Ricer98

Hand #40571403-7987 Card Stud *High-Low* ($0.25/$0.50), Ante $0.10, Bring-In $0.15 *3rd Street*julia gulia 1: xx xx 6h___callslepidolite: xx xx Tc___calls139Pilot: xx xx Ad___callsHang on there: xx xx Kd___foldsfrankseeley: xx xx 9s___foldsLimitGrinder: 3d 2d 6d___callsSlowDan5L: xx xx Ah___callsChevy Foordo: xx xx 4s___*brings in**4th Street*julia gulia 1: xx xx 6h 2c___foldslepidolite: xx xx Tc 6c___folds139Pilot: xx xx Ad 5h___callsLimitGrinder: 3d 2d 6d 3s___callsSlowDan5L: xx xx Ah 8s___*checks*___callsChevy Foordo: xx xx 4s Js___betsI know this is a pretty w

I'd raise 3rd here. You only have 1 ace behind you, go ahead and raise. If he three bets after we've represented kings its alot easier to get away from the hand. Just calling and getting called behind makes it so difficult to put him on a hand. I've read through most of your other hands and notice you tend to be a little passive on 4th and 5th in multiway pots, leading to difficult decison later of when to dump a pair. When I start with AA or KK, or any pair higher than anyones board cards, I come out firing and don't stop until someone else in the hand gives me a reason to. If they make

I also have a bit of a problem with this comment. If QueenBee is a somewhat decient player she shouldn't be raising knowing she can only win half the pot. Given her board, if shes got a low, shes got the best low making a pull play a better option. Just calling "pulls" the others with inferior holdings into the pot because they only have to call one bet. While raising runs the risk of folding the table back around to the original bettor thus negating any 6th and 7th street action and basically choping the pot after 5th, minus of course the rake lost because the pot is larger than it was on

I agree that just leading out is probably the best play. But I'm not against check raising for value. I ran some calculations making some guesses as to what the others hold.First Senario:Player - Board - EVHero - Qd,Ad,Ac,Qs,Jd,5s - .438QueenBee - Ah,6s,2c,7d,Qc,5d - .370Bowski - As,4d,6h,2d,8c,9c - .130Wagoo - Kd,7s,Kh,7c,6c,8d - .062If I were in this hand I put QueenBee and Bowski on made lows and Wagoo with kings up. This would be best case senario, no one having a flush or straight draw. Secon

Yeah, I've pry played about 15-20 hours at those tables, and they are so soft. The only reason I was playing lower is because, being a poor college student, I had to cash out most of my bankroll. I'm mostly interested in how full tilt is because they will have a better bonus than pokerstars. Anyone played in the 1/2 or 2/4 games at either site. I've got a bankroll back for .50/1.00 so that will pry be the lowest I play and will be looking to move up pry in the next couple weeks.

I've been playing mostly HORSE for about the last month on ultimatebet, anywhere from .05/.10 to .50/1.00. I've got a little bit more bonus to clear out then I'm looking to move to a different site. Ultimatebet mostly only has .05/.10 games going and I don't like the high antes in the .25/.50 game. The two obvious other choices are Pokerstars or Full Tilt. I was wondering if anyone has played the multi games on both these sites and which would be the better choice. Which site usually has most games going, worst players, ect?

I think this is a toss up given the low limits. I can see a few different senarios where the check raise could pay off.QueenBee has a made low, and bets out for value against Bowski, who could redraw to a better low. From what I've seen at these limits Bowski will definelty call with the inferior low, putting the action to Wagoodrich. Getting 10.8 to 1 odds against two players showing low boards, I think he calls with as little a lone pair of kings or small two pair. Prossibly with an even worse holding. Thus setting us up for the desired pull play, traping everyone for an extra bet. An

This hand occured playing .25-.50 HORSE3rd street: heretoplay: -- -- Td LimitGrinder: 4h 8h 2h aceboomboom: -- -- 7c GTone: -- -- 2c DNArock: -- -- 2s ChrisorPatti: -- -- 6s 139Pilot: -- -- 7s CanJam: -- -- 6c heretoplay brings in for $.15. LimitGrinder calls. aceboomboom raises to $.25. GTone calls. DNArock re-raises to $.50. ChrisorPatti folds. 139Pilot folds. CanJam folds. heretoplay folds. LimitGrinder calls. aceboomboom folds. GTone calls. 4th street: LimitGrinder:

