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1-2 nl - how do i play under these house rules?
acesfullmike replied to silicon's topic in No Limit Texas Hold'em Cash Games
i would think playing mid pairs would be even more valuable, really for set value. -
good call on the maximins. wow game theory can make your brain hurt. its a von neumann poker model if anyone cares to check that out, pretty cool stuff, even proves that in the above situation that betting the pot is the best idea.
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yeah, the problem i am having is figuring out exactly how much fold equity the first player has by betting. i mean player 2 knows that 1 only is going to bet when he feels like he is getting the best of it. but optimally, 2 has to call when he feels he is best only 25% of the time. so is 2 calling with anything better than .25. we know this isnt right since 1 would not raise the bet with .25 as he would not be best >=50%. i believe that 2 calls a raise only when he is going to be better than .5 in a 4:1 ratio. So i think 2's magic calling a raise number is .625. 1 wants a free showdown with
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so i love my professor, but he stole my bonus question off of another website. I need a little help here from the math guys, well here we go. Ok, since you guys like poker here is a game for you to play. Two players each put 1 unit into the pot. Each player gets a random number uniformly distributed between 0 and 1. Each player knows the value of his number but not the value of his opponent's number. The first player is then given an opportunity to bet one additional unit. If the first player doesn't bet there is a showdown and the player with the highest number collects the antes. If the fir
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Players who can beat the 10/20 game for a bit over 3bb/100 (and there are a few good players who can), should be able to beat the 5/10 game for close to 4bb/100.I can't, but some can. without perfect table selection and seat position, i seriously want to see someone beat 10/20 for 3bb/100 over more than 25k hands. 4bb/100 at 5/10 is crazy as well.
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bumping this for the people that havent read it, freakin hilarious
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ok, i change my answer. a bottle of wine later, i am just getting pissed. decided to play a few nl tourneys, not my specialty, but fun anyway. AK all in pre-flop gets beat by AQs, ATs on a A85 flop, run down by K5 on the trips river. i may have to kill someone. that or just drink another bottle of wine and think about how due for a bad swing i am. lol.
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when it goes that bad that fast, its hilarious isnt it. you play your normal game and everyone has the stone cold nuts against you. you really cant stop it. i miss the sick upswing i had last week end. up 9.xx BB/100
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oh, it doesnt bother me at all. i have 50k hands at this limit with a solid win rate. unfortunate non-poker circumstances have made me cash out chunks of money which have kept me bankrolled for only this limit. this was just my first WOW downswing. the speed and drastic nature of it suprised me. i am still rolled properly, and i may review a few of the hands to see if i made any major errors, but when the cards go against you, not much you can do. Variance is a bitch. i just thought i would share with some of the less experienced players that havent had the pleasure of a wicked downswing. funn
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i think i am in the running. down 100BB in just over 1000 hands, actually started making a comeback in there so it was more like 700 hands at its worst point. its actually been hilarious, set over set, second nut flushes vs nut flush. making the nut flush to see the board pair on the river and crying call to see the boat. my vpip is all the way down to 13% from 18-19, just a horrible run of cards. this is my worst downswing ever, but i'm laughing about it. quitting for the night to go have some beers. actually lost a 25BB buyin in 26 hands. Didnt win a single pot, lol. OK, the reason for th
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what do you do when you're on a downswing ??
acesfullmike replied to matthew r's topic in General Strategy
nutbar the lowest limit table you can find. plain and simple it works for me. i'll do that until i win a 15+BB pot with a runner runner trips when i raised 3-7 utg. then i move back to my normal limit. -
nah, there is more than one villain in this scenario.
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in my edition its on page 93, the section on heads up vs multiway. well the scenario is that you have AsKc and the flop comes down Ad10c3d. the player to your right bets into you. it says that you may just want to call since you wont lose a four flush, but you will knock out a gutshot or second pair. well, while we do want the gutshot and second pair calling, and we very well could be beaten by two pair or a set. do we not want to charge the four flush a price that the pot is not laying? Lets say we know for a fact that a player to our left has KdQd. If the pot is still fairly small, assuming
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biggest rush you've ever been on...
acesfullmike replied to freak2304's topic in General Poker Forum
winning 9.61BB/100 over my last 1818 hands this weekend. this coming right after dropping about 75BB the couple days before in like a heartbeat. -
well, there are always posts about fixing leaks, and since i dont remember a good one lately, please post the leak that you still do even though you know it is wrong. Personally, i play suited aces and small pairs too much up front. I seem to think that its still going to get 5 handed and make my play smart, but inevitably it gets raised later, and I go to the flop heads up, out of position, and with the worst of it.
