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I need to print this out and repeat it like a mantra....Thank you, this is a big leak of mine, because I have been known to stack off a ton of chips before in a manner like this....I'm not familiar to you because I haven't been around in at least one year, maybe two..... and I didn't post too awful much before.... thank you for responding though.

Really? Because I see this as how somebody plays AK big time....Pot sized bet to get rid of whatever else other junk I may be calling with (because lets face it, I'm on the button, I have plenty of room to play flops if I want with this guy....) Also, he has the gutshot outs with AK or AQ... he can buy the pot with a pot sized bet if I have sooooted connectors such as 9T, TJ, or if I'm calling with other hands as well.....I also agree that the results are skewed because I posted the results, but come on... if you guys think a pot sized bet = big pocket pair then you must fold to pot sized be

I haven't posted here in forever, but hope that some of the players that used to be here still browse this forum...... I think I screwed this hand up 15 different ways, please help:Villian in this hand is chipleader... I am 3rd or 4th in chips with 23 left. This is one of the daily doubles on FTP... so about 1000 players thereabouts.....He has shown down a 3-bet with KT preflop in a SB VS BB situation, in a situation where he didn't need to put so many chips in the pot....He called a very big all in not too long before that with AQ in MP for about 2/3 of his stack. Luckily, the donk he was u

Ya, but you're going to get it in anyway right? I mean, if he's got nothing but still calls, then this is the guy you want to bet into you on the turn, and if he has something, a bigger bet (pot? 2/3 pot?) probably isn't going to chase him away and you're still going to have to make the crying call if whatever hits.To me this seems like a better play than "not offering him the correct odds to continue". With the stack size in this example (which is very typical), I think that checking the turn usually signifies you're giving up ESPECIALLY after a SMALL flop bet. Just my opinion.

Just giving the hand below as an example hand, which (to me, anyway) seems pretty typical situation for when you get your set, and you're looking to see what you can get for value. We're heads up on the flop, but there are two spades and lots of straight possibilities.This is from a 9.90/360Poker StarsNo Limit Holdem TournamentBlinds: t150/t300(Ante: t25)9 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: t3423Hero: t4825MP1: t9169MP2: t6548MP3: t10095CO: t2911Button: t4105SB: t8258BB: t2940Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG+1 with Q Q UTG folds, Hero raises to t800, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t800 (pot was t1475

$2 Tournament .... Just got moved to this table this orbit, have tried to see a couple flops so far with mid pairs.Poker StarsNo Limit Holdem TournamentBlinds: t100/t2009 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: t7780UTG+1: t4730MP1: t9670MP2: t5590MP3: t1665CO: t13980Hero: t8923SB: t3665BB: t5170Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is Button with 6 4 2 folds, MP1 raises to t400, 3 folds, Hero calls t400 (pot was t700), 2 folds.Flop: J 5 7 (t1100, 2 players)MP1 bets t1600, Hero ....How far do you take this OESD + Flush Draw?Get it in now while it's 50/50? See the turn? Villian is overbetting here which s

PokerStars (4 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)Seat 3: BB (6220 in chips) Seat 4: CO (6335 in chips) Seat 8: button (1405 in chips) Seat 9: HERO (1040 in chips) Preflop: Hero is SB with , , , . Hero posts a blind of 75. 2 folds, Hero (poster) .... ?????Am I raising here, trying to get as much in ASAP or completing the blind here? BB has been known to push very mediocre hands preflop, so re-raising isn't out of the question here. Also, If I limp, raising is definitely not out of the question. Button has doubled then seen his stack sh

I make the call, EP says "Your Aces are good sir" before I can even table my jacks. I grumble, curse, and leave and the rest of the board offers me no help to his KK. After thinking about this more and more, this player would not have reraised without AA or KK there. But, I remember him from another tourney up there and in that tourney he played very loose, limping in EP with not so great cards, and twice doubling me up with my short stack at that tourney.But what am I really ahead of? 8s 9s and AK or AQ of clubs. Nothing else plays this flop. I don't think he re-raises with 8s even to is

even though you're getting the pot odds, I'd say you're pretty well screwed there. Considering you're at 10/20 blinds, you still have enough chips to work for a little while. Lay it down, and mope about it....

