[$1k Wsop Event]

I also want to add that 60 minute blinds are very similar to a 20 minute blind structure online. as live hands per hour are 35-50 and online is 100-120+again revisiting the 10x preflop raise, how did that compare to his other raises? you cant assume aces just because its 10x if he always raises 10x then this could be a range of hands. . . But I think this is obvious to most players. .

[$4-8 Kill Hand]

I think it worked pretty well for you considering the nit ignored the flush potential . . Many of the players I play with would see the flush and not cap the turn. Then I have to bet the river because they will check behind if they don't fill up but they will call the bet because of the pot size. One other thing I just want to throw into the pot is when you have a pot this size and that many callers is it better to keep more players in the pot to extract other bets instead of raising every chance you get. . . I would say your a mile ahead in a family pot 90% of the time. It depends on the table, with people who play their cards and dont think of what others have you can go crazy but sometimes I think a little more disguised hand may win extra bets? ? ? Just a thought to throw out there.

[Another Live 1/2 Hand]

You take this line and the other guy's the donk? Lol.

what are you afraid that hes gonna draw out on you? If hes a halfway decent player its usually obvious with a check call and a lead that you made a flush any bet over half the pot will more than likely get folded to. If he has a set or two pair there will probably be a check and a fold on the river if the board does not pair. I guess depending on the player they might call a bigger bet but someone who just plays the math would be folding to any bet that doesent pay 10-1 with pot/implied odds. It all depends on the other player the average poor poker player continues to bet in position when its checked to them trying to take down the pot. why not let them donate?

[Another Live 1/2 Hand]

I wonder if the poor player behind you will make a bet on the turn since you just called him on the flop. I think a lot of bad players will think you have AK here and missed completely and will try to represent the flush on the turn or also be oblivious to the fact that there is a flush and think top pair is still good. It all depends on how bad of a player the person behind you is and how much they like to be aggressive, I think with the line you took on the flop I would check the turn to try to get a bet out of the donk and min raise him. if he doesn't bet fire at the river and hope to get paid. I th ink getting a turn bet paid and a river bet paid are small chance unless someone has a set or a smaller flush.

[1/2 Live...bet Sizing Bad On Turn?]

I would say shoving is a bad idea. you have a little more than the pot left and if you are beaten by a flush here you would need many more outs to make it a profitable bet. lets do the math: If you are certain someone has a flush here that leaves you 6 outs If you are certain that they have 2pr that leaves you 8 outs combined you are looking at 15 outs that beats 2pr (8+6 - 1 spade in the 2pr outs) in that case you are only going to win ~35% I would say 40 is a good bet as a good flush will probably raise you and you can fold with confidence and play a shortie for a while. The other part about it, is what makes poker fun, is you could shove representing the flush but the only way this would be profitable is if you are sure that player x is good enough to fold his 2pr and not make a hero call. Unfortunately many times this will be called reluctantly by poor players that are hoping to make their boat on the river. you also might get lucky to see the guy with the king of spades and a queen call thinking he might get lucky and his K high flush will stand up on the river if he makes it (I have unfortunately seen this retarded play done before and then watched him loose $350 on the river when the fourth spade came and someone had the ace.) Overall I would have bet that, it can also look like you are betting your flush to try to milk it out of people who will still call with KX or QxI would not bet the river as you would be shoving the rest of your chips and if you were going to do that you might as well have done it on the turn. I assume from your post that you lost to someone who had KQ right?

[Revenge Hand?]

