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Re:1st Hand of Sit-n-Go
depending on the level, some people are surprisingly brutal at sngs. I usually play tight as hell til the blinds get to the point where the avg. stack is 20bb or less, but if i'm in this situation I always have sharkscope or OPR open, do a quick search of them and figure out roughly where they're at. If its a good player i'm saying they have cards and if it's a fish I call them. Don't assume youre getting squeezed that early because most good players wait to learn the tendencies of their opponents before making moves at them. Having said all that, with a structure as bad ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Aug 31st, 2008
Re:The Age, Does it Really Matter?
Whether or not someone is competent enough to gamble with their money does not directly have anything itself to do with age. To responsibly gamble with your money you must be very mature, and, in general, maturity grows as we age; therefore, it is reasonable for laws to be in place to keep underagers from playing the game. However, there are countless underage players who grasp the concept of proper bankroll management, variance, etc far better than older people. Personally I salute people like Andy Mcleod... and, myself, and anybody else who successfully gambled underage and I don't see ...
Posted in: Poker Legislation 		12DanK
Aug 31st, 2008
Re:Bad Call with 3 ms?
As it surned out the call was fine, but personally I hate calling off my stack with marginal hands because you're not exploiting any fold equity. I think you're better off folding here and open shoving an even worse hand so you have the chance of getting the blinds/antes. Having said that, with blinds where they are and your stack what it is, you clearly had to win a couple races to get into the thick of things and this one just didn't go your way.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Aug 31st, 2008
Re:whats the right way to Play AA here...first to act
11 BBs is well above the expected value of AA so be happy with it. You can't always force an allin situation
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Jul 7th, 2008
Re:what would you do 2 from the $
obv fold there, the bubble is irrelevant. Raise preflop, that limp is garbage
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Jun 29th, 2008
Re:What's your play post flop?
Were the blinds lower I'd fold easily, but with them that high and him only having 2k total you might as well go, getting good odds plus if Snurby joins in he clearly doesn't have any of your outs taken so that'd just give you a better price. I think you should have led out with a smaller bet like 300-400 and get a cheap look at the turn rather than have to call a big bet like 1k and wind up having to go allin, the check may have been a mistake but you might as well chase after it now anyways because you've got a decent price.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 30th, 2008
Re:J8s against KK Is this really terrible or just standard
I'd have to say lordxixor's got a point. Good on you for posting the hand and asking whether or not you did the right thing. Clearly it was (in good players' eyes) a glaringly obvious bas call, but 2 years ago I may have done the same thing. Just recognize you should very rarely be the guy calling bets, and if you are, never do it with these sketchy hands with such pad odds; eliminate leaks like this and you might see some success.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 11th, 2008
Re:Busto Hand From Stars $109 Freeze out!!!! Advice Please
Uhh, what exactly are you expecting for advice, you used your read to make a tough call and gave yourself a big edge. UL
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 10th, 2008
Re:J8s against KK Is this really terrible or just standard
I'm not an expert on the math, I always just estimate it. I rarely get tangled in pots with suited connectors so I'm not 100% and I've got an exam tomorrow so I'm not gonna spend an hour finding out exactly how. But what I do know, is if you DO put him on an overpair like KK and you're calling him with a hand like 44, if he is a loose player you can assume as long as you flop that set you'll get all his chips, therefore even though you've only be getting like 1.5 to 1 on your money preflop (which is nowhere near the 4 to 1 you'd need) you can call if the chips ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 10th, 2008
Re:J8s against KK Is this really terrible or just standard
The only reason for calling with that preflop is to hope to flop huge and get all the guy's chips, this is a pretty bad play to begin with but can be acceptable. However, he only had 1975 chips which gave you nowhere near the implied odds. On the flop you're obviously behind but what else did you expect to flop, if you're playing a J8 preflop you're definitely not folding top pair. Recognize that any raising hand has you squashed preflop, if you can't resist playing these hands then at least be the aggressor with them, don't be a calling station because you get no fold ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 10th, 2008
Re:How bad did I play this?
A quick sharkscoping of joe west reveals he is a hardcore donkey so don't beat yourself up over this, he's limping utg with QT then calling off 1/3 of his stack out of position with a bushleague hand, he got lucky to hit two pair and continued his suckout by dodging your many outs. If you knew how bad he was maybe make it a bit more just to be sure he would go allin if he hit anything, but there's not much you can do there.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 6th, 2008
Re:Flop huge draw, how do you play this?
That post-flop play is fine, no getting away from it for either of you, just a good ol' race. The raise preflop from where you are on the table is a sketchy move but you can't fold to his pussy ass min raise afterward and the flop was a beaut, you reraised and got some potential fold equity there had he been a complete puss but postflop thats unavoidable that late in a tourney.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 6th, 2008
Re:im banned from fulltilt???WTF
That is bullshit, I got banned from Pokerroom a while back but that was completely my fault. Owed a buddy money and figured why not just blow two $525 headsup games to him. That was dumb enough but then in the investigation they figured out that I had been playing since grade 11 and I forgot to make a new account when I turned 18. Shitty way to lose $4000 but I can't blame Ongame for that one.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		12DanK
Apr 4th, 2008