TJ_Eckleburg

I just can't see her doing this with too many hands you have beaten right now. If she raised with a weaker ace... you need it to be AQ to be ahead. I realize you've got the hearts, but I think folding is the right play. It's too easy for her to have JJ or AJ.

Collosally stupid call by her. I think to push all in there, you need at least a pair of tens or AK. The order of preference, from most preferred hand to least preferred hand, is as follows (assuming we didn't know what she had): AA, KK, QQ, AKs, AKo, JJ, TT. That's my opinion though, and if I had TT I'd think about it long and hard.

The ol' free card play is the sexiest move in limit hold'em, I think. Free river if you miss and more money if you hit. I play all low stakes and whenever I'm in late position with a draw I'll always raise one bet on the flop.

I'm pleased to hear about other people's success when they try this thing. I really want to win some tournaments so I can post some hands, but lately I'm playing a lot of limit cash games these days.

Had AA, got it capped 6 ways yesterday. Capped on the 9-8-4 flop. Turn was a 3... still heavy action but I slowed a little down, afraid of sets. River a worthless 5, no flush draws anywhere. Some f**ker turns up 3-4 from UTG and scoops a 40 BB pot. I guess if you're going to limp with 34 UTG, you might as well call the raise and three-bet, and when I'm behind you to cap it you obviously have to call that one too. I think Sklansky said that once.

Get 'er dunnnnnn...

I've done some dealing in card clubs around Atlanta. One time I flopped Ac Qc Tc. Somebody joked "who's got the royal?" as it checked around. The turn was Kc, and one guy made a bet to which everyone folded. I couldn't help myself... and burned and turned... the Jc. The place flipped out. The guy betting had the 9c. I'm a pretty sick dealer. I specialize in changing the nuts on every card. Turn the 3rd spade, river pairs the board, that sort of thing. Lately I've been practicing on my gutshots and underpairs.

Atlanta over here can't figure out who to vote for... the guy condemning Republican political tactics or the guy from Boston... and we all know how THAT turned out. Hmmmm... I abstain (and that's a big word for a Southerner).

Yep, berating the fish was definitely a drunk TJ move. It's something of a moral victory, if you will. They may have won the pot, but I always win the moral battles. It's a very self-righteous feeling. I've got to stop playing drunk.

I think three-betting the flop isn't something you always should do with TPTK, but it's something to consider. No matter what though, I definitely would have led into the bettor on the turn. Although... judging by the mood of the post, maybe it's a saved bet from some huckle moron. Everything for a reason, right?

I actually remember your screen name, because I thought it might have been a reference to the hated GT Yellow Jackets, but it said you were from Vancouver so I didn't ask about it.Yes... I do whine occassionally. In my defense though... I was drunk. My favorite defense of all. And it probably was a legitimate bad beat, whatever it was. I've gotten scarily good at drunk typing, I'm proud to admit. I tend to ramble a bit though... which you probably noticed.

Those results are always the most frustrating to me. In a way, I'd rather have a horrendous beat than fold for 2 straight hours and get whittled away to nothing. Getting cold-decked is much more catastrophic in tournaments than in cash games, because in cash games, you can just fold. You have to be adding to your stack all the time in tournaments, and when the cards aren't there you just can't do it. Fair winds ahead... and fight the battle.

Not nearly as entertaining as my game on Partypoker. Got capped heads up preflop by Ah3h... he rivered the A and was charged dearly for it all the way down. I don't know what I was doing in a capped pot with KK... you guys are playing on the wrong site I tell you.

I've got a Stars screen name but I do all my playing on Party. Pity they won't let me chat with y'all as an observer b/c I don't have 5 measley bucks in my account

If you're playing online, I recommend just chanting, 'CALL, CALL, CALL, CALL."Thank God... I thought I was the only one who did this.

