TS Clark

It completely depends (like most things in poker) what your position is and the other upcards and their actions. If you are last to act and only a couple of people have limped the pot, then you could play. With any significant aggression before you, or with scary cards behind you, this is an easy fold.

The old advice is still the best advice -- Do NOT go broke in an unraised pot. Just don't.You were going to lose money with this hand with the way you played it, but the second time he popped you, it's time to think about whether you should just take your beating and wait for a better spot.Don't limp with aces unless you know some maniac is bound to raise. And especially don't do it if you know you're one of those people (and there are many, many) who can't lay down a hand with two aces post-flop.GL.

Rake's capped in short-handed and heads-up games.

For tourneys in your price range, you can't beat Caesar's Palace. As far as low buy-in tourneys go, it's really, really good and very professionally run.Caesar's has a very nice cash game section as well, where you can go to play all the NLHE your heart desires. If there is enough room traffic, you might get them to start a mixed game for you as well (though good luck on the PLO game). The Venetian also has a terrific room for cash games.Have a great time.

To quote South Park..."I'm sorry. I'm sorry. What I meant to say was: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY BALLS, MR. GARRISON?"

Pete Rose + sportbook = crazy delicious

Why do I feel like some American guy has been watching Guy Ritchie movies and then drinking a lot before he posts here?Hmmm.

I'm assuming that looseslots VPIP percentage is a reflection of the fact that these games are very often shorthanded (if not heads up). Because, if not, I'm playing WAAAYYY too tight when I play PLO.

I agree with all of this above.

Against this guy and his possible range, all my money is going in on that flop. That is all.

I read to the end and wasn't too shocked he had quads (though that's certainly not the hand I would have put him on during play).With that said, I'd pay off here 95/100 times. I'm just not good enough to lay that down at the limits you were playing. Too many hands that you could beat could still be in there -- at the .50-1 level, lots of fascinating stuff goes on. He could have a worse ace, the nut flush, etc.. The only way I might lay this down is if both of us were really deep-stacked and the guy I was playing was a reasonable player.

$1-$5 stud is generally a horror, unless you have some live ones in the game. Normally, though, you'll be 20+ years younger than anyone else at the table and the play is generally rock-like. Plus, at this level, the rake is just murder compared to the stakes and average pot size.I wouldn't advise playing stud at this level again (unless you're just doing it for pure fun -- in which case, play like a maniac and drive the old people crazy). But, if you do, just play tight and then be very aggressive when you do make a hand. And prepare yourself for some extra variance -- that extra street makes

I played this a few weeks ago while I was in Vegas. Very well-run and good structure.That said, I decided I dislike playing in live tourneys. I play lots of live cash games in Vegas, but that was my first time in a live tournament. I can tolerate the slow pace of live play (versus online) much better in a cash game, since I can get up and take a little break whenever I want. In a tourney, you really can't do that (or you will miss hands in an elevating blind structure), which really drives home the monotony of live play.But, bottom line, if tourneys are something you like a lot and you don't m

Now this one I doubt. No one who bets six figure sums on a game (golf) that he's not even good at is what you'd call a highly disciplined financial manager. Let's face it -- all these top guys are pretty much degenerate gamblers. They're just good enough at poker to support their "condition."I don't think any of the top pros are that great at bankroll management (or at least very few). But the smarter, more successful ones (like Daniel, for instance) at least know when to say when and don't totally lose their minds. Daniel seems to be a smart guy and I think he's saying "when" for a bit. Or, l

I keep score with the money I make. If I'm consistently making it while playing, I figure I'm playing well (or well enough, anyway). If I'm consistently losing, I try and figure out why.If you have a reasonable sample size of hands/tourneys, then you should have a reasonable database from which to judge the effectiveness of your own game at the stakes you currently play. The bottom line in poker -- money talks, given time enough to do it.

I think debating "rudeness" based on online poker room chat is ridiculous. I don't think anyone here thought badly of you because you accepted the challenge or that you bugged him about it once or twice to rub it in (though that's a little silly). But when you went to 15+ on the "I'm callin' you out, buddy!" meter, you were looking like a WAY bigger idiot than that guy ever was.Relax. You played the hand the way you wanted to. He got lucky. You lost. If you can't be OK with that, play a game where luck has no part.

I think it's probably just as simple as his maybe having his money tied up in other places -- real estate, etc.. Not all poker players keep enormous amount of liquid capital on hand. A lot of the more successful ones have their money tied up in other things that can provide long-term income.It's quite possible the guy is just a bit pokered-out right now. Or maybe he just has other things going on in his personal life that are none of our business. I very much doubt that we have to worry about Daniel's financial future. He seems to be someone who can take care of himself. All the speculation on

Why anyone plays table games is a mystery to me. But maybe that's just because I like money and hate fun.I guess I'm one of the few people who goes to Vegas to gamble all the time, but I have never wagered a single dollar at anything outside of a poker room. I just can't do the math in my head that makes it alright for me to inexorably give my money to the house. (But I also don't drink, go to clubs, consort with questionable women, etc.. So, as my friends like to tell me, Vegas is almost wholly wasted on me and I suck. But, as I like to tell them, I've never yet left Vegas with less money tha

People like you are poster children for why some people want to ban gambling. Just wait two weeks and then we can pretend this lame question never got posted.

Pathetic.Stop playing games you can't afford and stop whining when you lose in games you can't afford to play in. Get a job and work for your money, then you won't have to rant when you lose $300 (which one day you will realize is a pretty negligible sum of money). And you won't have to describe yourself as "18 and broke." You are a cautionary tale, but not even a significant one.Just stop, people. No one cares about your running bad, your bad beats, or your micro-limits agony.

Why don't you wait two weeks until you're legal, then you won't have to worry about any of this stuff? And you won't have to ask questions like this on the forum. No one has any "suggestions" -- how could they? You'll either get carded or you won't. If you don't, hurrah -- you got away with it. If you do, you'll get your chips taken from you and be humilated in public.I'd wait the two weeks. Seems like the smarter thing to do. Potential public humiliation is very -EV.

You are giving people WAY too much credit for their observational skills (especially online). Don't get tricky or cute with real hands in low buy-in tourneys. Raise, bet for value, etc.. Limping from EP with AK is often a recipe for disaster, as you found out. If you are going to make this play, you have to be very, very careful post-flop, as you are out of position and up against a couple of people who clearly like their hands to some extent. I mean, they called your big reraise pre-flop, even when your tricky limp/reraise play screams big pair, so what makes you think shoving into that board

Except we know the answer to your question.Ted Williams.Next.

Because this is damn HORSE tourney, not NLHE? Because NLHE isn't even part of the HORSE rotation? Because many people seem to be on record saying that switching is NLHE for the final table is retarded?ESPN has been great for the growth of poker, obviously, but this is just stupid beyond belief. Are they seriously suggesting the poker-loving public wouldn't get completely juiced to watch the HORSE mixed games format on TV? It would be incredibly interesting and, in my opinion, would help people see that poker is so, so much more than just hold 'em. The schedule for the WSOP this year is just te

1. Never happen. I'll cheerfully go broke here.2. Ditto.3. I've folded this on occasion, but only against a well-known opponent whose play screams "set" from past history. Usually, see #1 and #2 above.4. Not often, but this may be the easiest one of the ones you mention for me to lay down. A flush is obviously not concealed at all, so I tend to take people pushing over the top a lot more seriously if I only have the 4th nuts. But, still, I'm sure none of us make a habit of folding here.5. I've folded these hands before, but then immediately log-off for the night, since I am clearly way to