violaman

sorry I didn't describe exactly what I was doing in terms of strat. I wait for hands like aces of course, kings single suited or better, big suited connectors like KQJx and up as well as AKQ and QJT. Double paired I try to see a flop and get it in then. If I completely miss, and have only 1 or 2 opponents, I will push hard on flops like K83 rainbow and the like.

I have played plo for a pretty short period of time at FCP and want to know what you veterans think of a specific shortstacking strategy.I have generally followed holdem buyin specs- buyin for the max so you can bust anyone who makes a mistake.I found reasonable success using this buyin of 100 at the 1-1 tables but also found it difficult to play situations after the turn and so on, because the stacks were so deep. So I decided I would try starting with only 30 dollars and trying to play any hand I played for all my chips. I followed what guide Rolf Slotboom had given on shortstack play from

My experiences with cashing out have not been as catastrophic as yours, though they are still pending. I would like to comment that I have only talked to csr's who have been very polite and well-meaning- I would like to compliment the FCP staff on hiring such positive employees. That said, they are also some of the most uninformed employees. When I initially called to see whether I would need ID verification for my Nexum withdrawal I was told that because of my status as a charter member with previously entered information I would not need to provide any further documentation. After then a

Naturaly you have a rough pair of aces, but what would you all think of a small raise preflop, to .75 or so as a pot builder. You want to be able to put pressure on draws when you hit a set, and if you have built the pot a little, you can make them pay a higher percentage of their stack to see a turn. I understand that 7/8 times you don't make that set, but when you do I think the rewards are quite good.Comments?

Losing a buyin on this hand should not concern you the least. You had no overcards on the board and you put maximum pressure on draws and weaker pairs to call. It might, and I say this very candidly, have been possible to get away if you had a stack of 50. In this type of game I will buyin for the max and if I lose more than 5 I will rebuy. But don't beat yourself up for one more second about this one- you were just a bit unlucky to have unders come and somebody flop a set. Some advive regarding your pot limit ventures as I am also a NL player who has found much success in the game: PLO i

If it is checked you there is a strong argument for betting depending on how loose the table has been. Said argument is that if you do want to get paid off by a weaker boat later on, you need a pot big enough to bet it. If you don't get people calling your medium sized bet there than they probs didn't have a 4 and would be drawing to two outs for their boats. I'm not hating on the low limits here, but a 4 with a descent kicker is calling. If you check this it checks again then even if 2 pot bets get called will you win a small pot. This not being No Limit, you must build one.

I think that betting the turn might be a good idea. Judging form your read he is likely to hold some dominated hand like QT or KQ or just a pair of jacks, maybe even a weak ace. If his play is as atrocious as you say it is post flop then he will draw to his gutshot for any price. There is an outside chance that he picked up a heart draw, but few hands called on the flop that didn't pair. The point is that if he called on the flop he will probably call on the turn. In addition, if he has decided to call you down with a weak ace or a jack, you want to built the pot on the turn for a larger

Assuming that the size of your pot bets are proper (por size or 3/4 pot) I would like to examine your turn decisions. Based on the texture of the board you need to consider a few things:1. are there many draws possible that this particular player would be check calling me with on the flop and turn?2. Is this player capable of check raises and if so, when? If he didn't c/r this time and he has before there is likely a reason.3. Is it possible or likely that he would check call with top pair medium kicker if you had raiset pf? 4. If you think you might be beat at this point and he would

I believe that you need to consider letting this one go preflop or taking a flop for set value. The reason is obvious- this guy is willing to go allin with marginal holdings preflop making no raises but allin and he suddenly min raises. Considering his volatile play he will likely push allin to any raise that isn't allin and he'll only call allin with something decent. I think there are only two avenues to play this one- 1. fold, you very well could be a 4.5-1 dog and this donk will dumb money off to you with his allins. 2. Call and hope to trip up on the flop or to outplay him off of K

I agree the check with the intention of a c/r on the turn is ideal. I also like betting out on the flop- you might get raised, but you also might set up a string of calls from middle pair and others. I think after playing the way you played up to the river, your opponent is afraid of the flush but willing to call you down (call on turn). If he is willing to call 40 on the turn, you must make him pay on the river. I think a bet of 80-100 is reasonable and will get a call from Aj or an overpair.

lets say that, hypothetically, you each had 300 at the start of the hand. Would allin on the flop to the same bets be viable? What about 500 to each player? The point is that when you decide what size raise you want to make, as we have agreed a raise is in order, your bet ought to have a resonable relation to the size of the pot. Since you didn't believe that the MP player was on a draw, then pushing out draws isn't really going to be easier with an allin instead of a large raise. For instance, if you raised 75 to 100 and the MP player calls, the bully will be getting 2.5-1 odds and if he

I believe that this board has been very unkind to you if there is another overpair out there. Though I think you are right in your assessment that both of their preflop calls of your reraise pre-flop. Sure you might be up against 10-10, but the fact is your hand is way to big on this flop to get away from and unfortunately you all don't have huge stacks to fight this out with. Don't queston your play in this sng for one minute, because there isn't a better way to play it.

