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Re(2): Lost with 3 kings...Could have been played different?
They I do not disagree that this was far from an ideal flop for KK and do agree that you are going broke here much of the time I don't see how you are going to lose on this flop to anything but J10. I mean a lone J or 10 would have a gutshot and thats the only draw you fear (since you didn't name suits I am ignoring flush possiblitys) The other hands that passiveplay mentioned are the perfect hands for your openent to have, two pair, pair plus a straight draw or lower set. These are all hands that are either drawing dead or very thin.
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Aug 6th, 2006
Re(4): Unlucky or poorly played?
Well I for one disagree with the advice given so far and think you played the hand fine. The chances of someone having two spades is miniumal in the first place and even in the unlikely chance someone has that they actully have to make the flush. In this hand you actully got it even better losing to a 2 outer. Its a shame and all but I do not think you played this hand badly just unlucky.
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Aug 6th, 2006
Re(3): Calling all in when you know you are behind
Well his outs would have won the hand if he was not redrawn on but I agree, this is a decently scary flop for KK, given the action and your read I see no reason to make this call.
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Jul 30th, 2006
Re(1): PS no longer processing WU Withdrawals
And now for the one serious response for this entire post... Though I do agree that there is no reason not to have a bank account you can take money out via neteller without a bank account. They have a debit card you can get. It does cost money to load it ($2 a transaction) but I have to imagine that is still considerbly less then WU and you get the money in about an hour.
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Jul 30th, 2006
Western Union
I am considering using WU to make a deposit into poker stars for the first time. As it stands right now I have the cash to play but my bank account is overdrawn for personal reasons and this can't be taken care of at the moment. I wanted to hear from someone else who has used this before, is it as safe as other methods' Can I really get the money within an hour' And what will I be looking at for charges from WU'
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Jul 28th, 2006
Re(4): Another Rounders Question
First let me say, god why am I talking rounders' But second, the mistake that Mike made at the begining of the movie was not how he played the hand but playing at stakes well outside his bankroll to begin with.
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Jun 24th, 2006
Re(1): Did I play this horribly wrong?
You play that exact same hand the exact same way every time and you will make money. Don't be to focused on invidual results. You played it fine.
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Jun 11th, 2006
Re(1): trap hands good or bad?
Well that depends on a number of factors but generally speaking, if its folded to you and you have a decent stack as does the people behind you I would raise 500 to 700 with these hands from one off the cut off to the sb
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Jun 11th, 2006
Advice on bluffing again and again.
I do not have the hand history but I remember the hand well. Good bluff or sucidal' Just after the first break in a 180 person sitn go, A10 off 3 off the button, folded to me. I have just over 4K chips giving me a decent though not great stack. 150/75 blinds. The cutoff and the button both have me covered, the button has 6K in chips and calls, the blinds fold. Flop of 9C 8S 5C Pot :1100 I make a standard 500 chip continuation and he smooth calls Turn 9 of D Now is basically when I have to decide how far I want to go with the hand, I can check and either check it down or fold. He has seemed ...
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Jun 11th, 2006
Re(1): Do you bet this river?
This, sadly, is a very read heavy situation. Either way he has made a really good play, but heres the thing, very few players will check the nuts on river. Without knowing anything else about the player I would put it as a 50/50 nuts or bluff. Sadly that is the perfect bluff. Good fold but you MIGHT have been played. Edit: BTW Yes I personally think betting the river was the right play.
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Jun 11th, 2006
Re(4): TV special about online cheaters...
"but I don't see "set up journalism" by the left wing press to help the Republican's cause with the online gambling bill. " Now whos being naive' And no one is saying that someone would sit there knowing he is being cheated but keep playing to "outplay them" What I am saying is I don't think their advantage would be that great. And you are missing a huge point here, if there was in fact 4 guys who where playing at the same 6 handed table every day and cheating... Dontcha think the poker room would notice' Keep in mind these sites have alot invested in keeping even the perception of cheating ...
