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I heard about that. Are those as bad as they sound?Maybe Villefranche-sur-Mer is a better idea. Thanks for that.rocky beaches are -EV -
I would definitely love to go back. I think without poker I would think about going to Nice instead, which is right down the coast, apparently. Everyone I talked to said that if you weren't interested in the casinos, Nice is just as cool and half as expensive. Unfortunately, not sure when I'll get the chance again anytime soon.
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+1Bobby Bowden...sick run Sir. -
Is there an inherent advantage at the table to people thinking that you aren't afraid to drop $50k on the hair color of the next person that walks into the room? How do you react to a bet by someone who just doesn't seem to care about the value of his chips?
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Is there any reason you don't bet the turn when it comes up dry. After the c/c on the flop, it seems like there's an opportunity to press him a little. Just a thought.
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So I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now, but only am now getting around to it because of how busy the summer and fall were. So, since it would be totally ridiculous to post this in 2010, when the trip happened in spring 2009, I thought I would post this as an end of the year trip report, and hopefully also get more involved here in general. (Note:I wrote part of this up with the intent to post after I returned and never got around to it, meanwhile I've tried to recall some of the other parts, so I have some specifics and some general commentary.)It’s a long post, so thanks for reading and I look forward to hearing any comments from people who have the endurance to last to the end of this report.Let me start this by saying I was hoping that this would be an entirely different post, which may be why it took me so long to post. This ideal post would have started off with the subject line “Just took down EPT main vent in Monte Carlo”. Sadly, it was not to be. The goal was to win a satellite qualifier for the EPT main event but I came up short. I still wanted to get to Monte Carlo, so instead I played for—and won—a spot at the PokerStars Poker Camp that was going on in connection with the tournament. I figured I would still get expenses covered to Monte Carlo and get another shot at winning a seat at the main event by taking down the camp tournament. So what do you do for a week in the playground of the rich and famous? Let me start by saying what you don’t do. You don’t go out boozing every night. I think every drink was like 18 euros, which, thanks to the suffering dollar, was like $25, for a ketel and tonic. In a single evening I think I spent enough on drinks to rent a small villa in Barcelona for the weekend. As for the camp…let me start by saying Im not really one for poker camps. They seem a little fishy and more money than theyre worth. In fact, camps in general bother me. But the fact that you had to qualify to get into this one--rather than pay to get in--meant that everyone had to be at least decent. There weren’t going to be any fantasy campers who just wanted to sit next to Negreanu for a few days. Plus, Greg Raymer was one of the instructors, which I was jazzed about because I like the videos I've seen from him. So that’s how I found myself in poker classes in Monte Carlo for 8 hours a day. A lot of it was just cementing things I already knew--starting hands, pot odds, position, etc, and was a little basic most of the time. But there were enough new things that it never got boring. There were even a few things that were kind of brilliant, and may very well have made the entire trip worth it. First of all, the instructors were pretty cool. Along with Raymer, was Negreanu and a couple people I didn't know much aboutf, like Alex Outhredge and this online player Nick Brancato. Outhredge was an okay presenter but kind of long-winded. He was more like the M.C., but sorta dragged on sometimes. He kept talking about some WPT final table he played at Mandalay Bay and last year’s (2008) WSOP Main Event (because he apparently got some TV coverage), which was kind of interesting, but still, enough, after a while, ok? The most interesting thing was on the second day when Raymer answered a question about going all in and Brancato jumped in and started talking about unexploitable shoving. The two of them improvised this lesson on pushing ranges. Nick opened up PokerStove and just off the top of his head startsed naming all the profitable hands and entering them to show profitability. Sick, and a little humbling. I guess that’s what it takes to 8-table high stakes online. Overall, I would rate the camp pretty useful, with a couple nice highlights. I don’t know if I’d go all the way to Europe to attend another one, but it made for a nice week in Monte Carlo, and was good enough that I wasn’t too bummed when I failed to qualify for the main event again
. The only thing that sucked was the weather. Allegedly, Monte Carlo is sunny for 300 days a year or something, so apparently we managed to get like half the rain for the entire year in the week I was there. FAIL.So to chalk it up for the week: 20 hours of poker lessons with some pretty cool pros, a second failed qualifying tourney, 600 euros of winnings at the poker tables, and bar tab that rivals the gross domestic product of Haiti. Oh and some free Stars swag. Overall, let’s call it even.I've also considered checking out one of the other bootcamps on this side of the pond but haven't really gone for it. The two I know about are the WSOP Academy and the WPT Boot Camp. Has anyone had experience with these? -
I like how the doctor just sits there and tells everyone that he essentially doesn't know what's going to happen with the treatment...and that it's mostly in her head.
