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CL AKs early MTT
Limited information is one thing, but without stacks, blind levels, buyin, site -- in other words, core information about the hand -- I won't give information because every hand depends on the situation.
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May 24th, 2013
Big bluff (semi) gone wrong!!! Not the 1st time! Any/all feedback/criticism/advice??
If you don't play very well postflop, I recommend this about playing OOP: /
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May 23rd, 2013
Big bluff (semi) gone wrong!!! Not the 1st time! Any/all feedback/criticism/advice??
+1 Since villain check shoved with a bluff, I'd guess he's not clicking it back on the turn as a bluff. As played, I'd just fold turn.
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May 23rd, 2013
Sportsbook Pros or Bots?
I'm not sure if that's true anymore. Pretty sure Sportsbook/Players Only fenced their players off from the rest of the network.
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May 23rd, 2013
$55 Nightly 30K, 24left BU vs BB
I think the bigger issue is losing 120k by 3betting and folding to 4bets. It implies you either weren't picking very good 3b spots or were 3b hands where a flat or 3b/c is better. It's a fine reshove spot. It's probably only marginally profitable with 23bbs. Depending on the structure of the MTT, my table draw, strength of the field, etc I'll sometimes make the shove and sometimes fold and wait for a slightly better spot.
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May 23rd, 2013
Playing rebuys as cubes
I agree with mcandrews, better to play as a cube than not play at all. If you do decide to play as a cube, best strategy is to reg close to the addon. Biggest mistake is buying into a MTT you're +EV in, losing your starting stack and not rebuying. As long as that doesn't happen, it's fine. In terms of cons, by skipping the first few levels you might miss opportunities to accumulate chips, but most rebuys play deep enough that I really don't think it has that big of an effect on whether or not you FT the tournament.
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May 23rd, 2013
Private Messages
Discussion of this rule is rather pointless. First, because it's unlikely to be changed and second, because it's incredibly simple. If you can't manage 3 posts because you're scared, then you probably wouldn't be PM'ing random people either. All it takes is 3 posts, which can be congrats on winning SCOOP, posting a bad beat, etc. All very simple posts that require no risk and little effort.
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May 23rd, 2013
Folding KK preflop live
Assuming he 3bs AK every time, which based on the description above seems unlikely. I'd call the 3b and see a flop. I simply wouldn't ever fold KK pre, but I don't mind flatting and hoping to slow the action down. As described, if it is anything other than AA, he's likely to slow down on the turn.
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May 22nd, 2013
AA vs 60bb jam on flop
I wouldn't fold vs someone who is a spaz and capable of doing this with some random hands you crush.
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May 20th, 2013
CL AKs early MTT
Stacks, blinds, pot size, bet size, reads, etc is all missing. Can't really comment without any of that information.
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May 19th, 2013
Nightly 162 - KQo approaching the bubble
We need more information on villain, your table image, his stats, etc. As nugman said, shove, fold, r/c and r/f all seem possible depending on that info. If, as Eric said, you open wide and villain recognizes that and wants to exploit the bubble factor, I would lean towards r/c. But if your range of AT+, 55+ is accurate, it's a snap fold. FWIW, AT+, 55+ seems really nitty.
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May 17th, 2013
15 Left
1) You only have 8bbs. Leaving yourself with
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May 17th, 2013
2 troublesome hands with med pocket pairs - mid stage tourney
Hand 2: seems fine. Fold river. When raphaelzani flats pre, flats flop and leads into 2 players on the river, I would give him credit for a better hand without some type of read. In addition, you still have to worry about the person behind you. Another option is to 3b pre and get a HU pot. It's perfectly fine to play that way as well, but you have the odds to flat and set mine. A 3b OOP leads to playing a bloated pot OOP with a hand that doesn't flop very well, so unless you're comfortable postflop, I'd lean towards flatting. I mix it up between squeezing and flatting depending on the ...
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May 17th, 2013
Want opinions on these 2 hands
Great post by Bisull. Depending on the opponent, 3betting stacks that have 20-35bbs is also effective for the same reasons he posted about 3betting with 27-35bbs. You force villains to commit with their hand and, especially in lower stakes, it can be very effective since they don't want to 4b commit without a strong hand.
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May 17th, 2013
Tracking Bovada?
It's impossible with anonymous play. Until Bovada changes something, there's nothing that can be done.
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May 17th, 2013
suggestion for stars
+1
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May 16th, 2013
Need some help
There's nothing wrong the stealing on the button. Two issues with this hand: 1) You only have 9bbs. Try to build your stack en route to the FT, that way when you attempt to steal you can r/f instead of having to shove 2) Q8o on the button isn't normally a profitable shove. At a FT because the calling ranges should tighten and due to ICM, it might be a shove. But it's close.
