1 won $360

Playing live tonight, need help with 'live' reads

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:48am PST by KerouacsDog

Playing a small buy-in freezeout tonight, Ive played there before, and the play equates to 10NL online.
I play a good game, but have forgotten most live reads, anybody know any obvious ones can they post them here, thanks!

To the person who told FullTilt I was multi-accounting...

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 2:49am PST by KerouacsDog

Someone a few weeks back told FullTilt that I was multi-accounting on mine and my wife's account, and for that my wife's account was suspended whilst they investigated it. I told FT that I had played one sng under her name, whilst she was sat next to me, just to show her how I play, and they accepted that. They asked for ID for both of our accounts, which has only just been accepted:

Hello Mark,

Thank you for contacting Full Tilt Poker Support.

We're pleased to inform you that we've verified your documents. You can now log in and play as usual.

Your account has also been approved for check withdrawals.

You can request a check through the Full Tilt Poker "Cashier". After selecting "OK", you'll receive an automated confirmation email, and once your request is complete, we'll send you a follow-up email.

Check withdrawals can be submitted once per 24 hour period and twice per 7 day period for amounts between $100 and $4,000.

Checks are delivered by United States Postal Service (USPS) mail and usually take 15 business days for delivery from the time of shipping. Business days are Monday through Friday with the exception of bank observed holidays. Delivery times to destinations outside the continental United States will vary.

Thank you for your cooperation, and if you have any questions, please let us know.

Regards,

xxxxxxx
Full Tilt Poker Support
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello Liz,

Thank you for contacting Full Tilt Poker Support.

We're pleased to inform you that we've verified your documents. You can now log in and play as usual.

Your account has also been approved for check withdrawals.

You can request a check through the Full Tilt Poker "Cashier". After selecting "OK", you'll receive an automated confirmation email, and once your request is complete, we'll send you a follow-up email.

Check withdrawals can be submitted once per 24 hour period and twice per 7 day period for amounts between $100 and $4,000.

Checks are delivered by United States Postal Service (USPS) mail and usually take 15 business days for delivery from the time of shipping. Business days are Monday through Friday with the exception of bank observed holidays. Delivery times to destinations outside the continental United States will vary.

Thank you for your cooperation, and if you have any questions, please let us know.

Regards,

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Full Tilt Poker Support

so whoever it was, thanks for trying to stitch me up.

Whether to play suited connectors

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 2:29am PST by pat3392

I'm trying to figure out some of the mathematical sides of poker, and trying to develop some sort of systematical playing style. I know decent players will pick up on this, but I'm playing at micro stakes so I don't think this is an issue for the time being. Plus, when it becomes an issue, I can make little rules to confuse the hell out of players. I want to make some sort of system because this will help me make good plays when in difficult decisions, and let me learn from my mistakes.

Ok, here is the actual question. Trying to figure out how many chips I would have to make in order for playing suited connectors to be profitable. So, here's some lovely math ;)

The chance of a two pair is (6*5*44 * 3)/(50*49*48) = 0.03367346939
The chance for three of a kind: 6*5*4/50*49*48=1.020408163x10^-3
The chance for a flush: 11x10x9/50x49x48=8.418367347x10-3
The chance for a straight:4x4x4/50x49x48=5.442176871x10^-4

All of these added up are .04365646259

This means that you will make a decent hand 4% of the time. Therefore, you should only call with suited connectors if you believe that you will make 25 blinds when you hit your hand. Since this is fairly high, one should only call suited low suited connectors if people are deep stacked(the question is how deep stacked) and if the table is particualry loose.

Now, they're some things to consider:
1) what if someone raises?
2) what if someone makes an even better hand than the one i make(for example, i make two pair and someone else hits a better two pair)
3) what is i made a mistake in my calculation?

So, am wondering if you guys could tell me what you guys think of this. I'm going to try to figure out other rules aswell; I'm still not sure what hands I should play, the internet tells me to play too tight in my opinion(I play at loose turbo sit and gos/multi tables)

Is PartyPoker Premier League IV Televised?

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 1:17am PST by applebuilder

Is PPL IV on TV and if so where can I watch it?

bad beats make me itch.....

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 9:04pm PST by grizzlebird

ive had it ...2 big pairs including aces getting cracked constantly...but i never get delt trips...does this happen to anyone else.... ?????:mad:

PLO stats

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 7:11pm PST by baudib1

Just wondering what you guys are running at PLO...

$25 PLO:

I had been going at a 22/8/1.5 3-bet but am turning up the aggression...now running at 29/12/6.5 (!) 3-bet over past 10k hands...doing a lot of limp-reraising vs. donks who raise from the blinds. seems to be working better for me but it's still short-term.

live game strategy?

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 6:11pm PST by zeeduh

A lot of weekends a guy I know hosts a cash game at his house with a full ring almost every time. The problem is, everyone likes playing larger stakes than most of them can afford (most buy in with 5-15 bucks when blinds are .25/.50). I usually buy 10 or 15. How should I generally approach this table? Everyone is fairly tight passive except the host who buys in for 25 ish and raises almost every pot.

How spending FTP affects RB

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 4:53pm PST by Mase31683

Can someone explain this to me. I've got 80,000 FTP, but I don't wanna punch my rakeback in the face. What's the deal with this?

new guy needs assistance

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 3:47pm PST by swnelisse

Just want to see what i am doing here. Also anyone on pokerstars who wants to throw me a bone it would be greatly appreciated.

did i lose the minimum this hand?

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 2:52pm PST by tomh7795

hey yall. just wanted to post a hand and i wasn't sure if i lost the minimum here.

Full Tilt Poker Game #19046363736: Table Twining - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:56:05 ET - 2010/03/07
Seat 1: wyf2010 ($1.90)
Seat 2: PythonWannabe ($3.97)
Seat 3: cmon fisheeeee ($7.48)
Seat 4: mklome ($4.69)
Seat 5: Alma Seifert ($5.31)
Seat 6: roadwaffle ($2.36)
Seat 7: ReverendBattle ($2.88)
Seat 8: Krecul ($7.17)
Seat 9: papasragu ($3.43)
Krecul posts the small blind of $0.02
papasragu posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cmon fisheeeee [9s 9h]
wyf2010 calls $0.05
PythonWannabe folds
cmon fisheeeee calls $0.05
mklome folds
Alma Seifert folds
roadwaffle calls $0.05
ReverendBattle folds
Krecul calls $0.03
papasragu checks
*** FLOP *** [3c 9d 7d]
Krecul checks
papasragu checks
wyf2010 checks
cmon fisheeeee bets $0.20
roadwaffle has 15 seconds left to act
roadwaffle folds
Krecul folds
papasragu folds
wyf2010 calls $0.20
*** TURN *** [3c 9d 7d] [6d]
wyf2010 checks
cmon fisheeeee checks
*** RIVER *** [3c 9d 7d 6d] [Tc]
wyf2010 bets $0.30
cmon fisheeeee calls $0.30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wyf2010 shows [Ad Qd] a flush, Ace high
cmon fisheeeee mucks
wyf2010 wins the pot ($1.17) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.25 |
Board: [3c 9d 7d 6d Tc]

Mini FTOPs ( who's in? )

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 1:47pm PST by 2-7MakesMeRaise

Just wondered if any ccers are playing the Mini ftop warm up?

And if so good luck:)

got underpair and facing flop bet

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 12:59pm PST by tomh7795

hey yall. i am still confused of how i should of played this. my opponent was a loose aggressive opponent.

Full Tilt Poker Game #19045391977: Table Twining - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:17:17 ET - 2010/03/07
Seat 1: sanpnat0r ($6.73)
Seat 2: PythonWannabe ($5.36)
Seat 3: cmon fisheeeee ($5.07)
Seat 4: SicSic1 ($5.05)
Seat 5: xxlouganxx ($2)
Seat 6: hihopes1 ($5.11), is sitting out
Seat 7: babarabanna ($1.68)
Seat 8: Krecul ($4.13)
Seat 9: papasragu ($3.82)
SicSic1 posts the small blind of $0.02
xxlouganxx posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cmon fisheeeee [2d 2h]
babarabanna folds
Krecul folds
papasragu folds
sanpnat0r raises to $0.17
PythonWannabe folds
cmon fisheeeee calls $0.17
SicSic1 folds
xxlouganxx folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 3d 5h]
sanpnat0r bets $0.41
cmon fisheeeee has 15 seconds left to act
cmon fisheeeee calls $0.41
*** TURN *** [3h 3d 5h] [Kc]
sanpnat0r has 15 seconds left to act
sanpnat0r bets $0.70
cmon fisheeeee folds
Uncalled bet of $0.70 returned to sanpnat0r
sanpnat0r mucks
sanpnat0r wins the pot ($1.15)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.23 |
Board: [3h 3d 5h Kc]

Heads Up/HU

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 12:54pm PST by Pokerstudent

Hey All,

Every once in a while, just realize and appreciate how fortunate we are to participate at this site. It's great!!!! So thanks.

So I decided that today (Sunday) would be a huge poker-learning day. And my focus is currently HU poker. They say it's the best way to learn.

Here's the problem. I can't effectively use the Search functions to find anything on the subject at CC.

When I search HU, it says the word is too short to search. When I search heads up, only the word 'heads' is searched. As a result, I received a truckload more posts for me to search as 4/5th of them have nothing about heads up. When I use quotes and search "heads up", nothing comes up.

I found one thread by enty and blankoblanco that was great.

If I'm searching incorrectly, please let me know. But if anyone comes across any HU posts, PLEASE send me the link!

Take care,

STUD

playing good or getting lucky?

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 12:01pm PST by thunder1276

whenever i have a winning session im afraid that i was playing bad and getting lucky. its also the same when i have a losing session. i believe i am playing good and just not catching cards. i guess the only way to to tell that im actually playing good is to consistently have winning sessions.

7game 6max vs full (8 seat)

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 11:32am PST by bigjoker66

Why does everyone seem to want to play 6-max instead of full (8) on FullTilt? (those seem to fill up most often)

Is it because of the PLO and NLH part games in the mix?

Tourney VS Cash Games

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 11:26am PST by thunder1276

what are some of the differences when playing cash games and tournaments? do you see more questionable flop in tournaments in hoping of catching a big hand a knocking someone out? i would think that you would do this more often from late in a tournament with hands like suited connectors and low to medium pocket pairs. also would you play more aggressively in a tournament or a ring game?

Not understanding own hand?

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 10:40am PST by chemguy201

In a live game, is it the responsibility of spectators or other players to let a person know that they have won the hand when they think they have lost, or declared they have lost (all hands in the pot are shown)?
Is there a defined rule on this? Is it just ettiquette, or actually illegal?

Negreanu String Bet at WSOPE?

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 10:28am PST by Four Dogs

I've never been to impressed with ESPN's WSOP coverage. It's spotty and filmed more like a reality show than a sporting event. I guess I watch it more to keep up with who's who in poker than to actually learn anything. That said, it can be occasionally entertaining when something unusal happens. I was up late last night watching the WSOPE on ESPN2 and I caught a hand which I thought was very interesting.

This hand occurred between Daniel Negreanu and Shawn Deeb. The table folds around to Daniel holding 77 in the Small Blind. Shawn Deeb raises with K9o in the BB and speculates that Daniel will call as usual. Daniel in his usual a jovial spirit says something to the effect of. "Well, I'm going to Pound you back", and then clearly puts his raise in in two seperate motions. Deeb immediately calls Daniel out as making a "string Bet" as he never used the word "RAISE" and did not put his chips in in one motion.

Of coure Daniel protests in his always friendly manner but Deeb insists on a ruling from the floor. Daniel argues that it was obvious that his intention was to raise but instead of using the words "Pound you Back" he sneakily replaced it with "Pound you UP" and explains that there are many different (more colorful?) ways of declaring a raise. All the time Deeb remains silent and excepts the floors ruling to "Let it stand" without argument and promptly folds his hand.

