Comatose_Soul
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I meant a K-7 low vs an assumed 10-8 low.Thanks again for the replies!in the hand you asked about, it really depends on what the Xs are, if you have 4 to a 7 then its not marginal, if you have something like K9753 then it is a fairly marginal hand, because he could easily be drawing to an 8. You dont neccesarily have to fold on 5th street here, but you have to have the discipline to be able to fold if you make your 9 and it looks like he made an 8. -
Two more questions if you've got the timeif you're playing full table 32% is way too high, you want to be somewhere around 20%. What is most likely happening is you are playing too many marginal hands and then not being able to get away from them when you both hit so you are playing a lot of big pots where you started with the worst hand. This would also explain your atrocious showdown percentage.
-What would you describe as a marginal starting hand?-Would you say a K-7-x-x-x is marginal against 10-8-x-x-x?Obviously other variables (dead cards, etc...) can change this, just curious what your thoughts were. I think I am loosening up after spending some time at the table, or maybe its after being out-drawn; I'll have to dig into that. Generally though I'm not playing any pairs, no paint, and very frew if any nines.
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During current Razz session you were dealt 250 hands and: - saw fourth street 81 times (32%) - saw fifth street 52 times (20%) - saw sixth street 32 times (12%) - reached showdown 15 times (6%) Pots won at showdown - 3 of 15 (20%) Pots won without showdown - 33Bleeding money on the RAZZ tables, and looking for general help as to why? I feel really unlucky, but I'm sure I'm playing bad as well
Am I coming in too often for fourth/fifth/etc? Showing down too often? Too infrequently?Biggest hands I lost tonight:A-2-3-4-6 cap'd 6th, opponent caught a 2 on 7th to make a wheel.A-2-4-5-6 on 6th (lead out on 5th and 6th,) opponent caught a 2 on 7th to win with A-2-3-5-6.Results have been very similar to the above at .50/1, 1/2 and 2/4. Been having HUGE swings, which may or may not be normal. Just reaching out for that FCP helping hand! Thanks in advance for any help...~cs aka bivy -
I was very close to calling and seeing a flop, instead I raised to 8k - UTG pushed, MP folded, and I called:QQ vs AK
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) CO (t20718)Button (t14555)SB (t9752)Hero (t15121)UTG (t13299)MP1 (t5425)MP2 (t2795)Preflop: Hero is BB with Q
, Q 
. UTG raises to t2400, 2 folds, CO calls t2400, 2 foldsI'm ~9th in chips, we're 3 away from the money (top 18 pay.)How would you play it and why? I'll post what I did, and what happened later tonight. Any help/comments would be greatly appreciated.~cs -
12:00PM PST Day 1A 2000 play down to 800 on the event calendarhttp://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/events/eventcalendar.spsOk, don't believe me then. This is from http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com the offical Harrah's site of the WSOP. It says:Play will begin on days 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D at 11 AM. There may be NO DINNER BREAK. -
Reminded me of an Our Lady Peace song:Happiness & The Fish...Talking is just masturbatingWithout the mess.....:: cs
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Ignoring the fact that you could make a strong argument for playing=studying, how much time to do you spend studying opposed to playing:Reading Poker BooksReviewing Hand HistoriesDiscussing Strategyetc...I'm probably in the 1-10% range (of the ~20 hours of poker I play a week.) I would like to read more, and spend some more time in my hand histories, I just get busy. Curious about everyone else...:: cs
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http://comatose_soul.livejournal.comPost a little about everything... Last poker entry is about the PS Blog Championship. Probably end up posting my 2005 Tournament results soon.....:: cs
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Someone on the Full Tilt forums mentioned Triple Draw.What games is FT adding?? -
23rdPerfect stars hand to go out on. KdJd vs my J10oFlop came 10 high (1 diamond.) Turn was 10d. River was 9d. I had hope for such a short period of time
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bivy on table 87 - in 20th right now.I need a table to watch, someone give me some info. -
sitting on 43k right now.
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Bleh - just lost a huge pot (71k) - AKo vs QJo - guy got both a J and Q.
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Sitting at T59979Just now checked FCP - id is bivy
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Must fold on 3rd.Two tens are dead, along with a 9. You don't have any low draw, and even your straight draws are limited by the fact that two sevens and an eight are out. You can find much better starting positions than this one IMHO..: Comatose :.
