RISEorFall

another thing i like to do, is when it gets to 2-3 tables, i open up the other tables and keep an eye on how the other guys play. you have to keep your main focus on your table, but it lets you watch who's raising a lot preflop, who's playing too tight, what hands players are going to showdown with, etc. that way i have atleast some kind of read on players once i do make the final table. i didnt mean to sound like we should try and fold our way into the top few spots. if we're card dead and can't find spots to take advantage of good reads, that may be the best option, but often you'll be blind

with a big stack you have several options. "bullying" is one of them, but don't just recklessly throw chips around or you'll end up going out early. you also have the option of playing a bit tighter and letting some shorter stacks bust out. generally, the payout for 5th and up is quite more substantial than 6-9, and if several players bust before you really have to get involved in a big hand the better chances you have of finishing in a big payout spot.the downside to this, of course, is you let some of the medium stacks catch up to your big stack. you generally shouldn't be playing to just mo

waffle house's applications are like an 8x10 index card with 2 questions 1. Name and 2. When can you start. pizza places are always hiring drivers/in-stores. walmart needs people to stock shelves. no, they're not great jobs. but they do pay. they're out there if you look.

you should put players on a range of hands instead of specific hands. then figure how your hand rates against their range. unless their actions lead to exactly one hand, and that's very rare. even then, if they're good players they may know this and be bluffing. or they may be bad players and not know it and be bluffing. besides, your raise on the flop doesn't do much to help put villain on range of hands, much less a specific hand.

why would you play omaha and NOT gamble?i shove, hoping to iso, doesnt workMP2 has KK89, no spadesutg has AK38, K high spade draw.i'm like 40%+ on the flop but brick out. good result, just runnin bad

didnt have many reads, one of the first few sessions. there's a few regulars, though, but only one or two seem to know what they're really doing. Everybody else seems to be pretty straightforward weak/tight.

c/r turn basically puts his stack in (assuming he pot bets). not sure what he would pot the turn with that i beat, tho.i dont have the HH anymore, but it was a blank (like 6 or something) and it went check/check.river is the Q

i doubt most of those are in a normal player's shoving range. with info that CO's range is ATC, i dont see why we don't iso-shove. we're 66% against a random hand. we're 60% if he's pushing and pair and any high card. we're only scared of UTG, and he can't knock us out. even if utg wakes up with a big hand we still have an M of about 10 which isnt horrible. and there's no reason to think he's limping a monster this time. sure he could be, but he could just as easily have 55 or A3s or something.yeah, maybe BB wakes up with something but if we're scared of that we should stop playing poker.

is A8 and 88 that big a part of his range that 77 plays that much differently than 99?

you cant do that and then fold the river

he never shoved. i'd insta folded if he shoved. he minbet turn and river

3 or 4 tables means in the money? if so then im guessing payout structure is very heavily weighted toward the final table. it looks like you have a good stack relative to your table, how about to the rest of the field?i can see him making this play with Ax or a lower pair for a couple reasons. 1. you're on the button2. he has the biggest stack at the table 3. you have a stack he can put lots of pressure onbecause of 1 your range should be pretty wide, therefore he has a good amount of FE. SB's flat is pretty weak, i wouldn't be too worried about him. Even if SB wakes up with something, and BB

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 120/240 Blinds 25 Ante (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comCO (t13670)Hero (Button) (t12628)SB (t4265)BB (t5810)UTG (t3265)UTG+1 (t7892)MP1 (t14116)MP2 (t19020)MP3 (t4405)Hero's M: 21.59Preflop: Hero is Button with Q , K 3 folds, MP2 calls t240, 2 folds, Hero bets t750, 2 folds, MP2 calls t510Flop: (t2085) 5 , 8 , 2 (2 players)MP2 checks, Hero checksTurn: (t2085) 6 (2 players)MP2 bets t240, Hero calls t240River: (t2565) K (2 players)MP2 bets t240, Hero calls t240Total pot: t3045toward end of the 2nd hour, average stack is around 7k

i'm not committing too many chips with a single pair and lots of players in the pot. ok 3 on the flop seems to be the general response. what do we do if he 4bet/shoves? what if he flats and we see this 7 on the turn?

