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Re:BvB spot deep in $11 mtt *edit* with updated reads It's an interesting case. I think i play it by: r pre flop a bit more (3-3.5 BB or so, not 2.5). Second, I check with the intention of r all in if he bets; and if he checks, then I bet the turn and play the hand out. As you played it, I think you got some information -- he is telling you he has a big hand... say aj, or a10 or even 2 pair... and now your ace 2 might get a few ties and will beat most bluffs, but the issue you have to wonder: how often does this player in this case bluff with q4 all in' or kj' or air' VERY often, as far as bluffs go, because its a blind vs blind ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 13th, 2009 |
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Re:some more 3 rebuy - discussion hand I agree about ABC poker early on... Sure, sometimes throw out say a cont. bet, but the only times I think more elaborate bluffs are worthwhile is a bit later on in the MTT. Why later' For at leats three reasons: the people left alive later in a MTT wil tend to be 1) better players, and better players CAN be bluffed; and 2) tighter players, and tighter players can be bluffed; and 3) nervous players who "just want to cash", people will see that you have exactly the nec cards to beat them. Mind you, as a big stack the other day I donked off a top 50 stack with air, firing three ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 3rd, 2009 |
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some more 3 rebuy - discussion hand Check out this HH. Keep in mind (for those who do not play 3 rebuy) it's not uncommon! ave chip stack is say 30K; we are 1200 left of say 6000 people. PokerStars Game #30027743844: Tournament #175253004, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (400/800) - 2009/07/02 17:10:59 ET Table '175253004 518' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: elliass2 (67840 in chips) had seemed OK so far, aggro but not loose. Seat 2: tamura11 (28009 in chips) Seat 3: Timzc1 (14130 in chips) Seat 4: OURIEL7777 (19872 in chips) Seat 5: peddro (47485 in chips) Seat 6: WoopShoopi (83509 in chips) had ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 2nd, 2009 |
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Re:Ante Up for Africa good on them, all --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 2nd, 2009 |
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Re:9 out of 11 races lost take a break from poker. helps you avoid tilt. tilty play = bad. --timzc1 Posted in: Bad Beats |
timzc1
Jul 2nd, 2009 |
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Re:question for regular tournament players I think a mix of folding 40% limping 20-30% and raising to say 2.5-3 bb 30-40%. You do have a mere 25 bb [edit 17 bb -- opps mis read the above hand, sry!] so you need to fold to any big pre flop action, and play post flop careful poker. I'd factor in my recent table image... had I been recently active or not' etc and this info might help me decide on what action to take. --timzc1 **edit** i think 17 bb does make a diff, I tend to shut down in 12-20 bb spot or so, looking for good shots... not sure this is one of them: if I was one of the larger stacks left to act after you, I'd ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 1st, 2009 |
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Re:Interesting hand in the mega field 3 rebuy, 1/2 hr after break 1 I agree that the second hand he played a bit better (given stack sizes etc), but the aj = wow bad. --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 1st, 2009 |
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Re:Interesting hand in the mega field 3 rebuy, 1/2 hr after break 1 oh and one more thing: look at how bad BOTH of these played this hand! it's VERY common in 3 rebuy... --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 1st, 2009 |
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Re:Interesting hand in the mega field 3 rebuy, 1/2 hr after break 1 I did fold. and then a few hands later i saw him do: PokerStars Game #29990406291: Tournament #175253003, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (125/250) - 2009/07/01 16:13:45 ET Table '175253003 459' 9-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: Roosi44 (20274 in chips) Seat 2: Seagrovegirl (11121 in chips) Seat 3: Mitch184 (17412 in chips) Seat 4: **vi-hi** (8329 in chips) Seat 5: jo0407 (35705 in chips) Seat 6: Klesh24 (11905 in chips) Seat 7: Timzc1 (37345 in chips) Seat 8: prognitor (9215 in chips) Seat 9: giexmo (6392 in chips) Roosi44: posts the ante 30 Seagrovegirl: posts the ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 1st, 2009 |
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Re:Most EV decision in this spot at this level (small stakes mtt, and early on) and with this hand I raise HUGE: the pot, or even a bit over the pot and cross my fingers for a shove. that's the +ev play here... the bad hands people will call with / shove with is shocking, and the frequecy of this happening is soooo common it is worth it long term. Sure ocne in a while u hit the bigger hand but it is rare, and it is far more than made up for the times u win a massive pot. --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 1st, 2009 |
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Interesting hand in the mega field 3 rebuy, 1/2 hr after break 1 Ave chip stack = 16K or so' Little info on villian... PokerStars Game #29990027415: Tournament #175253003, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (100/200) - 2009/07/01 16:04:28 ET Table '175253003 459' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: Roosi44 (10930 in chips) Seat 2: Seagrovegirl (15611 in chips) Seat 3: Mitch184 (13482 in chips) Seat 4: **vi-hi** (9319 in chips) Seat 5: jo0407 (31025 in chips) Villian Seat 6: chefkokken82 (4280 in chips) Seat 7: Timzc1 (39315 in chips) ----- HERO Seat 8: prognitor (6465 in chips) Seat 9: giexmo (14936 in chips) Roosi44: posts the ante ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jul 1st, 2009 |