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Jun 9th, 2006
Re(1): TV special about online cheaters...
Personally I think your last statement said it all. It would suprise me less to find out this was simply junk reporting to try to get people againt online gambling then to find out it was true. I am not saying that I do not think their are people trying to cheat online.. I just don't think it really gives them that much more of an edge... and if these people where any good they wouldn't feel the need to try to cheat. Basically I feel that those clever chaps out there trying to break the games through cheating are weak players to start and the slight edge they get through cheating is not ...
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Jun 9th, 2006
Re(1): AQo in the bb $3 rebuy
Well this seems like a pretty elementary reraise here... Would say making it about 20k or so. If he pushes then you have a real decision(most of the time you would be soundly beat at that point IMO.... though I only see him pushing after your reraise around 20% of the time or less... this is all based on not knowing the players in question too) In short though no question reraise
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Jun 3rd, 2006
Re(3): Life changing books
Does anyone read down this far/ still care at this point' Lies my Teacher told me and guns germs and steel where both good reads for making one rethink the world around them
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Jun 2nd, 2006
Re(2): TJ Cloutier playing a $3 rebuy to the sunday 1 mill
I have no idea what TJ's online name is but that said, why is it impossible for him or any pro to take a cheap shot at a satelite every now and then' If it was a $3 freezeout non satelite I might see the point of this discussion but to say that a good player MUST buy into a larger tournement simply because they can afford to and have a good enough chance to win to make that alone worth their while is lunancy. Why not try to get into a tournement for a fraction of its cost, atleast every now and again...
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May 30th, 2006
Re(1): Varying hand selection based on position, Play the 96utg, and muck the KQ?
I think there are many ways to play poker. Most of the top players tend to be more LAG then TAG. I think the style of play you are talking about takes an incredible amount of patience and judement and read ability. You have to have the ablity to fold top two pair and flushes sometimes. That said though, I think (in the hands of a good player and a more importantly a player good at playing this style) that this is probably the most profitable way to play poker with the least amount of variance (in the number of tournements entered per times chashed sense, your chip stack in an indvidual ...
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May 30th, 2006
Re(1): Folding the set?
I think this answer has allready been implied by the other posts but the short answer is no. When you got a set its goin to be played hard, When a set is beat... that just sucks. The only time I am folding a set is if a straight or a flush is not only possible but also practical and likely. Past that you are just going down with them if thats the case.
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May 27th, 2006
Re(1): correct laydown?
Well thats entirely to little information to go on but my short and sweet answer would be no, that was probably a terrible lay down. You check here only because you are planning on raising. The made ace high or straight flush is possible but both are highly unlikely and beyond that three handed last to act... would he bet either of those hands' Would he bet so much' Unless you had a real good read that you are not telling us about this was an instant reraise probably push
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May 27th, 2006
Re(1): tricky SnG hand, please help me out
When a raise doesn't make sense.... call.
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May 27th, 2006
Re(1): I guessed i played it wrong, tell me where.
Why do you guess you played it wrong' Because you lost' Does that mean 33 played it right' Just saying don't be results orienated. You could have maybe raised the original raiser, should have gotten 33 out but then again so should have the 3x raise and call... Its always possible that Jen would have Aces or Kings here but considering $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) I would put her range pretty wide and I don't think AK is a terrible push at all.
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May 27th, 2006
Re(1): 180 man hand question
Well at 10/20 blinds this move is a huge gamble. If your reads are dead on and most importantly if paully can get away from the hand its not a terrible play for 3 to 1 odds... but... Who in their right mind is going to think that paully is going to lay down to an all in after calling a 38x raise. You are putting your chips in while behind and your hopeing for the extra pot odds from dead money to compensate for the fact that your odds are lacking I just don't see 95% or better of players folding in paully's shoes... And when they do call and their hand holds up, you just busted out on level ...
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May 27th, 2006
Re(2): questions for johnny chan...
