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I'm gonna check it out, I want to try and get in that tourney. I'll let you guys know how it looks.

gotta give a little bump b/c there are so many posts going up

Does anyone know of any sites offereing satellites for the Legends event at the Bike at the end of August???

Hand #5415028-41486 at Fortenza (No Limit Hold'em)Powered by UltimateBetStarted at 30/May/05 03:19:26 mandmzo is at seat 0 with $2148. Triceagain is at seat 1 with $13141.50. Bungalow8 is at seat 2 with $5150. TheGiftOfGab is at seat 4 with $10148. Mahatma is at seat 9 with $10150. The button is at seat 2. TheGiftOfGab posts the small blind of $50. Mahatma posts the big blind of $100. mandmzo: -- -- Triceagain: -- -- Bungalow8: -- -- TheGiftOfGab: -- -- Mahatma: -- --Pre-flop: mandmzo folds. Triceagain raises to $350.

Saba,Yeah that was me with the tens, I loved that hand! Thanks for the compliments, I don't know if I'm great but I'm studying the game as much as I can to try and get better. Anyways, it was good playing with you as well, nice to talk intelligent poker with someone.I am heading back up north tonight, I'm not moving down here until August so I'll miss you on the home game, however, I would likely be interested in playing in the future. I am not sure how to PM so my email is greggabe@hotmail. Shoot me msg and I can get in touch when I move back down here. Plus you can keep me updated on th

Thanks guys,I agree that this structure is retarded. It was the first time I saw anything like it and thought maybe I was the crazy one b/c plenty of people seemed to love it. I thought maybe Commerce or the Bike was different but unforunately no. I'm not sure what to do. I am moving down here and I love playing live cards, I like online as well, but the live players are generally looser and more readable. But this structure is crap, and all the LA strucutures seem to mimic it. SabaAba I think you must have been sitting on my left last night, b/c you kept saying how it was the tightest t

I played at Hollywood Park last night and it was one of the stranger NL structures I've seen and I wanted to get peoples opinion if they think this can be a good game. $100 Max Buy in, but once you are down to $50 you can rebuy up to $150 (I guess this makes it a little better but I'm not too sure).Blinds $2-3I sat down in a brand new game and everyone had $100 stacks. Standard opening raise was in the $15-20 range. This was crazy I thought, a std opening raise of 20% of your stack? Then after the flop one bet and you're pot committed. So everyone was going all in quite often after the f

does anyone know how long you have to clear your bonus?

Great to see some phans on the site. My friends and I tried to get some tourneys going at Coventry but they ended up being 3-4 way matches just between us. Wish we would have run into a few of you guys there. I loved being at the last shows but I hate the damn huge festival shows too much chaos (especially getting in and out). After Cypress I said I'd never go to another big one, but had to catch Coventry. Anyways, if we could organize a Phish Phan Tourney I'm in. I'll even get good and baked b4 hand to give you guys a chance

I agree with the last part of Akishore's post (and pretty much the rest of it as well). I think I subconsciously gamble a bit more when I am up a bunch. I have found that after I triple up if I keep playing I inevitably end up pushing a small edge too much and lose a buy in or something. But I think if the game is good and you are aware of this potential trap then you should stay at the table. It's just difficult to keep playing your A game when you are up a lot b/c you inherently want to push that triple up to a 5X-6X win.

GO BLUE!!!!!!

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Ok So I saw all you guys talking about poker tracker and I downloaded the trial version. It seems like some powerful software but I am not sure what to make of my stats. For example what is a strong pre flop raise percentage in 1/2 NL? What about aggression factor (same game)?? Is there some way to do comparisons with my stats to strong players?thanks

I know this is a broad topic but it seems some people here have had some degree of success at the MTTs online. I've been playing cards for a long time and have had ok success in live tourney's but have had a lot of trouble cracking the top 10 online. In about 40 tries I've made the money about 12 times and only cracked top 10 1 time. I need to adjust my game. I am just hoping to get some advice from some of you who have been successful at cracking the real money.I play a pretty tight aggressive style for the most part. I play a lot of live NL and I don't think that my strategy in that cont

I just want to give a shout to the guy with the "Suzy Greenberg" quote in his tagline!

Sorry to change the subject but does anyone know how to keep the hand history window from popping up every time on UB when using the hand grabber program for Poker Tracker? Thanks!

I'm fairly new to NL hold em. Been playing limit for about 15 years and made the switch in Jan. I don't think I will ever go back! I've been playing a lot online and some in BM casinos, so far I'm at about 120 hours, with my bankroll growing at about $20/hr (btw what is a strong hourly rate for $1-2 NL and how many hours do you think you need to make that number significant?) and learning something new every time I play. I was hoping to spark a little discussion about TPTK hands as these hands seem fairly difficult to play in NL.It seems with these hands you want to protect your cards again

I am not bagging on anyone for the limits they play but I will say that my game is generally $1-2 no limit and in that game AQ can be deadly. Like someone else mentioned it's extremely difficult to play against an EP raiser because they can easily have you beat if flop comes A, and it is very difficult to get away from. Same thing if flop comes Q high. YOu have a good hand then but not only is it vulnerable it could already be beat, either way it is a hand that can cost you your whole stack and rarely win you an entire stack. I rarely call for a raise with these cards and sledom raise with

Thanks PBW, but the cardplayer one wont do the random hand calculations.

Can anyone recommend a poker odds calculator capable of figuring the odds of a given hand against a random hand? Also does anyone have any input on software such as poker tracker that tracks your online play and provides statiscal analysis of it?Thanks!