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Re:a TRULY ridiculous bad beat The hand made me crack a smile --timzc1 Posted in: Bad Beats |
timzc1
Jun 29th, 2009 |
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Re:88 with a m=5 ish I *did fold* the hand and I did so with little reflection -- it seemed like an almost no brainer at the time. But then I got to thinking that maybe I was being too risk averse' Sure you have basically 0 fold E, but there is a somewhat reasonable chance you have a coin flip, and with such a small M you need to take risks. If I had 1010 I probably would have shoved, I think, and JJ+ for sure I would have. Anyway, ty for analysis! --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 29th, 2009 |
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Re:how man people great ethics question: Id be on the phone telling them ASAP, for several reasons. 1st I am a pretty hoinest person and I dont like ripping others off, even when it is easy to dos. i am not perfect, but for me poker is fun because I like the game... winning vai cheating is just about money and I don't care about money more than my reputation / integrity. My integrity has no price (well, MAYBE if the $ was like billions then Id have to think about my integrity vs. all the poor children in the world getting food...) 2nd, I am an ethics teacher so for perfossional reasons I would not do ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 28th, 2009 |
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88 with a m=5 ish any advice' GAME = huge field 3 rebuy, just inside the $ PokerStars Game #29887515114: Tournament #173034035, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (1250/2500) - 2009/06/28 18:01:40 ET Table '173034035 717' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: andre5252 (73505 in chips) Seat 2: scissordude (58422 in chips) Seat 3: PrimoAA (32207 in chips) Seat 4: deezbos (28190 in chips) Seat 5: whiteeeee (18086 in chips) Seat 6: Rocked_U (32662 in chips) Seat 7: xxxSedgexxx (47105 in chips) Seat 8: kaz831 (18998 in chips) Seat 9: Timzc1 (27390 in chips) as BB andre5252: posts the ante ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 28th, 2009 |
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Re:10 1r1a - call off 30BB with AK? U can all but rule out aa and kk for two reasons: the massive pre flop shove = a very poor play for either aa or kk (so very unlikley, unless he is a pretty bad player), losing huge value, and you have one of each making the pair that much less likely. I'd put him on jj, qq, and ak and maybe some smaller mid pairs and maybe even aq or (!) some small % of the time air. (in these mtts... would k6s suprize you THAT much' or 33') I say get it all in and you have a solid chance of having a big stack where you will have access to actually using some poker skillz for a solid shot at top 3 ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 26th, 2009 |
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Re:shoving a weak ace with a low M a raise with your sized stack to say 2.5-3 bb includes very large hands, and some weak ones. for example: unless the table had shown tendencies to make bad calls with mediocre pockets, would you shove with qq, kk or aa here' If you'd say, "yeah", I think you are loosing value with these hands at most tables under most conditions. Simply put a shove looks weaker than the raise because the shove drastically lowers the liklihood of you have qq, kk or aa; but the r to 2.5-3 leaves these big pockets well inside your range; and of course you can fold to further action, keeping about ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 24th, 2009 |
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Re:TT 26bb deep in small blind against 4x raise lol, correct: it's "non-negligible" --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 21st, 2009 |
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Re:Question about hand from Sunday Million on 6/21 Well, you will never know how things turn out if you cont. bet the flop: he may r you all in, and then you fold. or he may call hoping to steal later, but the most likely result is that he folds (but for this guy who knows). On the turn you bet and if I was him I'd put you on: a HUGE range from nothing to monsters: from ak, aj, aX even; 99, 1010, jj (unlikely as I have one jack), maybe even just 77; and then big hands like sets (qq, 88'! come to mind), but i'd guess overpairs aq, and kk and aa are very unlikly, always possible but unlikley due to your non bet on the flop with a ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 21st, 2009 |
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Re:TT 26bb deep in small blind against 4x raise This is a common situation and an interesting one. what is your table image' (none') Do you have any info on these opponents (again: none') As you are new to the table, then we have little to go on aside from mathguess work. I think you are not deep stacked enough to "set mine", so calling 4 bb OOP... it does not look like a great option (although sometimes I would do that). Folding does not look good as ten ten has some solid value. Raising to 9 or ten BB commits you (the pot odds you'd be getting on a shove re raise at that point would be very hard to turn down). So I think ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 21st, 2009 |
