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I 3-bet the turn. If he caps, check/call the river. If he just calls, I bet/call the river. He's playing this like an overpair or small set on the flop. If he flopped the nut flush he'd probably wait until the turn to raise you.Jeff

Yeah, it may be. Here's the thing about PF, IMO... since you are to the left of the 3-bettor, it sets up your action if you hit the flop. Thus, I think it's more instructive to consider if you just call PF, what are your flop actions when you flop any of the following:1) a pair (almost certainly not top pair)2) a flush draw3) a gutshot4) an oesd5) any combination of the aboveObviously if you flop a FD or OESD you'll wish you'd capped PF, but that happens what... around 1 in 4? You'll flop a gutshot or pair more often, obviously, so if you call, what do you want there? Raise BB's continuati

I'm raising there for the following reasons:a. Shut out button. Even if he has a better hand, he'll have difficulty calling two unless he has a monster.b. Free showdownc. Your read on sbWhoops, I'm not teneight.Jeff

I'm workin on it :-) Problem is that life is unexpectedly put a crimp on my poker lately. Not busto or anything, just been entirely too busy to play.Jeff I'm quite well aware of how it works, thanks. Are you actually a database programmer or do you just play one on poker message boards?The fact is that marketing 101 conflicts mightly with your "programming 101". If the next version of PT is made with a newer version of access, there will be a conversion process involved. Maybe that will be free, maybe it won't. If you backup via the method I outlined in what was supposed to be a non-cont

Thanks for your well-reasoned and thoughtful response. Fair enough, I'll take your word for it. I call BS here and refer you to previous versions of access which were not backwards compatible. Care to share some of that prescient knowledge with the rest of us on why this won't happen going forward?Jeff

Actually, that may not be the best way for a couple of reasons:1) It may not included the indices created by access (I'm not familiar enough with access specifically to say if this is the case or not, but it's a distinct possibility)2) The access database format may later change rendering the data file useless.I'd recommend one of two ways to get a good backup. If you are using the default access DB, then use the "export hand history" menu option (I forget which menu it's in). It will export all your HH as text files which you can then reimport in the event of a crash. Just save them to a s

As a bona-fide computer geek, I'd tell you it depends on what you want, but here are some suggestions:1) Load up on both RAM and hard drive space. You cannot have too much of either, and on a price/performance ratio you generally get the most bang for the buck here. Btw, Serial ATA hard drives are considerably better than their IDE counterparts. Get those.2) CPU speed is important, but not nearly as much as you might think. I typically find that you pay 30-40% more for the newest procs for only a 10% increase in effective computing speed (unless you're doing highly complex mathematical r

Only if he routinely caps the flop with very little would I 3-bet this flop. I like very much more waiting for the turn if he doesn't since you have position.Oh, and way to practice good seat selection :)Jeff

I'm likely the tightest of this entire bunch and even I call here.Position + probable live cards + suitedness + connectedness + good odds == easy call:)Jeff

In a 12BB pot, closing the action against an unknown on a not-particularly-scary board I'm calling this 100% of the time. I think you have the best hand here often enough to make the call itself profitable. Add to that the information you gain by showing this down against someone who has position on you for the rest of the game and I think it's automatic.Jeff

If he views you as weak/tight, there's certainly more than 0%. Nevertheless, even if he played it like this 10% of the time (and I don't think it's that high) it doesn't significantly affect the EV of capping the turn, so forget I said it...You're right on the 50%, so it's close either way on the turn.I'm not clear what you mean by "waiting for the river". What exact line are you advocating?Jeff/hopefully done editting this post now

I think you're overlooking the possibility that this is an overplayed AK, as well. It's rare, but it happens.As for the flop, I like the raise/call line. You have position, afterall, so you can get him on the turn.If I don't cap that turn I can't look at myself in the mirror. If he leads out again on the river, I'm just calling. Without a dead-on read, not capping the turn is giving up value, IMO.Jeff

I agree with MNG on the flop. I like just calling there since you can't protect your hand.Turn is a fold.Jeff

You have an uncanny knack for misconstruing the entire substance of a post based on a hypothetical example. You should look into a career in politics before you develop some cognitive abilities.Jeff/done with this thread

Oh I see... so it would be okay, for example, to put in the subject of my Star Wars forum post: "Darth Vader is Luke's father!!ONE!!" the day after Empire Strikes Back comes out?Regardless of the fact that it's a poker forum, some people may not want to know the outcome of an event they want to watch on TV later. Why is that really so hard to understand? If OP had put two seconds of thought into his post, the subject would have been: "Winner of Heads Up Challenge, Warning Spoilers Inside!"As for Daniel's blog, I'm pretty sure Daniel isn't thoughtless enough to put in big bold letters "Ted

IP addresses are "attached" to the end-most point of the network to which the the outside network (the Internet) has access.Put simply, if you have a wireless router and cable modem at your house and your buddy has a wireless router and different cable modem at his house, then you will have different IP addresses. But, if you both connect through his (or your) wireless router, it will look to the rest of the Internet like you have the same IP address because the router allows you to share the connection.It's much more complicated than this, but this should give you the basic idea.Jeff

Wow, thanks for not spoiling it for those that wanted to watch it first by doing something like putting it right in the subject... Jeff

Why, yes do... missed it. It's very marginally loose then. Jeff

If he's not raising from EP with AQ, AJ, AT and calling with A-hi on the river, this is a pretty clear check behind. Everything else has you crushed, and he's definitely not folding a better hand.Jeff

What's everyone think about the flop cap? We've got position, I think maybe I let him take the lead there with the 3-bet.I grumble and call this river. At most I'd do something like this once or twice per table... everyone will be taking shots at you on the river if you do it any more than that.Jeff

Yeah, I agree with that. The check part I'm with... not so sure about the call part. I agree with your assessment here. I don't think he limps with anything other than PP, and (at best) Q-hi suited cards or connectors. With stats like that tho, is it possible he'd limp with A2s from up front?The problem, as I see it, is that even if all your K outs are good (prolly are) and all your J outs are good (prolly not) then you still don't have odds to call in this 5.5BB pot on the turn. I'm thinking this is a check/fold on the turn.Jeff

This is an important point. I knew you'd make one eventually, Actuary :)Seriously, you hit the nail on the head. The fact is that EVERY style has advantages and disadvantages. TAA, for example, gets more value out of made hands and loses more when their opponent makes a hand. SLAP gets less value of made hands and loses less to their opponents made hands. And so on.I believe the thinking behind being more TAG than SLAP is that if you play correctly pre-flop and post-flop, then you're more likely (on average and over time) to have a better hand than your opponent. So betting aggressively

I wanna recap that hand here first:Tim has AsQh on the button. UTG raises, he 3-bets, UTG calls.Flop: 2h Ac 6d 3d JdBet / Tim calls, bet / Tim calls, bet / Tim raises / callOk this hand is different from yours for a couple of reasons:First, the UTG better either really connected with the flop or (more likely) he has a PP or smaller ace and thinks there's a reasonable chance you didn't connect. There are also no real draws on the board.If Tim raises the flop and takes the lead, it'll be pretty clear to his opponent (on whom he has position) that Tim still likes his hand after the A flopped.

Haven't read the other replies. I think the thread should have ended with Tim's dead-on reply here :)Jeff

PF - I usually wouldn't 3-bet here, but now that I think about it I probably should.Flop - Duh.Turn - If you were ahead PF or on the flop, you're ahead here. Bet == way standard.River - I'm checking here and calling one from an aggressive opponent. I probably check/fold to a passive one.Jeff