Good Tom Hunting

The rangers are good, but I think their pitching staff overachieved last year. It will be interesting to see whether they decide to put Neftali Feliz in the rotation and whether or not Young stays. Regardless, I think the A's should be the favorites to win the division with their pitching staff and solid offense. They added three good hitters (Dejesus, Matsui, Willingham) and are returning the entire pitching staff that lead the league in ERA plus Fuentes and that guy from Tampa Bay (Balfour?)

I've never deposited and I've won somewhere between $1 and $1,000,000,000 (I'm not very good at recordkeeping)

Gonna build a house out of all the bricks ive had in the last few tourneys.Seriously, been bricking more than...ummm....Tbrick?

My predictions from last year:"I think 87 wins is about right...and it could be enough to win the West. Wrong. 92 wins and they needed almost all of them! Who would have known that SD would have been that good?I really don't think that Timmy will get cy young #3...in fact, I hate to say this, but I think he will take a step back this year. I'm not saying he will be bad, but his whip will probably go back up to the 1.10-1.15 range. [ Right, Timmy slipped up and his ERA went back into the 1.3 range, yikes!Definitely not happy with bringing Bengie back...I think it will be bad for the clubhouse

Shit just got real

Thanks Dixie. And no, you can't. (toughguytom on stars)

Out in 7th.

Obviously it's your choice, but you could just as easily ignore the dbags above.Update: 6/7 at my FT

At a final table coming in 8/9 if anyone is still up.Tourney ID: 361124534

Hmmmm, I'm sure I was talking about weak players in general, not me, at least thats what i meant to say.

No, the opposite. I was trying to say that since I believe my skill level is higher on average than the skill level of the remaining players, I wouldn't want to shove in such a small EV spot there with that stack size. I will usually muck 44 in that spot with ~ 15 to 30 bb

Thanks for doing some math. I'm glad that posting the hand got a good discussion going. All players being equal, I would agree that this is a good spot to shove, but when you factor in the skill level of opponents and the value of seeing more hands, I would still be hesitant to shove.

If you meant, "Did anyone say it was a bad play" then the answer is me and dixieIf you meant, "Which IMPORTANT person whose opinion I care about said it was a bad play" then the answer is SCREW YOU I'M IMPORTANT

Yeah, the players stats should definitely be a factor in the decision, but not the deciding factor per se. A bad play every once in awhile doesn't make a bad player

This is what I wanted to hear!Just my two cents - I definitely think its a bad play to shove 44 into larger stacks/stacks that will cripple you when you have 22 bb and blinds are only 150 300, especially when the players in the 440s are so bad. Its not worth the risk when you can easily find better spots to shove later. I mean, if you were playing a higher buyin tourney and your edge was a lot smaller/nonexistant it might be a profitable play, but certainly not ideal. Also, what does "fo" mean? eff off?

Damn you Addilac!!!!PokerStars Game #57026837216: Tournament #360369637, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2011/02/02 21:47:48 PT [2011/02/03 0:47:48 ET]Table '360369637 7' 9-max Seat #7 is the buttonSeat 1: SirMackMan (13905 in chips) Seat 2: shrewsbury91 (3598 in chips) Seat 3: Theyuminator (3335 in chips) Seat 5: oma3094 (3970 in chips) Seat 6: ADDILAC299 (6776 in chips) Seat 7: Saintfan76 (11107 in chips) Seat 8: satbam (4245 in chips) Seat 9: toughguytom (5112 in chips) SirMackMan: posts the ante 25shrewsbury91: posts the ante 25Theyuminator: posts the ante 25oma30

How do I add my teammate to the tracker?

Fixed, thanks.

Sent 50 from toughguytom (san jose) on stars. Will be playing with a teammate who will post laterLooking forward to shipping this bitch

Interested in anything up to $12...preferably turbos, but would willing to do non-turbos as well.

I would definitely just ship this all in and hope for the best, but I can also see an argument for calling and c/f when you miss the flop. Since you don't have a read on the opponent, I think shoving it the best play while making a small raise would be the worst (puts you in an awkward position as someone mentioned earlier.If you have a read on the opponent, I think the ideal play would be to just call and reevaluate after the flop depending on flop texture and how the initial raiser acts.

QUADS!PokerStars Game #45466938382: Tournament #315020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (50/100) - 2010/06/13 16:52:42 ETTable '315020010 681' 9-max Seat #5 is the buttonSeat 1: schnookems (10200 in chips) Seat 2: oppalaik (9700 in chips) Seat 3: DGMB (10044 in chips) Seat 4: I Am Benjami (9775 in chips) Seat 5: eisenhower1 (10245 in chips) Seat 6: doubledave22 (10530 in chips) Seat 7: toughguytom (13043 in chips) Seat 8: Germs33 (14271 in chips) Seat 9: Mathieu LG (10000 in chips) doubledave22: posts small blind 50toughguytom: posts big blind 100*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to toughguy

In the Sunday Mirrion. Good luck all!

And I'm out.

ITM 361/557stack at 35,252