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Re:AK suited in Event 28 lvl 2 one more thing: for the people who say that raise MUST be kk, AA only. I have made raises like that in this type of case with XX when I had seen evidence that the raiser seemed to be 1) a good player and 2) had shown evidence he could fold what were likly semi-strong hands. of course in this very specific type of case the guy sometimes shoves back, and then I fold caught with my hand in the cookie jar; but in this specific case the folds FAR outnumber the calls AND the next time I make a pre flop move with the goods, it is that much more likly to get action. --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 21st, 2009 |
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Re:AK suited in Event 28 lvl 2 aks in this situation is a bit tough: it seems to weak to fold it, because there is a non-negligible chance he has jj or qq or ak and then the correct play is the shove; and of course there is a solid chance he has the kk or dreaded aa and then fold. and of course in an mtt to make the FT you need some how manage to chip up so you dont play for 5 hrs only to have a 10 bb stack inside the money and make no real profit: the play of AK is a good example of how you can manage to make the FT with a stack vs. playing for hours only to reach deep with no stack. I think with big risks comes big ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 21st, 2009 |
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Re:Hard spot in $8.80 rebuy with AJ suited? In my opinion your stack is far too large to push here for almost all tables in almost all circumstances. I *might* consider pushing say jj or qq or ak with a stack of your size -- if I had seen evidence that some people at the table liked to make calls with large ranges, feeling shoves like that = 55 or A2 or 64 etc., aj I limp along here /or maybe once in a while throw in a 4 bb r and then let the flop play itself out with calls or fold to further pre flop action. you had about 30 bb stack and that's a fine sized stack for this point in the mtt; no need to get frisky with aj here I ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 21st, 2009 |
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Re:MY 1st four figure score don't forget to cash out a big hunk of $ and do something fun with it... and congrats! --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 21st, 2009 |
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Re:3 rebuy LOL I disagree. I knew he was a bad player; he had a stack; odds are I'd fold and loose 8 or 9 bb or whatever. But I knew there was a non insignificant chance he'd make a major screwup and I'd build a big stack. I saw this as a chipping opportunity. Sure, against good players I'd fold, pure and simple. but against a deep stacked bad player I think it is an error NOT to call and see where the hand takes you. Sure 70-80% of the time you check fold the flop, but I think the risk is worth it and 10j is just a good enough hand to see what comes. Flatting a three bet with j10 is ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 20th, 2009 |
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Re:How do you play this river? Sounds weak but I think checking it down might be very reasonable. obv u can't call action and there is a reasonable chance he will give it -- with the flush or even the str; and most bets you make will be very unlikely to be paid off (unless they are so small they are hardly worth the risk of hism check r you off your better hand or some such). --timzc1 Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 20th, 2009 |
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3 rebuy LOL I was so... shocked to see his hand, I just had to share it. --timzc1 PokerStars Game #29603041361: Tournament #171772916, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (125/250) - 2009/06/20 21:54:16 ET Table '171772916 172' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: CPR990 (32990 in chips) Seat 2: RABALLEN (6455 in chips) Seat 3: BeatBest (12451 in chips) Seat 4: cuenca28 (22699 in chips) Seat 5: skins4life89 (6450 in chips) Seat 6: bananaSugar (21210 in chips) Seat 7: Timzc1 (20262 in chips) slightly over ave chip stack, maybe +30% or so Seat 8: Dee's Micky (9560 in chips) Seat 9: ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 20th, 2009 |
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Re:Tax evasion (from a tax attorney) I have a solution. Move to Canada and become a Canadian citizen... poker profits have NO TAX implications (Canadians in general pay a lot of tax for our universal health care, education, etc... but up here we are *good* to our poker players.) --timzc1 **EDIT** I should add that I have always made a 1K$ or 2K$ profit per year in poker since 2004, and I asked my tax person about this and they VERY clearly told me there are no tax implications on poker earnings, from 1$ to 10,000,000$+... So that is the source of my info: the person I paid to do my taxes. Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 14th, 2009 |
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Re:5$ rebuy: 2 FT in my last two attempts The Ak hand from a few days ago: I was a donk, the guy had aa, and I totally sucked out. I played it HORRIBLY I think, and the rail let me know about it loud too. Everyone makes errors in a LONG mtt, but this one was a very poor play on my part... just bad poker, and I got sick lucky. In all its badness: PokerStars Game #29245476530: Tournament #169968301, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (3500/7000) - 2009/06/11 10:47:12 ET Table '169968301 103' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: BobbytheLoon (301814 in chips) Seat 2: _BigAl1374_ (69124 in chips) Seat 3: aniceboy ... Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 13th, 2009 |
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Re:5$ rebuy: 2 FT in my last two attempts well shoved my ten ten pre flop re raise all in over a mini r from late pos k8s, and he got me... 8th will have to do... ; ( gg me! --tc Posted in: Poker Discussion |
timzc1
Jun 13th, 2009 |