Ater the FM leaves the coversation continues with Deeb obviously frustrated by the ruling. It seems obvious to me that Daniels intent was to raise as that is exactly what I expected to see when he said "I'm going to pond you back" and there was no real delay between the two motions. Also, given Daniels character, I don't see him attempting any funny business, but who knows. He is facing a raise out of position with a vunerable hand which he'd prefer not to see a flop with.

IMO this was a poor ruling and have to wonder whether Daniel was cut some slack based on his star power. As Deeb later pointed out, this ruling makes it too easy for somone with less integity to shoot an angle by making some cute remark about "Ginning it up" or "Buttering it up" and then taking back the raise based on his opponents reaction arguing that he never actually used the word RAISE and it would be hard for the floor to rule against him.

Watch the video and tell me what you think. The hand in question occurs about 4:15 into the clip.

YouTube- WSOPE 2009 Main Event Episode 4 Part 5/5...

strange thing playing online poker

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 9:43am PST by yasudab

when i was playing at a 9 person table, in one minute period, about 6 of them left the table. does this sound like they could potentially been colluding or part of a team? how often do you out there see this type of behavior.

fpp

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 9:39am PST by yasudab

just curious what some of you have gotten for your points out there? i know about the store, but i would like to hear what everyone has gotten out of their points.

fixed limit

Posted: March 7th, 2010, 3:25am PST by slicky

i got in a fixed limit by accident

anyone have a good strategy so i dont lose my money

Instant Thoughts when in a hand

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 1:05am PST by WarriorStoic

I have been playing the game of poker for quite a few years now.
That being said my experience in the game has taught me a few things that i'd like to pass on to those who are very new to the game.

I used to be an avid player of pool, and i remeber vividly when a very good player watched me play my inconsistant game, and after a time he came up to me and told me he could improve my game exponentially with just one piece of advice if i was willing to take it and apply it

he told me that i was looking at the cue ball when shooting and instead i should be looking at the object ball.

now there is a similar problem i see with new players in the game of poker.

now think about it and be brutally honest with yourself, Assume that you already understand hand selection and use of position.

when the flop hits what is the FIRST thing that you think about after you look at it?

for most people who do not take the game seriously and or do not play live very much if at all , the answer will be "what do I have?"

and this is imo the first and most fundamental mistake a new player makes.

becuase when looking at the flop, yoou must teach yourself to think differently
first question you want to ask AND answer : "What is the best hand that that flop can make"

then "what do I have"

logicaly the next question should be: "how many hands are between the best possible hand, and what I hold?"

followed by "How likely is it that my opponent(s) hold hands better than mine based on the play before the flop and what read i have on them ..(if any)

when i hhave decided for myself whether i think i have the best hand at the moment (assuming I think I have the best hand)

next thing I consider is whether the board is draw heavy or dry, beucase this is a basic way to determine if and how to bet...if the board is draw heavy I tned to try and bet people off of their hands or force them to pay alot in order to try and improve what they are holding against me(commonly known as protecting your hand).
If the flop is dry (unlikley to have given many ways to improve) then i tend to want to trap and give them a chance to try and steal it, on this type of board I try to get them to make a big pot and let them think they are having me chas while i am actually just letting them pay me off.

just some basic thoughts on how people play the flop when they are first learning the game, and how they COULD look at it differently.

short stack

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 12:29am PST by chris8833p

why does it seem on online poker the flops and rivers all favor the all in shot stack three times in a row my much better start hand got killed i had kk and he pulled 4 to a flush then ace ten and he went all in he had 5 7 and hit nut straight on the flop then last one i had king 9 suited he went all in again i call he had 9 10 flopped quad 10s i have seen this happen alot with the short stack has anyone else noticed this?

Relay For Life / All In For Autism

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 12:03am PST by Sean Pilgrim

Just thought I would bring this up for anyone interested! Charity Events on Full Tilt Poker.
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value ranges for HUD

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 4:54pm PST by sarahholt3

I have seen a lot of posts about what stats to include in one's HUD but I need some help setting the ranges. I have found VPIP, PFR, and AF but that is all.

Can anyone help me with some value ranges (or direct me to a thread) to use for stats such as cbet, steal, donk bet, 3bet, fold to cbet etc...?

I realize there won't be a definitive answer but I have no idea what percentages would be normal so it is hard to determine what is high or low.

As always, thank you for your help

HEM HUD mystery

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 4:42pm PST by sarahholt3

The default HUD set-up has the first item as Abb. Name. I understand that it means abbreviated name but it also has values (colors, etc..) that you can set in the players preferences section.

What do these values correlate to? I thought perhaps they meant nothing but I stuck in some random values and assigned different colors and the colors of the abb. names on my HUD changed....so I know it is associated with something.

Anyone know? Thanks.

How much Equity do Poker Sites keep on hand?

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 3:32pm PST by lawd

I'm curious how much equity (i.e. money) different poker sites keep on hand for withdrawal purposes from player bankroll's.
All of it? 10% like a good bank? If so, what do they do with the rest?

What's a relatively safe amount to keep in a poker account? 1000$?

Does M and M-Zone Matter in games like PLO

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 2:48pm PST by kmixer

Was trying to find info on this but didn't have a lot of luck. It seems to me that M does matter to an extent in games like PLO I am just not sure how it can be compared to M in a game like NLHE.

Multi Currency Strategies (Euro vs USD)

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 2:19pm PST by cAPSLOCK

This post might be something those of you non US players have more experience with and thoughts about.

Stars opened up Euro tables for testing recently. I thought it would be nice play in this currency as it offers other artificial blind levels. For example. The €10 tables are more like $13-16US over the last few months. This allows for finer gradations between levels. Also I noticed as I was playing, the general player base in these beta tables was VERY unpredictable. There seemed to be more bad players at least for a while, along with a greater appearance of SN and even SNE players at the tiny stakes I play. This made the games more interesting and sometimes profitable seemingly.

Then last week I decided to convert 90% of my EU account back to USD.

Now I understand Stars doesn't want to turn its players into currency traders, and I mean to honor them in that request. But they also cannot expect me to leave my money in a place I feel it may be temporarily vulnerable.

I am not so savvy about the Forex type stuff, but it seems to be the USD is headed up a little in world markets and the EU might be in a little trouble thanks to Greece etc. Add those two things together and I thought I might rather have my bankroll be in USD again. At least for now.

Obviously I can't tell the future, and the EU might continue to climb against the USD for a while.

But I was curious ... what others think about multi-currency accounts, and the implications and resulting strategies they might produce, both at the table, and even just in what currency to be playing in.

Does it matter to you?

EPT Berlin robbery, march 6th 2010

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 1:22pm PST by postflopper

this is the news link.

http://news.bluffmagazine.com/ept-ar...n-berlin-9635/

pretty shocking, such a major event getting robbed. im sure security for future events will be beefed up significantly.

CCWSOP? Or CCSOP? Does something like this exist.

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 12:53pm PST by FTP_TheNuts

I just had this idea, and i think it would be so awesome, if enough players would play.

How abbout, once a year, a Cardschat series of poker? Obviously, Buy In events, no freerolls, Buy ins ranging from $5-$22, added money would obviously be awesome, but not neccessary.

Does something like this exist already?

Anyway i think this would be absoltely awesome not only to bring players to CC, but for current players at CC who take poker seriously.

Any thoughts?

EPT BERLIN VIOLENT ROBBERY ON TAPE

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 11:50am PST by rhulp1

Sick they robbed almost a million dollars
(i think boris becker was in that tourney)

YouTube- EPT Berlin Robbed by 6 armed men, live...

Very good finish in 2$ tournament

Posted: March 6th, 2010, 4:43am PST by toogood2k

Finished 1st out of 4000k+ players, awesome win, :D i had only 5$ on my bankroll before this tournament

STICK WITH WHAT WORKS

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 12:05am PST by dufferdevon

This article is not for the recreational player who is happy to lose their $50-$100 a month and reload. Or has fun trying to see how many times they can win with 7-2os.

This is for the player who knows they can play and wants to perfect what poker is all about, MAKING MONEY. There are the rare exceptions that can play all forms of poker well, Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud, Razz, Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, etc...

But even within NLH, there are cash games, Heads Up, SNGs. Multi-table SNGs, tournies. That's alot to choose from and try to be good at. My advice is to select the game that you are most profitable at and squeeze every dime you can out of it.

Look at your stats (if you don't keep track of your sessions / games and your ROI from them you need to start). If 9 tabling .25/.50 razz has you up over $500 in your last 5,000 hands, you'd better start playing 20,000 hands a month if you can. AND FORGET ABOUT EVERY OTHER GAME OUT THERE.

If your goal is to make money playing poker, find your game and play the crap out of it. Do not stray into PLO 'cause it looks like fun, don't waste 6 hours playing a MTT to make $1.50 when you could have crushed $10NL, playing two tables for 6 hours making 10 bb/100 hands. (and vice versa).

Another reason players don't make as much money as they could is by playing too many or too few tables at the same time. This will require tracking and experimentation but find the optimal number of tables you can play.

For example:

Your ROI at $22 SNGS is 30% when playing one table at a time. Play 100 games, on average, your profit will be $660 but will take 100 hours to play (1 hr per game).

Say your ROI drops to 20% when you add another table, but you can now play twice the amount of games in the same time period. 200 games in 100 hours at 20% ROI is a profit of $880 or 33% more than playing one table.

Find what you do well and do it more often. Sounds simple but so few do it. Challenge yourself to do this for one month and I guarantee it will be the most money you have ever made in one month playing poker.

pokerstars

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:31pm PST by chris8833p

im sorry if this is the wrong part of the forums for this but could someone help i downloaded pokerstars but there is no cashiers button so gt 2 questions

1. is this a non-money poker site?

2. if not can someone tell me how to get to the cashier.

pokerstars

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:31pm PST by chris8833p

Grr... What am I doing wrong?

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 10:22pm PST by Sean Pilgrim

This week has sucked, break even or minor profit or minor losses all week.

$5 SnG's just played 22 of them and came out -$8.50, technically +$2.50 + $10 Bonus that got unlocked but, its so frustrating. Any advice?
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Transitioning Micro-Stakes Guide

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 9:15pm PST by rileyl

Here is a guide I created for you Micro-Stakes grinders out there! Hope it helps alot! Happy Crushing!
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The big differences in buy inn at live vs online

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 8:03pm PST by Nexus6

Why is at live casino here in los angeles 1.00 - 2.00 table max buy inn is 60.00 vs online say at pokerstars 1.00 2.00 is way beyond 60.00 ???

The big differences in buy inn at live vs online

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by Nexus6

Why is at live casino here in los angeles 1.00 - 2.00 table max buy inn is 60.00 vs online say at pokerstars 1.00 2.00 is way beyond 60.00 ???

The big differences in buy in at live vs online

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 8:00pm PST by Nexus6

Why is at live casino here in los angeles 1.00 - 2.00 table max buy inn is 60.00 vs online say at pokerstars 1.00 2.00 is way beyond 60.00 ???

Online poker survey, support for my thesis, draw of 5 Amazon vouchers

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 6:12pm PST by JonnyE

Dear poker friends,

Im currently working on my thesis on online poker.
Id greatly appreciate it if you completed a short questionnaire to support my project.
It takes less than 10 minutes to answer the questionnaire.

[ww3.unipark.de]

Among all participants there will be a drawing of five 25-Dollar Amazon vouchers as an incentive for participation.

It goes without saying that the survey is anonymous.

The topic of the thesis is: Empirical market analysis of the online poker market.
I am writing it as a business administration student within the field of Marketing
at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne (Germany)

Thank you
Markus

Just stumbled on this LOL

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 3:30pm PST by Grossberger

YouTube- How to Use a Rock Band Drum Kit to Play...

Cbeting

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 1:44pm PST by thunder1276

I feel that i c-bet to often. how often should you c-bet and what boards should you stay away from c-betting. should you take your stack size into account when deciding whether or not to c-bet?

Software To Press Time Bank Automatically For You

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 1:03pm PST by Xavier

Is Table Ninja the only software that does this?
It is really useful when multitabling.
Just got a free trial on Table Ninja and the annoying thing as it does other things automatically though like changing the default betsizing which I don't want.

