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Re(1): Playing the big stack
If you move to a new table and have two big stacks there that are smart players, I honestly would just try to hammer them as much as possible. In situations like that I most often try to play the amount of our stacks and forget about the blind structure for a while. This way when you win pots off the large stack you can build to there level much faster, while also causing many of the small stacks to play out of there comfort zone, putting the pressure on them to either double up or go home. This way to play isnt the most practical way to play but it has worked for me in the past.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Aug 13th, 2005
Re(1): Side/Dry Pot Etiquette....
I think what you did was very reasonable and very smart. Though the person that was berating you had a valid point he was missing the more critical issue at hand and that is that you arent just trying to knock out the UTG and get into the money, you are trying to WIN! If the blinds were something more easily managed like 25/50, then knocking out the short stack would be the smarter and a more viable play. But when the short stack cannot even cover the big blind your focus should be on winning and not putting the short stack out of chips. IMO checking it down should never be used in a SNG, and ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Aug 13th, 2005
Re(1): Minimum Raise in a Standard No-Limit Game?
the standard raise in a no-limit game is whatever the first bet was, if the bet was 60, then the minimum raise is 60, if the initial bet is 120, then the first raise has to be a minimum of that making the total bet to go 240. The only way you can raise less than that is if the amount you raise as less will put you all in.
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Jul 29th, 2005
Championship Omaha
I know everyone here is gung-ho NLHE, but can anyone give me a review on 'Championship Omaha' by McEvoy before I go and order it off of the net'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
May 23rd, 2005
Re(4): knowing when to level up?
actually, in a 5/10 game your BB is going to be $5 dollars not 10. So essentially he would need 40BB*$5= $2000. A 4k bankroll would be applied to a 10/20 game and so forth.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Apr 1st, 2005
Re(2): omaha h/l
those are great starting hands you are right but they are only truly dominant in cash game situations or the early, middle stages of a tourney. When you get down to very few players left higher hands traditionally play better because you dont have many bets left in your stack and often you dont have the chips to try to call down to catch a low.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 4th, 2005
Re(3): omaha h/l
that question depends on how many low cards are on the flop, and what low card combination you have to the nuts, ie A2 draw or A245 draw. there are more low cards in the deck than high ones and many times your opponent does not even have a draw to the low. I would base the decision on how much is in the pot at the time and what your chances of making the low are. many times you will scoop if the running cards hit your low cards.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 3rd, 2005
Re(1): omaha h/l
where do you normally play at' i play some omaha with you and coach/ give you some imput on how capable you are' also if you dont want to go into your pocket to learn the game and improve, get poker software from . its an entirely free site and they run tourny leagues every month for prizes as well as ring games with play money and points you earn on the site. They run tournies for limit holdem, NL holdem, Omaha HL, PL Omaha, mixed games, razz, and even 7 stud. hope that info helps!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 3rd, 2005
Re(1): Bets to find out where u stand?
betting to find out where you stand just has too many flaws to be an effective tool to win hands. you want to bet out to know the value of where you stand, but you bet too little and you will get pounced on like a nerd for his lunch money, smacked clear in the face with a raise because your weak lead screams fear, but you dont want to bet too much and have a second best hand. Most situations betting to find out where you are have extremely harzardous potential, that is why every book on poker in the world emphasizes position, position and more position, that way you never have to bet out to ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 2nd, 2005
Re(1): My first post
how is your patience when you get down shorthanded like that' A good number of players get that rush of excitement when they get down to three dreaming of all that money that awaits them when they win and try to get all there chips in quickly instead of playing smart like they should.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 2nd, 2005
Re(1): Going to Vegas, Looking for some good low limit games
i would agree with heinz when i say all the 2-4 NL games pretty much run the same. I would suggest playing at the bigger card rooms in Vegas, things like the Bellagio and such. I would imagine that most of the tourists, hobby players and such are going to want to play in a nicer room like that, prolly want to get a glimpse of a poker celebrity or something. Your more remote and lower action rooms prolly have a lot of guys like you with 'decent chops' as you say looking for some fresh fish also.
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Mar 2nd, 2005
Re(1): Texas Holdem poker books
most of you arent omaha players, but i am in utter anticipation of McEvoy's new book coming out in like two-three weeks, 'Championship Omaha'. Should be a great read!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 2nd, 2005
Re(3): Texas Holdem poker books
your right most of those books do nothing for low limit hold em, but most are still important to read. i would recommend small stakes hold em by sklansky. gaining a strong understanding of your pot odds, implied odds and etc are what this book mostly covers, along with minimizing your mistakes. i think sklansky's theories are most important for low limit poker because of the sheer number of callers in any situation, the ability to make plays will not make you money in the long run.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 2nd, 2005
Re(1): Hand Advice Please
i think reasonably you only have to options that i would consider good. A:) you bet much more than a single raise in the big blind something closer to 4x-5x the big blind. this accomplishes a couple things, it helps defend your hand since you are out of position, and it forces the limper to better define his, also it shows him that most likely you are pot commited to the hand, so he can be fairly sure you are going to move your chips in if you catch any of the flop, leaving him no room to make a play on you. B:) your only other alternative is a check in the big blind, take a flop and see ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Mar 2nd, 2005
Re(1): Texas Holdem poker books
jsbyun has the top three in perfect order, go with that and you will learn much and hopefully go far. it is true that advanced hold em focuses primarily on limit hold em, but the game isnt the important concept of that book, the main lesson from the book is to gain an understanding of pot odds, implied odds, effective odds, reverse implied odds, etc. and by the way phil helmuth's book totally blows my balls, bout the most expensive toilet paper you can get your hands on in my opinion.
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Mar 1st, 2005
Re(1): Ughhhhhhhhhhh
Mattias' were extremely loud and annoying but i thought scott fischman's first wsop win when he hit a miracle card heads up not to bust out and then wins the thing the very next hand was far away the worst. throwing his arms up and laying backward across the table was quite immature for a guy who shouldnt have won in the first place.
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Feb 27th, 2005
Re(1): Famous Screen Names
Any truth to the rumor that 'gummybear' on UB is Layne Flack''
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Feb 27th, 2005
Re(1): Books
My two favorite books are hold em poker for advanced players and the theory of poker both by sklansky. Most books written by TJ Cloutier and Tom McEvoy are also very good, ie: there 'Championship series', PL and NL hold em, tourny play and a guide to all the events of the world series.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Feb 27th, 2005
Re(1): Advice on a hand - Yup, feel like a fish
i agree a raise to 180 or better yet 240 would be enough to drive out the dumbest player in the small blind, and since there is no one else in the pot even if it was the smartest player in the big blind he won't have the correct odds to come into that hand.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		KGC123
Feb 24th, 2005
Re(1): Question for the board
There is no real reason to sugarcoat your decision to play that hand the way you did, post flop your choice was terrible, statistically it may have been closer to a coin toss, but i think it is another example of someone trying to overplay AK in an obvious fold scenario
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Feb 23rd, 2005
Re(1): How would you have played it?
seal, no need to rehash the first situation again, i think based on the posts we are all in consensus with your decision there. but for the second situation i think you should consider what the outcome may have been if your raise was larger preflop. You failed to mention what the blinds were at the time of that hand so its harder for me to speculate how high it should have been. But with so many people limping in and your table maniac with 15k in chips sitting there, I dont think 1k is enough to protect your hand in that situation. The maniac can easily call into that hand with nearly any ...
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Feb 22nd, 2005