I think you can safely say that you are beating the LAG player. He also has 210, covering you, and there's a pretty good possibility that he will call allin if you push. Ergo, you know that if you push you will atleast be getting 40 of your chips in with the best, hopefully dominating. Next, the UTG player would in all hope fold you your allin, unless he has aces, and if he does, he only has 90 so the pot would not be a total waste for you. The greatest concern of yours is naturally UTG+3, the solid player. If you view the reraise of UTG +2 as an isolation raise that he would make with TT

Many players like to slowplay sets, so if the villian did have 99 he might have played it just this way. Though, if this player is wk/passive he might have called the reraise with a KQ or even KJ. There is a slight possibility you two have the same hand, though I hate making that read because it is very unlikely. If the player is a solid player, you could lay this hand down only because of the telegraphed possibility of a set, but if you have seen him call raises with trap hands like KQ or KJ this is a pretty easy call. This is a very tough situation you've ended up in and I can't say I do

I like that you gave yourself a plan for getting away from 88 if UTG+1 came over the top, this often saves you money when you hit a nice flop like this with a middle pair. I think it is hard to give the button credit for an overpair here, considering he would have likely reraised with AA-JJ. It is also possible for him to have 66, or 77. He could be wild enough to make this move with AK hoping you were bluffing.I think that there is no reason to give the button credit for an overpair here unless he has TT or 99. If it were UTG+1 who had raised you I'd say fold but here you must go with thi

I think that having a straight and flush draw is a great time to get aggressive, but there are sometimes when it is clearly incorrect. My good friend played a hand brilliantly holding 4h6h on the button after after he called the small BB raise. the flop came 3h5sKh and the BB bet out. In this situation, as I was there, the player was highly likely to hold top pair. My friend called the bet on the flop and on the turn and folded on the river, but I believe this was correct. He was playing a player who would not fold top pair heads up and who would pay off if the draw hit. My friend wasn't

Your play in this situation should be most affected by who you are playing with. If one of these players can't lay down a four flush, you ought to make that pot sized bet every time, because he is getting no where near the right odds to call. If you don't know these players to have that problem or be loose in any other way you should bet differently. You knoe that anyone drawing to a flush has 7 outs at best, though it isn't necessary that both of your opponents have a club, think top two pair or a set. With 46 cards left in the deck any high club has a worse than 4 to 1 chances to hit.

Whether you move in on him, which would be too much, I believe that the turn is the time for you to raise him off his hopefully junky hand. For one reason as mentioned above, your hand looks best on the turn, and you don't set him up for what he would call a great call on the river with ace high because he checked to you. I also think that with the third card being a club, if he doesn't have a club, he will have a hard time calling. I think the river allin isn't bad, but the turn semibluff is much better.

I've seen many players lead into raises with top pair weak and either check call or check fold when raised. Your raises preflop and on the flop set you up for this semibluff. Unfortunately, you don't always know if this guy can lay down A8 on this board. I believe though that if you do bet allin is the only move. In terms of fold equity, you can hope that the times he folds and the times he calls and you draw out make up for the times he calls and wins.

Congrats on the 4th place finish. It would be nice to know something about this guy, but I won't act, as others have, like you had a chance for that. The villain is in the ultimate steal position, the button. In this position he is likely to raise with strong hands, but somewhat likely to raise with weak ones as well. I think that the push here might be a move to add to your already fortified Button/SB/BB strategy. Yes, he may call with junk, but you are still beating junk like A6 and K8. The bright side is that he might also fold those hands, giving you that 2400 without a hassle. Consi

Actually, if I called and he turned over AQ I just might smile. Half of the time I'll have a huge chip advantage to wield upon the short stacks and have a better chance of winning. More importantly though, how are you doing at this table? You have a decent sized stack with 36,000 but are you a growing stack or a falling one? Are the short stacks pushing almost every hand, if so this might be the time to gamble. Are you stealing blinds enough to grow your stack with little risk, in this case you should probably let this go. This is not a black and white decision until you've analyzed thes

You've mentioned that this SB likes to push draws, so you've raised him on a board with a possible straight draw. This might be correct if he had a capability of folding to a raise, but since you said he called an allin with a flush draw on a paired board, what is your raise going to do? 1. If he has a draw he won't fold, period, so you have value bet your ace high which is running about even with his draw, if you count that his cards will win if they pair as well. 2. If he has a real hand he'll call as well, resulting in you putting in more money with the worst of it. 3. If he has noth

There's a flush draw out there, you must protect yourself from paying this guy off all the way if he hits that draw. He has 17 on the flop and the pot is round 7.5 in the pot. If that diamond comes you have shown you are willing to pay him off, so act as if he is playing for 17 if he wins. If you bet 5 here he's paying 5 to win potentially 7.5+5+12= 24.5. That's the right call if he hits on the turn, Let alone two cards. Say you bet the pot: 7.5, now he's calling 7.5 to win that same 24. Now he's getting just better than 3-1. He can still draw. In this situation, because you are not wi

I actually found myself in Action Dan's shoes in a tournament once with AcQc on an undercard board by the turn with two clubs. I asked the only other player who had bet out the turn how many chips he had left, then called. I then put him in on the river when my draw hit. Coincidence may have played a roll in these two similar occurences but I think the act of asking for a chip count and just calling is always suspect. In this situation I think you might have to fold based solely on the fact that you are beating him in many smaller pots with less risk than this call. Calling here is vary b

So, you've hit just about every card out there and there is a distant possibility that you are beat. Thanks to your read you can run this hand like you want. If you are correct and he had a flush draw, you should check. Don't worry, if he hits, he will bet. If he doesn't bet out, he probably didn't have a hand to call with anyways. Most likely you would just call the river bet, hoping that your king high flush is good, but some of the time if you feel he doesn't have the Ac you could put him in and double through. There are times to get afraid in NL poker, this is not one of them. I thi