Has anyone dealt with RBC?

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 12:11pm PST by politude

The bank seems to create most of my headaches, they do not allow gambling, Full Tilt used to mask the payment by giving it a different name, but now they aren't and my account is useless to me right now.

I went to deposit today, and the payment wasn't going to be accepted. Which leads me to the concern that at any time if I were to cashout, I wouldn't be able to cash the check because RBC wouldn't let me.

Has anyone dealt with these fools? And if so, what did you do to maneuver around them.

Stacking off pre for 100 BBs: 6-max or LAG games

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:52am PST by baudib1

Let's talk about stacking off preflop for roughly 100 BBs or so.

Obviously we are always looking to get it in pre with AA and we'll be happy getting it in with KK 95% of the time, not so happy about it but getting it in anyway the other 5%.

Depending on the action, I usually get it in with QQ pre if we can, although we're nervous about it.

This is a marked evolution from my days as a FR nitwit, when I'd typically fold QQ to 4-bets.

OK, equity:
Against a normal 4-bet/stack off range of JJ+/AK, AA obviously dominates, with huge dropoffs to KK and QQ:

AA 83.4%
KK 62.6%
QQ 47.3%

With QQ, we are in the unfortunate situation of being in a flip at best in many occasions, but with 47.3% equity against this range, we are often getting the right price to play with money already in the pot.

Now: AKs and AKo. AKs has 42.8% equity against this range, and AKo has 39.8%.

Note that if we can ever include AQ in a 4-bettor's range, AK is now more than 50%, just behind QQ's 51% equity. (this, incidentally, is a huge reason why it's usually never wrong to get it in with AK in tournament play, as we usually don't have anything close to 100 BBs and our opponent's ranges are almost never as tight as JJ+/AK.)

Again, with AK we are usually getting the right price to shove even with only 40%-43% equity.

Fold equity: Of course, all hands have fold equity, depending on how we play them, but with AK our fold equity is great because we often play it all-in in order to see all 5 cards. There are plenty of people who want to play QQ/JJ more cautiously and see a safe flop before stacking off. The advantage AK has is as a semibluff; you will often make better hands fold, while with JJ you are basically never folding out a better hand.

Now, what do we do with JJ?

Was I wrong to shove here with J9s in this spot?

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:52am PST by kmixer

1 + .20 UB SnG Blinds 150/75 - 1400 left

Villian is 52/23 (3290 in chips) on the button he had raised my BB just about every time. folded the junk on all previous hands and this time I decided it was time to take a stand and re raise all in. Still had one player (50/2 that had limped)

Wrong move?

I think I was a little tilted by the fact that he had been raising my BB the whole game. He had also gone to showdown with K8 ofsuit and 49 offsuit in previous hands.

M was 6.2 at the time of the shove and I am in last place out of 6. If I flat called and missed it would leave my M at 3.8 and the SB to come.

Poker etiquette in local live cash games.

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:34am PST by HarryPaget

I was in a cash game last night at my local casino and I drew :qd::8c: I 3bet preflop on the button and the big blind called. Flop came :8d::qc::3d:. I pushed all in with my shallow stack and the BB called. I turned my cards over to show them but he kept his hidden. Turn :7d:. He says "You didn't want to see that" River :10d:. He flips over his :5d::2d: And I win with the high flush. I say something offhand like "sorry" and the guy virtually flips out.

I was wondering what the etiquette is on this. I'm a new player and I've said it before in tournaments after knocking somebody out or catching a bad beat but now I think that he was right that that proper manners would dictate I don't say "sorry".

Has anybody else found that local live cash game players can be intimidating? He and his friend was berating me all night for playing tight. Constantly asking "Is this the first hand you've played?". When I made a lay down of an over pair facing 3 all-ins I was heavily ridiculed for it despite it being the correct play.

Anyway I finished the night £170 up. My first cash game but feeling extremely uncomfortable in those surroundings. Any advice?

sng poker tracker help

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 9:10am PST by Western mail

How do you replay a full tournament(sng) on poker tracker 3?I know how to replay a hand but cant see how replay a full game:confused:

Im going to start reviwing my tournaments properly.

HUD for a mediocre player?? YES/NO?

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 5:53am PST by fletchdad

I do not use a HUD yet for a few reasons (http://www.cardschat.com/f11/trackin...5/#post1424397 post 6)

I am working very intensively on my game. 30-40 hours a week min - which may not be possible for long, but I will spend as much time as I can - Reading LOTS of sources. My library of real books has gone from none to ATM 12. Ive read 4, am re-reading one again, and will be working through the rest as I can. I have a plan, set for about a 6-9 month time period, to improve my game where I read, re-read, analyze, play and so on. But playing takes money. Money IS an issue. I was a losing player, now I am a break even, slowly advancing player. My BR was 180, went down to 25, at the 25 point, I was already clued into the fact that I had no clue, started learning, making plans setting goals, now i am up to 70.
Graphically, my 180-25 was strait down, my 25-70 a staggered almost level but slightly upward moving line, I think u get the point. I am improving, but the progress is slow, to be expected I know, but I am solely playing with notes and observations. As money is an issue, and I need to prioritize, should I claw my way up slowly with my mediocre yet ever improving poker skill with out HUD aid, or will the improvement a HUD brings be enough justification to get one?
I of course have another problem and that is I use Windows 2000, and PT3 HEM dont support it. SO I need a new PC. I need the Win 2K, have programs that I cant afford to update, and from XP onward, it will cost$ to use the progams that I use now for free, and I cant not use them, work related stuff. So I need a new PC, b4 I can use HUD, unless anyone know as Win 2K solution. I do have a MAC but is the PC I use for Poker the least. But my main question: HUD for the advanced beginner?

Terminator/Bounty MTT

Posted: March 5th, 2010, 5:05am PST by fletchdad

I was just wondering if anyone here has experience and/or thought in the Terminator or Bounty MTTS. Where 1/2 the entry fee goes to prize money 1/2 is a bounty on each players head, and you get 80% of your villains bounty if you knock him out, and 20% goes on to your head bounty. I have never tried them, it sounds like it might be an all in frenzy, but just was wondering what the thoughts are on these type of tourneys.

Absolute rake back

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 2:13am PST by PokerJoeAAAA

Can anyone tell me the best place to sign up for rack back on Absolute?
What should i look for?

Thanks for your help.

That's what I get...

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 12:34am PST by relpraggy

...for opening my mouth. Earlier today I added to a beginner's thread to "not be results oriented. You can get it in good and still lose." Yeah, well guess what happened all night long? Aces cracked, straights lost to flushes, flushes busted by FH on the river, hell one time a guy beat my FH with quads. It was insane. Anyway, I'm taking a couple nights off to regroup, just wondering if anyone has a favorite book or post/thread they revisit to put them back in the game. Right now I'm off for a few cold ones and a good laugh at myself :D
edit: mods if I posted this in the wrong place, please re-direct and I apologize.

How to take and post screen shots

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 12:07am PST by TPC

YouTube- ScreenShots

Did I make the right move???

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 11:45pm PST by 5TR8 FLUSH

Well i'm playing in a satellite to get into the ftop #1 warm up and half way or so in the tourney I run into this: :eek:

Full Tilt, 120/240 blinds, 25 ante NL Hold'em Tourney, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

SB: 14,324 (59.7 bb)
BB: 6,990 (29.1 bb)
UTG+2: 10,150 (42.3 bb)
MP1: 9,075 (37.8 bb)
MP2: 6,780 (28.3 bb)
Hero (MP3): 6,319 (26.3 bb)
CO: 1,950 (8.1 bb)
BTN: 2,722 (11.3 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP3 with T A
UTG+2 calls 240, 2 folds, Hero calls 240, 2 folds, SB completes, BB checks

Flop: (1,160) J A T (4 players)
SB bets 1,160, BB folds, UTG+2 folds, Hero folds

Did I make the right move?

Thanks in advance
By the way I got the ticket for the warm up :)

calling all good Omaha players

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 11:38pm PST by PokerBrat010

This little had here explained by good Omaha players would do a GOOD thing.

Was the starting had good
Should i have folded
Which of the Players Made a mistake.
Bet sizes

Just general stuff like that.
Look forward to hearing the comments.

View hand 570384
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: $46.09
SB: $25.24
BB: $16.35
Hero (UTG): $10.80
MP: $14.08
CO: $4.81

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with K ♣ T ♣ K ♦ J ♥
Hero raises to $0.85, 1 fold, CO calls $0.85, 1 fold, SB calls $0.75, BB calls $0.60

Flop: ($3.40) J ♣ 5 ♣ T ♠ (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $1.70, CO raises to $3.96 all in, SB raises to $9.15, BB folds, Hero calls $7.45

Turn: ($25.66) 7 ♦ (3 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($25.66) 6 ♠ (3 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $25.66
SB shows 5 ♦ Q ♦ J ♠ J ♦ (three of a kind, Jacks)
Hero shows K ♣ T ♣ K ♦ J ♥ (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
CO shows 9 ♣ 7 ♥ 2 ♥ 7 ♣ (three of a kind, Sevens)
SB wins $9.86
SB wins $14.52
(Rake: $1.28)

Good tutorial about stats?

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 10:43pm PST by ComplexPlaya

As the title says, I'm looking for a good tutorial about all the stats in a tracking software, what they specifically mean and most important how to interpret them properly!

Do you ever-so-wise-guys know of any such thing?

Hep! I can hardly type fast enough = what to do

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 9:33pm PST by Divebitch

At a table early game - EVERYONE sittingf out - should i try to prolong it, or should I try to steal ASAP and move on to next table rich, but with possible serious competition? Decisions.
?

Is anyone here good at Razz.

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 6:46pm PST by phillyfan810

I play as many freerolls as I can enter into and I have only placed in one and that was a long time ago. 90% of the freerolls I play are no limit hold'em. For the first time last night I entered into a limit Razz freeroll with 7,500 people. The top 45 players place with the top prize being 18.00$. I finished 217th and didn't make the money. I was doing well in 6th place but once their was only 500 people left I went on a cold streak and wasn't getting dealt any good hands. In your opinion do you think that Razz is easier then hold'em and why?

Cashout Tourney Strategies

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 6:43pm PST by Panamajoe

I played a game today that I had never tried.

It was a "cashout" tourney where they split the buy in between the conventional payouts (27 players in this game) and the cashouts. Any time you want to you can cash out your entire stack or a portion of it.

I didn't think much about strategy until I noticed that almost no one was taking advantage of the cashout pot. As i approached the final table I took $5 on 2 occasions because the reduction in chips by 6600 didn't effect my stack enough to make a difference.

One thing I almost screwed up on was going all in 1 player away from the final table, luckily I won but I was unaware that what ever was left in the cashout pot was distributed to EVERYONE at the final table! (I got like $47 or something). I finished in 7th place, received the $15 FOR 7th, the $47 final cashout, and the extra $10 for cashing out earlier (somehow it totaled $73.59).

I hadn't seen any mention of these games and thought I'd post this to see what folks think about them in general and my game if you have a tip.

FullTilt and Windows 7

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 5:32pm PST by DoubleAA80

I just upgraded to windows 7 and my ftp client is no longer working. uninstalled and re-dowloaded but was worried about losing my rakeback. Has anyone had these issues and if so what were your fixes?

NLOP

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 5:21pm PST by actorjr

I was running really bad for a couple weeks so I took a break. I ran into NLOP.com. It's a free site (with a VIP club if you want to spend $20/month for some bonus perks). I played a couple tourneys just for fun, picked up a few bucks and am in some prize tourney's. Just wondering if anyone else has tried this site, or if anyone has won prizes there.

Anyone having problems with Full Tilt withdrawals?

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 4:45pm PST by gomarlins1

Just writing to see if anyone is having problems with Full Tilt withdrawals.

I made one on Saturday morning via regular Bank Transfer and it has yet to show up in my account as of Thursday evening.

Here recently I had been getting my money either the very next day or two days at the latest. A couple of Saturday's ago I made a withdrawal and it was there Monday night.

