Ed

Yep, we were at the same table for about 45 minutes last night.

This is a hand I played last night in .02/.04 O8 on Stars that sort of illustrates it. Except that the person I got quartered with, we both had a 4-5, to take the A-2-3 on board. As it turned out, all the betting, calling and such here led me to drag 38 cents, compared to the 36 cents I put in. It got to a point where I wasn't really sure what to do with the hand, because with the 3 diamonds on board, and a paired board, it was safe to think that the 5-high straight wasn't good for the high - and all the re-raising by ooogah made it clear I wasn't going to get the whole low. I'm not really sur

One of the hands playing O8 with Smash, I hit quad 2s and couldn't get a darn thing out of it.I realized I wasn't paying attention and was playing way too many hands. Sorry about the little comment there, I just think it's funny when two A2s cap it into the high. Yeah, I figured the third player in that little deal also had A2, but it was at a point where I really wasn't sure what to do with that hand. Those are points in O8 that I'm still trying to learn and thankfully at that limit, the lessons aren't expensive.But in playing 357 hands tonight, I definitely wound up in some situations where

Pleasure playing with you tonight Smash (at the O8 table ... I unfortunately contributed on that crazy nut low hand).Hope the rest of the evening went well for you. The O8 tables ended up being pretty fertile for me. One of the HE tables was OK, couldn't find a decent second one. Tried 4-tabling for the first time tonight and it was more manageable than I thought it would be.

Excellent stuff, Smash.

In working on the micro-limits on Stars, I've actually seen a lot of this in the .02/.04 holdem tables. I guess the minimum buy-in is 20 cents, and there are a heavy number of folks who pop in asking for 10 or 15 cents. One dude kept paying these folks off and when someone else asked why, he gave a good answer paraphrased from the movie "Bronx Tale,""Think of it this way, for 15 cents, I just got that person out of my life forever. Cheap price."

I can see it now .... a full thread for FCP user "BillGates" on how he turned $50 into $1,000 on Stars.

I didn't read the whole thing, so I'm just going to guess that you got down to wee little chips and ended with way big chips and won. Or something.Actually, everyone that replies to this thread should quote the original poster's thread, so we can have the longest thread in the history of ever.

That is funny.

Several reasons I play online, though I like live games better:1) I live about 3 hours from Atlantic City. Just getting there and getting back is $50 off the top - considering gas, tolls, parking, etc. I still go about once a month, but it's an expense that has to be accounted for, and this isn't even considering staying up there (which I usually don't).2) Small stakes online play is allowing me to see a number of hands I just never would playing live. Even the relatively small number of 1100 hands or so that I've seen in the last 7 days is more than I could get in my limited trips to AC by fa

If you figure on playing 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year (Hey, even a poker player deserves 2 weeks vacation a year) ... that's 2000 hours of play a year.If you expect that you'll average a profit of 1BB/hr. played at 10-20 (reasonable if you're good enough to play that long at that limit, and not an overly optimistic expectation in anyway I wouldn't think), you'd be looking at a job that pays $20/hr, or $40,000 a year. If you have a rent/mortgage, a car payment, and say some student loans or credit cards to pay off, for example, I don't know how you could go under 10/20 unless you just crush

And not in that order, either.

I cashed out of Full Tilt into Firepay and had no problem whatsoever.

Smash,Question. I had the chance to watch a few of your hands earlier this afternoon. You picked up a nice pot by flopping a set of 10s and I thought you played it very well in terms of dragging a nice pot from it. You were on the button and limped in. Not asking you to give away secrets or anything, but is this the higher-percentage play in this situation as opposed to raising? I think there were probably 6 or 7 players to the flop total.Thanks,Ed

My two longest sessions are also two of my most profitable. Though I'm not totally convinced there's a connection there. One was a 7-hour stay at a 2-4 table at Bally's in Atlantic City that produced a $147 profit. The other was a home game that lasted from 8 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Made $81 in a 3-6 HE cash game, then picked up $140 for winning a small tournament.It seems like overall, I do better the longer I play, I just don't always have the time to put into it. Especially for AC, where it's 3 hours each way to get there and I generally only go for the day.

Smash,Interesting that you did this yesterday. I did the same last night. I got fed up with some play at the HE tables, so instead of playing 2 HE tables at once (I generally don't do more than 2 at a time), I played 1 HE and one O8, both at .02/.04. Holy crap. Ended up turning a buck into $2.51 in 2 hours, a nice total of nearly 19BB/hr. If you hit a nut hand, you can absolutely count on multiple callers.The key really seems to really be getting away from your marginals as quickly as possible. And finding a reason to fold pre-flop if your cards really don't carry many possibilities. The only

I was playing some limit last night on Stars. Hadn't been seeing cards all day in an earlier session, including the Stud forum tournament. Anyway, picked up pocket KK. Raised, got a couple callers. Hit a set on the flop and later filled up. Had someone take the hand all the way home. Won the pot.Next hand. Pocket KK. Raise up. Only the prior opponent comes with me this time. Hit a set on the flop. He called me all the way down, til the river, when he folded. So I showed him the KK anyway. Had a good session as I got a lot of respect for pre-flop raises at that point. Not that any of this is

Thanks for posting this, Smash.Regarding Stars, I have not seen anyway that you can get the on-demand hand histories. It does appear that the only way to view them is via e-mail and I agree, that is very annoying.I am actually playing the limit lower, .02/04, for my experiment. I put $50 in, as well, but only dedicated $12 for this limit, the rest for Negreanu Opens and other tourneys. Not moving up to .05/.10 until I've turned the $12 to $30. Last night the quality of play was much different than it had been in my 5 sessions previous. I don't know if it was a Friday night thing, a beer thing,

I'm attempting to do something similar, so I'd be interested in reading about your experiences with it.

I use an Electric Football figure that I painted up as a Michigan Wolverine. Then I point it in the direction of whomever raises pre-flop. One person in AC told me after a hand he didn't raise preflop with Kings because he didn't want my Michigan guy staring at him.

I'm not sure where you are playing this tournament. But the experiences I've had with RB/AO tournaments is that you can rebuy during say, the first hour, or the first 2-3 levels. Some tourneys allow you to do this right after the hand where you fall below the starting stack. Some people wait until they are busted and then rebuy. But the add-on period is usually only after that first hour or the first 2-3 levels. It's a one-shot deal, everyone does it at the same time (those who choose to anyway) and that's that.Hope that helps,Ed

Great report - thanks for sharing. " I get a call from my friend to get back to the Goldstrike because they broke up the alternates into blocks and gradually filter them into the tourney as people get knocked up."That had to be something to watch. :-)

I had a weird one last night at Pokerstars, playing 2 tables.First one featured J-5 off as the pocket cards on both tables. Flop brought Q-Q-6 on both tables. (Suits were not identical).Folded both hands. Next hand started at the same time on both tables. On both tables, I had 5-10 off. Folded both, didn't bother to look at the flop at that point though.

At most 2-3 hours a day. And generally not every week. It averages about 11 hours per week.

Wow. I was thinking about making the drive up there on Sunday just to hang out and watch some of the action - maybe now I'll definitely go, and bring some popcorn. :-)