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Maybe try taking a break for a few days. Try not to think about poker, then come back and get your BR up again.

Did you win the hand?

I hope you are joking. The question wasnt "could he win 12 bracelets this year", it was "could he win his 12th bracelet this year". Meaning his 12th overall bracelet, not win 12 times in one year.

Full tilt has more to play with. They have the cap games, which Im not sure about because I think it defeats the whole purpose of NO LIMIT. They also have the mixed games which can be fun.

I think it Daniel Powter. Is it me or does he sound just like Robert Williamson, but pissed off all the time?

I see nothing wrong with just calling the reraise. This is a cash game and way more often than not you will be the underdog. There is no way he is playing this fast without a pocket pair, and more likely a big pocket pair, unless you have seen him do this before. I rarely see it as a good idea to push preflop with AKo especially in a cash game. I just dont think you will win often enough to make this play profitable.

Yeah, this isn't really about bad beats, just some bad luck playing the 1/2NL at Harrahs Casino in NOLA. It was one of those days where I was catching hands, and hitting flops, but getting beat by better hands. It started out good, got KK UTG got one guy all-in on the flop, and I was up about $180 within the first 1/2 hour. But after that. it was all down hill. I was delt AQs on the Button, guy two seats back raises to $5(he was one of the loosest guys at the table, I saw get caught bluffing twice in the first hour we were there), I bump it up to $25, he calls. Flop Q-5-2, rainbow. He checks,

Good job on keeping your cool. I would have had to leave after that beat and dance like that, there was no way I was going to be any good the rest of the night.

To answer OPs question, no you werent wrong for betting him out of the pot! It was a risky move, but it worked. The guy should not have told you his hand, that right thre is bad poker ethics. He thought he could get you to not bet if you didnt have a straight. His plan didnt work. Screw that guy, he should have been more careful about what he says. Oh, and to the guy with the two chicks making out in his avatar, that is by far the best avatar that I have ever seen.

Those hands are always the most satisfying. You knew he would make a huge bluff, and took advatage of it. Nice Job!

Thank You!

Is there any websites that you can watch high stakes poker? I'm not talking about live, just the past shows from GSN.

There is nothing wrong with being from the south.I have to agree that it was a bad anology though. What DN is saying, is that, the 7 players are doing something illegal, which isn't true, because online poker isn't illegal yet (I'm assuming thats what he is referring too). His anology is more closely related to stealing cable then calling the cable company about a bad reception, or a coke dealer selling you baking soda and calling the cops because you want your money back.

Now that I have read a little of the lawsuit, I can see a point to it. This is alot like EA Sports not putting the names of players on their college games. They would have to pay each player royalties from what the game make is money. The lawsuit is trying to do this for poker players. If the WPT makes money off a player, then they are saying that player should get paid. The way it is now, the player can't get paid. I think the fact is, it's the WPT's choice whether or not to have this type of contract. If you don't like it, then don't play in their tournys. It's that simple, and I have to say

IMO, it's the dealer and the guy who put too many chips in the pot, fault, not DN. If this would have happen to me, where I got more chips than I was supposed to, and a rail bird made a comment, it would have been on. This in no way effects you, so you have no right to make a comment about it. you say you have lost all respect for him now, seriously, there was 12 mil at stake here. Why wouldn't you take advantage of this. Yeah, it is probably immoral, but it's 12 mil!!

I don't know much about the lawsuit against the WPT, to be honest. I think all it comes down too are these big name pro's thinking they have enough pull now that they can get what they want. They were probably hoping that the WPT would see a few high profile and big name players pissed off about something, and would accomadate them in any way they needed. The WPT, isn't backing down, and now the players ego's are pushing them to take it further. (Poker players with big ego's, go figure). Raymer is obviously mad at the fact that DN is being vocal about it, as far as I know, it's just in his blo

I think he means the odds of a Father and his Son making it all the way to heads up, not any two random people.

I've hit one club Royal Flush, and I've been playing off and on for about two years.

alcohol was never invented....... Bars wouldn't be so popularthe only game of poker was stud...... It would be boringKdawg was president...... Who is kdawg?the only game of poker was limit... The bluff wouldn't be so famousroyal tour was assassinated....... Who?their were no poker forums..... Everyone would have their own opinion, not someone elses elaberated opinionstu ungar was still alive....... He wouldn't be considered such a great playererick lindgren went bust, like he should of 5 years ago..... Why should he have gone bust?you had to be 35 to gamble...... Wouldn't be as many poker pro'

They should have focused more on the fact that he was under 21 more than anything else. This guy isn't the first person to have a gambling problem, and he won't be the last. Yes, he lost it all on online poker, but it's no different than going to a casino and losing it all. I can see where the government has a problem, losing the 2 billion dollars in untaxble revenue. People need to stop blaming their problems on everything else, and take responsibility for what they do. It isn't the poker sites fault the kid lost his money, it's his fault. Being a college student, his parents were probably gi

Yeah, we americans are hardcore..haha

If you play 8 $80 SNG's you would pretty much payed for the $650 one. I'd still keep playing the $80 one's, since you have came close a few times already. Just keep trying, and good luck!

I view young kids wanting to be poker players like this. Its just like kids wanting to be movie stars, they see the money and fame that can come with it, and they want that. Poker unlike movie stars, takes a little more than good looks to make money.

yeah, everyone know online poker is rigged..lol. Still, I'd like to hear his arguement though.My guess is that he took some bad beats, or what he thought was bad beats, and got alittle mad.

I don't understand why everyone is saying that this was a bad fold. I agree its a weak play, but in a tourny it makes since. Why would you gamble all your chips, especially when you dont need the chips. Like OP said, if he just sticks to small pots, he will be ok. Yeah, at the time, he had the best hand, but its basically a coin flip for him to win the pot with two cards to come. Would you risk all your chips in a coin flip situation when you have a good chip stack? Probably not, if your playing a big pot, you want the nuts at this point. OP's hand wont get any better, and both draws beat him