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How do you play it on the turn?I did not put him on Aces or Kings. This table was coming over the top of any raise with a hand like that. Cold calling the flop bet, made me think he caught a piece, but not much:A10K10Maybe JJLess likely:A3A6Least likely:8910636What hands do you put him on at the turn, and what is your play? All-in? Check-call? Check-all-in? Check-fold?The turn bet is absolutely horrendous. Do you honestly think Queens are strong enough against this board to check-minraise? This is a horrible place to make this raise. -
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) converterBB ($10.70)UTG ($10.05)Hero ($25.70)MP1 ($25.50)MP2 ($12)MP3 ($26.55)CO ($11.65)Button ($10.40)SB ($36)Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Qs, Qh. 1 fold.Flop: ($4.25) Ts, 3s, 6c (4 players)SB checks, Hero bets $4, MP1 calls $4, Button folds, SB folds.Turn: ($12.25) 7h (2 players)Hero checks, MP1 bets $6, MP1 calls $6.River: ($36.25) 9s (2 players)Hero checks, MP1 bets $8.5 (All-In), Hero calls $8.50.Final Pot: $53.25Results in white below: Hero has Qs Qh (one pair, queens). MP1 has 9d 7c (two pair, nines and sevens). Outcome: MP1 wins $53.25.
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Based on the tests from:http://www.politicalcompass.org/I'm Libertarian Left. (-3,-2)----I am a born-again Christian (I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.)I am a US citizen.I am a registered republican.I am socially conservative.I am anti-war (but normally argue for it - devil's advocate.)I am pro-life (but struggle with government's role here.)I am anti capital punishment.I think all humans have a responsability to help their fellow man (and if we were better at this, we wouldn't need the vast majority of our government's social programs.)I think a flat tax would be great (even if I had to pay more taxes.)I hate how flippant most republicans and Bush are with the environment.I had a terrible time with our last election, and ended up voting for who I thought cared most about the country (opposed to the position of president.) I'll let everyone make their own guesses as to who that was ;)I don't know that I fit into any of the categories listed, so I didn't pick one.
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Nice pic!TJ is definately bigger than I had thought.
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Incredible blog!Great work.
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It was the dreaded frustration bet -- which I really need to work on!
....yeah, the only thing that MAY call that you have beat is the KI'm surprised you didn't get raised on the river, he saved you a bet. Though, you really should have checked the river. Then he might have bet himself. At that time, you can really fold. Betting the river is really just bad, come to think of it.You have just heard ramblings by Swifty. Congrats.
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Full Tilt has no pre-reqs, but does not offer heads up or shootout type tournies. They are (I think) the only site that has mixed game tournies.
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PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is MP2 with As, Ah. 2 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.Flop: (7.40 SB) Ac, 7d, Jh (3 players)UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls.Turn: (4.70 BB) Ts (2 players)MP1 checks, Hero bets, Hero calls.River: (12.70 BB) Kd (2 players)MP1 bets, Hero calls.Final Pot: 14.70 BBResults in white below: MP1 has 8d Qd (straight, ace high). Hero has As Ah (three of a kind, aces). Outcome: MP1 wins 14.70 BB. Love it
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PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is SB with Kd, Jd. UTG calls, 2 folds, UTG calls, MP1 calls.Flop: (7 SB) Ks, 5h, 6h (3 players)Hero bets, UTG calls, MP1 calls.Turn: (5 BB) 4h (3 players)Hero bets, UTG calls, MP1 calls.River: (8 BB) As (3 players)Hero checks, UTG bets, MP1 folds, Hero calls.Final Pot: 10 BBResults in white below: Hero has Kd Jd (one pair, kings). UTG has 6s Ah (two pair, aces and sixes). Outcome: UTG wins 10 BB. Not too bad - he did have middle pair all the way. I just love hating on the river
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PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is UTG with Jh, Qh. Hero calls, 3 folds, BB checks.Flop: (4.40 SB) Th, Ah, 3h (4 players)BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, Button folds, BB folds.Turn: (3.20 BB) 3s (2 players)Hero bets, MP3 calls.River: (5.20 BB) 3c (2 players)Hero bets, MP3 calls.Final Pot: 7.20 BBResults in white below: Hero has Jh Qh (flush, ace high). MP3 has 2c Ad (full house, threes full of aces). Outcome: MP3 wins 7.20 BB. Should have raised pre-flop...
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Here is what happened:I called, and he flipped over JdAs. River came 2d and we split the pot.
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I was updating my blog with some hands when I came across this one. Figured I would throw it here and see what everyone thought.--------------------------------------------PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) converterButton (t4100)Hero (t1900)Preflop: Hero is BB with Jh, 6h. Button raises to t200, Hero calls t100.Flop: (t400) 5c, Js, Jc (2 players)Hero checks, Button checks.
