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Can't you gamble in Minnesota casinos if you are 18?? I could be wrong about that. It's pretty far from Chicago, but it's worth a shot if you can't find a game any closer than that.

Honestly, I started with a total of 3 possible buy-ins. Now, I am at 20 buy-ins in a 4 month period by playing only about 2 hours per week in only cash games. If your friend is LOSING 15 buy-ins, he should take some serious looks at the leaks in his game. I would recommend he read Harrington On Hold 'Em. I know that book is geared for N0-Limit Tournaments, but I have found some of the principals to be useful in cash games, especially at the lower limits ($25 or $50).

Real tough play here - tight aggressive player reraises a pot that has alrady been raised. The only thing I can think is that he has a set of 9's. But then again, he only limped into the pot. I would have to reraise his bet. I think that's the only way to truly know where you stand. If you reraise and he reraises you, you definitely know you are beat. If you reraise, I can't see any hand he would have where he would just call. I say reraise and assess the situation from there, but then again I really don't like the situation at all. Hope that helps.

***** Hand History for Game 3198910061 *****0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Wed Dec 14 06:13:11 EST 2005Table Table 66567 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the buttonTotal number of players : 9Seat 1: ( $106.05)Seat 2: ( $83.30)Seat 3: ( $204.08)Seat 4: ( $50.70)Seat 5: ( $176.25)Seat 6: ( $117.74)Seat 7: ($61.95)Seat 8: bcarter9653 ( $127.20)Seat 10: ( $100)posts small blind (0.50)is sitting out.bcarter9653 posts big blind (1)** Dealing down cards **Dealt to bcarter9653 [ Ks, Ts ] Seat 10 folds.Seat 1 folds.Seat 2 folds.Seat 3 calls (1)Seat 4 raises (2) to 2Seat 5 (2)Seat 6 folds.bcarter9653 c

0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Fri Dec 09 02:28:58 EST 2005Table Table 65510 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the buttonTotal number of players : 10Seat 1: Villain ( $63.95)Seat 2: ( $96.86)Seat 3: ( $50)Seat 4: bcarter9653 ( $51.10)Seat 5: ( $23.75)Seat 6: ( $45.03)Seat 7: ( $19.90)Seat 8: ( $20)Seat 9: ( $44.50)Seat 10: ( $22.30)small blind (0.25)big blind (0.50)** Dealing down cards **Dealt to bcarter9653 [ Td, Ts ] Seat 9 folds.Seat 10 folds.Villain raises (1) to 1Seat 2 calls (1)Seat 3 folds.bcarter9653 raises (4) to 4Seat 5 folds.Seat 6 folds.Seat 7 folds.Seat 8 folds.Villain calls (3)Se

I like the fact that you bet the flop, although I think it could have been a little bigger. I think his raise on the flop definitely lets you know that you are beat. I would have thought he had flopped a set of 4s or 5s. I think it's a definite fold after he raises - you can wait until you have a stronger hand to bust him.

Hey Guys, I'm playing in my first big live no-limit tournament on Saturday - should be about 400 people. When I play live, it's usually a 10 guy sit-n-go, or a cash game, so I don't have much big tournament experience. I do play in multi-tabe tournaments online, but never had much success. I definitely think I am a better cash game player, but with $10,000 going to the winner of the tournament, I really want to play in this tournament. I'm going in with a strategy to tighten up my starting hands a lot early on, and gradually become more loose as the tournament goes on. Does anyone ha

Ya I tried that and I still can't get it to work. Does anyone else convert hands from Party and wants to tell me how to do it?? I would really appreciate it considering it takes me about 10 minutes to make the hand easy to read by hand. Thanks.It really should workJust post a whole hand in this thread, and I'll try to convert it, if it works, i'll tell you what I did.Here's an entire hand Blink. I would really appreciate it if you could convert it and let me know how you did it. Thanks in advance, and thanks for the feedback too.***** Hand History for Game 2528332670 *****0/0 Texas Hold'e

Ya I tried that and I still can't get it to work. Does anyone else convert hands from Party and wants to tell me how to do it?? I would really appreciate it considering it takes me about 10 minutes to make the hand easy to read by hand. Thanks.

Early in a session from the $25 NL Tables at PP. No solid reads on any players yet.$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 14, 15:58:37 EDT 2005Table Table 37122 (Real Money)Seat 9 is the buttonTotal number of players : 9 Seat 1: ( $24.75 )Seat 2: ( $28.35 )Seat 3: ( $16.13 )Seat 4: ( $20.35 )Seat 8: ( $27.52 )Seat 7: bcarter9653 ( $41.85 )Seat 9: ( $6.15 )Seat 6: ( $24.75 )Seat 5: ( $27.15 )Seat 1 posts small blind [$0.10].Seat 2 posts big blind [$0.25].** Dealing down cards **Dealt to bcarter9653 [ 4h Ah ]Seat 3 folds.Seat 4 folds.Seat 5 folds.Seat 6 folds.bcarter9653 calls [$0.25].Seat 8 c

Definitely need a NL vs Limit section not just holdem.agreed.

I agree with Jesse. You got all of your money in with the best possible pre-flop hand. If he is going to suck out on you with pocket 10s then there is nothing you can do about it...just variance. Nice play.

******** PLEASE DON'T MOVE THIS TO THE TEXAS HOLD-EM FORUM THAT NOBODY READS!!!!!!*************So I have been playing at the Party $25 max buy-in no-limit tables for a little over a month and have managed to turn my $100 into $350, so I have some experience at these tables. This hand really bothered me so I figured I would post it here and get some feedback. Also, I know you are supposed to use the converter when you post a hand here but I could not figure out how to use it. I tried to make the hand as easy to read as possible. I know the converter is probably really easy to use, but maybe I

So I have been playing at the Party $25 max buy-in no-limit tables for a little over a month and have managed to turn my $100 into $350, so I have some experience at these tables. This hand really bothered me so I figured I would post it here and get some feedback. Also, I know you are supposed to use the converter when you post a hand here but I could not figure out how to use it. I tried to make the hand as easy to read as possible. I know the converter is probably really easy to use, but maybe I am a moron.***** Hand History for Game 2528332670 *****0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) -

I play mainly no-limit hold-em. Is TOP mainly limit hold-em book? Or can some of the concepts be applied to no-limit also? Thanks in advance.