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May 16th, 2013
Want opinions on these 2 hands
Personally, my advice to players is to always take lines that make you the most profit and establish the best habits. I think a c/r on the flop is a bad line. I also think it's important to understand good lines vs bad lines because if you want to become a better player, you have to develop habits that are based on taking good lines. My issue with this logic is that you're saying it's a $11 MTT so people will play bad but then you say the villain is going to play intelligently. Which is the line I think you should take (except folding to the raise). Unlucky that villain hit a 4 outer. I ...
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May 16th, 2013
Open-shove J8s from cutoff w 11 BB okay in this spot?
I agree with Manch. With antes I'm shoving a high % of the time online. Calling ranges are tighter live for the most part, so in theory I'd shove a high % of the time as well. Although if the table is really weak, I might wait for a slightly better spot as he mentioned. Without antes, I'm not shoving.
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May 16th, 2013
Want opinions on these 2 hands
Yeah, you're wrong. I've spent enough time detailing why, but to quickly respond -- those ranges aren't correct. I highly doubt villain is calling every time with KQ, QJ or even all the Tx hands you included. Even if that is correct, equity vs a range you beat on the flop gives you no information. You're also failing to realize how bad your line is when villain has a stronger ace and you bloat the pot and give him max value. Value betting river is fine, but if you were going for value from Tx or KK-JJ and you get raised, it becomes an easy fold.
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May 16th, 2013
15 Left
Unreg pre if you're going to flat 77 with 8bbs left. Everything you said couldn't be more wrong. Villain is opening with 14bbs, so I'd expect him to have a fairly strong hand. Given how short you are, it's still pretty close to a call. You probably need about 42-43% equity vs a calling range. Against 88+,AT+,KQ you have 41.5%, so it just depends on whether villain is opening with only those hands (and it's a fold) or wider (and it's a shove).
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May 16th, 2013
Call?
Not really a spot to sweat since it's a rebuy, just rejam and go with it. Only hands that crush you are AT+, 99+ which are 7.5% of hands. Since you have A blocker, it's even less than that. There's approximately a 10-12% chance you'll be dominated by the stacks behind and only have ~30% equity. Against anything else they call with it's a flip or slightly in your favor.
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May 16th, 2013
Want opinions on these 2 hands
You're thinking about playing only 1 street and not the entire hand. Villain is behind and folds on the flop: the c/r accomplishes nothing and you don't get any more value. CONCLUSION: potentially lose value Villain is behind and calls on the flop: you get more value but villain will fold on the turn to any bet. you'd get the same amount of value by betting the river. CONCLUSION: c/r doesn't gain anything Villain is ahead and reraises flop: you lose the additional chips you bet, which is approximately the same as c/c turn and c/f river. CONCLUSION: c/r doesn't gain anything Villain is ahead ...
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May 15th, 2013
SCOOP 27$ Super KO ~
Hard to say with no reads. Without any info on villain, I'd probably just fold. It's an incredibly weird spot to check minraise bluff. I can't see KQ or QJ doing this and very few draws make sense (A6dd/54dd are about it), so I'd lean towards 33/66/QT or something really weird like Q6s, T6s, 63s defended from the bb.
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May 15th, 2013
SNG - Folding TT; thanks for your comments
That's also bad logic. What if the flop is K94 and villain c-bets with AQ' You end up folding the best hand. Flipping is inevitable in poker, don't avoid it because you just want to see a flop with no overcards.
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May 15th, 2013
Want opinions on these 2 hands
Meh, it's really thin. I don't disagree it's a b/f. But bluff catching is probably better than going for thin value. I don't think villain has Tx very often, so you're hoping to get called by a pocket pair that checked turn and can't fold river. It obviously depends on villain and I'm not sure entirely sure how to calculate the spaz factor in a $11 mtt, but I think spaz factor and bluff catching is going to be better than thin value.
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May 15th, 2013
Want opinions on these 2 hands
Hand 1: it's marginal. I wouldn't reshove 29bbs with 2 stacks behind that cover you. Even if they can only call 10-15% of the time combined, their range dominates you so much that the net benefit of picking up the raise + blinds + antes quickly becomes unprofitable from having 30% equity against the cold call. You'd have to calculate the math to see the full picture, but I'm guessing it's -EV. Also, reshoving QTo vs the 23bb opener is marginal in and of itself without any reads. see bold above for hand 2 edit: Eric beat me to it...
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May 15th, 2013
SNG - Folding TT; thanks for your comments
You shouldn't be attempting to play hands postflop when 22bbs effective, especially facing a 5x raise. Once you raise flop, you're committed and should never fold at any point in the hand. People in $10 SNGs do a lot of stupid things. Giving them credit for repping only hands that beat your overpair assumes that they are thinking at the same level you are. The problem is they don't think that way -- they click buttons.
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May 15th, 2013
Chis "Big Huni" Hunichen Wins 6th riple Triple Crown

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May 14th, 2013
should i have just folded this pre?
To clarify, it's pretty much a fold all the time, but undoubtedly a fold when effective stacks are as short as they are in this hand.
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May 14th, 2013