Heres a hand thats been on my mind all day. . 2-60 spread limitUTG: (me $350) AJ Diamonds, Cutoff: Villian (Covers) ???ok a little backstory . . . In a hand 3 hands before with me on the button Villan raises to 10, 2 callers, I call with a/7 off on the button, BB calls, Flop comes 972 all spades. action checks to me I bet 20 trying to steal and get 1 caller(villian) turn comes Kd I get checked to again so I fire another 20. after some major hesitation I get a call. River comes a blank like a red 5 or 6 and again I get checked to and so I fire another 20. After some thought the villan mucks. he claims to have JJ and since I was leaving I showed the hand. Thats when he obviously got a little angry, I got a few compliments on nice play and he continued to talk to his neighbor about it for the next couple of minutes. then this hand comes up. last hand before I leave I get aj diamonds and limp (I do not like to raise good aces) utg folded to the villian who makes it 24, a common raise for him as does not limp much and usually way overbets preflop with any hand he likes but is a fairly tight range. . folded around to me and i make the call. flop J,T,4 rainbowI check, he bets 26 I call. . (my first mistake I think I should have raised to 60 to try to take it there) turn is 9 not doubling any suit. I check again he bets 60 I ponder and fold showing the hand. this is my problem, a I played it too passive, I call a 40 bet here but not 60. . . his range to me is 99+ which all beats me I dont think JJ but its possible. . KQ has the nuts qj has a draw and is beat ak is a big possibility too as he could be trying to steal still mad about the previous hand. another thought is a/tafter the hand is over someone asked if he had a pair and he said no. . pretty sure he was not lying so my thoughts was I was beat but I am still up in the airwhat do you think?

[Late Tournament Help]

Sorry it was so vague I was just leaving the househere is the basic situation I cant seem to breakMe: ~20kAverage 9kBB or Sb ~7-8kBlinds 400/800 or 500/1000In late position Ill pick up a hand like 88+ or JQ+ sometime KT and sometimes A/8+in an unlimped/unraised pot Ill throw out a raise big enough to make the small stack in one of the blinds call for all their chips. . about 60% they fold but a lot of the times I get called by any two broadway cards. and we go to a flop 80% of the time I win if no one pairs. . . but i am winning a small percentage of these and its putting a decent hit in my stack does anyone think this is a leak of a strategy? I would like to imagine that it is profitable;e over time and I have just hit a cold streak here or maybe there is a better strategy

[Late Tournament Help]

So I have this problem. . . I have been playing the MTTs on Full Tilt and generally I do pretty well. I play pretty tight through the first levels and watch Pokertracker to see who will give away their chips. generally I make my way to the top 100 with relative ease but my problem comes in the later stages right before and after the bubble. three times I have noticed that I go from 4-6th in chips at the bubble to not even making a final table. I try to pick on small stacks and it seems like i just keep loosing coinflips (I am usually the aggressor) to them which leaves me with anywhere from 1/2 to 2/3 of my stack. I try to grind it back up and it seems like I loose another flip until eventually I bust out in the 12-18 range. I see a pattern emerging and I do not like it as playing for 5 hours to double my buy in is a little annoying. Anyone have any advise for me or am I just running into some bad luck? thanks in advance!

[Whats The Sickest Call You've Ever Seen/made]

This is not a sick call its just an extremely poor call. . . .playing $2-60 live game with a splash pot of $100 (football promo)stacks:Sb: ~$200BB: ~$70UTG+1 (me) $130+2 $240Cutoff $~340Button covers allplay is folded to me and I make it $24 (I consider making it 60 and dropping the whole stack to win this one but I wanted to see a flop first). I think I got 6 callers putting over $200 in the pot.Flop 3c, Jc, 10hI quickly make it $60 get called by 4 and the Sb pushes the rest of his short stack. Turn QsI push the rest of my stack (around 40?), 1 fold, CU calls, Button raises 60, SB thinks and folds. . Cu callsRiver is As Hallelujah! Broadway. . . so I'm stoked of course. . Cu and button are the only two with chips in front of them . . so the Cu checks and the button makes it $60now the Cu tanks for about 2 minutes (I really think he would have called if all the other commotion was not going on at the table). and eventually folds flipping over POCKET 8sSo naturally everyone at the table laughs a bit. . I guess you can justify calling the turn with the math? probably around 6 or 7-1 on a call to set farm but when you miss the river and it adds yet another over card, and a 1 card straight possibility how do you not instafold. . . Thanks for the easy money. . .