first, convert your post. second, dont base your opinion of players based on their avatar and chipstack. even if it's a guy behind a pile of chips like he just won a tournament, i can get on google and find a million pics like that. i can also find a million sucktards who've won a tournamentyour flop raise is horribly weak, and hardly anything is folding to it, so i dont think you can really make a read based off that.your check on the turn screams weak pair/draw, so he's probably going to bet the river with a pretty wide range. i think if you're checking the turn you have to call the river.

i wasnt sure about it, either, but i think despise is a bit strong. i have a hand that flops pretty well and not hard to get away from if i dont hit hard, as well as 2 limpers in front.

i dont really agree with leaving once you have x% of your roll on the table.CHris Ferguson suggests you leave a table once you had 8-15% of your roll on it. i dont agree. if you bought in for ~5% and are up to 8-15%, then obviously you're running/playing well at a good table where you rate to keep making money. you're not losing anything extra if you do end up going broke on the table, because you were risking an appropriate amount in the first place. why would you want to leave a game where you're up 2-3x your buy in unless game conditions have changed like the fish are gone or you're getting

if we 3bet and pushes, doesnt that almost always point to 77? we're both about 200 BB deep. barring reads, would most players be pushing anything less than top two?i added AK in his range just because of all the limpers preflop, a lot of people will just take a flop instead of bloating a pot oop, when even with a decent sized raise you're still usually getting a couple callers. If i take AK out of his range i think I fold the river. hands i lose to: 77 (1 combo)JJ (1 combo)KK (1 combo, and probably raises preflop)J7 (4 combos)K7 (4 combos) if he plays the offsuit of these hands, which he might

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comMP1 ($57.35)Hero (MP2) ($99.25)CO ($50)Button ($41.95)SB ($104.55)BB ($71.85)UTG ($80.45)UTG+1 ($8.80)Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J , K :diamond:UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, SB calls $0.25, BB checksFlop: ($3.50) J , K , 7 (7 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50, 1 fold, SB raises to $13.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $11, 1 foldTurn: ($33) 7 (2 players)SB checks, Hero bets $20, SB calls $

on "drawy" boards betting like 2/3-full pot, even with a big hand is fine. if they have nothing they're not calling anyway, and you want to charge someone who has a good draw.on "dry" boards you can bet less, like 1/3-1/2 pot to entice some weaker hands to come along. often, you won't get much action on your big hands, because you're holding most of the cards needed to make anything.

glad you didnt take it the wrong way. i dont like being rude to new posters, but in this hand there is very little to be discussed. you had TP/T2pair with the 2ndNFD and hit the flush on the river, only to run into the nut flush. things like this will happen quite often if you play long enough, and ya cant let it get to you.

this is some good information on the guy we should know in the original post that would help us to give advice. knowing all this, i'd play it the same, and just shake my head when he turns up JT.another option is to c/r the flop. how did ever have to react to being c/r'ed?

if you check the flop here you also need to check the flop when you have a K. i'd bet the flop, as it will often take the pot now, not give free cards to overs/flush draws, and define our opponent's hands better.i kind of like the river bet. if villain had a pocket pair or an 8, he'd often bet the flop when checked to. I doubt he calls the turn with a flush draw, so he often either has a K/8 or naked A. naked As may call a smallish bet on the river, and we can easily fold if raised.

if you're playing lots of hands like this you should ramp up your aggression. dont slowplay so much, especially on draw heavy boards, and dont be scared of monster hands unless your opponent gives you a reason to. scary boards are just as scary to your opponents as they are to you (well, unless your opponent has one of the scary hands...though, actually i really hate the phrase "scary" in reference to card games. it's just a card game. if you're scared of cards, you should probably stick to tiddly winks. I mean cards can be "bad" cards for your hand or something, but scary? really? is the east

1. whine into the chatbox about how rigged online poker is2. vow to never play at the site again3. cry for the next hour about the "bad beat"4. annoy the crap out of everyone about how unlucky you areOR1. bet/raise more on the flop2. be happy you got a lot of bets in as a sizeable favorite3. put on your big girl panties and suck it up as part of the game