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i kinda chalk that one up to bad luck. i push middle set with no other draws all the way. i kinda look at it like a nl loss. you woulda pushed all the way any how, and i get to lose less than i would have in nl. wait till you hit a couple top FH when the other guy makes quads, i just laugh and pay up. i'm not good enough to lay down middle set or to slow down with it.
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couple hands i would like reviewed
acesfullmike replied to acesfullmike's topic in Other Poker Cash Games
i had the results up earlier and took them off. but it turns out that hand one villain turns over K-9, so i was basically drawing dead after the flop. Damn passive players have me donking my chips off, lol. hand two the villain turns over pocket cowboys. once again, i lost the minimum-ish which is just fine by me. On a side note, mp3 with the pocket nines, i can see the value in raising right then. But, if my limp gets the button or CO to raise, which then gets the BB or SB to call, (assuming all the other limpers call the raise), i can re-raise and basically play this hand for set value o -
couple hands i would like reviewed
acesfullmike replied to acesfullmike's topic in Other Poker Cash Games
Tim, could you expand on your reasoning for betting the river of hand one please. If he raises me, I pretty much have to dump my hand, so I figured a c/c would be better to keep him honest than a bet/fold line, but i always like your thought pattern. -
I think i remember reading a post with this same advice, but here goes.During the course of moving up limits, I think it is invaluable to play shorthanded for at least 10-20k hands. I got used to playing shorthanded since there were no games on absolute, and now that I am back on party, my play out of the blinds on steal defenses and my play from the button and CO is far better. I think playing shorthanded has dramatically helped my isolate and fight over what is in the middle type hands as well as keeping me from playing too many suited connectors up front. My VP$IP has gone up a couple poin
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nl isnt right for me either. i couldnt handle the swings. but, its just like when playing limit and you are on the bad end of variance, cant hit a draw, can connect with your flops, etc
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Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is SB with [5d], [Kd]. UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.Flop: (5 SB) [Kc], [3h], [9c] (5 players)Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets, BB folds, UTG folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls.Turn: (4.50 BB) [5c] (2 players)Hero bets, MP3 calls.River: (6.50 BB) [4c] (2 players)Hero checks, MP3 checks.Final Pot: 6.50 BBParty Poker 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is MP3 with [9c], [9h]. UTG calls, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.Flop: (5 SB) [Td], [4c], [Th] (5 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG bet
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Not that I am a poker genius or anything, i am a sklansky clone basically. fundamentally sound-ish, and play limits that i can handle, when he started getting mad, i told him that it was the dumbest thing that i ever heard, playing better players to win more money. i then went on to tell him that bluffing at the very low limits was pointless as it is more than likely going to showdown, and that he should only really semi-bluff with 7 other players in the pot and that was for value with an equity edge. this guy is super-smart and i think he is falling into the trap i did when i first started.
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anyone have a link to an article that will help explain to my friend that if he can't beat the 2/4 regularly since "no one folds to a bluff" that moving to the 10/20 will really not help him bluff people out of pots. The guy has money, but he is a friend that just wont listen. Oh yeah, hellmuth on holdem is the only book he will read. simply will not borrow sshe, heap, or ss1/2 from me.
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5/10 regulars your insight is needed
acesfullmike replied to nachunja's topic in Other Poker Cash Games
the most important thing you need to do before worrying about where your poker game is, what level you can beat, or what you are bankrolled for.FIX YOUR GRADES!!!!!Sorry, but this is far more important than any card playing decision you will ever make. you obviously aren't using poker to pay your bills, some of the older more experienced players can explain how that is a grind. enjoy it, have fun, learn to beat the 2/4 and you can make a ton of money for the average college student multi-tabling. 6 tables * 66 hands/ hour * 2BB/100 * $4/BB = ~$32/hr american. I use poker to win my 'spend on w -
not the funniest fish comment, but it works
acesfullmike replied to zimmer4141's topic in General Poker Forum
roflmao that is freakin hilarious.at 025/0.5 where i play thats the biggest problem.His comment: "Nice 3 outer miracle you donkey"My comment: "Thanks for the happy meal"doesnt quite have the same effect.It works even better @ 4k-8k. You dont even have to convert it into anything. "thanks for $80,00" :shock:nah, its more like, thanks for the benz......like i would freaking know.