I want to check-raise the flop, and think it will probably be an option since my opponent is pretty aggressive to begin with, but also was the aggressor pre-flop. Unfortunately he checks behind me.Turn: (t400) 2c (2 players)Hero bets t400, Hero does what? 
I was loving this hand until the third club came. Now I'm looking at the Button's check on the flop and trying to figure out what hand he might have.Suited over cards?Possibly - but wouldn't he raise more pre-flop? In addition would he check the flop, or try to push me out?Pocket 5s?Again, this is a great hand heads up. Why would he make such a weak pre-flop with this hand?Suited Connector (3c4c or similar?)Does he raise with these or limp in? A check would definately make sense with these cards.What would you put him on, and what would you do? -
They posted on RGP that if Harrah's does not allow logos on the final table, or whatever, that they would still honor their deal.FTP will have their logo sprayed all over the coverage.Considering the Harrahs ESPN contract, I kind of doubt it. If the $10,000 from FT is contigent on wearing dranded clothing, then it's a simple scam on their part. -
Sweet - I had no idea that corporations spam'd poker sites.http://www.fulltilt.com/ :shock:Man.. fulltilt has sunken to a new low. I am now offically boycotting their site.I just watched a spammer come into my limit room at party and spam a message three times within two minutes about fulltilt.com poker. Man that censored ticks me off. -
Just my 2 cents:Pre-flop: Bump it up your normal raise amount (I'd probably raise it up to T50,) Hopefully getting 1 or 2 of the 3 others to fold, or re-evaluate a slow-play.Post-flop: Bet the pot. (After a limp-in, I might actually try to check-raise.)Turn: Bet the pot.River: Bet the pot. (But without the pre-flop raise, you have to fear the Arlo.MP1 (t1010.00)MP2 (t975.00)CO (t3010.00)Button (t1195.00)SB (t970.00)Hero (t1000.00)UTG (t840.00)UTG+1 (t1000.00)Preflop: Hero is BB with [Th], [Jh]. SB posts a blind of t5. 3 folds, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.Flop: (t40) [6h], [2h], [Qh] (4 players)SB checks, Hero bets t40, MP2 calls t40, CO calls t40, SB folds.Turn: (t160) [4s] (3 players)Hero bets t160, MP2 calls t160, CO calls t160.River: (t640) [4d] (3 players)Hero checks, MP2 bets t765, CO folds, Hero is undecided as to what to do... :think: What are your thoughts? )Specifically for your last decision, I would call. The only thing I don't like about this hand is that you've not really extracted much information from the other players.
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I just can't bring myself to agree with this statement. People fall in love with hands, and bet them strangely at times. I've seen pre-flop caps with much worse than the starting hands you've listed. Any suited Ace. Small pocket pairs (all the way down to ducks.)I think the most important part of this hand history is the Post-flop betting:Hero bets, UTG+1 raises, MP3 3-betsOut of curiousity, what do people say if this is slightly changed?Scenario 1:Hero bets, UTG+1 raises, MP3 calls?Scenario 2:Hero bets, UTG+1 calls, MP3 raises?Scenario 3:You've been at this table for an hour, and know one of the two raisers (either,) to be extremely Loose-Aggressive?I don't disagree with wtro4556's play at all. Just talking around the hand reallyBetting capped preflop with three people means that only a few hands are likely still out there: QQ, KK, AA, AK, maybe JJ, 1010, AQs-A10s.
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Saw this the other day. Good stuff. I particularly liked this from your blog:
Made me laugh.The flop came Axx and Marcel put his last 50 in the pot. What would you do? Call? NOPE, not against Marcel, his opponent told him "I dont want to bust you". MAN!!!! thats not fair, if that were me, someone would have loaned him the 50 to put in the pot.... -
My bad run has affected my play to some degree, but I'll give my thought process for each hand and the outcomes. The biggest dissapointment I have is that most of the outcomes don't reinforce the idea that I made bad decisions. IMHO it is a hard thing to recognize bad decisions when you win with them, or lose to poor opponents.
