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KVOM,Your flop calls for knowledge of your opponents.If there is a probable chance they will bet you may consider check-calling/raising.If not a capped bet is in place.The situation would be easier if you replace the T with any low card:Here you have a better chance at having players chasing a low draw while you have ten outs for a boat.Antistuff,Your example is not good.44Q will usually mean an easy fold, especially on a small pot.You only hold 6 in your hand and a pair of 3's less likely to catch.Even IF you do catch you prolly will lose to a higher House.Also, If you catch this would mean a

Jack,I think your case describes a player calling a small bet then realising he better not pay any more, especially not big bets.There for In my opinion its someone who could only get half the pot upon pairing on the board.Without that he wouldn't call the river. With it you lose half the pot.So leading the turn is good in terms of protecting your pot.Addagirl,What would you say about being short-handed in a fast going game with a person on tilt. You want him to keep his hasty unresponsible game.A long pause here could pull the game to a slower pace giving him time to consider his mistakes, wo

Thanks Jack

Hi,I want to agree with the general opinion here,Only an agressive over-stealing type of player would try betting his low only hand on turn more then 50% of the time.Also, suppose you have more then 50% success rate on the check-raise here,Wouldn't some of the outcomes be fold or even call-fold ?Something else Ive been wondering aboutThe importance of pausingDo you guys find it importent to take a moment before betting?I mean online, most of the players are playing multi-tables anyhow and will play slow from time to time. I haven't made up my mind about it.On the other hand I know for sure the

How can you do that?I mean how do you force everyone to make the transfers afterwards?I've heard its done just don't know how to.FM

Let me understand something.Rakeback gives 28%-41% of the rake you pay back to you.So... you want to sit down with a friend and both of you knowingly keep paying 59%-72% rake without any intention of earning money from one another.Let me just get up a pokersite, Ill get back to you and you can come bring ALL your friends. Anytime.FearMe

I think this strategy has been discussed enough.I will leave the thread open for all those who wish to sound themselves.Navy,The core criteria for going all-in against villain is your ability to read his cards well enough to know he probably does not hold AAxx.Also importent is the belief that no other player will jump in with a super-hand (however unlikely the odds are, assuming you read villain right).Given these two criterias I have personally made about 5 plays in the last week with a rather large positive outcome.Take what you want from this, I have learned what I need.I wish you all good

Jack and Navy,You are missing the whole point of this thread.Lets say I play 18% of the hands im dealt on full tables.Lets say 85% of those hands I focus the play post-flop.It is the remaining 15% I was exploring. Yes it is not the main issue in poker play, yes I play other forms of O8 as well.But, YES, it is an interesting concept/ strategy IMO.Yours,FearMe

Anti,First of all,You give too much credit to the other players.I wouldnt count on .25/5 PLers to be allways rational in their game-play.But lets assume they both are.At this level of blinds a rational player won't limp in with a suited A2 unless he is counting on agression from other players.This would make me think player 2 had rags which tripped on flop.Player 1 on the other hands appears to have some+some i.e. some low and some flush draw - a week combination reserved for short-handed games.I would think your flush draw is strong enough, add to that your straight draw and nut-low draw and

I did.1) as ac 5d 8h2) ah ad ks 6d3) 4h 5h 6s 7sThis situation is very rare, two live flushes and AA guys have no suits.Still only 30% EV.http://twodimes.net/h/?z=2199565It doesn't look good.FearMeIn the unlikely event which follows:as ac 5c 8hah ad ks 6dkc kd qc jd4h 5h 6s 7sBoth of the KK flushes are taken and both 4567 flushes are alive.Only then it has a positive EV of 26.9http://twodimes.net/h/?z=2199569Still doesn't look good, this situation is very unlikelyFM

I tried the following reasonable situation:1) ac 3c 3d 4h2) as 2s 6d qd3) ah ad 5d kh4) 5c 6c 7d 8dThis was no good, EV for 4th player is 18%Next I tries this situation:1) ac 3c 3d 4h2) kc kd qc jd3) ah ad 5d kh4) 5s 6s 7h 8h <--- one live flusheAnd still only 25.1% (BTW the AA hand had only 21.5%)And so for now im not sure about this theory. If you have any more situations let me know...FearMe

Another interesting surprise:Two hands: 1) KK34 Ds = avg 55.6%, STD 73.82) KK67 Ds = avg 52.7%, STD 86.1I used to presume that the possibility of minimal low (A-5) is essential and yet this hand shows otherwise.Yes the avg has dropped and yes the Deviation is the highest Ive come across so far but the hand is playable, scary but playable.Yours,FM

One surprise I just came up with :2535 Ds has a positive avg of 51.1%, I should add that this hand has a high STD of 71.7 and that both flushes are alive.I presume that with a dead flush the hand won't be positive.FM

Hello everyone,As I go on with the EV calculations Im finding interesting facts.For each hand I check it's average EV against the rest plus the standard deviation (i.e. how scattered are the EV resaults).For instance a large STD would mean less confidence as resaults are far from eachother (for instance one is 65% and the other 30%).One thing I learned about suited cards is not only do they increase EV avg but also reduce the STD, this is very interesting.I checked AQQ4 suited and Dsuited.The single suited produced an avg of 52.7% and STD 63.7While the double suited had avg 54.2% and STD 59.7T

Hiya Checky,Thanks for your advice.I understand what you are saying about "good" cards being taken and I should think of a way to show that in the calculation.If I ignore dead cards then 4567 Ds has an avg of 49.4% EV, that is if all flushes are alive, with one flush less it goes down to 48.4%.Like I said, dead cards should be braught into calculation.on the other hand I am pleased with A554 Ds and A668 Ds, etc. these hands hold an avg of around 55% against the mentioned possible callers.Ill keep looking.Cheers,FM