I am a regular Full Tilt player. The only reason I am concerned is because its the biggest withdrawal Ive ever made with them, plus I have some more money I need to take out whenever this one arrives.

Thanks for reading guys..

% of tracking programs usage

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 4:35pm PST by ComplexPlaya

Hey all, I'm curious about this. Anyone care to estimate (maybe there are stats on that, too) the percentage of players using tracking software, huds etc. in cash games - thinking about 20NL, 50NL and 100NL for now.

Am I wasting my time with limit?

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 2:54pm PST by McKracken226

I've been playing micro/low limit holdem with goals to move up to higher levels. However,it seems as if all the real action is on the NL side of the cash game. My plan was to use limit as a stepping stone for an eventual transition to NL, but it seems so much of the literature/discussions are related to NL (not to mention the milder swings NL has - or so I've read) that I'm wondring whether it's even worth spending my time with limit. Is NL generally more profitable? And speaking of profits, what are respectable win rates one should strive to achieve? I'm not a beginner, but I do have some flaws I've been working out and my original plan was to work on my fundamentals on limit and once I got comfortable, I would transition to NL. Just curious to hear others thoughts...

up anda down

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 2:42pm PST by three3y3

ok i know poker has variance but geez i cant seem to steadily increase my br just maintain it...if i lose three buy ins ..i just get even an hr later....and every time i lose i have two pair or a pair of aces w/ king and get douched by a set ......any advice to keep a steady increase in the ring...cuz id like to eliminate my leaks and build

Tells in on-line poker

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 2:41pm PST by shrimp29

Being new to online what tells have you detected online. Are they really valid and how do you spot them?

Cardschat quoted in Poker Pro Magazine

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 2:16pm PST by LarkMarlow

In the March Poker Pro Magazine there's an article titled "Risking It All: Becoming a Poker Pro is a Life Changing Decision". Author Daniel Johnson relates the stories of two 22 year old players who decided to go pro. One succeeds; the other doesn't. Then he outlines what it takes to not only survive, but thrive in this way of life.

In a section called "Think Before Going Pro", he quotes extensively from the Cardschat strategy article titled "10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Going Pro." The focus is on one of our fave CC themes--record keeping and BRM. :cool:

In the next section, "Bankroll Blues", he details an interview he had with Dusty Schmidt about the subject, as well as other tips to succeed--all of which we CCers are familiar with because of his great thread here.

As if these connections to CC weren't enough, there's also an interview with Dusty's Poker Coach Jared Tendler that focuses primarily on how to handle tilt.

I thought it was a great issue. :icon_sunn

HU against a maniac, how to deal with?

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 1:13pm PST by ComplexPlaya

So today I ended up HU in this satelite against a maniac. He would raise, go all in etc. with total air most of the times (and show me to boast).

Obviously I couldn't do my favorite HU play, raise cbet alot with decent hands because he would shove me every time with air and I had to fold.

After a few tense showdowns, our stacks were equal, he went AI with A4 os I called with A8 os, he got the 4 and won. That's ok, but my question is...should I have called with just say a K overcard all those times he shoved?
Or did I play it right waiting to get at least a 3rd button to call/shove with? (which didn't come often enough to drain him in the end)

Las Vegas Poker Action These Days

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 1:00pm PST by PasoTex

I'm going to Vegas soon and would like to know how the poker action is. When I was last there in September, it was relatively slow and that was during a major fight weekend - Mayweather vs. Marquez. When I called the Bellagio poker room to ask about this, the person I talked to said things were still slow. If any of you have played in Vegas recently, I'd be curious to know your impressions. I'll be there while the Wynn Tournament is going on, so I'm wondering if that has increased the action at all.

9 v. 10 player games of NLH - what differences are there?

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 9:04am PST by lawd

I noticed that different sites have different max players per table, some 9 others 10.
What differences are there between 9 and 10 players tables that one should know about?

A few that I can think of:
-the chance of multiple people at the table getting a good hand+flop combo go up (i.e. 2 set cards, one high card - higher chance one has the high pair and the other has 4 set cards)
-the raw equity of various hands changes slightly [ty Stu_Ungar for your explanation on why]
-any particular hand, no matter how good, has more risk associated with it
-the likelihood of having more players to play against post-flop increases, thus bluffing becomes harder (Assuming that it is harder to bluff out more players post flop, because one of them is likely to have a hand)
-the risk of a pre-flop 4BB raise increases with marginally good cards (ex. KJ), because the likelihood of someone all-in after you with good cards increases
-strategic considerations change more drastically in tourney play as the number of players goes down, which can throw inexperienced players off. This includes STT and final table MTTs, but also big MTTs when one's table can often reach as low as 6 players, than fill back up. As this occurs, shift back and forth between 10 and 6 player games.

what other differences are there? Does it vary by game type (ex. Turbo v. non)? What sorts of strategic considerations should one take into consideration when players 10 v. 9 players (other than those mentioned).

someone can also add 6 players game and note how those vary as well.
I think it would be useful to have a chart of equities and strategic considerations, etc... at 10,9,...2 player games.

Some room with 9 players: Fulltilt, Pokerstars
Some rooms with 10 players max: Partypoker, CakePoker, Bodog

(its interesting how 10 players rooms tend to be associated more with "easy play" and bad beats. Maybe it has in part to do in part with the # of players and the risks associated with these games. For instance, all things equal, trips v. 10 players is more likelly to get beat by the turn and river versus 10 players than 9.

Software - PT3? HEM? SnG Wizard?

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 7:22am PST by fletchdad

I am playing mainly MTTS and SnGs, but do like to dabble in cash games, and eventually want to improve my ring game. I have no HUD at the moment. I use MAC OSx as well as Windows 2K - no jibes about the 2K, ok? I know, but I have loads of stuff that I cant afford to update or even replace if I go XP upwards.... - I play on both OS about equally. Is anyone familiar right off the bat with one where I could purchase one license and use it on multiple computers? Is there an all-round software that works Sng, MTT as well as ring? Is there a need to have different programs for every game? How about MTT vs SnG? One program for both? And of course I would like to hear peoples pros and cans on the different programs.
Thanx
And any other programs not names in the Thread Title?

Fulltilt? March 4 2010 update?

Posted: March 4th, 2010, 6:56am PST by shrtstakatak

What was done in the latest software update at Fulltilt on March 3-4th? Anyone know of the changes or improvements?

Question about Pokerstars Stars

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 12:47am PST by cstorms

I'm not sure if this question has been answered on this site or not, but once you achieve a silverstar or goldstars status, is that only for one month? or is it permanent? Thanks :canabis:

Why Can't I connect to Pokerstars?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 12:45am PST by mancougar

Why Can't I connect to Pokerstars? I opened poker tracker and closed it and I can't log on pokerstars. I just downloaded pokerstars and yesterday it connected but sometimes it does/doesn't. Really skeptical on putting some of my FT bankroll on a client that doesn't even connect properly. It will connect some time and other times it will say connecting. I took down firewall is it my router?

Why Can't I connect to Pokerstars?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 12:45am PST by mancougar

Care to give me a crash course at SNGs?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 11:54pm PST by thepokerkid123

I'm a not-terrible (i.e. winning) cash game player and I have hardly played a SNG since before I had any idea what I was doing.

I'm looking to play some SNGs on the side but don't really know how to approach it.

1) What does a SNG player have to know to to not suck at SNGs? (i.e. what makes you better than your opponents?)

2) Early stages of SNGs feel like a cash game to me, is it really good advice to play tight or can I do high variance implied odds/fold equity stuff? (examples: light 3betting or expensive draws with big implied odds)

3) Should I be thinking more about my stack size or pot odds? I mean, assuming my tournament life isn't immediately on the line, should I ever fold because of stack size if my hand can be played profitably?

4) At what M should I accept/decline coinflips? An explanation would help a lot on this one.

5) In the late stages, what cards am I looking for? I know this is M and position dependent, but give me a broad answer, if you can. I mean, are weak broadway cards better or small PP or Ace-rag? My assumption is that I should play for stacks sooner with 22 than something like KJ, and Ax I'm not sure if it's better than 22 or not.

6) Finally, ICM...
I know what it is, I know why it's important, I know nothing more than that.
How much do I need to know to win at the smallest SNGs I can find?
And since it's something that you calculate away from the table, what is the most important stuff to figure out first?

If anyone actually answers all of this, thank you, it will be very much appreciated. :)

online poker

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 11:06pm PST by yasudab

i read that they granted a temporary reprieve about making online poker illegal. does anyone here really believe that they will make online poker illegal? If so, what will you do with all your cash or points in your accounts?

do you have a favorite/lucky suit?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 11:02pm PST by blueskies

People will tell ya that over time luck will even out and stuff, but in reality, variance can cause a huge imbalance on a certain side.

That said, has there been a suit that has been particularly lucky for you?

For me, I love clubs and diamonds and hate hearts and spades. Nothing rational about this, but it's just so happened that clubs and diamonds have been kind to me by chance while the opposite is true of the other two suits.

Looking at my hand history in fact, two of my biggest pots ever won were won with low suited club connectors. 45 and 67 of clubs. All of my other top pots were won with AA, KK, or pocket pairs that hit sets.

The first lucky hand I raised with 45 of clubs from the button (I hadn't seen a flop in a while so I thought the blinds would respect my raise) and got called by BB. Flop's 68J of clubs. Flopped a flush. I bet big since I was vulnerable to a hand with one higher club. He calls. 7d hits on the turn, and he leads out with a pot size bet. I shoved it. He calls and flips over 78 offsuit.

My biggest pot ever was won with 67 of clubs. I had it on BB, and would have folded preflop if there was a raise but all limpers. I flopped two pairs but little did I know UTG flopped a flush and BTN flopped a lower two pairs 64. UTG slowplayed his J high flush, only calling my raises, and I ended up hitting a 6 on the river and tripled up over the flush and the smaller FH.

Spades and hearts though have killed me far more than the other two suits in terms of flush draws hitting.

Is there even such thing as bad luck

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 11:01pm PST by NiceNisus

I'm playing a 2-7 triple draw tournament on pokerstars right now and I am sort of frustrated because my 2345, 2346, 7432, etc. draws are all missing over and over. But I'm trying to stay cool.

And after all, it makes me think that bad luck might not even exist so I should suck it up.

If each hand is independent of another, the fact that a draw from a previous hand never got there, doesn't make the player "unlucky" because it happens over and over, they are just all independent events.

So is there such thing as bad luck? Maybe not.

ANGF OnlinePokerisNOTrigged 0-0

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 8:48pm PST by ________ANGF

Try this.....
Go at a limit holdem table 9 handed in .. FT no matter wich range... sit,start a new session ...
let the button pass you one time before to post any blind or wait for big blind..
switch off all your trackers there or any poker assistant program....
you will not need em... forget about your cards just fold....
wait till you are in position 6 ...where 0 is button 1 is SB position 2 is BB...
Wait till you are in position 6
(be carefull if there is someone in sit out betwen you and the button on your right this dont have to happen..)
..now forget about your cards... if the pot is not raised yet raise... if it raised from early position
keep reraising any even if you have 7 2..forget about the cards.... go in continuous bet after the flop
or if someone moves before you and bets raise him... dont be scared...
go till river.....
do the same now from position 3 and 1
give 60% to position 6 10 % to position 3 and 30% to position 1
means.. go play the hand like i said in position 6 be more careful when u are in position 3
and evaluate the hand when you are in position 1 but go to see the flop no matter which cards you have...
keep it doing for 4 button rings than leave the table
do it only ONE time...
than tell me..post here... if you went in plus or in minus......
aaah ... dont forget to fold ALL what you get meantime you are in other positions ..you must fold.... 4 button rings than leave..

is anyone else not earning vpps on pokerstars right now?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 8:11pm PST by blueskies

I've been stuck at the same vpp for the last 30 mins even though there's been a number of pots higher than $1, which seems to trigger the rake/vpp

(8PM Eastern Standard Time in the US)

Poker Training Videos

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:52pm PST by marketman

Hey everybody,

I am a pretty successful internet marketer who has a passion for poker, I am currently looking to put together a new poker training site. I know there are a few descent training sites out there but the owners are horrible marketers and they are leaving alot of willing people out in the dark unable to join. I am looking for some people who are online poker players who would consider themselves a coach. I am looking for people to to make training videos for a new site that I guarantee will be number one on google and put the rest out of business. So if you consider yourself an online poker pro and would like to make extra money please email me at chadc845@gmail.com

$3000 Mega Freerole

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:51pm PST by tookie21

What's with that $3000 Mega freerole at Party Poker every week or so? It's a speed tournament, only they constantly pause the game so entire levels go by without your table playing a single hand. I played it one week, we got blinds of 800 and 1600, and then the game paused so long that the next hand had blinds of 8000 or so, more chips than most of us at the table had.
I don't get the point, I can't get enough hands in to not get blinded out. It's a freaking lottery - and I don't win that either. When I wrote to Party Poker to complain that it was the worst freerole I've ever seen in my life they told me I was the only one who had complained. I know there are a lot of Americans here, but... Seriously???