I probably should not have included this one since it was three-handed. Playing short handed is a different beast entirely, however here is what was going through my head:Pre-flop, I'm loving TT, and I'm cap'n if I get the chance. Three handed this is a monster.Post-flop. Ok, now I"m dismayed. This is probably one of the worst flops imaginable (outside of 3 over cards.) There are a ton of straight possibilities, and the flush draw. I decide to stay agressive; my opponent could literally have anything, and I'm still somewhat comfortable with my hand. At a full table (7-10 players opposed to 3,) I simply call the SB's bet. Maybe a single raise, but much less likely.Turn. Flush draw potentially hit. Ax potentially hit. I slow down and simply call. SB has matched my agression post flop, I want to see his flush, or straight or whatever.River. Stop the insanity! The fourth club is like a dagger to the heart, I have to be beat by a flopped straight or a flush, right?SB proudly flips over his 4PokerStars Limit Hold'em (3 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is BB with Th, Td. 1 fold, SB calls.Flop: (4 SB) 5s, 6c, 3c (2 players)SB bets, SB calls.Turn: (6 BB) Ac (2 players)SB bets, Hero calls.River: (8 BB) 7c (2 players)SB bets, Hero calls.Final Pot: 10 BB 8 - I think I gag a little at this point.
Pre-flop. Up to this point I had not made many attempts to protect my blinds (75+ hands or so.) I figure this is as good a spot as any to do so.Post-Flop. Mother scratcher. One of these losers probably stayed in with Q-rag. Oh well, continue the aggression, and let one of them take it away (probably folding to a raise-call, or even a raise.)Turn. I figure this had to hit someone, so i check it. I'm really not sure why I call (tilt,) looking back at it I should have either bet, or folded opposed to a check-call. (If I had bet, it should have been with the intention of folding to a raise.)River. I have to be beat. Check. Disappointed that it checked around (could I have actually stole the pot with a bet on the Turn?) Oh well, I figure I'm beat even with the checks.UTG+2 flips over APokerStars Limit Hold'em (10 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is BB with Td, Tc. 1 fold, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, Button calls.Flop: (10.40 SB) 3c, Qc, Qd (3 players)Hero bets, UTG+2 calls, Button calls.Turn: (6.70 BB) Ah (3 players)Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, Button bets, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls.River: (9.70 BB) Kh (3 players)Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, Button checks.Final Pot: 9.70 BB
J - Nice. doubt he was going away regardless of what happened.Button mucks 8 8 - One out of two isn't all that bad :roll:
Pre-flop. KQs is looking good to me (hell everything probably looks good to me.) Good enough to call, good enough to raise. Biggity-bam.Post-flop. One card away from the nut-flush. I want it, its my precious! I am actually not that big of a chaser normally, so this is a little out of character. I should have called the BB's bet, and left it at that.Turn. Who the hell ordered this 3 of hearts? This yahoo just make his straight with a 24? Or did he have something from the beginning? An A maybe? I should have just called; guess I was in an aggressive mood.River. No good can come of this. Check it fool, check it. (But could I win any other way, granted he would be a complete idiot to fold for a single bet on the river after all the money he had already put in.) I bet; I blame that aggressive mood I mentioned earlier.BB flips over 5PokerStars Limit Hold'em (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is CO with Kd, Qd. 5 folds, BB calls.Flop: (4.40 SB) 9d, 5c, Ad (2 players)BB bets, BB calls.Turn: (6.20 BB) 3h (2 players)BB bets, BB calls.River: (10.20 BB) 5h (2 players)BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.Final Pot: 12.20 BB 6 - In some alternate universe the 10 fell, and our Hero pulled in a 20+BB pot.
Pre-flop. This is a hand I'll mix into my normal list of starters now and then. I don't do it often, but I do like these hands from time to time. I figure I'm going to be aggressive (as usual.) I get raised, and re-raised, and then cap it for good measure.Post-flop. Top two pair. I would hope I'm dealing with an overpair, possibly AKs, but i guess it is possible someone stayed in a cap'd pot with 710 or 57, although thats less likely. I figure worst case scenario is someone has 66, it is much more likely I'm dealing with over cards or a flush draw. I go for it.Turn. Oh crap. Hopefully I'm not playing against that flush draw. I bet, thinking a flush is going to raise me. I just get called down. Maybe somone made a weak flush.River. Someone pour hot wax on me, this sucks. Potential trips, potential flush, potential straight, and I'm sitting there with two pair. Oh well, bet it.MP2 flips over an Ax (think it was a Q, not 100%.) I'm not too surprised, but of course I'm pissed as hell at the river :evil: Wonder if anyone threw away a weak flush?I appreciate everyone's input, and hope sharing these hands was helpful to some; feel free to keep the thread going. Good stuff. Not sure if things are turning around or not, but I did walk away from FTP last night up 8xBB, and I won a heads up NL mini-tourney (I say mini, because there were only four of us.)Only had to edit 5 times so far!PokerStars Limit Hold'em (7 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is MP1 with 9c, 8c. 1 fold, Hero calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.Flop: (13.40 SB) 6d, 8d, 9h (4 players)Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls.Turn: (13.70 BB) Ad (4 players)Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls.River: (17.70 BB) As (4 players)Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO folds, Button folds.Final Pot: 19.70 BB -
What site?I would email that hand # to support.