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Really curious about this -- raised this question with KDawgCometh as well. Based on http://twodimes.net the odds are:Player-----%WinVillian2--- 8%Hero-------- 76%Villian5--- 7%Villian6--- 7% This looks like I'm actually a huge favorite. I'm assuming twodimes calculates the odds correctly? Assuming they do, what kind of edge are you looking for on 6th? 76% seems pretty good to me..: Comatose :....Once you played out the hand the way you did, I think you almost have to check 7th, too many hands can beat you, a 10 low against 1 drawing player is fine, but against 2 drawing players you arent the favorite to win the hand... -
I can understand getting out on 4th, but I'm a little confused by your advice on 6th. The odds break out like this:Player-----%WinVillian2--- 8%Hero-------- 76%Villian5--- 7%Villian6--- 7%Exact Odds: http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1258100Are you saying you don't want action with this kind of edge? Or are you saying this isn't that big of an edge in Razz? Even if Villian2 has the perfect hole cards, I'm still a 55% favorite:Assuming Villian2 has a 2 and 4 in the hole:Player-----%WinVillian2--- 34%Hero-------- 55%Villian5--- 5%Villian6--- 4%Exact Odds: http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1258809Yes I only have a T high, but lets look at it in more detail:At best my opponents have:Villian2--- T-8 lowVillian5--- J4 lowVillian6--- T-8 lowHero-------- T-6 lowVillian5 is the only opponent that might have a better draw. So I'm sitting on the best hand and possibly the best draw.I'm folding 4th here. you don't have the best hand to be continuing with aggression and your steal attempt failed. the ten is a real bad card, becasue we are paired in the hole. being paired in the hole is akin to being involved in a PLO pot with a dangler, you're just limiting how good your final hand can be. 6th is bad too, all you have is a ten low. I want to be betting into this field with an 8 here, and to be honest, I want the 8 to be as smooth as possible, or at least have a smooth draw that can improve to a 7 or a 6 -
Level 10 - 250/500 Ante 40 - Limit Razz1h 40m into tournament ~18 left out of 56 players.I'm at T2648 (well below the average stack.)Seat 2: Villian1 (2,545)Seat 3: Villian2 (5,653)Seat 4: Villian3 (10,997)Seat 5: Hero (2,648)Seat 6: Villian4 (2,050)Seat 7: Villian5 (6,758)Seat 8: Villian6 (199)Villian1 antes 40Villian2 antes 40Villian3 antes 40Hero antes 40Villian4 antes 40Villian5 antes 40Villian6 antes 40*** 3RD STREET ***(Pot: T280)Dealt to Villian1 [xx xx] [T:diamond:] ___foldsDealt to Villian2 [xx xx] [3:heart:] ___callsDealt to Villian3 [xx xx] [Q:heart:] ___brings in (75) ___foldsDealt to Hero---- [2:diamond: 2:heart:] [6:club:] ___completes (250)Dealt to Villian4 [xx xx] [9:club:] ___foldsDealt to Villian5 [xx xx] [J:diamond:] ___callsDealt to Villian6 [xx xx] [8:spade:] ___calls 159 (all-in)*** 4TH STREET *** (Dead: 9:club:T:diamond:Q:heart:)(Pot: T1264)Dealt to Villian2 [xx xx] [3:heart:T:spade:] ___bets (250)Dealt to Hero---- [2:diamond:2:heart:] [6:club:T:club:] ___callDealt to Villian5 [xx xx] [J:diamond:A:heart:] ___callDealt to Villian6 [xx xx] [8:spade:T:heart:] (all-in)*** 5TH STREET *** (Dead: 9:club:T:diamond:Q:heart:)(Pot: T2014)Dealt to Villian2 [xx xx] [3:heart:T:spade:J:club:] ___callDealt to Hero---- [2:diamond:2:heart:] [6:club:T:club:3:spade:] ___bets (500)Dealt to Villian5 [xx xx] [J:diamond:A:heart:4:diamond:] ___callDealt to Villian6 [xx xx] [8:spade:T:heart:7:diamond:] (all-in)*** 6TH STREET *** (Dead: 9:club:T:diamond:Q:heart:)(Pot: T3514)Dealt to Villian2 [xx xx] [3:heart:T:spade:J:club:8:diamond:] ___callDealt to Hero---- [2:diamond:2:heart:] [6:club:T:club:3:spade:5:club:] ___bets (500)Dealt to Villian5 [xx xx] [J:diamond:A:heart:4:diamond:4:heart:] ___callDealt to Villian6 [xx xx] [8:spade:T:heart:7:diamond:7:club:] (all-in)*** 7TH STREET *** (Dead: 9:club:T:diamond:Q:heart:)(Pot: T5014)Dealt to Villian2 [xx xx] [3:heart:T:spade:J:club:8:diamond:] [xx] ___checkDealt to Hero---- [2:diamond:2:heart:] [6:club:T:club:3:spade:5:club:] [Q:diamond:] ___checkDealt to Villian5 [xx xx] [J:diamond:A:heart:4:diamond:4:heart:] [xx]___checkDealt to Villian6 [xx xx] [8:spade:T:heart:7:diamond:7:club:] [xx] (all-in)3rd: I'm just trying to steal this hand here with an early completion.4th: Unsure about the call here. Fold or Raise?5th: I'm now a small favorite, and decide to keep the pressure on, hoping one of the Jack highs will fold.6th: I'm now a huge favorite, and bet with not much thought. A check raise would be nice, but I don't see anyone betting into me.7th: I'm a pessimist, and almost concede defeat. Should I have bet here? Anyone going to lay down for 500 with a 5k pot? This is probably a spot I struggle with (having a good hand on sixth, but not improving on seventh.)(I'll post results of the hand later if there is any interest.).: Comatose :.
