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Article: Beyond Playing For Tires Posted in: vBCms Comments	MileHighKid Jan 27th, 2006
Article: Playing for tires: How I became a winning online player Posted in: vBCms Comments	MileHighKid Dec 30th, 2005
married? Good luck. Don't listen to the people who say you're too young. They're either bitter, single, or divorced. ;) Posted in: Off Topic	MileHighKid May 12th, 2006
Why the donks of the world are winning(Aaron Kanter) He's not pushing to put a smaller stack all in. There are 6 guys to act after him when he pushes and a couple of the stacks are bigger than his. This is a stupid move with 4-8 and he's in way too early of a position to pull something like that. Don't see how this can be defended and looked at for anything other than stupid loose play that got extremely lucky. Posted in: Bad Beats	MileHighKid Nov 23rd, 2005
you know what i noticed... There's a bad beat forum. Use it and don't post this here. No one cares or wants to hear about your bad beats or theories of rigged poker sites on this forum. Posted in: Bad Beats	MileHighKid Dec 30th, 2005
Why do I always make the same mistake? You're not the one making a mistake it's the other guy. You got him to make a bad call and he rivered you. That's part of poker. Be glad that people like this are at our tables because they are the reason we can make money. Posted in: Bad Beats	MileHighKid Nov 10th, 2005
what to do? Even so you probably made the right play preflop. I don't like calling here because if any over cards hit the board you're folding to a bet. Even if all small cards hit the board you can't be sure someone doesn't have a bigger pair. In this situation calling is the worst option I believe. You're just throwing chips away and playing scared poker. If you're playing for flopping the set when you call well that's losing poker because the pot is not laying you any where near the correct odds to call. Like another poster mentioned you're 8.3-1 to hit your set on the flop. You either fold or you ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Oct 25th, 2005
lay down KK here? So in the first sentence we all agree but the second sentence you disagree' LOL. In low limits bet your better hands and play it mostly straightforward. Not a lot of trickery or moves going on at the low levels. Any moves you make will be lost on the typical low limit player anyway. People are too busy playing their own cards as opposed to position and the other players. You'll lose some big pots to junk like this but in the long run you'll crush these types players which will be the majority of the players at the low levels. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Dec 13th, 2005
Lay down AQs short stacked? Yeah, whatever. Solid players play hands other than AA too. Solid players notice tight play and switch gears to take advantage, hence the name solid player. Solid players would raise 1010 here the same way. It's exactly the situation where it's likely to happen and no it's not a sucker bet. What's a sucker is folding to every EP raiser who might be a solid player when you're short stacked and in trouble already and you've got decent cards. You have to gamble in this position and there's no doubt about it. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 17th, 2005
so it's cool to limp with AA now? I read both posts and the one I replied to was the one where you said it was a close call to fold or call. I don't believe it matters who you are up against you can't fold this hand in this exact situation. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 22nd, 2005
Postflop play with an overpair You have to believe you're beat, so yeah I'd probably probably fold the hand. I have to think he's got me beat with the pf action whether or not the Q hits. If you knew you made a mistake at the time why throw more money after a losing hand' I'd be pretty suspicious of his small bet like he was giving pot odds I couldn't refuse. The small bet probably means 1 of 2 things. One, his bet is small because he wants you to call because he's got a huge hand or two, he hit the Q and is afraid you have a bigger pp and are slow playing. Either way you're beat. With almost no information on these guys ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 15th, 2005
any ranked player....cal...adam...someone look at this Your post doesn't even make sense. Flopping top 2 with AQ definitely has +EV. Keep folding them though always assuming the other guy has a set and you'll be guaranteed not to lose with them. BTW AA and KK turns out to either win a small pot or lose a big one. Guess you should fold those to a raise or reraise too. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 17th, 2005
lay down KK here? I'm with you Cyclone. At lower levels you value bet and punish people for playing hands like Q7. You don't need to be tricky, you just play mostly straightforward and make people pay dearly for their weak draws. You bet this one all the way down and know that the other guy made the mistake by chasing it. If you can get guys to chase your K's with Q7 you're doing fine. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Dec 13th, 2005
