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  1. damnstraight damnstraight is offline

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    May 15th, 2009 (5/15/2009 6:33pm)

    Not sure if these are original but here goes.

    Flophouse: flopping a full house

    Scratching the dogs belly: This is when you are at the final table, down to 7 or 8 players, and a short stack has about 4bbs or so and shoves on your BB. With the antes in there you are pretty well priced to call with any 2 given that his range will be pretty wide. You call with 9 2 off suit and more than double him up. You may be the dog in the hand but he is the dog to win the tournament and when it looks like the dog is about to go tits up, you give his belly a little scratch and give him a second chance.

    Most players would say you have to make this call if you have a decent stack behind you, I don't agree that that's always the case. A couple of possible exceptions are where the player in question is very good and may have just suffered a bad beat to become short. I want this guy out of the tournament so I'm only calling with a hand where i think the odds are at least close to even. If he gets the blinds, big deal, he is still in critical condition and is going to have to keep jamming with a wide range, increasing the possibility of running into a good or big hand. To me you don't just have to take a shot at it when you may be a 2-1 dog or worse just because you think you have odds. Another case is when he shoves from UTG. Normally a player raising from utg has a big hand but we know that the short stack doesn't have to be real strong to shove. However, the blinds are coming through him again on the next hand and any chips he gains by getting everyone to fold will possibly be lost in the next 2 hands. He may call any player who bets into him when he has the big blind but in this case he is likely to be the dog because most players are betting here with some kind of a hand knowing he is apt to call.

    I better get the marshmallows ready.

    Rope a Dope: I thought this one was original but it's been around for awhile, however i use it in a different context. It's commonly used to refer to slow playing a hand against a maniac in order to get his whole stack. I use it as a series of plays to set up a loose passive image to get the same result. When you sit at a table and there is a maniac who is running over everyone you can try to play back at him right away to show him that you are not going to be pushed around like the others or you can trick him into thinking you are just like the rest of the players at the table by playing passively at first and build his confidence that you are just another fish. This involves limping with any 2, with the intention of folding, or calling if the cards are marginal and folding on the flop if you miss. Your going to give up a bit of money at the start but your objective is to stack the donk. After releasing a few hands to him your image as a fish should be solidified, then you can tighten up somewhat and wait for a big hand. When it comes limp in if you are sure he will raise and just call if he has shown a tendency to fold to a re raise at all. If he acts aggressively to a re raises you got him where you want and can shove all in.

    Anyone else have any?
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    May 15th, 2009 (5/15/2009 7:04pm) in reply to damnstraight

    Donktard
     
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    May 15th, 2009 (5/15/2009 7:28pm) in reply to Phareal15

    Ship the CHHEEEESSSEEEEEEEEEEEEE
     
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    May 15th, 2009 (5/15/2009 7:32pm) in reply to Phareal15

    Donkgod: A player who can do no wrong by doing everything wrong. They repeatedly makes bad plays/calls but knock out better players left and right and are sitting on a mountain of chips despite their horrible play. Often makes the final table before their game implodes and occaisonally makes the final 3 or even wins.
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    May 15th, 2009 (5/15/2009 7:50pm) in reply to damnstraight

    Mule: A backed player(horse) who donks out of a tournament. Mule.
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    May 15th, 2009 (5/15/2009 7:57pm) in reply to I Fold

    Out drawn and quartered: When you have the nut high straight and the nut low on the turn and your opponent nails a flush or a boat to take the high and chops the low.
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