wheezer16
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Thanks for the feedback.I pushed all-in. He flipped over KT (not suited) for the straight. I've thought about this hand for awhile wondering what I might have done differently. I don't want to be one of those players who go broke with AK simply because I've got TPTK. Limited options in this scenario though. I reloaded and made some of the cash back.
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Sorry...meant this for the NLHE strategy forum...brain cramp.
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$1/2 NLHE $100 max. buy-in (Florida)I had roughly $90 (relatively new to the table) and was UTG with AhKh. Fairly loose table...I raise to $15 (standard for this table) and get 4 callers including the BB. Flop comes AsQcQs. BB checks and I figure that checking is not an option (would leave me with no idea where I stand if anyone bets, especially with flush draw on the table). I decide to bet $25 leaving me with $50 behind (I know this is a smallish bet, but short of pushing all-in or pot commiting myself I figure this bet will get me some useful information). Everyone else folds to the BB (he has me covered. I also figure him for a casino regular based on his demeanor,...) who just calls. Turn comes Jd. Big blind checks. I spend a few minutes contemplating my move while BB blabbers on about how I must have AQ and am just trying to figure out how to extract money). What is the best move?
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UB used to crash my computer all the time. Switched to PokerStars 6 months ago...hasn't happened once.
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Narcissistic personality disorder:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/narcissis...isorder/DS00652
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Daniel,I have read your most recent blog and want to raise the following points:I am a Pediatrician in Toronto and want you to know that doctors like myself share the same concerns and frustrations as the families of autistic children. It is a very complex disorder that is both difficult to diagnose and treat. There is no doubt that the incidence of autism is on the rise but no one yet knows why. A few years ago there was a small study done in Britain that raised the possibility that autism may be linked to the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine. Since that time many large studies have looked into this issue, most notably a European study involving over 300,000 children, and have concluded that the link with MMR does not exist. In this European study 1/2 of the children had received MMR and 1/2 had not. There was no difference in the rates of autism in both groups, and in fact there were fewer children with autism in the MMR group (not statistically significant). The authors of the original British study have since republished and stated that they were wrong.Bottom line is that the link between MMR and autism is unfounded. There is no controversy any longer in the medical community. Any scientists/doctors saying otherwise are not relying on scientific evidence. Just like you can still find scientists who say that global warming is not real, you can also find a few scientists who perpetuate the myth of a link between autism and MMR.Anytime a doctor recommends a vaccine for a child it is always a matter of weighing the risks and the benfits of the particular vaccine. No one can say that vaccines are 100% risk free, but what we can can say is that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks of getting the particular disease. Even with something like chicken pox, there is a 3-5 % complication risk. This includes encephalitis, pneumonia, and necrotizing fasciitis. Even though you and your friends didn't get these complications, many other children do and suffer very severe consequences.I fully support the idea of working hard to understand the cause(s) of autism and treating both the physcial and behavioural components of the condition, but lets not unnecessarily demonize one the single greatest medical breakthroughs of the last century that has contributed to a dramatic reduction in infant/childhood mortality and increased life expectancy, namely childhood vaccines.
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.25/.50, .50/1, or less commonly 1/2 NL. At these limits I will often get 1 or 2 callers with a standard preflop raise from early position. If I miss the flop I am reluctant to make a pot size bet because it gets quite costly. A smaller continuation bet gets called frequently.I would get more aggressive PF. What kind of limits are you playing? -
When i feel tilted I uninstall the software from my computer...this forces me to take a break until I feel ready to play again.
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Thanks for the advice.
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I play small stakes NL hold-em online and track my results with pokertracker. For my last 10k hands I have won about 4.5 BB/hr and most of my profits have come from AA, KK, QQ,and AK suited...but AK ofsuit is only a break even hand for me. I think that I tend to play it too passively (often limping early) because when I am early and miss the flop I can get away from it pretty easily. I do raise with it in position, but overall I feel that this should be a profitable hand for me. Any ideas?