Should I have bet the turn? Like I said, lots of opinions from others that are smarter than me so take it for what it's worth. He showed strength throughout the hand and I usually give a guy credit for a hand when he shows strength throughout. The call of the reraise may not have been all that bad. Lots of people make the assumption that a check raise means you're on a draw. I take advantage of that and I'll make that move against someone I know who is likely to call my check raise or to make it look like a steal attempt gone bad. I think the play you really need to watch is that call of the river bet though. You have ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 7th, 2005
Lay down AQs short stacked? He only raised 4x bb nothing spectacular about that. You're short stacked and there's no way you can put him on pocket rockets pf. Our hero is already in trouble and it's time to get his money in the pot. The only hands he's almost completely dead to are AA and maybe KK. If you go around assuming that EP raiser always has AA or KK then you'll be folding a lot of hands. If you don't make this call it's not like you're in good shape. We're not talking about a case here where it's early in the tourney and you've got a healthy M. You have no chance if you don't double quickly and this is as good ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 17th, 2005
Cash Games or SnGs? I'd consider it. It's advice that many, many, many players better than both you and I have given over and over and over again. If it works then why disregard the advice' Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 21st, 2005
so it's cool to limp with AA now? Still because of the pot size/bet size and the fact that he's got a good hand there is no way he can lay this down no matter if you think there's a 70% chance you're beat. You've already thrown 2k into the pot and been reraised and now it's < 2k to call the all in reraise. I don't believe this is a close call here at all and that was my point. Folding is not a good option. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 21st, 2005
Let's try this in right forum: Starting Question Hogwash back at you. There is only a few paragraphs on starting hand selection and the book goes way beyond on that. Doesn't sound like you read it. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Dec 16th, 2005
Postflop play with an overpair You already identified your mistake in the hand then. You shouldn't have played it to begin with. It's very difficult to play this hand postflop because you've made it very difficult being in a hand you have to be behind in. When the Q comes you have to fold because you know you're beat. Why make the call when you know you're beat then' I may be wrong but I think you've posted others like this where you call a river bet when you know you're beat. I think I pointed that out (and probably others did too) to you before too but I may have you mixed up with someone else. You might be ignoring the ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 15th, 2005
any ranked player....cal...adam...someone look at this Raising out of position with AQ' I would hope that's a not a default play. Heads up is exactly where you want to be with a hand like that. If you win it's usually going to be with top pair and you're already heads up against someone but you're out of position. There's nothing wrong with checking this hand pf. Betting is fine too but checking is fine when you'll already be heads up. The reason for a raise would be to get heads up. There's not a lot of analyzing to do about this hand, he got a very good flop, tried to trap, and got unlucky. Also, to the other guy who said top 2 is an overall ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 17th, 2005
hand advice: what is my line? You make some good points. I failed to see the antes which does alter the M. I also didn't say I thought that someone had AA or KK. The previous poster said that was worst case I was only pointing out that it was not worst case and in fact it was about the best case you could expect to only be behind 45-55. I don't mind the push with fewer players but chances are that with 5 people in the hand you're behind to more than 1 of them and maybe you're behind to as many as 3. If there's 4 other people in the hand you're almost surely going to get at least 1 call and if you get a call you're going ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Apr 17th, 2006
Late in Stars Tourney.... what do you think..... That's what makes it such a good play because it's not the obvious play. He set us up a little bit in that he gave no background on the other player. Playing a read is always dependent on your opponent. I think you're right in most situations it is correct to fold with K high given the action. It's one of those plays where look like a genius if your read is correct or donk if your read is not correct. Many times I'll make a read like that but will not trust it and go with the safe play of folding and then kick myself when I see my read was correct. What's your reasoning for a more obvious ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Dec 14th, 2005
