[represent fullcontactpoker.com]

i guess ill do this thing. royal vegas has horrible software but they have a lot of these nice promotional freerolls

[craziest buy in ever]

oh man, i just got done with an unbelievable buy in on pokerstars. sadly i lost the $50 i put in. let me tell you how it went.i get the money in and play some low limit NL holdem until im up to around $110. i start going back and forth between $90 and $130 and then finally i got it to $155. then i started playing at too high of stakes and went on a downward spiral to $2. thats right $2 left. a few bad decisions, a little bad luck and im down to $2. so one night i say what the hell and put the last of my money in a $2 buy in tourny. 1800 people. and because i am quite simply THE MAN, i trippled up on the first hand and was chip leader for a good 4 minutes. i kept playing well and eventually got 13th place out of 1800 people. not bad, but i couldve done better if i hadnt made some critical mistakes down the stretch. anyway i got $30 for that. now thats clutch.i then started playing limit holdem. still, at too high of stakes. i got my roll up to $380. FROM TWO DOLLARS!!! ("what a feat" you say to yourself) but all good things come to an end and i lost a lot of it playing pot limit omaha and limit holdem. i would sit in to a game with 1/3 of my bankroll, that might have been the problem. i was back down to $15. i started playing smart and got it back up to $90. what? another amazing comeback? oh my god. yea then i lost it all for good when i put my whole roll into a NL holdem game and gota bad beat or two. why did i do that? at least i learned something but i just cant resist being a high roller.

[argghhh! i'm on tilt!!]

well you were drawing dead to the 9-10 im afriad. its the best hand in poker. but other than that your problem is that when you start losing you kept playing at your normal stakes and mabey even higher than your normal stakes. if you get on a bad run, drop down a level. i know because thats how i lost my last buy in, by losing money and playing higher stakes to try and get it back.

[archetypes (responses from daniel would be nice )]

if you want to know about archetypes listen to this songwww.purevolume.com/mad

[the 9-10]

9-10 suited is the best hand in poker. 9-10 offsuit is one of the best hands in poker. id put it behind AA and KK. if you have 9-10 you are a favorite to win trust me. only if you have faith in it though. for all those who think im just kidding, 9-10 suited has a better chance of beating aces than any other hand. thats a fact.one time i had pocket aces and lost to 2 pair on the flop. what did the other person have? 9-10. last night i lost with kings to 9-10. i was playing some pretty high stakes hold em one night and hadnt gotten any hands. but alas, i look down at my cards and see 9-10. i say to myself "my freind has come to save me." i go all in preflop and some fool calls with AQ. haha what a moron. the first card that comes is a 10. and that holds up.oh yea, last night in the PPT robert williamson went all in with 9-10, it was the worst hand preflop but it flopped a strait and he tripled up. who else realizes the power of this hand? i suggest playing it to any raise. 9-10 off suit you should lay down sometimes though.

[What would you do?]

ah, i did call and he had pocket 4s. trips. a 9 came on the turn giving him the boat and i missed the few outs i had left. i was wondering if i should have checked the flop so i wasnt as pot commited but it wouldve been hard to fold my hand.

[What would you do?]

im playing in a 25-50 cent no limit holdem home game. very loose table lots of action on every hand so its more like a 50-1 game. lots of bad players and a few good players. i get pocket aces in the big blind. im up about $50 on top of my $20 buy in.first to act raises $2 on top of the blind, not a big raise.to my suprise it gets around to me without any callers. i reraise $5.the guy who raised looks a little worried, sits there and thinks for a few seconds. i hadnt ever played with him before so i really didnt have much of a read on him. he calls and the flop is 7c 4c 9c. i have the ace of clubsim first to act and i throw out $10 hoping to take it down, or at least see where im at.he reraises all in for $24 on top of the $10. What would you do?

[playing .50/1.00 is not poker]

uh ok toogood says that low limit holdem is not poker. smasharoo says that low limit NL holdem is not poker. that pretty much makes both of you idiots. NL players always say that NL takes more skill and limit players always say that limit takes more skill.

[omaha hi/lo beginner's guide, part 2]

thanks man, im no expert but everything you said sounds like good stratagy to me. keep it up.

[Caught these fools...]

to ChaoPlayaz, when you play with your freinds at the same table and are not colluding, you tend to show down a few hands against your freinds. These guys were never both in when it came time to flip the cards. also, it wasnt really the bad beats that made me want to bust these people it was this: sith2 said, "i sleep with ya mum don"sith2 said, "shes a great fk"fair enough? this is the kind of stuff that makes me pay attention to what they were doing, along with the bad beats. and from that i saw what was going on. the fact is, if these two didnt have their locations saying the same place i really couldnt have said anything. And it is easy to change what your location says. You just have to look for strange play and leave the table if you think some one is cheating. and if you have enough evidence, report it.

[Caught these fools...]

well im not saying it was the same person running 2 accounts. it was probly some guy and his freind talking to each other on instant messenger and telling each other what hand they had.

[Caught these fools...]

