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Ha, if he doesn't want to play PL Omaha then he doesn't have to sit down at the $500/1000 blind table with Patrik Antonius...Seriously. I can't wait to hear that Isildur has gone broke, hopefully against Durrrr.

Isildur1 confuses me to death. Last night he was playing Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey and Durrrr all at once.Results:Patrik Antonius schools Isildur at Omaha NL. Seriously. He bought in with $200,000 and I went to play a few SNGs and saw PA's chips at $1.6 million. Isildur makes a lot of crazy bluffs (he bet his whole buy in on 2 pair HU Omaha NL with a sick board like Ac Qc 10c 4d 7c) and Patrik Antonius is good enough to call him most of the time he's full of it.Ivey grinds it out with Isildur in Hold'em NL. I watched on and off for about an hour and Ivey was up $100,000, lots of back and fort

Hrmm. That is a pretty good drawing hand for him, 4 outs to a straight and any heart for a nut flush. I also would've shoved.I think his bet was a little trappy. He knew if you called it you would be pot committed, which is often a way of saying "all-in me".I don't like calling JT from the SB with 7 BBs at all though. A limp from an early position is often a nice hand (someone said AJo and lo and behold it was AQo) and with 7 BB I think your options are fold/shove. Otherwise you're inviting a shove if you have to check any flop.

Good point, I'm probably unduly paranoid about flush draws in a HU situation when I flop a set.

He check-called a pot sized bet twice. Would the nit villain do that with 2 pair or a flush draw? Which is more likely?He did limp into it. He could have 22, 77 or maybe TT. That's what happens when you limp.I would fold.

I've played a few dozen double through SNGs, usually 6 man. I agree- don't be a hero. There seems to be a whole lot less pre-flop raising and c-betting than on a standard SNG, mostly people trying to fold their way to the money, which they will occasionally manage. If someone starts playing loose to gather up money pre flop, punish them with a re-raise when you get hole cards, they will almost always fold.The bubble in a double through can be brutal, especially if the deep stacks aren't putting the pressure on. If you're in the short stack in that position you need to choose between hyper-aggr

Think about why you bluffed him on the turn. If you thought he had trips or a boat on the flop, Would you really have bluffed him?To boot, you hit your gut shot draw and the only hands that beat you are 23, 24, A2, 56, 44, 33, and AA. Would he check one of those hands behind on the flop? Probably not.If you are bluffing with a straight draw and you actually hit it, play it! Try to value bet him.

If he is a maniac calling/raising too many bets, its time to v bet him when you hit your set.The odds of him having a higher ace are pretty remote, especially when he checked the river and turn. He wants to get paid if he has the trips, and so do you.

I know you've heard it repeatedly, but to sum it up:Opening the pot with a raise is good but 3 times the big blind is pretty standard rather than 10.If people see you check/folding the flop after a big raise preflop they will try to exploit you by jamming a huge bet every time you check the flop (or at least I will).A lot of people will limp in early position with a monster hands like AA or AKs because they are afraid if they open with a standard raise everyone will fold and they won't get to play their cards. If somebody who doesn't usually limp suddenly does, get suspicious. The other day I

Not really a tournament play question is it? This looks like it belongs in the bad beats forum.As for the first hand, hitting the flush draw really wasn't that bad a beat. He is basically 1:1 with AA on the flop, 3:1 dog on the turn, and considering how much he had stuffed into the pot on the flop versus how much he had left he was basically 100% pot committed. In fact if he wanted to call that bet he should've just all-inned.Also I think claims that sites "favor" certain kinds of stacks or players is outrageous from a technical perspective. You can't favor one short stack without favoring the

You need to worry about 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, 5-4, 5-9, and 9-T. I would assume he didn't limp with a PP and check behind with a set- he would try to take it down right there rather than let you draw to a straight for free.If I were the villain and held 5-X or 9-X, I would call the turn with the intention of bluffing or folding on the river. If I happened to have a flush draw on the turn I would call because the pot is still small, but hitting a river flush against your straight or any other strong hand would probably mean a massacre. Being as how no more cards towards either draw came on the river,