Should I have bet the turn? I wouldn't say a check raise is pretty common when someone has absolutely nothing. Yeah it happens like it did in this case, but if you assume that the majority of the time you are check raised that it's with nothing (when you have nothing but a high card) then you'll get yourself into trouble pretty quickly. Keep in mind you had nothing but A high either and pocket 2's beats you. He check raised and that showed strength. He might have check raised again if you would have bet the turn we don't know. He made a decent bet on the river and that showed strength. I'm not saying he actually had a ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 4th, 2005
Bubble situation - what should be my thought process in this case You are right 99 in not medicore. It's a top 10 hand but not worthy of all in pre-flop given your situation. Not playing for first so some caution is warranted. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Oct 17th, 2005
Cash game hand (best way to play) I doubt someone else holds K8 and wouldn't even consider that. I agree someone could have a set. However 55 would be more likely because someone is going to raise it up with 88 to protect their hand pf. But I would also bet that he's got the best hand right now. I think he's somewhere between a 58% and 62% favorite to win the hand with his 2 pair given his read. It doesn't get much better than that in a NL cash game and it's good enough to push with to isolate the flush draw. I'm not crazy about the pf call of the raise but the flop was excellent for him. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Dec 30th, 2005
Loose/Aggressive/Passive...help my style please Loose aggressive players are the dead money in the pot that the good players eat up. They are the reason that people can play poker for a living. Read the Ed Miller/David Sklansky book "Small Stakes Hold 'em". Learn what the gap concept is and stop playing inferior starting hands. You need to understand odds and percentages to play limit and be successful IMHO. You need to understand what a value bet is and when to make one. Once you get some of the concepts down you'll understand why seeing a lot of flops is not desireable in limit poker and it's unprofitable. You're way too loose and need ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Oct 14th, 2005
Lay down AQs short stacked? So AA, KK, QQ, and AK are the only hands that solid (not tight) players raise with in early position' Wow, that's about as tight as anyone can play and that's not solid play it's scared play. If those are the only 4 hands a solid player will raise in EP I'm surprised he hasn't just been blinded off at this point. He'd also be so readable that you'd have no problem telling what he's got. 4x bb is not a big raise it's well within the standard size to open a pot. You said you can't play fearing AA but that's exactly what you are doing by assuming that he'd only make a standard raise in EP with ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 18th, 2005
so it's cool to limp with AA now? After his raise of 2000 he gets reraised and it's another 1650 to call and you think he should have folded' You can't really be serious can you' Do you put someone on AA every time you have top pair top kicker and then fold to their < min reraise' This is a no brainer to call the reraise especially when you have 2 guys who are already all in and you can't put any more chips in the pot. This decision isn't even a remotely close at all with top pair top kicker. You call the reraise here without any hestitation what so ever. Also, someone isn't a donk just because they beat you, especially ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 21st, 2005
Lay down AQs short stacked? So you're waiting for rockets with an M of 4' No kidding he's a dog against many other hands but he's also a favorite against many more hands. That's not the point. Why is everyone always putting a tight player on AA pf' That's ridiculous. When you're this short stacked it's not the time to sit around and wait for the nuts. 4 trips around the table and our hero is out. His stack size is completely non threatening and at this point it's time to gamble not wait for the nuts. So let's say he waits for his monster hand but now his M is 3. He gets AA and doubles up. Now his M is 6 and the blinds ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 17th, 2005
so it's cool to limp with AA now? With online players there is no way that there's a 60% chance that he is beat here, no way at all. Especially when you would see some people playing AQ, AJ, A10, KJ, K10, etc the exact same way or even a pp like 10-10 or J-J. The only logical holdings that beat you are KK, QQ, KQ, and AA. You're giving way too much credit to this player in an on line game. Posted in: Poker Discussion	MileHighKid Nov 21st, 2005

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