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  1. NLChamp_401 NLChamp_401 is offline

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    Jun 5th, 2007 (6/5/2007 7:35pm)

    So I sit down with $100.......my BB and SB pass by (folded both), I pick up QQ a few hands later, 3 spots to the left of the BB. I limp in for $2. To my left a raise to $12, SB calls(about $250 stack), BB calls, and its back on me. I reraise $25 to $37....original raiser folds, SB calls, BB folds. Flop comes 467. SB checks, I push the rest of my stack in, he calls immediately, and what do ya know, he flips over 58 offsuit for the nut straight and two blanks follow as I play one hand and lose my $100 stack just like that. I had such an urge to flip out on the douchebag kid, but I held it in and just left ASAP. I refused to rebuy I was so pissed off about it so I just decided to hang out til my friends finished playing.

    Can anybody put any logic behind the 58 call, or is this standard playing live and I'm pissed off for no reason?

    (Also, I havent been to Foxwoods in about 3 months and I've been playing strictly online, but Jesus Christ I've never seen such crazyness...every pot going to the flop was at least $80 with the standard raise of $15 coming and like 4 callers to the flop)

    God help my soul lol.
  2. ray419 ray419 is offline

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    Jun 5th, 2007 (6/5/2007 7:59pm) in reply to NLChamp_401

    Bad play by him and he got lucky....I played at foxwoods about three months ago also and got felted when my KK ran into 10 9 offsuit.....Thats the danger of 1/2 NL.....I play 2/5 now in AC.....Been crushing it....1/2 is turning into play money(live that is)....
  3. MetalGod MetalGod is offline

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    Jun 5th, 2007 (6/5/2007 8:00pm) in reply to NLChamp_401

    Sounds a little crazy, but you might as well move in preflop. You want to try and get this to heads up and this game is basically like a .05/.10 game online for the most part. Most of the players are serious donkeys. There is no logic behind the 85 call...definitely not for an 18.5x raise preflop.
  4. NLChamp_401 NLChamp_401 is offline

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    Jun 5th, 2007 (6/5/2007 9:23pm) in reply to NLChamp_401

    Yea, I agree with the both of you, I guess I should've just moved all in preflop. Sadly it's probably possible to move in with big hands for 50-100X the big blind and get called by hands like 55 on a steady basis .....1/2 is just ridiculous live. I guess playing online for so long makes you think every kid 21-24 knows how to play poker when you step into the live ring....but that's clearly not the case.
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  5. NYRocketMan NYRocketMan is offline

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    Jun 6th, 2007 (6/6/2007 1:30am) in reply to NLChamp_401

    It's been about 2 years since I've played live at Foxwoods, but my experiences there over the years have led me to the following conclusion:

    The $100 and $300 NL games at Foxwood are the 2 very worst live casino caliber poker games I've ever played in.

    Here's the last hand I ever played live at Foxwood.....

    Typical unfettered craziness has pushed the 2/5 prflop raise to $25 in order to get heads up, so I make it $25 UTG +1 with QQ.

    A young kid across the table from me says....."Hey...I'll call without looking. How's that?"

    It folds around and I stop the dealer from flopping the cards and say...

    "Oh yeah, tough guy? Well, I'm all in without seeing the flop. How's THAT?", and I proceed to move my $300 or $400 into the middle of the table. He calls without looking, turns over QT suited and flops a flush. I calmly got up from the table, said "Nice hand." and walked away. I've never been back.

    If you live in the New York area, or visit there often, forget Foxwoods. The action is sooooooo much better down in Atlantic City. The late night games at the Taj are some of the best in the country - on par with anything out in the LA card rooms. Absolutely tremendous poker games.
  6. delete22 delete22 is offline

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    Jun 6th, 2007 (6/6/2007 11:56am) in reply to NLChamp_401

    1/2 nl live = nl 25 online

    and you want these types of calls in the long run...not rebuying in a game this bad is a mistake

    if you cant take one bad beat for your stack you shouldnt be playing poker

    also if you tell this kid how bad he is your the moron and i am sure that would piss of the other players
  7. NYRocketMan NYRocketMan is offline

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    Jun 6th, 2007 (6/6/2007 12:51pm) in reply to delete22

    Thanks for the advice, but I'm perfectly capable of deciding what is a mistake and what is not a mistake. I sit in games that have rhyme and reason, and I beat them.

    You're more than welcome to play kids like that - I don't need to do that to be a profitable player.
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