Or does the show clip out all the tight pots like the do in the tournys... When he watches others play who does he watch, what does he watch for'
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May 26th, 2006
Re(1): AQ vs. a big stack
Very read heavy but I think I am pushing here, correctly around 90% of the time. Lets think about this. First very few players are going to smooth call AA KK or 1010. With the large stack and if he is a trappy tricky player you can't put anything past him but its highly unlikely at best. I don't see anyway possible he smooth calls AK here. That leaves us with QJ A10 and K10. There is also the fact that he just bet 1200 into an about 1400 chip pot. Now unless he puts you on aces he is not doing that with QJ so I think we can discount that. A10 is a real trouble leaving you with 7 outs but even ...
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May 26th, 2006
Re(1): GETTING OUTPLAYED OR SURROUNDED BY BUFFOONS
Well in regards to the first one you didn't say how much blinds are currently at so I can't judge the 200 chip bet on the flop but assuming decent blinds where this is a "weak bet trying to trap" I would assume you should have bet atleast half if not 2/3s of the pot to try to bring down a decent pot right there. In regards to the second one... if everyone is limping in for $100 what are you doing raising to $400 with A10' With A10 right here you either wanna raise real big (all in) if you sense the table is just weak limping, maybe smooth call trying to hit the flush or just fold it. With the ...
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May 26th, 2006
Re(1): will party let me out of the tourney???
If it says it is to late to unregister I would think you would have to take that at face value. 15 minutes before does seem a little strigent to me but what do I know.
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May 26th, 2006
Re(4): Do you buy the "poker buble" ???
Doesn't suprise me in the least... There are alot more players that think they make money then actully do. Back to the original question, yes most tournements of any size do tighten up considerly around the bubble, it is normally a good place for a average to above average stack to move to above average - top 20. Don't over do it and pick your spots and players wisely though.
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May 25th, 2006
Re(1): should I have folded KK here?
Its tough. There are very rare times I would even consider folding KK, this is one of them but at the same time I would say most of the time (atleast 90%) he does no have AA here so its tough. Again I would strongly CONSIDER (not saying I actully would...) folding here to the reraise simply because there is more to poker then the cards but then again, playing KK like anytime someone reraises you they are just going to have to show you aces isn't a bad play either.
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May 24th, 2006
Re(1): SB vs BB
Personally I think fold here, Your pot odds aren't nearly as good as they look, the main reason to make this call at any time is if the other player has alot of chips giving you good implied odds, You have zilch for implid odds here and most of the time a player makes a bet like this he has a real hand, he doesn't want you to go away he wants you to double him up. As for the initial raise.. arguments could be made either way, I certainly wouldn't make this is an auto raise.
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May 23rd, 2006
Re(1): Move up in limits or play more tables????
Well, that depends on if you are better at playing $50 buy in then $25 and if you are better at 4 tabling then 2. My suggestion would be to try one then the other for a short period of time and see how it works out for you. The main thing you have to remember when considering changing levels or changing things around like this is not to get in to deep to quickly and be ready to quickly drop back to what you are used to the moment things seem to start going badly. Even if things seem to be going good at either of these I would suggest not doing either full time for atleast a month. Assuming ...
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May 23rd, 2006
Good time to try to win a coin flip? And if not when is?
Basically I put him on a lower PP. Ignoring wether or not that is a correct assment the real question is given the current chip stacks and blinds and everything is this a good time to flip a coin' PokerStars Game #5030205440: Tournament #25246960, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/05/23 - 17:46:30 (ET) Table '25246960 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: cleverclive (235 in chips) Seat 2: FunkiMunki (4195 in chips) Seat 3: Hodor (2470 in chips) Seat 4: Bailey0007 (5405 in chips) Seat 5: boobit (3865 in chips) Seat 6: toastynuts (2750 in chips) Seat 7: rebuyman (1100 in ...
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May 23rd, 2006