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Ya...sometimes I don't have enough info, often I will re-raise all-in if my opponent has a relatively short stack and I can't put him on a hand. I play full ring, .50/1. I've thought of a more specific example...I (standard) raise 1 limper from middle position with QQ (we both have $100), and only that limper calls. The flop comes 7-9-2 rainbow. He checks and I make a pot sized bet, he makes a big re-raise...if I call or raise I will be pot-committed. Based on what I know I feel that I am beat, but grudgingly raise all-in (after all he may have JJ ot TT). He flips over 7-9. I am toast, and I feel that I should have followed my instinct and folded. It is just so hard for me to follow my instinct, especially under the time pressure.these can be situationalin situations like this, example.1/2 NL You - 200 chipsVillain 200 chipsu make a raise to 15 with AAvillain callsflop 7,10,JU bet 30. he raises to 75.his holdings can be anything from 7,7 10,10 JJ AJ, J,10 8,9 etc...if he is loose enough, KJ, QJ A,10 You need to realize you can only raise or fold. You need enough info to know if ur good here, or if ur beat.if the same hand and flop occur in this situationyou 200villain 95preflop bet 15flop 7,10,Ju bet 30 villain goes all in.its 50 more to you. pot is 140. you are getting almost 3:1 Sometimes you're beat, sometimes you're ahead. But its almost impossible to lay down an over pair like Kings or aces in a situation like this.if this is what u mean, by making the laydowns. cuz i know that after a few of these, they can take their toll on your stacks. -
Thanks for the feedback. One example might be where I've got AA or KK, i raise preflop, see a favourable flop, make a pot (or near pot-sized) bet, my opponent makes a big re-raise or limp re-raise. I've already shown strength twice and am still getting re-raised. Usually I am beat here (e.g. by a set)...KK or QQ may be re-raising but I'm usually paying off a better hand. My instincts are usually right, but I feel rushed (online) and often call when I know I shouldn't. Then comes the shame, lol.What are some of these hands? Post them on here so we've got some idea of what you mean. In general, though, don't worry about making the "big laydown." Most laydowns are fairly standard when you've played enough. Example: betting top pair on the flop and the turn and then being raised by an unknown. Now that's not a "big laydown" - that's almost standard. Most opponents are not raising you on the turn with weaker hands. Sure, sometimes you fold the winner but more often than not you're drawing thin if not dead. Of course with a read you can make this call, but the important point is that you need this read to do so.What royal said is correct, that you have to assign your opponent(s) a range. Once you get enough experience decisions tend to become automatic. You remember how when you first studied poker you had to consciously tell yourself to fold A9o UTG in a 9-handed game? You had to assess your situation, "What position am I in? How many players are at the table? How likely am I to be dominated? What do I do if reraised? What do I do if I flop an ace and am raised by the button?" Eventually you came to the decision of "fold." And as you logged more hands that type of fold became automatic. You didn't even think about it. You knew that A9o was dominated by way too many hands to be raising from such early position. Well, it's the same thing postflop. After a while you just have a feeling for when you're beaten. Of course not all of what you do will result from instinct. You'll still be dissecting the hand - but with more experience you'll be able to analyze it more intelligently and quickly.Remember, in order to make a big laydown you need a good read on your opponent. Without one you're probably folding more winners than losers. It's just like making a big call. You need reads. -
I really believe that one of the big factors in my inability to lay down hands might have to do with the time limit (online). My instinct tells me that I am beat, and with a minute or two to think it out (instead of 20-30 seconds) I would probably lay down more of these problematic hands.
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I'm playing at tables where the quality of the opponents in fairly solid, but betting patterns are fairly easy to read, and usually reliable. The biggest problems come when I have a big pp or 2 pairs and my opponent hits a set...his big reraise when I have already shown strength tells me I am beat (usually correct), but I have trouble letting go because I'm invested. 99% of the time I don't play like a donkey, but at the critical times I do.well in any game it's generally correct to follow your gut instinct of course, but in small NL games you probably shouldn't be too hard on yourself...sometimes people do go nuts and make monstrous bluffs or overplay marginal hands, and i imagine that you know this and maybe this is part of the reason you still call downhowever, if you do manage to move up, they will have the goods even more often than down in lower limits, so then you will really need to trust your instincts, and you will need to go with your reads in this situations...in smaller games, though, strange things happen so i can't say i would kill myself over it if i were you -
Sorry for the confusion...I meant lower limit NL hold 'em.in and of itself, learning to make "big laydowns" in Limit is NOT a goal you should pursue.Say, you are playing 50c,$1 Limit an the pot is $12 on the river and you are last to act and need to call 1 bet with your Top Pair Top kicker hand.Say you are reasonably beat 17/18 times. Even then you are losing 0.27cents per hand. Now, when you consider: The information you get from calling, the Metegame Benefits of calling occasionally "when you are surely beat" and the tendency for bad players to bluff into you in big pots, you wil find that finding folds in big pots is -EV.Now, if you are playing middle pair on 4 flush boards and trying to power-poker your way to winning every pot, my post does not apply.Please post hands in the LHE forum and I will be gald to give you more help.I'm in a good mood. -
I have been playing online for a couple of years in lower limit cash games, and consider myself a decent player. I have eliminated a lot of leaks in my game and feel that my game has slowly improved. HOWEVER...I still often find myself unable to laydown a good hand when I have some cash in the pot even when I recognize that I am likely beat (based on the betting pattern,...). I end up giving back all of my hard earned BR on a few stupid plays. Why can't I click 'fold' when I know I'm beat????????