Who do they think they're messing with? No one pulls this on Don Giovanni.Thats right, i caught some punks colluding at a short handed $.50-$1 limit holdem table i was at. Anyone can get away with collusion, as long as you dont .... anyone off. Well they ....ed me off. I had already taken a few bad beats so i wasnt in a good mood. Then this hand happens...Table 'Seppina' Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: dag01220 ($18.25 in chips) Seat 2: Don Giovanni ($5.75 in chips) Seat 3: chopjohnb ($34.50 in chips) Seat 4: Dick_Clapper ($16.50 in chips) Seat 6: sith2 ($61.75 in chips) Don Giovanni: posts small blind $0.25chopjohnb: posts big blind $0.50*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Don Giovanni [9c 9h] Dick_Clapper: calls $0.50sith2: calls $0.50dag01220: folds Don Giovanni: raises $0.50 to $1chopjohnb: calls $0.50Dick_Clapper: calls $0.50sith2: calls $0.50*** FLOP *** [9d Ts 7d]Don Giovanni: bets $0.50chopjohnb: folds Dick_Clapper: calls $0.50sith2: calls $0.50*** TURN *** [9d Ts 7d] [5h] Don Giovanni: bets $1Dick_Clapper: raises $1 to $2sith2: calls $2Don Giovanni: raises $1 to $3Dick_Clapper: calls $1sith2: calls $1*** RIVER *** [9d Ts 7d 5h] [8h]Don Giovanni: checks Dick_Clapper: checks sith2: bets $1Don Giovanni: calls $1Dick_Clapper: folds *** SHOW DOWN ***sith2: shows [Jd 2s] (a straight, Seven to Jack)Don Giovanni: mucks hand sith2 collected $15.75 from potyea... where do i start... he called preflop with a J2 off. Then he called the preflop raise. He flops a gutshot and i flop a set. He calls two bets on the turn?? WHAT?? and then the reraise. Then he hits his strait and i know it, but i have to call. Nobody deserves this, nobody. Anyway, i keep my eye on this guy. I see him and this other guy constantly reraising each other preflop. I look at the hand history of a hand where this sith2 guy had pocket aces. Heres what went on preflop:Table 'Seppina' Seat #3 is the buttonSeat 1: dag01220 ($26.75 in chips) Seat 2: Don Giovanni ($2.50 in chips) Seat 3: chopjohnb ($55.25 in chips) Seat 5: pageup ($24 in chips) Seat 6: sith2 ($57.50 in chips) amram will be allowed to play after the buttonpageup: posts small blind $0.25sith2: posts big blind $0.50*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Don Giovanni [7c 2d]dag01220: calls $0.50Don Giovanni: folds chopjohnb: raises $0.50 to $1pageup: raises $0.50 to $1.50sith2: raises $0.50 to $2Betting is cappeddag01220: calls $1.50chopjohnb: calls $1pageup: calls $0.50wow, imagine that. the two characters in question (sith2 and chopjohnb)are reraising each other preflop when one of them has pocket aces. Then this happens:*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Don Giovanni [Ac Ks]fcupholders: folds pageup: folds sith2: calls $0.50dag01220: calls $0.50Don Giovanni: raises $0.50 to $1chopjohnb: raises $0.50 to $1.50sith2: calls $1dag01220: calls $1Don Giovanni: raises $0.50 to $2Betting is cappedchopjohnb: calls $0.50sith2: calls $0.50dag01220: calls $0.50*** FLOP *** [Kc 6h 8c]Don Giovanni: bets $0.50chopjohnb: raises $0.50 to $1sith2: folds dag01220: folds Don Giovanni: raises $0.50 to $1.50chopjohnb: raises $0.50 to $2Betting is cappedDon Giovanni: calls $0.50*** TURN *** [Kc 6h 8c] [6d]Don Giovanni: checks chopjohnb: checks *** RIVER *** [Kc 6h 8c 6d] [Kh]Don Giovanni: bets $1chopjohnb: raises $1 to $2Don Giovanni: raises $1 to $3sith2 said, "ur gonna lose"chopjohnb: raises $1 to $4Betting is cappedDon Giovanni: calls $1*** SHOW DOWN ***chopjohnb: shows [Kd Qd] (a full house, Kings full of Sixes)Don Giovanni: shows [Ac Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Sixes)Don Giovanni collected $9.75 from potchopjohnb collected $9.50 from potNotice what he said once the other guy got the full house. Obviously they are in communication with each other. Oh yea and i should have won that hand. That was crap. So, at this point i decided to move my mouse over their names. And what did i find? Both of their locations were Tunbridge Wells. Some place in England or somewhere. Idiots... So i complained to pokerstars and am awaiting the results. It had better be swift and harsh. And i promised both of those punks that i would come to england and slap them into next month before i left the table.Any of you ever had a problem with slimes like these two?

[would you make this play?]

haha you guys got me, at least some of you did. pretty funny your reponses to this. just thought it would be a funny way to enter these forums. come on, i wouldnt fold that hand haha. i reraised that poor man like no other.

[would you make this play?]

heres a hand from pokerstars i was wondering aboutits 10-25 cent pot limit holdem*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Don Giovanni [7h 7s]Don Giovanni: raises $0.60 to $0.85drewunc: folds Bcareless: calls $0.75Jack Bishop: folds *** FLOP *** [7d Kc Ks]Bcareless: checks Don Giovanni: checks *** TURN *** [7d Kc Ks] [3h]Bcareless: bets $0.50Don Giovanni: foldsi folded cause i had a pretty good read on this guy that told me he had a K3.im thinking i shouldve bet on the flop so he wouldnt have caught the higher full house. and he never showed his hand even though i asked him too. selfish punk.