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It seems anytime I get all in pf or on the flop with a solid hand (always the favorite), I lose. It's really cutting into my 50bb/100 winrate at the microlimits. Here's the most recent fun hand.I'm button with A239, 2 clubs (A is one). Some decent preflop action, I potted of course.Flop is 46J, 2 clubs. Guy in front of me goes all in for a small amount, I call, guy behind me pots it. If I call here, I'll be down to like half the pot in chips, so it's really either all in or fold. With uncounterfeitable nut low draw (barring running A2 or something wild), straight draw and nut flush draw,

The bad beat forum is here for people to post bad beats.. If you do not wish to see such threads, I recommend not clicking on this forum. Thanks.And that sucks OP. I'd consider not being on a bad beat table more of a bad beat than the runner/runner though

Here's a situation that comes up a lot that I'm feeling kind of lost on atm. Help me.You're in the sb/bb with a hand like 78s or 2 other middle cards. A LP limper or 2 comes in.For this example, you had 78s in the sb and completed after 2 limpers. Flop comes down something raggity like T83r, giving you 2nd pair/bad kicker. You bet out (this is correct?), and get one caller in the CO. What do you do on the turn when a) it's a somewhat scary card, like a J or A, B) when it's a rag? Your opponent is SLPP (standard PP/PS fish).

Reraise and hope he has an ace/flush draw. You're not fooling anyone by smoothcalling here.exactly. There is no such thing as smooth calling an overbet that large. That screams strength more than a push.

Royal, I'm not intimately familiar with this strategy, but I do know some of the basics, so I'll try to explain why buying in for the min can be more profitable than buying in for the max for some people.The following are facts:1) Most bad NL cash game players lose most of their money on later streets (turn/river), where bets usually get larger and the chance of being an enormous underdog is much larger.2) It's next to impossible to play with a 100bb stack and get all your money in on the first 2 streets on any hand you play and make it profitable.3) You could train a monkey (and perhaps aro

Yes, I noticed you quoted that part. But as I made no claim as to a shortstack strategy making maximum profit, I had assumed you had read the rest of this thread and noticed where I said it wouldn't maximize profit for some. I guess you don't read the entirity of a thread in which you are avidly debating? The point of the post which you quoted was that if a SSHE coauthor tells me a strategy will work and some random internet poster says it is flawed, I'm going to listen to the one who has some credibility. Sorry for not making it more clear.

Hmm, did I miss the part where I said it was the best way to play? Let me scroll up and check. Nope, apparently you agree with what I said, and then pretended like I said something different. I guess you could have misquoted the wrong post. I'm a little confused though, so I eagerly await your response.

His strategy is pretty much the same as Malmuth's(?). Let's see, who am I going to trust. A coauthor of SSHE, or some internet poster with an alias that is synonymous with masturbation?

People keep debating that it's more profitable to play a large stack than a short stack, and while this may be true for some, it isn't true for the vast majority of players. The strength of this strategy is that people need to learn very little postflop play past reading their hand on the flop, so it takes a lot less skill to make money. I think most people vastly overrate themselves as far as postflop skills go, and I found I really sucked ass postflop as well (I've been humbled ever since switching to LHE and learning all kinds of postflop play that is applicable to NL, but I never thought

Barring phenomenal reads, yes, you lose your whole stack. It's far more likely he has 74, 75 or 7Q than 77.

You don't think nearly any pair is calling here, especially a T or J? I figured after the flop/turn that it was likely he had a T (takes the free card with OESD), or a scared pair.

Granted, I played it way too passively preflop/flop. How about river?

2nd hand at table, absolutely no reads.Hero is sb with [Tc] [8c].7 folds, hero completes, bb raises, hero calls.Flop (4 SB): [Js] [9s] [8d]Hero checks, bb bets, hero calls.Turn (3 BB): [4s]Hero checks, bb checks.River (3 BB): [Tc]Hero bets with intention of folding to a raise...Discuss.

Flop is good, with 5 to a capped flop, you have to assume a Q is out there, if not an overpair. Turn is marginal, I think it can go either way with implied odds, if you know it will be called behind you. Having a raise behind you would suck though. River is an easy fold, unless people are betting and raising with A high at this table.

Or at party 1/2, 23o is likely

Liberty, you are so good that you should move up limits. Try out 10/20 6max on party.That's LHE$10/$206 maxpartypoker...good luck

Flop call isn't good, but turn call is perfectly fine. He will not split with QJ if he hits his gutshot, as the last time I checked, broadway beat K high straight. So even if he knows his opponent has QJ (not unlikely), he has 11 outs to win. Kinda loose flop call, but good call on turn.

According to PT, my top 10 hands are:AAKKQQAQsAKo88JJTTAKsQ9s

You're going to fold some winners to maniacs. That's why they think they are so good. It's more profitable to fold some winners than to call down with a weak hand when 2 maniacs are capping every street. I do feel your pain though. I always hate it when I see a 20BB pot going to a K high when I had a good pair.There is nothing worse than a maniac who is getting hit upside the head with the deck. Currently sitting on the left of one who is around 100/50/a billion (hasn't just called yet postflop from what I can tell). It was very frustrating dropping 20BB to him when my TT and QQ both got

You get more out of college than just a piece of paper and a little more money each year. College is a great place to broaden your mind. You get out of it what you want.And if people with a college degree are having major problems finding better work than server at TGIFriday's, maybe they shouldn't have majored in something ridiculously common like business, or obscure like 18th century African art.

I didn't see him say which way his hand was suited, but explain to me how the 6 can be suited to the A and get a nut flush draw on a 665 board? Considering it's basically all in on the flop, you can simply assume the rest of the chips will be in on the turn if he doesn't decide to just clean up the last $50 that bb couldn't put in on the reraise right then and there. Either way, he's getting slightly less than 2-1 to see the last 2 cards and has about up to a 37% chance to win, so long as his opponent isn't on something crazy good like AA65. It's a marginal call for sure, but not bad by any

No kidding? Never lose more than 2 buyins? I know PLO8 has quite low variance, but hot damn.. I might be a bit more conservative than that, as I have lost an entire buyin a couple times already.Thanks for the info.

This is PLO8, not limit O8.. Unless you meant 250bb, which seems ridiculously low.

PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha/8, $0.02 BB (7 handed) converterUTG ($4.53)MP1 ($1.24)MP2 ($2.63)Hero ($7.02)Button ($1.30)SB ($5.23)BB ($2.32)Preflop: Hero is CO with [2c], [5c], [4h], [Ac]. UTG calls $0.02, MP1 calls $0.02, MP2 calls $0.02, Hero calls $0.02, Button calls $0.02, 1 fold, BB checks.Flop: ($0.13) [3d], [7s], [Qs] (6 players)BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets $0.1, Button calls $0.10, BB folds, UTG calls $0.10, MP1 calls $0.10, MP2 calls $0.10.Turn: ($0.63) [6h] (5 players)UTG bets $0.18, MP2 folds, Hero calls $3.06.River: ($10.81) (3 players, 1 all-in)Final P

I'm starting at .01/.02 PLO8 and working my way up, learning as I go, and had a few questions about stats.First of all, what kind of VP$IP is desireable. I'm sure it's higher at microlimits since the players are so completely terrible, but once i get to like .5/1, what should I be around? Currently I'm at like 35%, which I assume is too high.Second, what kind of bb/100 is considered doing well? I'm sure at the microlimits, it's like 50bb/100 since the players are so bad, but once I move up, what kind of bb/100 would indicate doing well?Thirdly, what are the bankroll requirements for PLO8?