Young Turk

Completely disregarding the first post, Farha's my favourite for being the best degen ever.

I tried asking about that hereNo response

If this is being considered by mods, something I've seen used on another site is a 'Shoutbox' feature. Google the word and you'll come up with a multitude of links offering free shoutboxes...I've seen it used on another site powered by IP Board. It certainly ensures a lot more community interaction, and would only strengthen the already flourishing FCP Community.However there may be some hesitation when introducing such a feature due to the site's high activity and the high maintenance associated with such a feature (plenty of Modding would be required). That, of course, is up to the powers th

When a 'controversy' produces less ripples in the poker world than the introduction of the 'All-in' chip did at the WSOP ME, you start to wonder whether 'controversy' is an apt description. Trash talk is by no means controversial...especially to a B-List poker player.

Altavista Babelfish ftw?

All the basic ones have already been covered, but one which hasn't been put forth is the old school 'glance away' with disinterest. Yet again this is part of the 'strong means weak, weak means strong' rule put forth by Caro for actors. It's usually coupled with another of the big tells, which is a quick glance at the stack upon seeing the flop. Player sees board, glances at chips then looks away to feign disinterest.Some good tell advice here...but if you can figure out a player's betting patterns you'll be given a considerably more consistent and reliable source of information.

I say "Mark" too...Quicker than you can say "backfired"Mark

UTG raises to £15. In the last five hands it's been made clear he has little to no experience playing poker ("does 3 of a kind beat a straight" was asked last hand, and there wasn't even a straight on the board ). He has £100 behind. In this situation I can assure you that he has a monster...the shaking hands and just his general demeanour have made me 100% certain of this. I'm also certain that no matter what the flop, he's pushing with his KK/AA. So with 6 players to act behind me, what can I call with?

The one at the EPT London where DN was in my spot with AQ, and ended up being busted by a similarly slow-played KK? The action's the same, the cards, blinds, stacks, etc. are all different...I'm afraid I just couldn't limp with AQ UTG - would put in a x2.5 raise...and probably would've still been stacked when KK slowplayed

Hearing about this on HSP, it sounded like a very exciting match. I'd be really interested to know the details of the game; both structure and when it'll happen. I'm also wondering how DN fancies his chances against (from what I hear) one of the best PLO players outside Europe. PLO is such a wonderful game (I wish I were better at it), and I can only imagine the fascinating scenarios that would come up between these two great gamblers heads up.

Hero flat-called and the flop came 873. Hero bet, UTG pushed, button folded, Hero called.UTG shows 99, Hero shows KK. Turn and river come blanks.I'm actually UTG in this hand and was thinking about how 'Hero' played his Kings. All I've seen advocated so far is a reraise with Kings, but I was wondering whether trapping in this spot is a good line. Button later told me he had AQ...so KK is still a slight favourite, but definitely not <60%.

Sorry man, I can never seem to post in the right forum around here.

26 Players remaining Blinds: 200/400 (50 ante)8-handedHero: 30,000 (approx)UTG: 12,000Button: 20,000 (approx)UTG (tricky LAG who has won last two hands preflop uncontested) limps, folds round to button who raises to £1300 - this screams of position raise to me. I look down and find two black Kings. What should I do?

Last month I had 2 aims:- Play four 5-8 hour sessions each week.- Get the bankroll from £1090 to £2000This was to be achieved playing the £0.50/£1 £100 max at the Victoria Grosvenor Casino, London as well as at various home games in North London (same stakes). The first 3 weeks of the month I was +£600, but I had a monster week during the EPT when the soft games enabled me to earn £650. As a result I am +£1250 for the month, with a bankroll of £2340. Unfortunately I fell ill in the 3rd week of last month and only played one 8 hour session; I've decided to take a business decision to stop eatin

I was there yesterday; arrived at 7:00pm, sat down at a £0.50/1 cash game at 9:00pm, was in a £200 hole by 11:00pm, left on the final hand of the evening at 5:00am with £251 profit. Oh and Dn said 'excuse me' to me while he was trying to get to his table after a break...I imagine he gets asked for autographs and the such far too often, so I thought I wouldn't approach him.I've been playing regularly at the Vic for the last two months, and I've never seen the games that easy! 4 hyper-aggressive scandies lost a collective total of £500, 2 American fish lost £300 and a crew of English fish lost

Shall we start a prize pool for the first person to successfully bring up the kiddyfiddling in his presence? To win the prize:1) Comment must lack subtlety2) Comment must be humourous on a specifically sordid and vulgar level3) Comment must be audibly uttered face-to-face4) Commenting must occur during a televised poker eventThe prize will constitute:1) 100% of prize pool collected2) 10,000 Man Points

I raised the turn because I felt weakness...I felt AK/AQ on its 2nd bullet, a half-hearted bluff from a tight player frustrated. I preferred raising in this spot both due to my read and because I didn't want to start second-guessing myself on the river when he put in a 3rd bullet (or a value bet).He folded within 5 seconds shaking his head, so I figure I was right.My passivity on the flop wasn't out of caution, it was to ensure I got more info (I think this is generally more applicable to live play). Once you have the info, however, I don't think caution is the best line to take - you should e

I quite like the flat-call line since we can see how Villain reacts to turn - if he bets strong and gives off a continued strong vibe I'd fold, but a check or a weak bet and I can then take the initiative.Turn: 2hVillain bets £25, Hero? I think it's time to take the initiative and raise, and make it £75...what do you think of the play?

I'd have played it harder on the turn to defend against draws that could crack my hand on the river. As it is, I have to agree with mtdesmoines that it's impossible to put either opponenet on QT or a full house since they'd have surely pushed on the turn.

8-handed play, fairly solid table. MP (solid, TAG) raises to £7, I call on CO with JTc and BB (preflop calling station, will fold flops if missed otherwise tends to call down) calls.3 Players, £22 potTd 5c 4sMP bets £12, I flat call and BB folds.My question is:What are your thoughts on how I've played my top pair on the flop? Should I be raising for information or is this play fine?

During the insurance process, note it was only Jamie Gold (an amateur) who gave a figure for the odds. I think the pros refrained not out of ignorance (as has been suggested) but because they wouldn't want to jeopardise a good insurance deal for Eli. Daniel's reaction in particular supports this, in my opinion.

I wake up at around 5pm, get to the Vic by 7 and play a 6 hour shift...I try and get to bed by 9am...So yeah, total degen it is

It definitely deserves to be on a par with traditional WSOP bracelets - if you consider the 6 or so $1500 NLHE crapshoots to deserve bracelets, then why not this?Oh, and obvious bias since I'm a Londoner .

Bad, bad move...it's a minor infringement of betting procedure in a Limit format. Such pedantry might have been understandable in NL (where his string bet might have priced you out the pot), but you were already committed.I think the reason you tried to stop him capping was that you realised how foolish your QJ limp had been and wanted to limit your losses in a -EV situation. Your QJ limp and your subsequent reaction to his string-bet were done on whim...often we wish we had thought out our actions in retrospect. I guess you should just take it as a lesson not to repeat this in future. Many ru

That's how flops are dealt in Britain (not sure about the rest of Europe).