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ooooooooo, that's a thumb in the eye alright...ouch.

a set is a set is a set. especially here, you got no flushes or str8's to worry about (he's not raising, one would think preflop with 45), your hoping he has two pair and goes the capped bet on the last round of betting. the only thing that beats you is a higher set (a freak) and i'm betting that his initial raise preflop signified more A good side card than a pocket pair of 3, 7, K, or A. And that is a beautiful thing.

yeah, omaha's a game where i get snapped often enough that the hands i do play i limp with to the flop and then get involved in the fray. but that's just me. on that flop you have your nut flush draw, you have second best low, and you have top two pair. that would be the bugle sound to charge. preflop, i have problems with raising with what i have and knowing i'm not betting anyone out.

well you had a very active table....seeing as that was the case, i would either have folded or tried to take control of the board by re raising on the flop and the turn. if you can't narrow this gambling table down, i mean i don't know.i would take one look at this table and find another one.also, shorthand lingo....wa=way ahead.....wb=way behind

i'm leading with that board too...problem being position. for me to play this hand having to act first i got to lead. 1 if i hit my flush i don't want a small pot and 2 no one will represent they are leading (with a K down) if you don't make a move to get that information. you will be in a better position to make your next action going into the turn. and i know it's implied in the post that you won the hand, but you didn't say if you did or not. do you know what the other hands were that you were up against?

my gut says call, but the advice on raising was probably correct. these are the kinds of situations that plague me because it's difficult for me to make a move if i have a feeling i'm beat already. i get busted out because i never find out to the end that that was my moment to get extra bets in.raising there is actually an excellent option. if he raises back, you would call and expect to check/call the river...if he calls your re-raise on the turn he realizes his ploy didn't work and now he's worried that since he doesn't have the Ten, maybe you do, even if he went into it thinking you were

i think another great tell are those people who just constantly act out of turn. usually it happens when someone sees the flop starts pushing checks in, realizes it's not their turn, and pulls back. likewise they fold in the same manner, cards are pushing forward, they wait for actions when they realize they dont have to fold yet and pull back...oddly enough some of these people will see a flop anyway and are ready to fold to the first bet with paint on the flop...strangeobvious advantages from these. you can lput in extra bets or save extra bets.

i dont like this board for my queens i know that. and he did 3 bet it when there were several different ways to make a straight, and the finisher being that one card on the board that beats my hand if it's paired up...i'd like to know what he had. how does this story end? I'm hoping he had A8, A7 or something like it.los

My bad econ....my bad. Been looking up the posts kind of randomly and saw so many NL I assumed at the start of this one....nevermind...my bad

I used to read and write and proofread....are you describing a hypothetical situation or a real one that you don't want to admit to as you wrote that sequel to Exodus? I say that because you start your story "Let's assume this was the stack size, let's assume Roy does this when I do this..."Very confusing. Next time remember a hand and retell what happened as best as you can.Also, I think most of the other players are correct in saying that you might be the bad player...not picking a fight, but you don't seem to grasp the game you are playing in or at least are not at that level of play. It

I gotta say, overextending is one of the worst things you can do to a healthy bankroll, and there is no more powerful draw to a good player than arrogant scoffing (justified or no) of players we are drooling to liberate stacks from.I did it once. Just once. Built a bankroll, and sat at a seven hi/low game with three such people for 10/20 (this was when I was new to online, built a stack of 800 from 100 in about three weeks give or take).I completely disregarded my own ground rules by getting in that game. I did not after all create a bankroll by playing that way. And they had a good night

Iomi's legendary strings along with "I can only be clear when I sing" Ozzy's vocals paved the way for metal as we know it way back in the late 60's, (I think the first self-titled album was 1968).Los

Well this has been entertaining...I'm liking the stories, good thread.The fake shake story...A few years ago, a friend came to visit from S Wisconsin, and not a card player. A good story teller, a wise businessman, just never played cards before. Another friend of mine convinces him to come out with us to our local card club (Canterbury Park) and give it a shot. So the whole morning before hand, we had him online playing freerolls and play money tables just to get a feel for action and play. I think we through some general info regarding hand selection, but nothing really about finer point