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Didn't see it posted yet (hopefully I didn't miss it while searching the forums.)Whose playing in the Online Poker Blogger Championship?http://www.pokerstars.com/blog_tournament/Looks pretty cool.
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With the intention of calling, caping or folding to a 3-bet?The only place I could see value is if you've got the BB peg'd as passive, and can comfortably fold to a 3-bet.What do you think of Raising the river? -
How do you handle 7th heads up when you don't improve a hand you've lead the whole way?Example:Your holding:A2:485KOpponent holding:xx:A7810You've got an 8-5 low, and your opponent has 8-7 at best. Assuming your 7th card is garbage, and your still sitting on an 8-5 low, how often and what factors do you use for deciding to value bet or not?From my limited experience, almost the only time your bet is called (assuming your not check-raised,) is when your beat.Anyone else have thoughts?
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Sitting on a 9 high you've got ~36% chance of improving your hand on 7th. Assuming max and KQG don't have any of your outs. However, I would give at least one of them a 4, possibly even both of them - taking you down to ~27% chance of improving on 7th.More than likely I bet on 6th and check down 7th assuming no further action. I call 1 raise, and probably drop if both players raise. But this is highly dependant on the players and how often they will chase with poor hands, bluff, etc...I wouldn't be surprised at all if max already had his 8 low and was simply scared by KQG and your boards. Either way, your the big favorite to win the hand on 6th:http://twodimes.net/h/?z=122357668.58% - you14.70% - max16.62% - KQG
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Sahara poker room.Nothing like having a table partially callopse during a tournament. And I'm not a germ freak, but some of Sahara's chips looked like they had spent a few hours where the sun don't shine.
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PokerStars Game #7091652894: Razz Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/11/19 - 17:38:21 (ET)Table 'Selene' 8-maxSeat 1: jarofflies11 ($44.65 in chips) Seat 3: bivy ($40 in chips) Seat 4: Camz2895 ($65.40 in chips) Seat 5: HORSE1984 ($16.45 in chips) Seat 8: tsooris ($8.80 in chips) jarofflies11: posts the ante $0.10bivy: posts the ante $0.10Camz2895: posts the ante $0.10HORSE1984: posts the ante $0.10tsooris: posts the ante $0.10*** 3rd STREET ***jarofflies11 [-- -- 2d]bivy [3c 5c 2h]Camz2895 [-- -- 9c]HORSE1984 [-- -- 3s]tsooris [-- -- Qs]tsooris: brings-in low $0.50jarofflies11: raises $0.50 to $1bivy: calls $1Camz2895: folds HORSE1984: calls $1tsooris: foldsWorth a re-raise here with the two and three paired? I'm not a fan of re-raising on 3rd, but curious what others think. What type of situations do you like to re-raise on 3rd? *** 4th STREET ***Dealt to jarofflies11 [-- -- 2d] [Th]Dealt to bivy [3c 5c 2h] [9s]Dealt to HORSE1984 [-- -- 3s] [Jd]bivy: bets $1HORSE1984: folds jarofflies11: calls $1*** 5th STREET ***Dealt to jarofflies11 [-- -- 2d Th] [6d]Dealt to bivy [3c 5c 2h 9s] [8c]bivy: bets $2jarofflies11: calls $2I could have actually check-called here. He could easily be ahead.*** 6th STREET ***Dealt to jarofflies11 [-- -- 2d Th 6d] [Ts]Dealt to bivy [3c 5c 2h 9s 8c] [Kc]bivy: bets $2jet_or2 joins the table at seat #6 jarofflies11: calls $2*** RIVER ***Dealt to bivy [3c 5c 2h 9s 8c Kc] [9h]bivy: checks jarofflies11: checks This situation seems to happen a lot - going into 7th with the best hand, but not improving. Any suggestions here? Player dependent? For a long time I would bet here, but I felt like I simply was not getting enough crying calls to make it profitable long-term.~cs aka bivy