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FYI...Apparently it can't be done according to Pokertracker support.Check the Poker Tracker FAQIt's really easy but I don't have a step-by-step for you. -
How do I create a new database in order to reset my own statistics while at the same time keeping everyone else's accumulated stats available?
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Thanks for replies...by 'collusion' I guess I meant that it just seemed as though these 2 guys could be playing in the same room. Lack of action on the turn seemed odd. That's all.77 REALLY needed to raise the turn. His opponent finally showed strength when an ace came, that's good for a raise in my book. But yeah, don't know why you think this is collusion. -
This hand and lack of action sure looked odd to me.Hand #30824093-1861 at Lenoir (No Limit Hold'em)Powered by UltimateBetStarted at 05/Apr/06 16:16:06 d a v e is at seat 0 with $26. Tilting Bot is at seat 1 with $39.50. blander631 is at seat 2 with $97.50. ShadyMcShade is at seat 3 with $35. manray is at seat 4 with $164. sorewinner is at seat 5 with $73.45. ratbastard2 is at seat 6 with $91. Keeno95 is at seat 7 with $48.50. marketflea is at seat 8 with $96.50. Peeds is at seat 9 with $186.10. The button is at seat 0. Tilting Bot posts the small blind of $.50. blander631 posts the big blind of $1. d a v e: -- -- Tilting Bot: -- -- blander631: -- -- ShadyMcShade: -- -- manray: -- -- sorewinner: -- -- ratbastard2: -- -- Keeno95: -- -- marketflea: -- -- Peeds: 6d TcPre-flop: ShadyMcShade folds. manray folds. sorewinner folds. ratbastard2 folds. Keeno95 folds. marketflea folds. Peeds folds. d a v e folds. Tilting Bot calls. blander631 checks. Flop (board: Jc 7h Js): Tilting Bot checks. blander631 checks. Turn (board: Jc 7h Js Ad): Tilting Bot bets $1. blander631 calls. River (board: Jc 7h Js Ad Ac): Tilting Bot checks. blander631 checks. Showdown: Tilting Bot shows Jh 4d. Tilting Bot has Jh Jc Js Ad Ac: full house, jacks full of aces. blander631 mucks cards. (blander631 has 7c 7d.) Hand #30824093-1861 Summary: $.20 is raked from a pot of $4. Tilting Bot wins $3.80 with full house, jacks full of aces.
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I finally got my $105 back today after I pestered them with a couple of e-mails. What a pain...almost 3 weeks.
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As it turns out they reversed two over-credits (from frozen tables) to my account and are now in the process (I hope) of replacing the appropriate credit in my account. Still no word on the money from 3 weeks ago.
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When i signed off from UB last night I had $810 in my account...this morning there is $424 in the account. Still waiting on Customer service to reply.I am still missing $105 from my account from 3 weeks ago. UB said they were looking into it, but nothing since...and now this.My advice is to stay away from UB until glitches are done.
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I hate AK because I find it rarely pays off. I typically make a standard raise with it from UTG to the button (I will often limp with it in SB/BB, and typically won't reraise with it), however when A or K comes on the flop everyone runs away if I bet, and if the flop misses me then I'm often behind. Limping preflop or postflop is often a disaster.Any good strategies fro profiting more often with AK?
My Matrix Moment
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I've posted before about not being able to make big laydowns despite all of my efforts...I was outrageously frustrated at the endless cycle of slowly building up my BR (all online, NLHE, low/medium limits) with solid play only to see a week's worth of good decisions go down the drain with 1 or 2 bad decisions, usually related to my inability to lay down big pp's to a made set (even when I figured I was beat, based on betting patterns,...).Well I don't know how it changed, but it has. Suddenly I find myself able to make the big laydowns without much difficulty. Even when I've got a significant amout of money in the pot, but I believe I'm likely beat, I am now able to lay the hand down and preserve my bankroll. I just don't need to know what the other guy has...I just assume I'm beat and peacefully lay down the hand. Of course there will be times that I am wrong, but this doesn't trouble me because I trust my intuition.This is not meant as a brag. I only consider myself to be an intermediate level player at best. But I want to let others know that peristing and struggling can pay off. I feel like I've reached a new level. I feel a little like Neo at the end of the Matrix when he starts to see everything in slow motion.