Don't have the exact hand history but i'll summarize as best I can.4 handed.01 - .02 PL OmahaI am in the BB with J877 one suit.Preflop-UTG calls, BUTTON calls, SB raises to $0.04, HERO calls, UTG calls, BUTTON calls.Flop - Ah,Qh,7dSB bets $0.16, HERO calls, UTG raises to $0.80, BUTTON calls, SB calls ALL-INThe small blind called all in for around $0.50, both the other players had about another $1.00 behind then. I had them all covered. At a full table or higher limits this is an easy fold I know. But, 4 handed against very weak opponents, anyone call here? Also should I have taken a differ

I don't like leading the turn because I have no clue where INDY is at. If he had a set or two pair on the flop and filled up, hes no doubt gonna check into the two aggressors of the hand and try to get a check raise.

Couple questions about this hand, other ways to play the flop, and I think I missed a good opportunity to pick up the whole pot when I only deserved half of it. It was 6 Max PLO on Stars.Seat 1: LimitGrinder ($4.90 in chips) Seat 2: djval361 ($6.24 in chips) Seat 3: jaad ($2.95 in chips) Seat 4: indyfireman ($1.80 in chips) Seat 5: Jshousekmc ($1.62 in chips) Seat 6: thenuts0919 ($3 in chips) indyfireman: posts small blind $0.01Jshousekmc: posts big blind $0.02*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to LimitGrinder [Ac 4d Qc 3h]thenuts0919: folds LimitGrinder: calls $0.02djval361: calls $0.02jaad: calls $0.0

.01-.02 PLO 6 Max on Pokerstars*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to LimitGrinder [3c 6d 3d 4d]clublake: folds Gouroux: calls $0.02Tone Dig: calls $0.02satchmo: calls $0.01LimitGrinder: checks *** FLOP *** [3h 5h 5c]satchmo: checks LimitGrinder: checks Gouroux: checks Tone Dig: bets $0.08satchmo: calls $0.08LimitGrinder: raises $0.32 to $0.40Gouroux: folds Tone Dig: calls $0.32satchmo: calls $0.32*** TURN *** [3h 5h 5c] [9d]satchmo: checks LimitGrinder: bets $1.23Tone Dig: calls $1.23satchmo: calls $1.23*** RIVER *** [3h 5h 5c 9d] [Ac]satchmo: bets $1.25 and is all-inLimitGrinder: ??????????????Thoughts?

I think its a toss up between raise or fold. I lean towards folding in this spot because were not getting good odds to chase. This changes though if I have a read on the player as being loose or agressive. If its someone I've seen continuation bet everytime, I'm definetly reraising. Against a rock its a fold for the same reason as above, bad odds. But, then again if you're in the mood to gamble, just put it all in since the villan would be left with so little anyway. On a side note, I really don't like the raise preflop. While you've got a good hand, I havn't seen an omaha table yet wh

Okay, so as the pot stands after the check raise on the flop, $44,400 in the pot, $16,500 to call. This gives us 2.7 to 1 odds with 13 clean outs. Regardless of villans hand 13 outs twice is usually right around 50% or a little below. So were getting really good odds to chase a monster draw, but a problem arises if we brick the turn. Calling the flop puts the pot at $60,900, leaving our stack at $55,336. 90% of the time if we face a bet its gonna be for all our chips. Assuming the villan has enough common sense to realize that any bet basically commits us to the pot anyway. A push from

Okay, I"ve never used and odds calculator for stud before, overlooked that it was the whole hand. I know folding 6th unimproved is not an optimal play, which was my main delema for the hand. I know my kings are behind, and I don't want to call off two bets when I know I'm chasing. Those two bets represented 20% of my stack at the start of the hand. I didn't think it was a good idea to call off that much when my hand could improve and still lose. The only thing tempting me from making a fairly easy laydown was the huge pot odds. Looking at cards that improve my hand on 6th, 2-K's, 1-9, 3-

Possibly in a stud hi tourney I might like just calling on 3rd. But, from what I've seen in high low limping with an ace showing is low cards more that it is a pair of aces. As far as the complete from the small blind, I still like raising because I think he completes more than just AA or rolled up 9's right off the start. Since when are pot odds calculated on calling all the way down, not just the current bet? My decision was not to call down, but to take one card off. If I didn't improve on 6th I would be letting it go.