Make that third hand then. The guy really had me convinced he had A5.I took the announcement as a reverse tell. He's telling us that because he knows we already know this is the fourth hand in a row he's raised. He knows that we know that he knows... etc etc etc.. To me this was him showing strength, I guess I just took that as him being weak.So in this situation, Mucking the Jacks preflop makes sense?We're playing them "set it or forget it" and for 2k, there's no sense to even see the flop?EDIT: I've forgotten how much I missed this forum. I need to spend more time here. Thank you guys

OK, so I'm out now of the turning stone 200+30 Deep Stack tournament. Fuddled through Making minimal amounts with decent hands.100/200/25 level. I have about 10.5k in chips (started with 10K). UTG Raised for the fourth time in a row (and announced that) to 650 (he has about 15k). EP makes it 2k to go (he has about 16k). I am in MP with JJ. I ask what the reraise is to give an "o rly?" and call. Folds behind me back to UTG who just calls.I was apparently pegged as an uber tight player (possibly because of an earlier hand where i won with Tens full of aces on an A8TA5 board after I was ra

hi guys thanks for the responses.A) We are nowhere near tickets yet. 634 started, and there's 32 seats, and there are approximately 250 players left at this point.B) I do not wish to name any of the players here. I gave specific examples from the player in the CO to try to show the kinds of plays I'd seen shown down.C) I have re-raised only once, on what I intended to be only a steal from the Big Blind when I was shorter than average at 100/200 blinds (2 levels ago, approx 40 min). I had about 3k in chips, and there were 4 limpers in the pot. With AK I shoved in that spot and all folded

So I donked my way into a satellite into the $650 Satellite to PCA. This hand changed it all for me. So I'd like to try to maybe talk about it, and learn from it, so I'd like real discussion here (more than just, "raise" "fold" "obv" "standard" kinda stuff).Poker StarsNo Limit Holdem TournamentBlinds: t200/t400(Ante: t25)8 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: t7573UTG+1: t4226MP1: t5919 (SMART SOLID PLAYER, HAS MANY BIG CASHES)Hero: t12005CO: t8762 (HAS PLAYED VERY POORLY. LIMPING IN UTG WITH KJ, KT, CALLING OFF ALL CHIPS WITH Q9 at the 25/50 LEVEL BECAUSE HE FLOPPED A Q)Button: t2627 (LAG)SB:

Poker StarsNo Limit Holdem TournamentBlinds: t15/t309 playersConverterStack sizes:UTG: t2735UTG+1: t3525MP1: t3970Hero: t2375MP3: t1345CO: t1290Button: t1750SB: t840BB: t2500Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with J J 2 folds, MP1 calls t30 (pot was t45), Hero raises to t125, MP3 calls t125 (pot was t200), 2 folds, SB calls t110 (pot was t325), 2 folds.Flop: K A 8 (t435, 3 players)With two callers is there any reason at all to stay in this pot with the jacks?

Heads up in the first round of a 8$ 2x shootout to the sunday mill. The hand before this I shoved on him with AK on a AJ8 flop and showed. He had not been raising 3x the big blind unless it was a premium hand. Not just premium for short-handed play, but PREMIUM. So if I put him on a range of hands such as JJ-AA + AQ, AK (possibly KQ, AJ, doubt TT) what do you do here.Now, I do know what the percentages are. That isn't my question. My question is what do YOU do in this situation and why. We're 28 and 32 big blinds deep. Poker StarsNo Limit Holdem TournamentBlinds: t75/t1502 playersConver

I agree. Even though your opponent isn't going to think you'll hit the 89 there having the 567 on the board makes enough people aware that a straight draw is out there. So if you go for the c/r, you may just get checked through.I think a small bet out makes him pay it off. Pot's at $5 now, a $1.50 bet begs for a call.

