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I just recently started playing on Stars after FCP made the conversion. I hadn't had a lot of time to play recently, but today I had time to finally play a 180 man SNG so I ponied up the 10 clams for it. I can definately now see why everyone loves these things so much. Being a brag post, I will say that I took first in this guy (representing FCP of course). The structure is fantastic. I just played super tight and waited for big hands and got paid off every time. I only saw a flop about 16% of the time. I played the first 2 hours well below the average but I was also fairly card dead.
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His min-raise on the flop looks like its for information. Most people are trapping by check calling. He is most likely trying to figure out what hand you have. Just because you come over the top PF does not mean your range is AA-QQ or AK. The second raise could be with a wide variety of hands. Since you have no reads on him, I assume he has none on you. So there is no reason for him to assume that you are a TAG that is only likely to play AA-QQ or AK in this spot. A lot of players will put this raise in with any pair or even hands such as AJ or KQ. This gives you a wide range of hands
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This is always a very interesting situation as your villain could have a wide range of hands. The villain could easily have JJ, QQ, or some type of suited diamonds (KdQd). I think TT, 99, 88, or 77 are also possibilities. I think TT is the least likely as most villains would trap in this spot. 99, 88, and 77 could easily put in a flop raise here thinking that you have AK or AQ. This pot is also tough to play because of the amount of money in the pot as any bet that you put in on the turn will most likely pot commit you. Unfortunely, you can't give a free card because of the potential dia
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PokerStars Game #10734963066: Tournament #54396364, $5.00+$0.50 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - Level VII (150/300) - 2007/07/02 - 18:09:17 (ET)Table '54396364 1' 6-max Seat #6 is the buttonSeat 3: Alpha1494 (2860 in chips) Seat 6: ZimCard# (6140 in chips) Alpha1494: posts the ante 30ZimCard#: posts the ante 30ZimCard#: posts small blind 150Alpha1494: posts big blind 300*** DEALING HANDS ***Dealt to Alpha1494 [Th 2h 3d 4c 7h]ZimCard#: calls 150Alpha1494: checks Alpha1494: discards 5 cards [Th 2h 3d 4c 7h]Dealt to Alpha1494 [5d 5c 6h 6d 5s]ZimCard#: discards 2 cardsAlpha1494: checks ZimCard#: bets 600A
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11 - 1 makes a good point. If you do want to use eye drops tho, I always recommend Rhoto's. If you know any pot heads, they will also recommend these as a great way to remove the redness and dry eyes.Alpha
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I'm almost positive it was Ming Ly, a very well known Asian poker pro.
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I'll put my disclaimer in first: I really like Phil, but he can be such an assclown.It's not any secret that Phil has been out there trying to market himself to make more money. I wouldn't be surprised if he made more money in endorsements in the past year than he has made in his entire poker career. He may act like a complete D-bag a fair amount of the time, but you can't argue that the man is a ****ing genius. He makes so much money off of his name that its not even reasonable. He may be a D-bag sometimes, but he is a smart and rich D-bag.Let us not forget that he almost was the WSOP pl
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I switch it up. Sometimes I use an actual card protector, sometimes just a chip, and occassionally I'll just hold my cards down with my hand. If I have the nuts on the river, I sometimes jack off all over my cards so the dealer knows to keep his hands away from my cards, but some of my friends think this is a really bad tell.
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I'll try and offer some of advice from a medical standpoint. I'm not sure where you are from, but if you are from the U.S. there are a few great cancer centers that can offer lots of help. Despite the lack of money and insurance, these types of places don't simply let people die. By contacting some of these centers, they can provide you some guidance and options on how to get through a situation like this.The IU Cancer Center based in Indianapolis has been known as one of the top cancer facilities in the country. This is where Lance Armstrong received the majority of his treatment for test
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What Habit Does Your Poker Profits Feed?
Alpha1494 replied to Footballguru's topic in General Poker Forum
After my next big cash, I'm buying a midget whose sole purpose is to walk around and punch people in the nuts. I'll gladly pay for good entertainment. I'm also looking to purchase a Vietnamese whore to be my sex slave, but the paperwork is pending...... -
What Habit Does Your Poker Profits Feed?
