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Re:tough spot vs dirtyriver early in tilt 163
I probably wouldn't, but many players would raise with a hand like 77-TT or a 76s against the continuation bet to see if their hand is good, and then they'd shut down on the turn if they get called. And raising is the standard play with KQ or QJ. Here the guy was even doing it with complete air. To just assume they have a set here is ridiculous IMO.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 25th, 2008
Re:Which tourneys do you think are harder to win?
#1 - Sunday Million for sure, simply because it has over 10x the number of players. Average skill level of the WPT winner will be much greater though, obv. #2 - For me I'd say the live tourney because the $50 1r+1a is a deep stacked tourney. I'd win that more often than the live tourney that probably has a horrible structure and will require a lot more luck. #3 WSOP ME for sure. A lot more players, and MUCH more of a grind. Playing long hours day after day after day, getting little sleep, its tough to stay focused and keep it all together.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 25th, 2008
Re:tough spot vs dirtyriver early in tilt 163
To me it seems like you guys aren't even considering what he put the OP on. He raises to 3xBB and then bets 2/3 the pot on a safe looking Q63 rainbow flop. The OPs range is ridiculously wide here. So to me the other guy's raising range includes almost any pair, and reraising with a good Q in this spot seems ridiculously standard to me. I don't know, maybe a lot of people just don't try to play poker in the early levels and instead camp for the nuts. That's not how I play personally, but to each their own.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 25th, 2008
Re:tough spot vs dirtyriver early in tilt 163
LOL. Then why did you call' By the way I didn't say you'd be ahead of him 99/100 times. I said I'm calling 99/100 times. Basically I'm pretty damn sure I have his range beat. Why would anyone assume he's playing a set so hard with no draws on the board against what could easily be a continuation bet with an AT type hand' You guys are seeing monsters lurking in every shadow. Doesn't mean they're there.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 25th, 2008
Re:tough spot vs dirtyriver early in tilt 163
Yes, you're so right. I waited for the results to be posted so I could know not to fold TPTK after being reraised on a completely safe flop after I made what look to be a continuation bet. All to try and impress guys like you with 0 results in their profiles by showing that I could make the BONE HEADED OBVIOUS PLAY. You caught me.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 25th, 2008
Re:tough spot vs dirtyriver early in tilt 163
Really'! Against what seems like a continuation bet on a Q-rag-rag board'! I don't know anything about this guy's play style, but I think you guys are crazy personally. I mean fold ... are you kidding me' I'm calling 99 out of 100 times and can't believe the majority of posters are suggesting to fold ... (and yet the average player would be getting it all in with Q2 or TT on this flop ...) I agree though that there isn't much point in reraising. You'd be scaring away his worse hands and getting it in against him when he has a set. Maybe I'm just not advanced ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 25th, 2008
Re:Step 4 hand help
I think its an obvious shove. You said you had been active early. Why would you think he's not reraising with hands like AQ, AJ, 88, etc.' And you're still alive even if you lose this pot. Easy shove for me, personally.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 25th, 2008
Re:9th out of 27 in a 180, whats your move?
I was probably overthinking this. Push all in and they probably think you're trying to resteal from the BB with rags and beat you into the pot with a weak ace or small pocket pair. I see calls like that often in big buyin tournies, so I'd assume they'd be even more frequent in $4 ones.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 19th, 2008
Re:9th out of 27 in a 180, whats your move?
Honestly now that I see you're the BB I don't mind calling and check raising all in on most flops here either (any flop with no A and only 1 over) . That would probably be the most profitable way to play the hand against a player that would always continuation bet in this spot.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 19th, 2008
Re:9th out of 27 in a 180, whats your move?
Raise. Folding is the worst play possible without a read that they raise big hands 4xBB. And a $4 tourney player is way too unpredictable to just call I think, unless you know they don't continuation bet.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 19th, 2008
Re:Funny hand in Sunday Brawl
But what if you like having a crazy image' I don't think I'm ever going to get a rockish image (except live perhaps since I look like I'd be a rock), but its pretty easy to get a maniac image. And I'm cool with having one of those.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 13th, 2008
Funny hand in Sunday Brawl
I'm playing super snug, then this hand comes up: Full Tilt Poker Game #7208315194: The Sunday Brawl (52749957), Table 136 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:32:54 ET - 2008/07/13 Seat 1: ingenskillz (14,540) Seat 2: adamsfss (12,832) Seat 3: IPubliusI (14,250) Seat 4: Michael1123 (18,309) Seat 5: sticky seat (16,166), is sitting out Seat 6: akcbr954 (26,443) Seat 7: casvegas (26,758) Seat 8: Nakkehai (23,840) Seat 9: raisemonkey (7,986) ingenskillz antes 75 adamsfss antes 75 IPubliusI antes 75 Michael1123 antes 75 sticky seat antes 75 akcbr954 antes 75 casvegas ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 13th, 2008
Re:omfg theres PHIL'S tight image
Phil > all of us How dare probably the best tournament player in the field pass up a chance to gamble and call for a coinflip ... Worse fold ever ... yeah, that's the ticket. If only Phil was as good as you guys maybe he could call.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 12th, 2008
Re:sick run
He was on my left for like 90% of the tourney. For around 2 hours at one table when we were 1 and 2 in chips in the tournament and then we finally switched tables, but he was still on my left at the new table for another half hour or so. Then butters took a few hits and I finally got away from him, only to move to the new chip leader's right when I was 2nd in chips ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 12th, 2008
Re:sick run
That TT vs 44 was all in pre. Big difference. I did run sick at the final table though, with one major suckout (pair and a high flush draw vs low flopped flush) and well more than my share of dominating hands preflop that held up. I didn't have many big hands at the 2nd to last table though. I had the chip lead through blind steals alone basically, then shipped most of my stack away and entered the final table as the smallest stack. Craziest thing about that tourney though is that I lost with AK vs. QQ in an all in race preflop in the first hour in a 6.6k pot and after that I was down ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 12th, 2008
Re:Ivey and Antonius on FTP
He obviously had it to start ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 12th, 2008
Re:Which pro you rooting for most?