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I've been having a bad run of late, so I figured I would share my top 4 losers from yesterday
Let me know what you think.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PokerStars Limit Hold'em (3 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is BB with Th, Td. 1 fold, SB calls.Flop: (4 SB) 5s, 6c, 3c (2 players)SB bets, SB calls.Turn: (6 BB) Ac (2 players)SB bets, Hero calls.River: (8 BB) 7c (2 players)SB bets, Hero calls.Final Pot: 10 BB--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PokerStars Limit Hold'em (10 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is BB with Td, Tc. 1 fold, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, Button calls.Flop: (10.40 SB) 3c, Qc, Qd (3 players)Hero bets, UTG+2 calls, Button calls.Turn: (6.70 BB) Ah (3 players)Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, Button bets, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls.River: (9.70 BB) Kh (3 players)Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, Button checks.Final Pot: 9.70 BB--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PokerStars Limit Hold'em (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is CO with Kd, Qd. 5 folds, BB calls.Flop: (4.40 SB) 9d, 5c, Ad (2 players)BB bets, BB calls.Turn: (6.20 BB) 3h (2 players)BB bets, BB calls.River: (10.20 BB) 5h (2 players)BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.Final Pot: 12.20 BB--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PokerStars Limit Hold'em (7 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is MP1 with 9c, 8c. 1 fold, Hero calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.Flop: (13.40 SB) 6d, 8d, 9h (4 players)Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls.Turn: (13.70 BB) Ad (4 players)Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls.River: (17.70 BB) As (4 players)Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO folds, Button folds.Final Pot: 19.70 BB -
Congrats Suited!Thats really cool. Somone needs to find a small oolong figurine for you to use to protect your cards
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My table of nine others (in no particular order) would be something like:1- Doyle Brunson2- Marcel Luske3- Daniel Negreanu4- Phil Gordon5- Dan Harrington6- Scotty Nguyen7- Paul Phillips8- Humberto Brenes9- Gus HansonI think that would be a fun table :-)
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No read -- second hand of your sessionsome reads would help, against a tight solid player I would slow down on the turn. Against a Loose agressive, I would cap all streets.
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Sorry -- 9 man table -- only 2 people in the hand. Same 2 involved in all the betting/capping.How many people are coming along with me? One? Two? The entire table?I agree, that depending on HOW the betting was capped--precisely, whether or not you were the one doing the capping--even though I have AK and AKx is the flop, I definitely HAVE to consider AA and KK as possible holdings for at least one opponent.Then there's the flush draw the OP mentioned. If that hits, depending once again on how many people actually capped preflop/on the flop with me, I have to worry about that as well if it hits.I have to agree that firing out on the turn and slowing down to a raise is probably the best move if a blank OR the third suit card hits (Again depending on how many people came with me to the flop). Of course, if a K hits the turn or the river, that's one of those "If you have aces, good for you" situations, and if an A hits on those two streets, obviously go nuts.
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This hand was getting some commentary on how I played, so I figured I would open it up here to see what others thought as well -- if you already saw this hand, don't give anything away ;)PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) converterBB ($10.70)UTG ($10.05)Hero ($25.70)MP1 ($25.50)MP2 ($12)MP3 ($26.55)CO ($11.65)Button ($10.40)SB ($36)Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Qs, Qh. 1 fold.==> This is a pretty standard raise by me, I don't deviate much from 4xBB.Flop: ($4.25) Ts, 3s, 6c (4 players)SB checks, Hero bets $4, MP1 calls $4, Button folds, SB folds.==> I bet the pot, hoping to take it down right there. I get one caller, and start to think of the hands he could be holding. The list I come up with in my head from most likely to least likely was this:JJA10AKs1010K10KJsJ1010999983366KQsQJsQ10Turn: ($12.25) 7h (2 players)Hero checks, MP1 bets $6, MP1 calls $6.==> Ouch. I check to get an idea of where MP1 is at. He bets half-the pot. I think I'm good here and raise. Some have said I should have pushed-in. Some have said I should have folded, some have said I should have called. Thoughts?==> When he calls I'm a little uncertain of what he has. I'm not sure he's on the flush draw at this point. Did he make his straight? Trip 10s all the way?River: ($36.25) 9s (2 players)Hero checks, MP1 bets $8.5 (All-In), Hero calls $8.50.==> I'm pretty sure I'm beat at this point, but the pot is huge and I'm really curious what he has now.Final Pot: $53.25==> How would you have played? What are your thoughts on my play?