Alpha1494 replied to Footballguru's topic in General Poker Forum
Does no one here use their gambling profits to feed their alcohol addiction? When I have a decent day of profits, I buy handles of Jim Beam. When I have really good days, I buy handles of Maker's Mark. When I got second in Midnight Madness last October, I definately bought two kegs and shared my glory with all my friends. Apparantly no one else here drinks enough.But weed is important too.....I just got back from a 5 day trip in Jamaica. End of story.Win more......Drink more........Be merry.Alpha -
Yes, it absolutely was. Sebok, Huff, and the Caveman had a field day over this. One of the funniest episodes and segments they did. Unfortunately I can't remember which specific episode, and I have absolutely zero desire to go through all my Circuit audio to find out which one it is.
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Based on your read, you need to call with so few chips. If you had say more than 6000 or so, you could consider folding, but that's still though. Your M is still small, and playing short handed doesn't help. So i guess I'll just reiterate what everyone else said. CALL CALL CALL
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I think this is a little scared poker here. I think you have to lead at the turn, because your opponents range of hands includes both hands you can beat, and hands your drawing dead too. If you make a bet on the turn that looks like a value bet, you will get your information that you need. If your opponent then raises, its an easy fold, and if he calls, you can slow yourself down. I don't like the c/f on the turn because you are throwing away a hand that could be good in this spot. I just prefer to try and gain the information.Alpha
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Why Is Gambling Illegal Under The Age Of 21?
Alpha1494 replied to GambleToWin's topic in General Poker Forum
The primary reason you can't gamble in a casino unless your 21 is an alcohol issue. A lot of casino revenue can ultimately be traced back to alcohol. From a strictly business standpoint, it would be much more difficult to efficiently run a casino if players less than 21 were allowed to gamble.If you want a better answer as to why you can't gamble unless your 21, then its probably because you touch yourself at night.Alpha -
Does Anyone Else Self Destruct When Going Deep
Alpha1494 replied to jonmarc's topic in General Poker Forum
HOH has helped my late game immensly (sp?). I usually self destruct before I make it deep. If I go deep, I tend to go real deep. HOH is a real good read, especially vol 2. Just my 2 pennies.Alpha -
T.v. Poker Players With The Worst, Most Annoying Personality
Alpha1494 replied to getarealjob's topic in General Poker Forum
I wouldn't put Cantu on the annoying list. He was a victim of ESPN's "creative editing." I remember them talking in an old episode of the Circuit about how Brandon was actually a really quite guy and didn't say much while playing. They filmed and showed about 100% of everything he said. I like the old Circuit, so I'm gonna take their word on this. Otherwise, pretty top notch list. -
Nominate Daniel For Cardplayers Fav Poker Player
Alpha1494 replied to Oziumrules's topic in General Poker Forum
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Ok, se here's how my analysis of the river card went. When I get 1600 bet into me, it really really bothered me. I play with Josh a lot, and I know he's not messing around at this point. I know Josh would be check calling with most of the ranges of hands that I had put him on on the turn. So this bet bothered me incredibly bad. It really confused me. I actually thought for well over 2 minutes to make my decision. I really wanted to fold. I told him I really wanted to fold. When he made the bet, I knew it was strength. I knew that he was 1) not bluffing 2) wasn't betting top pair. At
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Full time student, soon to be pharmacist.
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The lawsuit is pointless, but I must agree with that crew. The final table structure for the WPT is terrible. I hope that eventually changes.
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I've heard that LHE is tough on Bodog just because the play on that site is just so bad. The play is just so poor that their limit games are just a complete crap shoot. I would consider trying to play 4/8 at a different site where the play tends to be a little more solid. It gives you a little more room to mix up your play. I've found that at Bodog, you just need to pump a ton of money into every pot in their limit games and just hope you are the one who gets lucky because if you don't, one of the other 7 guys who saw the river on a pot that got capped on every street will. I've had much
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Set up. My buddy Josh and I decided to play a little HU tournament before going out to the bars one night. We start with 5000 in chips with 25-50 blinds to start and bump them up about every 15 minutes (we really like to play deepstacked in these things). This hand occurred with blinds at 100-200 and we both are still at 5000. Josh is a very good player, he has established himself well and has been playing online for a couple years now as his ONLY source of income.I limp the button with Qh2d. Josh checks his option.Flop comes Jh10d9h.Not a terrible flop for my hand. Josh is pretty aggres
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Yeah, the next four days are not going to be very enjoyable. I will be going with the old "finish one exam, then cram for the next" approach. I have Pharmacotherapeutics in 4 hours, Principles of Drug Action Tuesday, Pharmacokinetics on Wednesday, and Biostatistics and Research Design Thursday. I very well may kill myself before the week is over. But when I'm done Thursday, I'm going straight to the boats (prob Ceasars), and I'm just gambling and getting hammered.Alpha