I think we were at about 90 left and like 20 away from the money bubble, out of 450 that started. Avg stack is somewhere around 10k.PokerStars Game #7254689018: Tournament #36701384, $3.00+$0.30 HORSE (7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit) - Level XV (800/1600) - 2006/12/01 - 15:21:52 (ET)Table '36701384 2' 8-maxSeat 1: thill4 (10727 in chips) Seat 2: LimitGrinder (14836 in chips) Seat 3: IrieD (13942 in chips) Seat 4: Bati99 (24170 in chips) Seat 5: wagswood (22899 in chips) Seat 6: ezerik12000 (4751 in chips) Seat 7: christine_at (11156 in chips) *** 3rd STREET ***Dealt to thill4 [Qh]Dealt to LimitGrind

I think you played it fine preflop, I like just checking in that spot. While any ace is probably the best hand here, we have a fairly weak one, and will be out of position the rest of the hand. Not raising also helps desquise the strength of the hand. It'll be hard for the villan to put us on an A if we connect on the flop. With that being said, I fire the turn as well, instead of checking. From the villans perspective, our hand looks more like a pair of 5's or the straight draw, not top pair. He could very well be calling with overcards to a 5 assuming they will be good if he hits, you

I think a main flaw in your heads up play is preflop. Your definetly folding too much preflop. You don't want to be playing any random garbage, but you folded a lot of hands that were playable, in my opinion. A hand like K high is usually the favorite against another random hand, yet you folded it off the button atleast a couple times. Also connectors like 10-7 should be worth a play off the button. Depending on the oponent I"ll go as far as playing just about any 1 or 2 gap connecting cards. While you don't want to be predictable, I think you need to work up some better guidlines for ra

On the flop with 88 I think you have fold after getting check raised esentially all in. The board is not very draw heavy so this makes it more likely you're beat. Folding still leaves you with a little under 10x the big blind so you wouldn't have to panic. There'd still be plenty of time to wait for a hand. I do think however you could get away from the hand a little cheaper if you did fold. With 7200 in the pot, I like betting 3500-4000 instead of 5000. Its still enough to get folds from hands like overcards and smaller pairs. And, it saves you an extra 1000-1500 when you are forced to

I think this a spot to make a defensive call on the flop. Knowing the villan will continuation bet most hands we atleast have to call this one bet. If he leads again on the turn easy laydown. Given his range preflop and the board he pretty much can't be on a draw. If he bets the turn we're beat, as we've allready been told he's probably gonna shut down after one failed continutation bet.That said, reasons not to raise the flop. Raising preflop commits alot of our chips to the pot. It also forces us to play a big pot, not a favorable spot to be in with a weak holding. Raising to 3000 mea

Well after making a deep run in a tourney once again I was unable to get anywhere close to a final table. Down to 70 of 1300+ that started, I don't have the actual hand historys so i'll try to sumarize as best I can.1st Hand:Blinds 600-1200 plus anteMy Stack: 33000Villans Stack: around 21000Low stack at the table is pry around 8k, top stack over 40k. I think my stack is somewhere around 20th overall for the tourney. Due to the high blinds the table has tightened up significantly. Its folded around to me in late middle position and I open raise to 3600 with KQs. Button calls, both blinds f

Thanks for the insight guys. I was pretty sure folding was the correct play and the action I chose but just wanted to bounce it off a few others. I seem to have the same problem in every tourney I play where I can only make it so deep and wasn't sure if I had made too tight of a fold where I should be going after a larger stack. I did get away from KK vs QQ unfortunetly the small stack had KK. The villian made a total maniac play with A7s which I think lead me to be suspicious of the big bet after the fact. Good to know I made the right play.

This hand occured early in hour 3 of the tourney. Down to about 160 out of the 1300 that started. Avg chip stack is around 11k and my stack of 29k is in the top 10. PokerStars Game #7133435057: Tournament #36191617, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2006/11/22 - 20:17:29 (ET)Table '36191617 26' 9-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: AA.Mitch.AA (3340 in chips) Seat 2: vactorman (17271 in chips) Seat 3: HPayis (4250 in chips) Seat 4: Sausager (12250 in chips) Seat 5: hbeers (4070 in chips) Seat 6: LimitGrinder (29053 in chips) Seat 7: jaysurbuddy (18685 in chips) Seat 8: chazd

I think were talking about different things here. I'm talking strickly on the current street we have the best hand, not the odds he has to improve. Not betting when we know we have the current best hand just doesn't make any sense in my opinion. A good example would be a similar situation in hold'em. Say we have 89s vs JTs and the flop comes 89x with the 8 and 9 in the villans suit. We are technically a 48.5% to 51.5% percent underdog, but you'd never give a free card in this situation and wait until he misses the turn and you the favorite to bet would you. With this logic I'm betting in