$3000 Mega Freerole

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:51pm PST by tookie21

Poker TrainingVideos

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:50pm PST by marketman

FEDS INVESTIGATES NAPLE MAN

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:48pm PST by XPOKERCHIC

Feds investigate Naples man in money laundering probe tied to online gambling.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/...ring-gambling/

Beta Test

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:45pm PST by beta_encore

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looking for the right game ?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:33pm PST by Nexus6

I want to ask everyone , What no limit holdem game could someone play given the statement thats been made on a recent thread today that if your a good player you should win little at a time"..

What no limit holdem stakes could you play to make the same as a minimum wage full time job (UNITED STATES) with less amount of time? Meaning I want to play higher limits so i can quickly reach my goal and stop. When I reached MY VERY LOW GOAL OF SAY 60.00 TO 100.00 A DAY I can leave the table for the day.. So again witch is the lowest stakes game but high enough to reach 60.00 to a hundred dollars within 6 hours of play

Like in my local casino 1-2 table 60 dollar buy in max I can make like 100 and go home very easily. I know their is a difference in competition online vs live and i know the micro tables at 25c 50c the buy in is much higher than that live table at my casino at 1-2 max buy in of 60.00..

So for online what No limit holdem game can i play to equal that situation in my live game 1-2 60$ max buy in that I can easily play solid and make a few more dollars a day than minimum wage full time job ?

Well been slow here lately

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 7:28pm PST by Madness_does

Hey there is a 40 point game going on right now, it pays 10 places and up 23 places depending on how many players join, its a great way to build up full tilt points. Thought I would give you all a heads up, cheers from madness.

"Full Tilt Poker"?Why did they chose that name?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 6:15pm PST by Elie_Yammine

I was talking to my friend today and I was telling him about how I'm playing much more internet poker on pokerstars and full tilt poker and such...He quickly laughs and asks me "Full tilt poker?Why is it called full tilt poker?It's like I'm opening a business and calling it 'Go broke Deals!' what's up with that man?"...

Well, I laughed and I couldn't really answer him but saying that maybe they speculate players going on tilt over how many hands they played or I don't know. But seriously, I'm curious now, why would they use such an unappealing name for a poker program rather than name it like the rest of the softwares?How come no one ever questioned something so obvious and simple before?(and funny I might add)

Do they wanna sleep better at night by telling us that we will experience much more bad beats on their site :p?Lol, this puzzles me, that's why I'm posting it here to see if anybody else thought of this or if they have an idea about the real thought behind this choice of name...

Real Deal Poker!Have you heard of it yet?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 6:03pm PST by Elie_Yammine

Hey!Has anyone heard of Real Deal Poker around here?

I've been checking it out and it seems to be the greatest thing to ever happen for poker players! Instead of using Rng(Random number generators) like any other site around, they use a real deck with usage of burn cards which is shuffled and filmed! then the player in dealer position gets to choose whether to cut or no just like in real poker and this helps to avoid bots...

They say they want to make "live poker online" as opposed to "online poker" we all see and maybe this will stop all the rigged poker topics lying around! It's supposed to launch on the 10th of march and I hope they don't get problems from all the online poker sites around(No U.S players will limit these I hope).

Any thoughts on this breakthrough for internet poker?
I'm pretty happy about this and if you want more info check their site realdealpoker.com.

PKR down?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 5:59pm PST by ben_rhyno

Hey,

Does anyone play at PKR? I was coming in 5th/647 in the PLO freeroll, and suddenly everyone got connected. I can't get back in now.

Anyone else got the same problem?

Ben

Getting started playing online

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 5:49pm PST by TPC

Many of us dive head first into online poker with no plan or real thought of where we are going or what we are doing. We just play, which is fine if poker is just a way for you to kill some time. But what about those that want to make a second income while doing something they enjoy?

Where to start? I thought I would do an introduction video to provide some insight to players needing a point in the right direction. This is just a basic overview on what you need to do to become a profitable online player. If you have been on CC or playing online awhile, nothing will be new to you in this video. However, it might refresh your memory and get you back on track if you have gone astray.

This video talks about the difference between online and live poker, BRM, Books, training sites, tracking software, "the big two" poker sites and touches a little on rakeback and VIP programs.

Welcome to online poker

Videos mentioned in "Welcome to online poker"
BRM and Table Selection
Poker Tracker 3 Setup and features
How to use Poker Stove by Jillychemung

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March PLO and Stud Thread, No Holdem Talk Allowed!!!

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 4:56pm PST by Makwa

K I put these together because my plans are:

1) Do a lot of PLO 10-25 FR and make a chart that moves upstairs at 45 degrees, not aiming at any number of hands but 2 tables max... want to carefully walk through the hands.
2) Grind stud at 1/2 and 2/4 to make back all I lost at 3/6 and 5/10 (halfway back in last 2 weeks) and maintain silver at stars. Mainly one ring hit and run strategy, tried and true...
3) More work coming in and so get a lot done this month.
4) Start plants for garden and clean house.
5) Continue to sleep through CC HE tourneys... :rolleyes:

Doing the Hwang now more than the Sammy, so welcome any PLO talk here.

BTW Apologies to Debi for not doing all those SNGs last month, as promised in her thread. Moshman text just arrived so give me a minute...

Do you find that you run better on some sites vs. others?

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 2:36pm PST by Eugenius

I find that I run a lot better on Pstars than on FT. It's weird - I played on FT on a while and it always seems like I keep getting the most disgusting beats on that site whenever I'm in a big pot.

Anyhow, I just wanted to see if anyone else experiences the same thing or if it's all just variance/luck.

Why does it hurt you to lose

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 1:33pm PST by Numbuh 0ne

I was just curious on why it hurts you guys to lose in poker? Is it the money? Is it for pride? Maybe it's because you just hate to lose. Or maybe losing, even the smallest pot, kinda kills that dream of being a WSOP bracelet winner just a little bit everytime. For me it's purely competitive. I wanna prove I'm better than every single person not only across from me but on pretty much any website or casino I play at, and when I lose it's like saying there better than me. Money could matter less to me, I just wanna be the best. Just curious on why a lot of people on this site hate losing.

microstakes??

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 1:14pm PST by mild7

Hi guys...new member and newbie in poker...
I've been playing for a week now at bet365, and I've been reading articles about hold em for beginners on the net..most of them suggest that I should play on limit in the first place. I've been playing micro stakes 0.02/0.04..and doing quite okay...but I found that most of the players in 0.02/04 don't take it seriously, probably because the bb is only 0.04...either that or most of them are completely newbie like me..(play most of their hands even 27 offsuit)

My question is, should I stick around in this limit? or should I move up to 0.05/0.10? I know my bankroll management said 300bb, so my cash is quite enough for 0.10, but still I haven't got the mental toughness...

So, what do you guys think? I really want to improve my poker skills...

Thank you guys...

Thoughts on agressive playing in rebuys

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 10:00am PST by ComplexPlaya

To start of, I'm letting everyone know I'm by no means an expert poker player, so you can take this article with a grain of salt, if you like.

I believe I am however, on my way to becoming a winning player, and I wanted to share a perspective that appeared to me recently.

I play mostly ring games, but peppered with a rebuys and satelites daily. Now, we all know everyone is very loose in these re-buys, and the theory says there are two ways to approach them, being tight or being lose in the hope of building a sizable chip stack for the middle phase when the rebuy period is over. Therefor I don't want to touch on those aspects, only the psychological one.

For me, when I give in into the temptation of gambling in a rebuy or sat, because you can always rebuy - talking about less than premium hands here, such as QJs or 55 not 10 7 or something like that - then a few things start happening.

Firstly, I don't know about other players but when I get into gambling mode, and there is no going back. Surely, once the rebuys and addons are over, I tighten up quite a bit but it's impossible for me to switch off the gambling button I had on during the rebuy period and play the tight, solid game needed to reach the top.

Secondly - and this might be just my bad trait - I get frustrated on gambling a bunch of times and not winning, or getting alot of bad beats (which can happen more than normally since you're playing more hands) or simply because of the emotions that occur watching a showdown I'm involved in card by card multiple times. All this means I tend to be playing tilty and nervous.

Thirdly, and I've just realized this today, even if after I finish playing the rebuy/satelites I'm on the plus (and in general, I am +EV on these things) I feel worn out, tired and generally in a bad mindset to play poker right then - or anything that requires concentration. The kind of state you get after finishing an MTT that you've been in for 4,5,6 hours, only you haven't played that much this time and got more stressed.

In conclusion, I will definitely stop the rebuy gambling and play tight, even if my nature is of a LAG, it is -EV in these kinds of tourneys.

Thoughts from more experienced and/or winning tournament players are very welcome!

Icons in Holdem Manager

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 9:10am PST by pokerlovesme

Hello. I need help. Can anybody tell me what these pictures represent?

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what's green fish/blue fish/eagle/monkey/etc.

thank you
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MINI FTOPS XV!!!!! PARTICIPATE IN LEADERBOARD TWENTY PER

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 3:21am PST by joe12345

Hello all!!!! Is that time of year again,the mini ftops xv!!! I am starting a mini ftops leaderboard only 20 per player with payouts dependent upon entrants.(20-50 entrants 3 paid) The series kicks off march 10th and will have 27 events with buy-ins ranging from 11-266. I will be doing full tracking and making a spreadsheet to track the results with daily/bi-daily updates. I will be responsibe for all payouts and have alot of free time to dedicate to this leaderboard.(single..lol) I already have several players that have sent xfers to me, and they include:

Marc Kech
bumpitup491
jake marzec
joseph conrad(myself)

please send all xfers to joseph conrad on full tilt first letter of city c
or pokerstars jcwesolowski first letter c.
Hopefully we get alot of runners to make the prizepool extra juicy!! I will add your name to list on this thread when recieved, I am almost always online so i will update asap. gl all!!!!:)

microstakes and silverstars status

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 2:23am PST by yasudab

hi,
I just play microstakes on pokerstars. anyone out there play microstakes and just try to get silverstar status? how long did it take to reach that goal. anyone playing microstakes go for gold status?

Come on!

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 1:45am PST by Carionlina

hey, pal! Check www.goldyeah.com out, they're selling game golds with lowest price!

MINI FTOPS XV!!! PARTICIPATE IN LEADERBOARD TWENTY PER

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 1:17am PST by joe12345

:)
Hello all!!!! Is that time of year again,the mini ftops xv!!! I am starting a mini ftops leaderboard only 20 per player with payouts dependent upon entrants.(20-50 entrants 3 paid) The series kicks off march 10th and will have 27 events with buyins ranging from 11-266. I will be doing full tracking and making a spreadsheet to track the results with daily/bi-daily updates. I will be responsibe for all payouts and have alot of free time to dedicate to this leaderboard.(single..lol) I already have several players that have sent xfers to me, and they include:

Marc Kech
bumpitup491
jake marzec
joseph conrad(myself)

please send all xfers to joseph conrad on full tilt first letter of city c
or pokerstars jcwesolowski first letter c.
Hopefully we get alot of runners to make the prizepool extra juicy!! I will add your name to list on this thread when recieved, I am almost always online so i will update asap. gl all!!!!