Rooting for Hellmuth, Matusow, Cunningham, and internet pros. Hellmuth's attitude is horrible, but his NL holdem tournament game is as sick as it gets. Love his style of play. I hate the big pot preflop style unless the stacks are short.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 11th, 2008
Re:Wish me luck in WSOP ME Day 5!
Good luck dude.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 11th, 2008
sick run
warning: brag post to follow Here's every MTT I've played this week, all on Full Tilt: Sunday: $200 750k Guarantee, finish 57th out of 3644 for $1,387.50 Monday: $150 65k Guarantee, finish 4th out of 610 for $8,006.25 $100 turbo, finish 7th out of 318 for $1,033.50 (KK<A8) Tuesday: $100 (1r+1a), finish 2nd out of 207 for $8,850.10 $150 $65k Guarantee, finish 80th out of 683 (lost race with AK on bubble) Wednesday: $200 turbo 30k Guarantee, bubble again, 37th out of 225 $100 (1r+1a), finish 51st out of 208 $150 65k Guarantee, finish 5th out of 613 for ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jul 11th, 2008
weird way to play quads
Full Tilt Poker Game #1850203026: $20,000 Guarantee (13581681), Table 16 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:30:32 ET - 2007/02/22 Seat 1: dabigbird (2,500) Seat 2: JDKFlush (3,075) Seat 3: Michael1123 (2,665) Seat 4: PrahladF (3,575) Seat 5: 6speed (2,675) Seat 6: hoodini10 (3,630) Seat 7: pushu (2,765) Seat 8: Mcknight99 (4,255) Seat 9: busto_soon (1,860) JDKFlush posts the small blind of 20 Michael1123 posts the big blind of 40 The button is in seat #1 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Michael1123 [6s 6c] PrahladF folds 6speed folds hoodini10 folds pushu calls 40 Mcknight99 ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Feb 22nd, 2007
Re(1): FTOPS event 5
Full Tilt Poker Game #1794021452: FTOPS Event #5 (11292177), Table 39 - 1700/3400 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:08:40 ET - 2007/02/14 Seat 1: Mikey73 (141,399) Seat 2: ChesapeakeChubs (230,158) Seat 3: FireHalo (100,488) Seat 4: Michael1123 (253,616) Seat 5: capitalcarl (90,619) Seat 6: BornToRunHot (89,426) Mikey73 antes 400 ChesapeakeChubs antes 400 FireHalo antes 400 Michael1123 antes 400 BornToRunHot antes 400 BornToRunHot posts the small blind of 1,700 Mikey73 posts the big blind of 3,400 The button is in seat #4 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Michael1123 [Jd Js] ChesapeakeChubs raises to ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Feb 13th, 2007
Re(1): Hand from Stars $162.. Guess our hands?
Bump Its not very cool to post something like this and not give the answer, man.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jan 14th, 2007
Re(3): Is this unethical?
And now that I read through the rest of this thread I can't believe I'm the only person that considered this unethical. Quite depressing.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jan 12th, 2007
Re(2): Is this unethical?
Law doesn't equal morality and rules don't define what is ethical. I'd say stalling is unethical but probably not against the rules of most poker tournaments. Its basically in the same category with slowrolling or Tony G. like antics. Its a douche bag thing to do, and its against the unwritten "rules" of poker, but most likely not the written ones.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jan 12th, 2007
Re(1): ZeeJustin is Insane!
Obviously the guy is super sickly talented and is playing his A game right now, but he's also clearly running insanely hot. Its a sick combination. You could probably combine the best of Stu Unger, Phil Ivey, and Doyle Brunson into one player and have this player play in these 7 tournaments 1000 times and still not have these type of results once. It'd be surprising if this player could even get one run of 5 top 11 finishes out of these 1000 tries, let alone 6 top 11 finishes out of 7. The results are still mindblowing though.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jan 12th, 2007
Re(1): Hand from Stars $162.. Guess our hands?
If I had to pick hands for each of you I'd say KxKh for you, AQ or AJ for Florita (with or without a heart, but I feel without for some reason - probably because psychologically the player would likely be more likely to fold these hands on the river if they had missed the flush, and more likely to call if they never had a flush draw in the first place - also more likely to reraise earlier with a heart). Don't know much about either of your styles of play, just going based on the hand history. Range of hands for you (assuming good tight aggressive player) - KxKh, AxKx, any flush or set, 54s, ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Jan 12th, 2007
Re(1): Time to start a discussion, key hand from UB 250k
I don't like the fold. I would certainly be worried that I'm beat here, but people do crazy things. This is ESPECIALLY true when you have a maniac image ... which is also something that I've had once or twice before. People that have this image of you (either from your recent play, your reputation preceeding you, or more often a combination of the two) often refuse to believe that you ever have a hand. I'd understand the fold more if you had a nitty image. I agree completely with the concept of minimizing risks / big pots as much as possible when you can pick up chips without risking near ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Dec 4th, 2006
Re(3): Rankings Reset Today
Jesus ... do you have to be religious to win a major Sunday tournament'! NO WONDER I CAN'T!!! (Jesus pun not intended)
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Nov 30th, 2006
Re(4): Massive Sunday Prop Bet
They sure play good in that tournament, don't they'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		michael1123
Nov 26th, 2006