SuitedHooks

oh the good ole days when i thought everyone that raised had aces....

The way I play 1/2 NL is I usually mix up my game a TON! I love to raise in position, I also love to get involved in good size multiway pots with suited connectors etc...hoping to hit a nice flop and take down a nice pot. Bluffing is usually a bad thing in cash games, most of the time you will get caught. If you do feel the need to bluff, do it on small pots where you are not risking much money.Most importantly have fun!

small gets 195+195

i know it is not mike the mouth, but i could for sure see him lying to his mom to win some money off her!

if anyone wants to rail me, ill be playing monopoly later and drinking some beer! support FCP!

stick to some 1/2NL, and some tourny's....good luck and have fun

already discussed in the blog section...

What kind of success have you had in the past with 10+1 sngs? If you have besn struggling lately I would drop down to the 5+.50's for awhile. I also play on full tilt, I play 1/2 NL SH but im not too good at following proper bankroll management...I would stick to 10+1 sng's if your running decent, or 5+.50 sngs if you think you need to tune up your game or are running bad, maybe throw in a little .25/.50, but I wouldn't step up any higher in limits untill your bankroll is sufficient enough to withstand some variance....good luckyou can find me on ftp as PhishLips if you ever want to watch me

the low limit stakes up to 2/4 nl will always be profitable.....just with lower rakes when online sites start competing more and more....

howard is very smart with his money, yes he is loaded, but he just doesn't like to travel all over the place putting up 10k every event plus travel expenses....he usually sticks to the wsop and online for ftp, you may find him at an occasional tournament every now and then but dont expect to ever see howard traveling around....he also is a big family guy....

to the OP, if you get up step out for a bit and grab a bite to eat somewhere or something....take an hour break then come back and play again after you cashed out +100, +200 etc....then you know you are going to end the night ahead if you lose your next buyin, which hopefully you do not....just a way to get yourself away from the table to regroup yourself and get out ahead, a winning session builds confidence no matter how much you win....

well atleast you know you should not have called this hand preflop, as far as the flop goes...when you a play hand like A8d to a raise, what do you want to hit the flop? well apparently if an ace would of hit you would of been scared someone had you outkicked so when you the flush draw that is exactly what you had hoped for...no point in folding your hand since you hit the flop the way you wanted to, also good odds so you made the correct push after the flop but be careful calling with that hand preflop to a raise and a reraise....

i did see david and jdags on fulltilt playin together the other night and talking about it, jdags seemed surprised that nick lost that much....but of course variance is a bitch....

be prepared to see mike the mouth run over to mark seif and cry on his shoulder when he loses....

Just tryin to get an idea of what everybody's favorite online tournaments are to play on a regular basis?I am a big fan of the 3$ and 5$ dollar rebuy tourny's on stars, wish I had the bankroll to play the 200+15 on stars every sunday but do not.Anybody a big tournament player on fcp? they have any good rebuy tourny's? what about absolute?

so the only way to build credit is to get a credit card and use it for gambling online?or you can get a credit card with special cash back for gas purchases or whatever, have a fulltime job, use the card for getting gas and pay it off every month.....whenever the words credit card and gambling are in the same sentence....you have issues

I believe you are correct, that is how last years was setup, if you made a final table at any circuit event you were in.....

you will get the most info by checkin and if he bets reraising. If he pushes after that then your cooked. If he does not have an ace then you will take down the pot.

AK hand is just bad luck, it happens to the best of us though. The K10 hand, after the river and your have a bet and reraised all in, I can see easily putting one of them on a boat, when you flop top 2 pair or a set you have to be careful if a straight or flush fills up, dont just instacall someones all in because you have a set and cant lay it down. Take a moment or 2 and think how the hand played out if it is logical he may have a flush or straight lay it down, unless of course your getting tremendous odds to call....

We have a club where i live that does this....i used to a be a dealer for them and also played there. I was making some nice money on tips, but anyways if you plan on doing this, im not sure if you understand the time it takes to make sure everything runs smoothly. First off security is a big issue, anyone at anytime can go off and start causing problems. I would just make sure you have a big friend there to keep things under control if need be, yes also keep the money hidden. The money will pour in if you have a good dealer and a game that consists of people that have deep pockets. Also m

Sorry, should of read your original post a little bit closer, no point in posting strategy since you know what to do at that point, but I would play aggressive but pick my spots carefully, try and pick up any loose pots. Of course it also depends on why you are playing the tourny? Are you only looking for a top 3 finish? Then if so you play to win, are you looking to make the money and hopefully finish in the top 3? Then you play a bit tighter on the bubble....So basic concept would be:want top 3: Aggressive to pick up chips to put yourself in a position to improve your chance to win.in the m

I play every tournament to make the money, if top 10 pays and im sitting 11th in chips I try to make the money, because once your in the money you can then go for the win, whats the difference if your goin for the win when there are 12 players left, or 9 or 10? I always try and get into the money first, then worry about trying to win it.just my 2 cents

he will do just fine, lets just hope he does'nt get cold carded like he did in last years wsop....

That is just bad luck there, you made the right play and that is what you want, if you get your money in with the best hand you are going to come out on top, of course there are times you will come out on the bottom like you did in that particular hand. Hang in there, NL and Limit poker both have there advantages, just NL has a higher variance because you can lose all your money on one hand. You should get pokertracker if you dont already have it, you will see that your Aces win almost all the time, you will just remember the select few times you lost with them.hang in there and keep chuggin

Just remember if your playin sng's on party, the structure is very rough, you have to pick your spots wisely. Stars structure is more forgiven, you can make 1 or 2 mistakes and still be alive.....I usually leave myself 15-20 buyins for sng's, but i also play on stars, top 9 get payed so it is easier to make the money