I think i've been hacked.

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 1:06am PST by ukaliks

Ok, so im on 'pokertableratings.com' and im looking under the 'Hands' selection jus to see what my biggest winner has been and I notice that I lost $14.20 with AJo.

So I click on the link to watch how the hand replayed and it says my name 'ukaliks' playing 6-max $0.50/$1. I never play 6-max games and plus I cant play NL100 due to the fact im sticking to BRM. So WTF is going on?!?!

Here's the link: https://www.pokertableratings.com/re...hash=699384172

WTF?? Thats not me! They played that sh!t aswell lol. But i've sent a e-mail to pokerstars support and asked them what has happend and to see if they can help dig through some HH. I do think some donkey is playing with my money :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

This is spookin me out and im going to go change my password...

Raise, float, or fold?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 12:55am PST by BenLZ

This situation is hypothetical, and is so commonly seen IMO.

You're playing a 25NL 6 max game and you're in the BB.

The CO, a standard TAG raises to .85 and you're in the BB with KJ. You choose to call.

Flop comes 8d 6h 3s

You check and the CO bets something like $1.50 into a pot of $2, a standard continuation bet.

Do you raise, call, or fold?

Eyes opened, and mind blown...

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 12:09am PST by dblfistpump

I've been a lurker on here for awhile and finally decided to register and get involved in the community here. I want to start by thanking Cardschat for turning me on to a book that has pretty much changed how I approach poker.

I've been grinding out 25nl for awhile and never really thought it was more than a little extra cash and a hobby but after reading Dusty's thread on here I decided to read his book. It's a total game changer in terms of how I see the game and approach it now. It was pretty cool to read a book that worked on making sure that I prepared myself to play my best game when I sat down.

I don't know what to compare this to in terms of a regular job. I guess this book is to poker what The Art of War or How to Win Friends and Influence People is to a sales or marketing person. Link if you want to check it out. https://www.dustyschmidt.net/order_d...ke-a-business/

I'd also like to hear from others on here as to what you do off the tables to prepare yourself for success etc. Anyone have some mental prep exercises they do before they sit down?

Thanks guys just had to share this cause I really liked it. Guess I'm like that guy who loved a movie and has to make all his friends watch it.

Anyone know the best site to sell your playmoney chips at?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 10:56pm PST by IcyBlueAce

I googled and searched around, but I'm a little confused as to why some sites will pay up to $15 per mil, while others only offer $3 per mil. So if anyone has had any good experiences with some of these sites please let me know which ones. I've heard of some scamming, which leads me to believe the sites offering 3x more might be the ones doing so.

Thanks for the feedback!:lollypop:

$100 Bonus on Full Tilt

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 10:55pm PST by Lafayette2

I received an offer to attain $100 bonus due to end March 31. I am a micro player and donot multitable. Can anybody tell me how to increase my FTPs to ensure I get as much of the bonus as possible.
What are the best games to play with a $50 Br. I'm don't have a winning record but I do have a good knowledge of the game and play ok.

Depositing soon UB, stars, FT?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 10:09pm PST by Numbah 0ne

After this week I plan on cashing out of bodog and moving to one of the big sites with more traffic. I'm think UB, stars, of FT. Right now I'm a cash game player grinding of 25NL and moving up to 50NL pretty soon hopefully, which games do you guys think are the softest? Who has the biggest and loosest fish?

Depositing soon UB, stars, FT?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 10:09pm PST by Numbah 0ne

I need advice

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 9:38pm PST by rodpoker

Let me begin by stating that I'm very ignorant regarding the internet and online financing. I need help and advice about using EwalletXpress and Click2pay for depositing and withdrawing winnings from the poker sites that use these methods. Are these two companies recommended methods of depositing/withdrawing winnings? I do not have credit cards, but I do have a checking account and debit card. I'm having a heck of a time trying to deposit, withdraw, and make transfers on almost every poker site I play at. Any info or advice anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated. I'm an older fellow whose generation doesn't really trust these new type gadgets such as computers and online finances. I would welcome anything anyone could offer as advice or suggestions.

i need a lot of help

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 8:58pm PST by prepare

I can not deposit money on my full tilt account, (because I do not have any money to spare). So i decided to build a bankroll by freerolls and
entering the 500k playchip freeroll.

I have managed to get 5 dollars in my account. I want to build a bankroll but my bankroll is too small for me to build up safely,
and whenever i try to build it up little by little. Things happen that just make me lose all of it, like aces losing to king 5 when i go all in pre flop (just a strategy) Attachment 26585▲ and that happens, my bankroll is too small for me to have those kinds of bad beats but i can't get money if i don't risk it

I am playing .01/.02 stakes because i do not feel like risking most of my bankroll by losing just one bad beat.

My question, how can i build up a bankroll with only 5 dollars safely. (I also do not feel like risking a fifth of my bankroll on a
tournament like the daily dollar or the Ferguson).
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Poker Clients via proxy

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 8:54pm PST by ________ANGF

Hi All,
my name is Angelo i am from Italy,i am a new member here.. i play low range sng ,cash holdem omaha most time at full tilt... was just considering to change poker room cus of a couple of factors may be i will go to discuss in another post. I was tring a few new rooms (new to me) but i see not so many differences because "online poker" is online poker whichever room you play at ...you got what i mean....something like SSDR.. you know what i mean... whatever.. i wanted to post my first thread was wondering what kind of topic i could share your opinions about and it came in my mind meantime i was trining installing other poker clients to try (from Italy i have access denied by italian laws to 95% of poker rooms mainpages,poker setups fetures etc.. depends to wich site .. i can run browser via proxy to get access and download setups but for example i cant play partypoker.com because they were patching the setup as soon as the installer says i m goin to install the client on a italian version of windows it blocks..same for the download link from the server.. if i want to play partypoker i m forced to play partypoker.it wich has no cash games.. its totally a different platform .. cus online cash is forbidden and illegal in Italy... same for pokerstars,betfair etc.etc.)..it came in my mind someone from US can help me cus US players have kinda the same situation of italian players.. i dont know if they have links forbidden from Unites States to poker rooms or they simply cant connect.. this i dont know ... but i know US players had problems to withdrawn money etc.. (this i would want to know)
In 2006 (if i m not wrong) Italian governament said online poker in Italy is illegal ,illegal to provide illegal to be played but if you give a fee to the state is not illegal anymore and if you wanna play online poker you must play only in the rooms they are taking the money from so if in full tilt for example we have $ 5 + 0.50 tny , in pokerstars.IT we must play tournaments wich are Euro 3 + 0.96 for example lol .. or something like this ... than the game is legal ...
Of course US players have a lot of poker rooms they are welcome at..
i dont know how it will end there if US government will ever make a law where they says 100% online poker is legal .. i hope they will .. for poker for players who loves poker like i do.. for the hold em sport.. cus to me is a sport...
During these days i was tring to run a couple of poker clients via proxy ,
to overpass those restrictions what i have here in Italy.... i know how to configurate browsers via proxy but i am going mad how i can run a poker client via proxy ..anybody has suggestions or someone of you can help me trought this?

Thank you before all :)

Limit Holdem

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 8:53pm PST by thunder1276

Anybody have any tips for playing Limit Holdem 6 Max. I play .25 .5 and have been winning pretty consistently but recently ran into a couple losing streaks. i know this is probably just one of the swings but i wanna see if there is anyway to improve my game. im talking about any tips you may have about any aspect of the game.

Books On Single Table Sit N Gos

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 8:24pm PST by Xavier

Can anyone recommend any good books which focus just on playing single table sit n gos?
I've heard of Colin Moshman's Sit N Go Strategy.
Are there any others?

SSS

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 8:06pm PST by ukaliks

who ever invented short stack strategy should of been shot at birth. Its so annoyin to find that 6 players on a full ring game are short stackers. Whats more annoyin is that these short stackers are shoving so light at times eg:

*Playin NL10 FR and its folded all around to the SB who has $2. He ships in $2 to try win $0.15 (great strat btw lol). I have AJs in the BB and call. He shows 92o. Now everytime it's folded around to his SB now he's jammin that $2 in every time. I would love to call him lightly but thats a leak in my game which im fixing.
Whos bright idea was this tho? Because i've seen so many SS'ers doin this in late pos going all-in and sometimes there doin it with rubbish. One dude even shoved 15BB's in a EP w/ J5s. He beat my AKo. Grrr. But what a noob.

It jus seems like these short stackers on stars are shoving in with any pair, most time premium hands and alot of rubbish aswell.
Is there strat tryin to p!ss ppl off or is it the same old "risk less $$ to win $$"

Seriously tho this strat rubbish IMO. Are they too scared to jam in a 100BB stack and loose or are they jus happy winning 20BB's?

I mite move over to FTP bcos they have 30BB minimum dont they? But wont u jus get 30BB short stackers then? Argh I hate them and my head hurts!!! :(

$10 NL HE Full Ring: 10NL AK flop 2 pair, and board gets super duper ugly

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:44pm PST by coolnout

Villian is running 17/10.

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HAND #1
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Full Tilt, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

MP1: $9.70 (97 bb)
MP2: $10 (100 bb)
MP3: $7.70 (77 bb)
CO: $2.97 (29.7 bb)
BTN: $7.88 (78.8 bb)
Hero (SB): $9.90 (99 bb)
BB: $10 (100 bb)
UTG+1: $12.16 (121.6 bb)
UTG+2: $12.66 (126.6 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with K♦ A♣
6 folds, BTN calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.40, BB folds, BTN calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.90) K♣ T♥ A♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.60, BTN calls $0.60

Turn: ($2.10) T♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $1.90, BTN calls $1.90

River: ($5.90) J♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $1.10, BTN raises to $4.98 and is all-in

Is there a better way to have played this? other than betting more on flop, and turn... I assume rivers a fold?

$10 NL HE Full Ring: Ace Magnets x2... wiser this time thanks to you :D

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:22pm PST by chattin35

Get this, found myself in a nearly identical situation about 30 mins ago - oop w/no reads.

UTG+1: $11.61
UTG+2: $24.01
MP1: $11.59
MP2: $7.70
CO: $2.72
BTN: $13.96
SB: $4.47
Hero (BB): $10.00
UTG: $10.38

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with K ♥ K ♣
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.20, 4 folds, BTN calls $0.20, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.10, UTG+1 calls $0.90, 1 fold

Flop: ($2.45) 3 ♥ A ♦ 5 ♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $1.20, Hero calls $1.20

Turn: ($4.85) 6 ♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $9.31

Looks like a desperation overbet from a smaller pair trying to push me off KK or QQ. I think fold to normal sized bet, but easy call here?

$10 NL HE Full Ring: is it good call?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:19pm PST by rotrex

Full Tilt Poker Game #18880700914: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:38:29 ET - 2010/03/01
Seat 1: Not Out Yet 1 ($7.64)
Seat 2: wyken ($10)
Seat 3: scoup75 ($3.90)
Seat 4: Trippin Aces22 ($2.93)
Seat 5: leg79 ($10.74)
Seat 6: hero ($4.90)
Seat 7: Roush97 ($3.40)
Seat 8: xxLuckyStrike ($17.24)
Seat 9: WalekFCB ($11.04)
leg79 posts the small blind of $0.05
hero posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [Js Ah]
Roush97 folds
xxLuckyStrike folds
WalekFCB has 8 seconds left to act
WalekFCB calls $0.10
Not Out Yet 1 folds
wyken folds
scoup75 folds
Trippin Aces22 folds
leg79 calls $0.05
hero raises to $0.40
WalekFCB calls $0.30
leg79 folds
*** FLOP *** [5c 2s 6h]
hero has 15 seconds left to act
hero bets $0.60
WalekFCB calls $0.60
*** TURN *** [5c 2s 6h] K♥
hero has 15 seconds left to act
hero bets $0.90
WalekFCB calls $0.90
*** RIVER *** [5c 2s 6h Kh] A♣
hero bets $0.50
WalekFCB raises to $5.40
hero calls $2.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $2.40 returned to WalekFCB
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WalekFCB shows [7s 8s] Ace King high
hero shows [Js Ah] a pair of Aces
hero wins the pot ($9.24) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.90 | Rake $0.66
Board: [5c 2s 6h Kh Ac]
Seat 1: Not Out Yet 1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: wyken didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: scoup75 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Trippin Aces22 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: leg79 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: hero (big blind) showed [Js Ah] and won ($9.24) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: Roush97 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: xxLuckyStrike didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: WalekFCB showed [7s 8s] and lost with Ace King high

The PAIN of being Bubble Boy!