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I agree with the rationale for raising pre. It feels like you are straddling a line with your play here, which may be a result of playing on the bubble. You want to play your good hands, but are then backing off when pushed. Go tight/aggressive here and you're less likely to get pushed off pots you should be winning. Either you fold preflop, which may be hard to do with JJ (although I find that people often overplay JJ), or you raise and force people into a hard decision. If you get re-raised, you aren't at the point of being pot-committed and can fold the hand and still work your way into the money. All that being said, considering the context when he bet the pot on the flop, the fold was probably the right move, though playing hands like this too often can become a leak.i get weird in my post because it gets sketchy with this hand i would have either:A.) raised preflopB.) if id didn't raise assume villains ranges are wide enough here and pushis that more clear?Calling in SB is so sketchy with a made hand, 4-5 suited would play much better there it is a lot easier to play the hand correctly that way. I mean preflop we are ahead of everything but QQ+ so 3 hands have us crushed, everything else we are at least 55% favorite, if not 4:1 against 10's- but we fear a ton of flops why not raise pre? -
Good point here. When you say loose, does this mean that if you increased your bet-sizing that you would still get the same number of callers? Can you thin the callers with more aggressive preflop betting? Otherwise, even if you do only play decent hands, you still have the issue of people drawing out on you a bit too often.No matter what the case, at these kinds of tables, I think you just play the good hands you have and bet for value, knowing that variance will favor you above those who are less selective and overplay their hands.If you're playing Limit and this frustrates you, play NL or learn to deal with it. If you're playing NL, you need to look at your bet sizing, perhaps, as well as position moves. -
I find that re-reading The Poke Mindset every 6 months usually keeps me focused on making good plays. But I like the Post-it idea.Your first instinct is usually right. -
I don't see him calling your bet on the turn with anything other than an A unless he spiked a set on the flop and he's trying to be tricky. Either way I think I'm calling here. I just don't see what he'd have that would beat you the way it was played out.
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Because...ummm...why the **** are you completing T2o?!
duhThis time there were 4 or 5 limpers and I had a pretty strong rep at the table. -
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Has anyone used the Click2play option? I was thinking about setting up an account through them, but I was having some problems. Namely they keep saying that my IP address is outside of the US, UK and EU. I live in Jersey...
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Bet 1/2 pot on the turn and call any rr. I'm betting any non spade river as well. c/c a spade.
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CCs don't work in the US AFAIKneteller was the best, but now they won't do US players. i think we're pretty much stuck to getting checks or using credit cards for now. -
This x100. Made that mistake once...And you should NEVER try to play both types at once..... -
I think its called espresso...Who needs food when there are 4 Starbucks in every casino? Do they sell caffeine straight up?
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Wish I could run into these folks
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This is really stellar advice. I'm following it from now on.Whats the big deal, same thing happens to me everyday. Let me guess you play on pokerstars, the fewer outs they have the better they hit. You want some advice start playing donkey hands, you'll win more often, because that is what pokerstars is geared for, action. -
Fold pf. As played definite shove.
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Some kids are still in high school at 18 man. Not everyone is able to to make a lot of money so young. It also depends so much on where they live. Kids in NY, lets say, are probably making more than someone in a rural town in South Carolina. $50 can be a lot for some 30 yr olds nowadays.When I was 18 I was a test pilot for a company that built Turbine DC3s.Why not get a real job to support your gambling addiction. Even as a waiter I made $400/wk.It blows my mind to hear an 18 year old talking about $50 being a lot. -
At first I was thinking the villain had 2pair with AQ but that shove doesn't want a caller unless he's a complete moron and you say he isn't. I'd put him on a draw so in case he does get a caller he has outs. I'm calling here and pretty confident about it.
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Shove. I usually follow the rule of 10bb or less is a shove with anything moderately decent. I'm jazzed to do it with KK.
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