I don't usually post beats, but this one just makes me vomit. $3 Turbo PLO SNG.For the uninitiated, three of a kind is to pretty much junk. Sorry for the lack of conversion, but I couldn't get it to work right.PokerStars Game #11704318773: Tournament #59387327, .00+<!--multi hand converter 1.1-->.40 Omaha Pot Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/08/26 - 15:05:25 (ET)Table \’59387327 1\’ 10-max Seat #3 is the buttonSeat 3: Ramezz (7860 in chips) Seat 4: Team-O (4150 in chips) Seat 6: jaysull (2990 in chips) Team-O: posts small blind 400jaysull: posts big blind 800*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to

He's an unknown, so it's hard to say what his range is here but....I believe:He still calls with the the K in his hand if you min raise. He still calls if he's got TTHe definitely calls and probably won't raise with just any J. (I think JQ and JT are definite possibilities here.)If he's checking the turn to you its either because he's setting you up for a monster or because he feels his hand is semi strong.I think a Min-raise makes it possible to get away from a shove here, and extracts enough out so he doesn't feel threatened and thinks he has to call with mediocre holdings.I say min-raise f

But quite often, if somebody's betting, they don't have it, or it's a very weak FD that they may check/call down to aggression. Especially in this situation, where it's 6-max.I like raising here, but I wouldn't have shoved. I think a raise to 8 signifies to a good player you have a strong hand and are willing to commit yourself if need be, but don't feel the need to get it all in on the flop. Considering this is 6-max, you're probably ahead here 75% of the time. You either take it down or lets the Kd chase to hit where he's dead anyway.

Two separate hands, two separate days. Wondering how the crew here plays them.Both of these are 1/2 NL (100MAX) at Turning Stone. I read both hands for obvious straights by the villiansHand A:EP Raise to 5, I'm in the BB with Ad2h and a stack of about $105. 5 people in the pot before me so I call. Flop comes down 3 4 5 rainbow. Girl to my right who's been betting out 'scare flops' bets 10, I raise to 40, the next two Fold and then All-in from the HJ for about 150.Things to think about: HJ has been super conservative, wouldn't even raise his Q high Flush when he hit it on the river because

Stars has a 150 seat guarantee coming up. Entry is $370 with all kinds of satellites to that if you would rather not plunk down the $370. I wasn't paying attention to their numbers last year, but it looks like the need about 4700 players to not have an overlay. Granted that's a big field to go thru, but the 30 min blind levels should help keep it not be such a crapshoot.That one will be interesting to see how it affects the Sunday Million as well.That's my choice for qualifying.

Simo, I think I see what you're saying about 50%, and it really comes down to this:When I win, I make (approx) 3x my initial investment, so for it to be plus EV I need to be 33% to win, yes?Which then makes this a fairly easy call, even though more times than not, I'm going to get outdrawn. Zach, I wanted to have a serious discussion about this, because with 4 hands in ahead of me, the possibility of me getting outdrawn is very large. That's why I wanted to post this hand. I really don't think anybody is going to fold the nuts here. And yes, I made the post look weak/tight for a reason. I

I ask this because of the four all-ins ahead, because I do hold the current nuts, and because getting outdrawn on stars is standard. And yes, somebody put a beat on me, actually twice. Once on the turn for about half the chips, and once on the river for the other half.... But I didn't actually post it because of the beat, I posted it because after the beat, I really had to wonder if this was the right move after the 4 all-ins. I still wonder, even after this discussion.I know we're not supposed to post results, but I figure it's long enough after the discussion has been had.Turn: (t11074) 2

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)MP1 (t2460)Hero (t1115)CO (t7840)Button (t1655)SB (t670)BB (t2665)UTG (t1275)UTG+1 (t6120)Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 5 , 5 . 2 folds, MP1 calls t50, Hero calls t50, CO calls t50, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.Flop: (t250) 3 , 3 , 2 (5 players)SB bets t50, BB calls t50, MP1 calls t50, Hero calls t50, CO calls t50.Baby bet here - It's 50 into a pot of 400. Call seems reasonable here? Yes/No? Re-Evaluate on the turn?Turn: (t500) 5 (5 players)SB bets t50, BB ra

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)saw flop|saw showdownBB (t1799)UTG (t3405)UTG+1 (t2965)MP1 (t3408)MP2 (t2845)Hero (t3735)CO (t1690)Button (t1150)SB (t1090)Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 8 , 7 . UTG calls t150, 3 folds, Hero calls t150, CO raises to t300, Button calls t300, 1 fold, BB calls t150, UTG calls t150, Hero calls t150.Flop: (t1575) 5 , 4 , 6 (5 players)BB bets t150, UTG calls t150, Hero raises to t450, CO raises to t1390, Button calls t850 (All-In), BB raises to t1499 (All-In), UTG rais