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 6:48pm PST by Elie_Yammine

So I was playing in a freeroll and you might quickly ask: "Well.Why do you feel pain?What do you lose in a freeroll?"...TIME!

So you're playing solid poker, you get through the first toughest hands, alternate between Tag and Lag, suffer a number of bad beats but still won't lose because you won't go on tilt and you keep making your way back up!

You call the bluffers, then bluff your way through and work as hard as hell to get to the money after beating the other 7453 players(Yes the full tilt freeroll). Now you're still slightly below average chips, the blinds and antes are high, and you enter the hand to hand phase!

Unwilling to be like the rest of the bad players and crawl your way through the finish line to cash a dime, you focus on the bigger prize!you want to win the tourney now! And there's no better time to get chips from big blinds and antes than now!But still, you weigh your decisions carefully and wait for good cards after a long cold run...

Finally!You get them! Two beautiful 8s!one is of heart the other of spade!you see everyone folding, one call from the mid and you're on the button! You have it you're gonna raise all-in and the only threat is the small blind who is a donkey and has about 1.5 what you have.

You want a call from anybody else or a fold but you only get a call from the donkey! But what's this? Eureka! He has J-5o!The idiot u figure! Just to see all of your dreams shattered when 2 jacks hit the flop!This can't be you say to yourself!You check if somebody else lost before you but no! "This one time" you say hoping to catch one of your 2 outs!The turn is up and shows a useless 9!Come on it's gotta be on the river! But the river is a 5 just so he would just rub it in your face...

---->Berserk!

Can't even swear at the bastard or explode your frustration since you don't have money in your account, so the desktop pays the price. You look at the tournament lobby and face the ugly truth! You've been playing for about 4 hours and your good bubble stage play made you lose the money you could almost taste and all your time! You doubt your play and start threatening someone or something of deleting the rigged program for donks :p...

Then you calm down and decide that the best way to let it go is to post it on cardschat. This way you can be sure whether you made the right play or not, and see if others have had a similar story lol...Early thanks to anyone who has read this long post and bore my agonizing :p :)!(I think it's the first one after having my 7 post limit removed from under 65...I'm now officially a CCer :)!)

Poker Stars Support ROCKS !!

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:58pm PST by dufferdevon

Hello Devon,

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.

I have reviewed the chat of 'MJ----', and have found their comments to have
violated PokerStars tournament rules, listed at:

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/rules/

Although many of our players are not aware of all proper poker rules and
etiquette, this player has now been informed of the applicable rules.

Any future contraventions of the rules by this player will result in their
receiving a chat revocation or even a tournament disqualification.

Once again, thanks for your report, and best of luck at the tables.

Regards,

Ben L
PokerStars Support Team

----- Original Message -----
From: duffersdream@sympatico.ca
Sent: 2010/03/01 22:23:31
To: support@pokerstars.com
Subject: Soft Play at $33 SNG

Tourney ID# 24835------
>
player MJ---- soft plays a flopped set to another player when it gets to
four handed. I wonder if these two are colluding ?
>
I would appreciate you looking at the hand history and teh chat logs. He
did state he was going to keep the other player around longer than another
player.
Thanks,
djgolfcan

Ftops?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:37pm PST by clavio

How long do you think the Ftops event on march 10th will take? Specifically, do you think it will be over by 10am the next morning?

Should I go all for SitnGo or all ring games ?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:00pm PST by Nexus6

Hi you guys.. I am finally ready to play 10 to 20 dollar Sit n Go's

If your personality is kinda like i described mine , and you have the same goals , What set up do you recommend I try out ?

My personality fit's ring games much better than Sit n Go's .. I like to mix it up and after I am comfortable I really play good even when taking multiple bad beats..

I have been learning from this site and others that Sit N Go's are way more profitable and I see the logic behind it.

If I decide to go the Sit N Go route , Should I play double or nothing before the 9 seater regular Sit N Go ?

Also Is Titan poker So much more easier to beat the sit n go's than at pokerstars?

Thanks for your time ,

Sincerely Tony

Playing out of the blinds

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 3:12pm PST by 4sorbetter

I have found a glaring leak in my low stake cash game and am looking for advice to fix it. I loose all my money out of the blinds, and am profitable in every other position. I guess the easy fix is to just always fold, but that's not learning the game. What I would like to know is if I'm going to play a hand out of the blinds should I just always re-raise and only play hands that I feel comfortable doing this with? How do you guys play out of the blinds? Do you look at it as the price of sitting with the table, and are ok with giving them up easily?

Playing out of the blinds

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 3:12pm PST by 4sorbetter

$5.5 NL HE Rebuy: Another doubt?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 1:31pm PST by spiderman637

Its a sure call i guess...
But lost agaisnt 5 k off suit...{villian hitting K at the river}

$5.5 NL HE Rebuy: $5.5$ NL HE Rebuy: What will u do here?

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 12:59pm PST by spiderman637

Its in middle late phase of this 5.5$ buyin/rebuys game...
Just want to know wat will u guys do here???
Pls vote...

New Poker Room in Bad Axe, MI

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 9:48am PST by Mikegmi2

Just wondering if anyone has stopped in at The Gathering Place bar, and played in the poker room there. I think it's a charity room, but it's nice, nice tables, flat screens, and waitresses in the room...

I finally know how to play. I think.

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 6:01am PST by BoostDependent

I'm new to the forum, and just want to share my success.
I've been an avid reader on these forums just lurking around for quite awhile now. Being a "fish", I experienced my first 'swing' on Full Tilt Poker
August, 2009. To make it short. I did fairly well due to my time spent in the military. But what I realized were my mood swings and bankroll management really dictated how I played. I lost my net income of about $300, -$50 for the initial deposit. My gains/losses were very sporadic/irrational due to ME. I couldn't handle the swings and not being able to see the other person. I had no set of boundaries what so ever, yeah I was a complete DONK. Chasing cards and foolish bluffs was my usual repertoire. That day when I lost my final buck made on FTP, I decided to never play online poker again....

February 16 of 2010, I decided to give it one more shot but with a different approach. During my absence of poker, I was reading and lurking threads on my free time. I watched probably almost every poker series on you tube. I just thought it was finally time and that I'm finally ready (mentally) to keep a consistent bankroll. I deposited $20 and enrolled in one SnG tournament and a MTT. $10+1 of 9 and a $3.30KO with about 900 entrants. Surprisingly, I placed 1st on the $2.25 and 3rd on the $3.30KO. I play only 1 session a day for about 2-3 hours due to being a full-time college student. Either I'm running real good, or I've actually learned something. But than again I guess it is too early to tell.

I'm also kicking myself in the butt for not downloading poker tracker earlier! Installing it was a kind of a pain (not computer literate). I'm probably going to wait till the weekend so that I can start playing with this thing and utilize it to the max.

Here is a quick snapshot of my winnings. I know its not much, but I'm pretty proud how I got to this point. My current ROI is 31.41% and ITM is 31.6%. Oh and by the way thanks to everyone for the informative threads. Keep them coming! Noobs and fishes do read them :)

-James
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who here lives in vegas

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:14am PST by yasudab

just wondering who here lives in vegas. also, do a lot of poker pros live there as well?

Can't find a hand converter...

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 4:30am PST by ComplexPlaya

...to work with entraction network's hand history format. Anyone managed to?
Or at least tell me how to convert to other formats please!

$4.40 NL HE Deep Stacked: player acting in front of me has only shown AA or KK

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 3:56am PST by WarriorStoic

ok a lil history...the initial raiser was a trash talker, one of the kind of guys who berates ppls for their play and name calls...the guy to my right who insta raised him never showed anything less than QQ to this point and had already won with QQ KK and AA.

View hand 564827
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Hero (CO): t5180 M = 57.56
BTN: t7070 M = 78.56
SB: t4235 M = 47.06
BB: t1733 M = 19.26e
UTG: t2790 M = 31
UTG+1: t1835 M = 20.39
UTG+2: t2685 M = 29.83
MP1: t2770 M = 30.78
MP2: t3126 M = 34.73
Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is CO with K

1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t240, 2 folds, MP2 raises to t540,

??????
what should I do?
I will post what i DID later

My new fulltilt theme

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 1:41am PST by aesopdurasic

Thought i share with everyone my new tilt theme. It is not actually my design but its a free theme i happen to find. Its of mario. It includes table theme, avatars of mario characters, chips, and includes a color deck also. I enjoy it since i am a huge mario fan. Just let me kno if u would like to try it. send a pm and i will make a zip file of everything and help with how to install it. Well here is a screen shot of it. Also i have multitabled up until about 12 tables wit it on a 20' screen so it does work but takes a lil getting use too. I mainly do 6-9 tables and works beautifully.
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$2 NL HE STT Turbo: Know I played this wrong but any way to slow play TPTK against aggressive HU?

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:38am PST by jaded848

Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 33/9/50

So it was down to me and this other player at the end of a 9 man SNG. He had been pretty aggressive throughout the tournament, betting every time I checked. When I got the AK, I know I should have shoved- I admit I was probably tilted from his aggression, and decided to play it slow (even though AK isn't a made hand in the slightest).

Well, I got lucky and hit the K. Board was real dry. I checked, and he bet out, so I called. Turn was a great card, so I checked again. From there, I definitely should have just shoved on the turn after he bet (don't know why I called- just stupidity I guess). But all things considered, aside from not jamming preflop, if I had checked the flop, and jammed the turn as a reraise, would that have been a viable way to play the hand?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 2.25 Tournament, 250/500 Blinds (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (BB) (t4935)
SB (t8565)
Hero's M: 6.58
Preflop: Hero is BB with A

, K

SB calls t250, Hero bets t1000, SB calls t500
Flop: (t2000) 3

, K

, 2

(2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t1000, Hero calls t1000
Turn: (t4000) 2

(2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t1000, Hero calls t1000
River: (t6000) 5

(2 players)
Hero bets t1935 (All-In), SB calls t1935
Total pot: t9870

Optimal use of tracking software

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 10:21pm PST by ComplexPlaya

I didn't know where else to put this, hope it works here.

So, I'm on PT trial version, it'll take a while to get used to all the stats and how to interpret them but until then...I have a few ideas/questions about it that I'd like some clarifications with

1) I'm thinking it's best to leave the poker site(s) open watching alot of tables even when not playing, to build a large hand history. Is that common practice? I assume one also has to deal with not letting the poker site get idle and disconnect you after a period of time...

2) Besides the obvious 3 that show on the HUD by default, what other stats do you look for in your opps during a hand? Do you look @ stuff such as Fold to Bet % on the Flop, Fold to C-bet %, Fold to 3-Bet etc. while you are playing the hand?

3) For a total beginner in the world of stats, which ones should I first learn to interpret and adjust my game on? Besides the main 3, which I know are priority, at least.

That's all I can think of now...but don't worry I'll let you guys know when I think of more :D

Live Home Games

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 10:18pm PST by kardmania

We are playing a dealers choice and some of the players feel that it is desirable to create their own new games.

As time marchs on you lose players and with these crazy games its hard to recruit new players.

Any good ideas as to how to get these players to contain and restrain their enthusiasm for their demon spawn so that we can have full tables?

reading help

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 8:50pm PST by thunder1276

Ive been playing poker for a few years now, so i dont consider myself to be any sort of beginner but i cant seem to be able to make reads on people. I think my success has been mainly because my fundamentals are good but i can never really put people on a hand. does anybody have any tips that would make this a little easier.

