Mercury69
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To the OP...this may come as a shock, but most of these guys really do know what they're talking about. However, that doesn't make some of them any more likeable. If the problem you're having is "HOW" they are delivering the message, then you're SOL and you should cut your losses, eat what youve been served and either move along or accept the status quo and play by the same rules.
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Shut yer ball washer
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OP gets shafted by poker rules and then BigD is proven right. Enough is enough.
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Awesome, thanks
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Highway, is that based on anything specific, like position?<---folds AQ to single opens regularly. -
Rebump, as this is the week it gets underwayCome on, people!
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TrueAce, I hear and agree. Thx for your feedback
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TrueAce, I def agree, but the inherent vulnerability of any high card holding needs to be assessed in the face of active bettingWith AQ, a re-re-raise is an option and the table dynamic needs to be taken into account, but personally I am feeling better getting to the flop and see what happens
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Dominated or behind more often than you thinkI have no problem with people overvaluing AQ and i will admit my opinion is nitty, but I'd rather not be the guy calling (or re-raising) with AQ when ther's already been a raise and a re-raise. It's situational and should def be read-based, but to say it's a play that makes sense in a tourney, esp a big tourney, is optimistic. In fact, if i have AQ and I am the first raiser or I decide to call a raise (I have no problem playing post-flop), I am almost certainly folding to a shove, esp if it's for my tourney life.Run some sensible stats and let's see the results. For example, use at least one small pair and use a variety of suited and/or Broadway holdings for a third hand (ie: QJ, JT, even KQ, assuming he/she is Russian and short stacked). Then sub out the Broadway hands and use AK and then use any other Ax for a 3rd sample.If I can learn something here, that's cool, but I think that any hand in which AQ is a favorite the % is going to be so marginal, you cannot call it profitable.Win more races then you lose. -
It's like debating a Republican
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Perception is 9/10ths of the law.
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Don't be afraid of bad beats. Accept them and get over them. You will find you'll play better without fear. to quote the great Albert Camus: "In the depths of winter, I found there lay within me an indomnitable summer"
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Fold AQ to a raise and re-raise most of the time.
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I didn't find Donk4life's post to be condescending at all. It was more reminiscent of Cyrano de Bergerac's monologue in the bar, in which he is initially "insulted" by someone trying to provoke a fight. Instead, the great wit and swordsman turns the tables and takes the man down several pegs. At least THAT guy knew when he was licked.
To whit:
"Young man, I am afraid your speech was a trifle short. You could have said at least one hundred other things, varying the tone of your words. Let me give you some examples.In an aggressive tone: "Sir, if I had a nose like that, I would amputate it!"Friendly: "When you drink from a cup your nose must get wet. Why don't you drink from a bowl?"Descriptive: "Tis a rock! A peak! A cape! No, it's a peninsula!"Curious: "What is that large container for? To hold your pens and ink?"Gracious: "How kind you are. You love the little birds so much you have given them a perch to roost upon."Truculent: "When you light your pipe and puff smoke from your nose the neighbors must think the chimney's afire."Considerate: "Be careful when you bow your head or you might lose your balance and fall over."Thoughtful: "Place an umbrella over your nose to keep its color from fading in the sun."Arcane: "Sir, only the beast that Aristophanes calls the hippocampelephantocamelos could have had such a solid lump of flesh and bone below its forehead."Cavalier: "A hook to hang your hat upon."Emphatic: "No breeze, O majestic nose, can give thee cold - save when the north winds blow."Dramatic: "When it bleeds, it must be like the Red Sea."Admiring: "What a fine sign for a perfume shop!"Lyrical: "Is that a conch shell? And are you Triton risen from the ocean?"Naïve: "Is that monument open to the public?"Rustic: "That don't look like a nose. It's either a big cucumber or a little watermelon."Military: "The enemy is charging! Aim your cannon!"Practical: "A nose like that has one advantage: it keeps your feet dry in the rain."There, sir, now you have an inkling of what you might have said, had you been a witty man of letters. Unfortunately, you're totally witless and a man of very few letters: only four that spell the word "fool." But even if you had the skill to invent such remarks, you would not have been able to entertain me with them. You would have uttered no more than a quarter of such a jest, the first syllable of the first word, for such jesting is a privilege I only grant myself."
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Bump reminder!
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Very nice
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I dunno, man. Sitting down at a table with Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman is a mixed bag of WTF. You get such a wide range of play, you never know who's playing what style. I think Dracula has the best overall talent but tends to be nitty, The Wolfman plays like a Russian, so he might call off his entire stack with T4s just as easily as AA. Frankenstein plays like a drunk college kid, but that doesn't mean he's not going to get a good hand or go on a rush once in a while.Just one thing: Do NOT get any of them angry.
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Soul read imoThis level of brilliance reminds me of the 2 + 2 thread where Cunningham had folded AA to Ivey-Ivey had flopped a set. The consensus was Ivey would play a large range the same as the set so someone pokerstoved AA vs any two cards lol -
After this thread, I want AT as a hand as much as possible. I think every possible angle has been covered. There is no hand that is better documented than AT.
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I think carrying basic and advanced theories of a variety of styles of MTT play into any given tournament is a good idea. If you can switch between styles based on your reads and how correct they are (assuming your analysis is of reasonably good quality), there's every reason to think that your adjustments, even mid-hand, could be profitable.Flexibility is the key.
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Congrats!Congrats!
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I am standing on a beach, killing an Arab. - Meurseault
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Jam and pray?Kidding...Even from hijack, A9 is a risky open, imo. When there is a caller, caller's range is generally quite wide (any 2 Broadway, two connectors, most Ax, plenty of small pairs, all highly dependant on image), so putting him on specific holdings this early in the hand isn't realistic. For Irishguy's hand, I'd conmsider calling vs folding to be almost equal. Small villain bets give you good odds, sure, but they are just as often suck or value bets. Villian, if he's adventurous, might even have called with 97 or 64.A C/R with top pair and a less than stellar kicker has been the downfall of many who fail to attribute villain with a better kicker or two pair or a range of combo draws.
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