It's just that my (amateur) experience with either Omaha high or O/8 has shown me that the real moneymaking hands in omaha are highly coordinated hands. I definitely would not have raised preflop. It's too much of a hold'em mentality, the whole "I have a high pocket pair, I'm probably ahead of anybody else heads up, so I'll add value to the pot." You clearly stated that this isn't why you raised, I'm merely pointing out what it seems a lot of weak omaha players are thinking when they do something like that.Good times on the set though. Top set is always fun. I probably don't know enough ab

Even low limit psychos fold 3 cold to them with marginal handsUm... no they don't, lol. Not 3 hours ago did I have just aces in a 6-way capped preflop pot. Flop 9-8-4 rainbow... capped again. Turn a 3... river a 5, heavy action most everywhere. 34o called the cap preflop and the cap on the flop. I was up against KK, QQ, and QQ, ATs dropped on the flop... and 34o takes down the 40 BB pot. I was more than slightly miffed.

I don't claim to be even a good omaha player... but is KK33 really even a playable hand? To me, it incorporates two of the biggest leaks that weak omaha players have: overvaluing stranded big pocket pairs, and 2nd place flush draws. As the hardcore omaha players say... nothing will get you in trouble faster in omaha than flopping the nut straight, or drawing to king-high flushes.Just my opinion...

In re-thinking it... I'm not too crazy about raising KQo in EP, either. I think I retract that in favor of a just-call. If you're at a tight table and get called you're probably behind, or maybe even dominated. For some reason... I think KQ is a much stronger hand in limit than it is in no-limit. I can't explain why, or even if that hypothesis has any merit to it at all. Maybe selective memory and a small sample size.As for the TT, I completely forgot about the isolation possibilities. I'm just used to playing low-limit online... and I find the best way to make value with non-premium poc

I agree... cap the flop to try and let people know you're playing a solid hand... buuuuuut... the texture of the board is frightening. Set... A4 suited... all kinds of freak-nasty hands have you beat right now and there's no reason not to suspect your opponents have them all. Check-call the turn... and if it's two bets by the time it's back to you... strongly consider folding.

Some people change games every round. Just move on to the next round every time the button gets back to Seat 1.

Just my opinions... as always...1. Raise2. Call (limp)3. Cold-call the raise4. Fold (no odds, out of position, why bother)5. Fold (AQ doesn't fare well when two other people three bet into you)6. Fold (I think raising is too aggressive and calling is too loose, JMO)7. Call (limp), and call one raise if someone does raise.8. Call (You're at least going to be 5 way, and you have position for now)9. Call the raise, but fold if it were offsuit10. Re-raise (button's raising standards go WAY down... put the heat on)How'd I do?

In general, I don't like showing my hand. It's giving away free information for your opponents to beat you. Maybe you'll show a slowplayed flopped boat... and by showing off your hand you're daring your opponents to remember how you acted and pick up tells.However, that being said, I believe there are situations where it's DEFINITELY ok to show your cards. Blindstealing late in a tournament, if you have a healthy stack and there's a monster stack in the SB and a short stack in the BB. You look down at a premium hand that needs isolation, so you raise QQ up pretty hard. If they both fold,

I personally don't prefer 6-handed play, because my style of limit hold'em is more conducive to folding bad cards and playing good cards fast. When the blinds come around every 4 hands instead of every 8 hands, you have to win more small pots with marginal holdings just to stay above even. For this reason, i.e. when you're trying to win a marginal pot and run into someone playing legitimate cards, you're going to get in trouble.So for those reasons, obviously the variance and the volatility of 6-handed LHE are much higher than the variance and volatility of 10-handed LHE. I believe limit is

Frankly, you're right... that was a pretty weak play on my part. If I truly felt I was ahead, or if he had nothing to bet on, I should have raised him and see if he'd have the stones to call (or raise) another bet.I did it mostly because of advertisement. I wanted to let this guy know I wouldn't let him run me over in a pot when I felt quite confident he was weak. For him, the psychological message would be that he couldn't run me or the table over as long as I have halfway decent cards, and for my opponents it was to try to imply I'm a calling station and can't let go of hands.I ended up h