$200 NL HE Full Ring: 200NL live game QQ lots of callers

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 7:33pm PST by Ubercroz

Okay So I've been at the table for an hour or so, the table is pretty loose and pretty weak.

The Villain in this particular spot is pretty new to the table and has mostly been quiet and has really been involved in any hands outside of a couple of call preflop fold flop type spots.

I have around $350 and have everyone covered except the guy to my immediate right, everyone else is around $200 save the button (villain) who has $160- due to those call/folds he was involved in.

I'm UTG +2 and UTG, UTG+1 limp I have QQ
I make a fairly standard raise at these stakes to $15 and get 5 callers, two I have position on and three have position on me, both limpers call.

The pot is $93 the flop is 4 5 6 rainbow.

Both of the limpers check to me
I bet $55 and it folds to the button who shoves for another $95.

What is our hero to do?

gold card promo on cake network

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 6:56pm PST by illphillllllll

looks like their running another promo, 4X gold cards the first 15 minutes of each hour, 2X gold cards the next 15 minutes if i'm correct. if you get an ace of clubs gold card it is worth $100 trade in from the 1st to 17th. not sure how many members play ring there, buckster i see a lot but he never answers me lol.

How to make money?

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 6:48pm PST by phillyfan810

Right now i have no money so what would be the best ways for me to win a freeroll and which freerolls should i start off in.

$10 NL HE Full Ring: All-in bluff with striaight flush draw... an equity question.

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 6:19pm PST by chattin35

10nl Rush Poker - zero history with Villian.

MP3 ($22.59)
CO ($7.88)
Button ($9.95)
SB ($10)
BB ($9.97)
Hero (UTG) ($9.97)
UTG+1 ($4.01)
MP1 ($10)
MP2 ($10.70)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7

, 9

Hero bets $0.30, 2 folds, MP2 raises $0.50, 1 fold, CO calls $0.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.20
Flop: ($1.65) J

, 10

, 2

(3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks
Turn: ($1.65) Q

(3 players)
Hero bets $1.65, MP2 raises $3.30, 1 fold, Hero raises $7.82 (All-In)

Total pot if CO calls: $20.59

---

Alright, yeah, yeah, I know calling a 3bet oop with 79s is very -EV :D. I did it to practice hand reading and playing in marginal situations. I'll pay $.20 for a chance to learn something anyday. My question involves whether or not I correctly understanding pot equity.

I put villian on JJ+AQ+. With my flat call, he probably puts me on 88-JJ AK-AJ maybe QQ. Maybe doesn't even think about what I have given the stakes - I reason fold equity is low because of this. The LP dude is probably set mining.

I pick up the open-ended straight and flush draw on the turn minus 3 of the 4 king outs (which probably gives him the nut straight if he doesn't have it now).

After he raises the turn bet, I gotta figure about 20% equity in the pot if he 3bet with AK-JJ+. If I understand correctly, shoving there with my remaining $7.82 and the pot is $20.59 if he calls, I retain $4.12 and lose ~$3.70 over the long term?

Also, bonus question: Do you think the shove is +EV when FE is factored in with the straightened board? Thanks.

Live pokah iz rigg3d (lc)-

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 6:07pm PST by baudib1

Live $100 buyin tournament last night, I saw this within the span of 20 hands:

KK vs. KK

AJ hitting runner runner to beat KK on a board of AK2-A-J

J5o > KK

Straight flush on BB special as 3c2c beats Jc9c and 44 on board of 5c4c5s - Ac - 7s

Really need some session analysis and a second opinion

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 5:11pm PST by orangepeeleo

Hey dudes,

I have attached here a zipped folder containing 892 hands that i played tonight, 2x 1hr15min sessions, to my mind there is one spot that i spewed a single BI off to a passive station that clearly had me beat, i'll admit that, but somehow over the rest of the hands i ended up down 4BI's and having to rebuild and try again from £4nl, for the 2nd time at iPoker.

My confidence is basically shot to shit, i know that people take shots and have to move back down like billions of times before they get a decent foot in at the level above, but thats like 10-25 or 25-50, not bloody 4-10, everybody else crushes 10nl and i can't win a penny there. I need to know whether this is me playing badly or just good old variance kicking me in the teeth, i honestly don't know where to go from here atm and this was the first thing i thought of doing so i'm hoping to get some good advice and be able to move forward.

Including these hands i'm now down $80 over 6k hands at 10nl..... which obv sucks

EDIT: had to put them on megaupload as its a tiny bit too big to attach here, only 126kb or something though so dont worry about d/l time lol

My screen name for these is 'itstimmytime' btw, cheers for any help

[www.megaupload.com]

Best play to buy HH

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 4:03pm PST by boldnbet

Does anyone know where is the best place I can buy hand history? I'm looking to build a big database.

Best times to play?

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 3:56pm PST by fletchdad

I have been playing mainly on a non-US site (PKR) and have been experimenting on best times to play in terms of traffic but also looser games.I havent come to any definitive conclusions yet but was wondering if anyone has any thoughts/tips/info on this subject. I have gone on late at the tables where Europeans are in the hopes that late players are tired or drunk (unless I am lol) but havent really seen more loose playing then in the morning. Anyway, what d o yall think about this?

$25 NL HE 6-max: low pair facing river push

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 3:44pm PST by KardKlub

Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 24/21/3.3

Stacks:
* SB with $25.10
* BB with $36.05
* UTG with $25.00
* MP with $15.39
* CO with $27.96
* BTN with $68.31

Site: Party Poker
* * Dealt to UTG:5♥ 5♠
* * Sklansky group 6
Preflop:
* * Hero raises [$1 USD]
* * MP calls [$1 USD]
* * 1 players fold.
* * BTN calls [$1 USD]
* * 2 players folded.
* * Total folds this street: 3
* * Potsize: $3.35
Flop:
* * 2♥ 3♥ J♦
* * Hero bets [$2.39 USD]
* * 3 players fold.
* * BTN calls [$2.39 USD]
* * Total folds this street: 1
* * Potsize: $8.13
Turn:
* * J♠
* * Hero bets [$3.86 USD]
* * BTN raises [$7.75 USD]
* * Hero calls [$3.89 USD]
* * Potsize: $23.63
River:
* * 6♦
* * Hero checks
* * BTN bets [$22.45 USD]
* * Hero ????

Poker Hand Converter By Cardschat.com Poker Forum

This hand came up tonight, Just wondered what you'd do here on the river or in the hand in general. I believe i played it well but had a tough river decision. Missed draw or made hand. Had 1.3K hands on villain. He's a solid player and knows what he's doing.

cool hand poker

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 3:30pm PST by micalupagoo

dont know how man of you have tried CHP, but im lovin it
...dont think they take americans tho:(
from a freeroll win to 100$ down to 10 up to 200 down to 120 and last few days put my BR at 380$:)
I better cash out soon

I think I might have found a better game for me

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 2:37pm PST by dg1267

Limit Hold 'Em used to be a boring way to pass the time. Now, playing micros anyway, I'm winning like a pro!;) I've been playing it for the past week on the cash tables and today used some money I had on PS to play in a couple of 6 man SnGs. I've won 2 of the SnGs and took 2nd in another. My graph for cash has a nice big up streak instead of a down streak.

I went to the SnGs today because I hit a little turbulence in the cash games. I didn't really lose anything but my graph for the day was looking like the rocky mountains. I figured I'd change it up a bit and see how that worked.

Does anyone know of some good strat stuff that I could look at the is free? I've checked out some stuff on here. I'm just looking for anything that might help me out.:D

Manic-Money March Monthly Chat Thread

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:34pm PST by Sean Pilgrim

I didn't see one started... WOO HOO!

Manic-Money March Monthly Chat Thread

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 12:34pm PST by Sean Pilgrim

I didn't see one started... WOO HOO!

Online Poker Is Rigged (lolments)

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 11:37am PST by Sean Pilgrim

I <3 This Posting I Ran Into This Morning

Online Poker is definitely rigged:
http://www.billrini.com/2004/11/30/p...ker-is-rigged/

$$$March SNG Thread$$$

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 11:08am PST by dakota-xx

Yeaa... a new month! My goals will be simple:

Play at least 550 sng's.
Reach Gold Star Status for first time!
Resume coaching.
Any ROI will do as long as it is not negative lol.

Good luck to all of you!

IS YOUR CHECK GOOD

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 10:52am PST by polingpower

someone just told me about this :eek:

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/...ndering-probe/

Moving Up Advice $50NL?

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 8:51am PST by Double-A

I recently took a shot at $50NL FR and got walloped. Mostly bad beats and bad cards with a plummeting redline. I found some leaks... mostly problems playing the BB... I think my game is "okay".

My real concern is with game selection. From my limited experience (I think 8k hands, maybe more) the $50 FR games on Stars are horrible. At least, compared to the $25 games. The $50 games are WAY tighter and plagued by short stackers. Either you're playing a 50BB min table against rocks or you're playing a table full of guys w/ $10 stacks. The good games I did find didn't seem to last long... you finally get a fish at the table and everybody leaves.

Just frustrating, NOT fun.

I'm curious if 6max is the same?

Doing some scouting, it seemed like the $100 FR games were actually better than the $50. But, I'm not rolled for them yet...

So, grind through FR and learn to cope or back down and ramp up my 6max game?

Help?!

Titan poker?Is it any good?

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 8:40am PST by Elie_Yammine

Titan Poker!I keep seeing their banner every time I log in to CC and now I'm asking myself how good is it?
I mean everyone plays and talks about Full tilt and poker stars here and I play at both...But even players who play on other sites play on sites like Absolute poker, bodog, cake poker, or maybe partypoker.
I haven't seen a single CC player who talked about Titan Poker and yet it's rated n.1 on cardschat!Can anyone tell me why?If it's good why isn't it that played? And if someone has already played on it and has something to say about the program, players, or bonuses please do so we can give it a try...Thx :)

* Jurn8's Micro Grinders Video Series*

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 5:00am PST by Jurn8

Taken from here http://www.cardschat.com/f53/video-s...t-here-171219/

Release Dates For Series

5th March - 2nl Video + Instructional Thoughts
12th March - 2nl Video Review
19th March - 5nl Video + Instructional Thoughts
22nd March - 5nl Video Review
26th March - 10nl Video + Instructional Thoughts
29th March - 10nl Video Review With Orangepeeleo
31st March - 25nl Video + Instructional Thoughts
5th April - 25nl Video Review
12th April - 50nl Video + Instructional Thoughts
16th April - 50nl Video Review
20th April - 50nl Dual Commentary With Enty

Hope this is a fun thing and improves my game and analysis aswell as yours!

Is there any way to transfer funds from site to site?

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 4:58am PST by sta123

Would there be any safe way of transferring funds from say Pokerstars to Fulltilt without waiting 15 business days to receive money from a withdraw? Should I just suck it up and wait?

$100 NL HE 6-max: JJ vs check/raise flop, turn shove

Posted: March 1st, 2010, 3:26am PST by polakpoker4

Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 33/32/2

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 562508
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

CO: $100.00
Hero (BTN): $107.20
SB: $215.15
BB: $100.00
UTG: $112.40

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with J ♥ J ♦
1 fold, CO raises to $3, Hero raises to $9, 2 folds, CO calls $6

Flop: ($19.50) 6 ♠ T ♥ 7 ♣ (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $10, CO raises to $30, Hero calls $20

Turn: ($79.50) 9 ♥ (2 players)
CO bets $61 all in, Hero ???

I had played about 70 hands or so with villain up to this point, 3bet him a few times but nothing went to showdown. This was the second time I 3bet him in recent orbit or two.

When villain c/r's this flop, I feel his range to flopped straight, sets, 76s, AT/KT/JT, and air (villain 4bets QQ+ pre). I decided to call to let him bluff off his stack with air on the turn.

Given the range I gave villain, do I call the turn (turning my JJ into a bluffcatcher)?

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