I typically have to have made something of my stack before I defend small cards in the blinds. Even Ax where x is a middle card (7,8,9)is hard to call with when there are still 3 in the pot and it was raised significantly once.Now if I'm in a situation where there has already been opportunities made and exploited and I've taken a bunch of small pots or one big one, that is when I am prime to defend with small suiters, connecters, and pairs OH MY. That is when it is my time to purchase the one dollar scratch off. Otherwise, most of the time, it's not a great idea. Most likely you'll be maki

good point to the one who posted above me. online is a great school of poker because all the info you need is right on the screen, from exact chip and pot counts to betting patterns in conjunction to positional plays. betting habits dont lie. if someone is going 5X the blind when holding painted pocket pairs, and 4X the blind with AK, AQ, and 2X the blind with Ax your gonna notice that more often and it's going to help you more than anything your opponent is going to say.also, i would have to say that talkers, if they say they have a big hand, expect a big hand, at least second of third nut

This is something that I have never really considered. Most of the time if I come across a talker at the table, he's just trying to unnerve the table and make people irritated or angry and thusly change you into a bad decision making machine.For that reason, I just let them talk and pay attention to how they physically play. Overbetting, looking at chips after they see the turn, stuff like that.That is a good question though.Los

Well on one hand, these hands made for good TV. On the other, we weren't on TV and these hands took me out on the bubble. First one I'll talk about was at a Tri-State Tourney in which it was split into two sessions where about 200 players were in the first, and 240 players were in the second. Of these two sessions, the top 24 players from each met each other later that night with chip stacks starting back over at 2000.So out of 240 I finished in the mid to high 30's. Just a vague idea, three hands before I went out I asked one of the directors and he said there were 41 left.So here it was,

thank you for your feedback. on one end, I think the concensus agrees that given the venue and situation, there would have been no point in not calling. double up or belly up to the rail...on the other hand, I think I lasted longer because of my decision (i did beat out 34 other players including two I took off my table), and I don't care if it's a freeroll or a cash game, my goal always is to consistantly play as well as I can. playing those hands that odds aren't liking...like small that don't work together well in a bad position...blinds were small. that's all i can think to say about t

Played at a freeroll tourniment at a local gentleman's club here in the Twin Cities called Deja Vu last night. It was sponsered by a local radio station and offered a trip to Vegas for two as the first and only prize. The tourniment was only open to 64 players and the deal was first come first serve. My roommate heard about it and registered us online Monday and we found out Wednesday that we took the #50 and 51 spot. Just so you know right now, I didn't win, (game started at 8pm I made it until 9:50) but I didn't play terrible, and the view was spectacular.I didn't play terrible, except f

This is an interesting question. I can't recall a time when I have brought in the full amount ever, unless it was a short handed situation (as many have mentioned).You can never fail with bringing in for the minimum and waiting for actions. It would be really sweet to have those hands, bring in for minimum and have a lot of action after you so that you could better gauge your next actions.Some things you are going to want to be aware of as you play is that while you are watching the other players hands and makeing best guesses as to what they are acting with, they are doing the same to you.

Los in.I hail from far off exotic Minnesota and as such, until recently, there was only one place to go if you wanted poker action. Canterbury Park in Shokapee, at the time an hour and a half from me, but I went on occasion nonetheless.They got a monday morning Stud tourney in which seating is limited to 32, there are unlimited re-buys for the first hour plus an add-on at that first break. Love that game. Played it six times now and only finished in the money twice (bubble breaking heartache the other four...but I digress), but the first time...that was the one that got me hooked.It really

I've folded big cards too. Most people that last long in the game do. Sometimes you have to. Sometimes it hurts so much. Like last year, my first time to Vegas and my last night playing cards in that town was at the Rio. Playing a 3/6 Hold'Em game and had to muck pocket rocket's once, pocket ladies two hands after that, pocket kings four hands later, then we got moved to another table, first hand was pocket nines and which I knew the move on the flop was to fold...again....At that point I only had a few bucks so I shot at the moon looking for a nine in the last two board cards. Didn't se

Stud hi/lo has a few rules of thumb, here is one of them that I think anyone who has been to any poker forums should know.Paint on fourth street you fold. Because in hi/low you are not going to want to play a whole lot of hands that begin KJ/Q. More than likely you are playing low 3 straights or low concealed or showing pairs. Paint on fourth means you are now one card shorter in your draw of hitting what you wanted to hit. The exception of course being that say you start a hand with 3 4 /2 and fourth brings you K . You shoud be playing that hand and probably getting ready to see sev

Hello, I'm Los, long time reader first time writer. Didn't know where to put this, so here it is.Recently I played at a house game, tourniment style NLHE where 16 of us started for $20 a head with one $20 re-buy optional at anytime you go bust. Get's down to 5 of us in a game in which only 2 players ever rebought and it pays out to 3 places, third getting there money back.So here we are, and of course as can happen the newest guy to the game, and particularly never played at this house, is winning. Big stacks, just eatting everyone up. Comes down to a hand in which he is BB, with blinds at