jmbreslin

Considering the BB is only 30 at this point, his PF raise was ridiculously large - which is usually a good sign that he's not playing AA or KK. He's probably playing either a smaller/medium pair or overcards and he made a huge PF raise from UTG in the hopes of scaring most players away. With position in your favor and no callers between you, I'd reraise him PF.He's also way overbetting the flop, which is another indication that he doesn't want action. He's trying to bully you off the pot, especially since you didn't challenge him PF. What about pushing against him on the flop? If we put h

I get the following.A4: 40.98% equityKT: 40.71% equityPretty much identical!

Wait a minute, there are poker player trading cards? That's hilarious!

I really don't like the bet on the turn without the preceeding bet on the flop. You raised PF but didn't continuation bet on the flop, which is a pretty clear sign both that you're not playing a high pair and very likely don't have a set. You also wouldn't be playing the low cards that might have given you a straight on the turn, so your bet when that 5c comes isn't very threatening. To any opponent paying attention, the only cards that make sense for you to be holding would be 2 high clubs. A bet on the flop would have help disguised your hand a bit more.

I don't own a Visa but someone else mentioned that their credit card company wouldn't allow them to make a MC deposit to a gambling site. Also, MC apparently has a policy that prohibits withdrawals from gambling sites to MC, which means even if you can deposit with MC you need another method to withdraw. For me, using eChecks on Stars looks like the best option.

I'm seriously considering switching to Stars to use the e-checks option. Links directly to your Canadian bank account, transcations are quick, and Stars doesn't charge fees. I'm still trying to figure out the downside.

What about the e-checks option? Links directly to your bank account and Stars doesn't charge fees.

I'm switching because of Neteller's decision to pull out of the Canadian market. FullTilt's options for deposits/withdrawals are severely limited for Canadians; Pokerstars offers the E-checks option. I'm a low stakes player and I just started playing recently, so I'm not prepared to pay ridiculous fees to move my money around.

Hi, I'm thinking of switching from FullTilt to Stars and I have a couple of questions:1) Does anyone know how the play on Stars compares to FullTilt at the low buy-in SnG's? FullTilt is pretty loose-passive.2) Has anyone used the E-checks deposit/withdrawal method and, if so, what is your experience? Any security issues?Thanks,Jonathan

Darn, I just discovered something very annoying about FullTilt. You can deposit with your credit card but you cannot withdraw directly to your credit card - you have to go through an online service, or request a check payment which can take 3-4 weeks to arrive (and has to go through regular mail, unless you want to pay $33.50 for courier). Argggg.

My guess is that most people either sign up with these sites without finding out about the fees, or they play large enough stakes that the fees aren't that significant, or they're just so excited to play poker for money that they don't care about the fees. I don't fit into any of these categories.I'm going to see if I can make a MC deposit directly to FullTilt. If that doesn't work, I might see if I can sneak it through Click2Pay. But I'm certainly not going to pay the ridiculous fees on ePassporte. I may also have to look around at other poker rooms to see if there are other options, thou

I just checked out the ePassporte website and the fees are US$5 for every US$100 "loaded" onto your virtual visa account. Unless my math is mistaken, that's a 5% fee...although it looks like a deposit-only fee (no withdrawal fee). So it works out cheaper than the 3% for each transaction at Click2Pay.*Edit: I was wrong. I read farther down the page and found the withdrawal fees: US$50 for wire transfers to non-US bank accounts, or $2/transaction if you have the ePassporte Visa (which costs $35 to purchase). The bank transfer is ridiculously expensive for low-stakes players, which means the

I just heard back from my email to Click2Pay (just over 24 hours response time) and the word is the following:1) debit accounts (linked directely to your bank) are only available to German, Austrian and Swiss customers;2) for credit card accounts, they charge a fee of 3% per transaction (which I interpret to mean 3% at deposit and 3% at withdrawal).The problem is, if our Canadian credit card company refuses to deposit to gambling sites, will we not be able to use our MC to go through Click2Pay? If so, that pretty much eliminates Click2Pay as a Canadian alternative to Neteller. And I'm not pl

That's annoying.I'm thinking about signing up for click2pay, but I can't find any info on their website about fees. Anybody know for certain what their fees are?

I can't seem to find any info on the Click2Pay site about fees - what are their fees?

Thanks, guys.You can make deposits/withdrawals directly from Mastercard on FullTilt?

I was using Neteller to transfer money to FullTilt, but with Neteller pulling out of the Canadian market I need to find a new online money transfer service. Any advice?

Oh. The only reason I said almost dead is because villain could have been playing a set, in which case Hero still has the 2 King outs to hit a higher set. As it turns out he was drawing dead, of course.

You can't keep up that level of play for the simple fact that the percentages will start to even things out a bit. Over the long run, your opponents will suck out more often and you'll run into more of those JJ vs. KK situations. The result is that you'll experience more bustouts out of the money when your weak opponents win more of those hands they "shouldn't" win.I can't remember where I came across it first, but I read a post by a player in another forum who analyzed the results of something like 10,000 SNG's from different quality players at various levels. Based on his analysis, one of

Can you explain the rationale for pushing on the flop?

I think those coinflip hands are impossible to avoid. You can't expect to always be in the position of having a dominant hand when you're facing off against an opponent. The only thing you can do is try to maximize the percentage of times you have the slight advantage when going into the coin flips (ie, when you're the 53% rather than the 47%). But there will always be a key hand (or 2 or 3) where you have to put your stack on the line and flip the coin.

What's "FYP"?

You know one of them has completed the flush, which means you're only drawing to 7 remaining clubs to hit the nut flush. That's about 5.5/1. Pot is 4200 when it comes to you for a 660 call, which means you're getting the odds to call all-in. I don't think you could have played it any better up to that point, although I think the size of your PF raise was unnecessary.

I'm thinking the flush is more likely than the set too, though I might put him on a worse A hand. Given the info on him up to this point, he probably would have made a PF raise from CO with something as solid as ATs. I'm guessing he's playing something like Ac6c and called Hero's flop overbet simply because of his large stack. I agree with copernicus about the lower bet on the flop and the check/fold on the turn. I don't like the lead on the turn b/c you know he's playing something strong based on him calling your large flop bet. He's either playing a set or he just made his flush, in whi

Makes sense.When I made the comment about waiting for better opportunities to push PF I was thinking about throwing away hands like 42o and 53s. But obviously that doesn't apply when you're in the BB because you're not going to fold when you have a chance to see the flop for free.