Ebonwoulfe

You know, it may be rigged, but I've never ONCE seen a pop up or anything that says "Call this, there's an A on the river and you'll win!"I mean, the idiots HAVE to have SOMETHING that works like this, don't they? Or do they just throw the money into the pot trusting that their card is coming, like it does every time?

What a douche... everyone knows that this will work out in due time. Just let us go through our growing pains.This is a flame.I'm only doing it to screw with you.Love, Ebon

Another possible situation to limp with KK in would be if you wanted to limp from up front with suited connectors occasionally, so people might be wary of your preflop limps.However, only strong players will notice that you limp raised, and it's not a guarantee you won't get raised, and it's probably not potent enough to make weaker hands profitable to limp preflop.

They're nothing like SS1/SS2HOH1 is all about play when the stacks are reasonably deep compared to the blindsHOH2 is all about when the stacks aren't so deep as compared to the blinds.They're both vital, I think.

If it was discovered in the middle of a hand, you completely undo the hand, the problem is solved, and you replay the hand.If it happens between hands, you solve the problem and move on.There is no refunding of money to people who play with an improper deck. It's definately someone's fault, but what's done is done.

You try to warn him of the joys of FCP and you don't even mention the krablar or nutbar. Krablar:http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-foru...opic.php?t=7967Nutbar:http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_magazine/a...d=12235&m_id=21Has anyone mentioned to get PokerTracker? Sure it's ~$50, but any serious player will tell you that it pays for itself in no time.www.pokertracker.com

the thing is, what could he POSSIBLY have that is worth an all-in on a KKTTT board in omaha? AA, hoping that you don't have the T for quads (since any king except KK would just be trip kings)? Just about the only hand that seems reasonable here is KKxx, I think... unless he's a complete donk, which is possible at these levels.You know what? Since he's probably a complete donk at these levels, you call .

All the locking makes me wonder how many active threads we will have... I mean, whenever someone says something like "Look what this fish said" the moderator will lock it and say "There's already a thread for this". Alright mods, if you're going to lock something because a thread already exists, could you at least put up a link to the thread you're referring to? You know, close the door but open a window?

Hmm doesn't it go something like this:AK suitedYou have to catch 8 out of 52 cardsThen you have to catch 1 out of 51 cardsfor:8/52 * 1/51 = .00301, or .3% of the timeAA4 out of 523 out of 514/52 * 3/51 = .00452, or .45% of the timePokerTracker tells me that I have AA106/24255 = .00437And AK suited65/24255 = .00268So the percentages work out correctly

Hey, anyone out there know of any job openings for a mechanical engineer? I've been looking for a while, and I could really use a job.flame away!

Yeah I can picture the job description:Are you amazingly anal retentive? Is Monk your idea of a superhero? Then FCP has the job for you! You can put stuff in it's place all day, and not only that people will keep bringing you stuff to put in it's place!

And just to pad post count and because I thought about it...You don't have to go through the years of experiences that the pros went through because they tell you about them in the books. If you really want to spend the years learning it for yourself, go right ahead. Of course you can be good without reading the books, that's how almost all of the current players got there.The education exists now though, so you should take advantage of it. I know that there was a philosopher who said "If I can see farther, it's only because I stood on the shoulders of giants"

My advice is to RTFM (1). I assure you, there are a lot of things in poker books that you never thought of. It is professional poker players that WRITE them, for goodness sakes! Just because you have played a lot you think that you know everything? I am sure that you don't.This "I'm good enough" logic doesn't even work when you apply it to other areas of your life.Do you have like a financial advisor, or hell even a bank? I mean, if you talk to a financial advisor, you do so because that person has more experience than you with money. Sure, you have handled money all your life, but the a

What if he had said to her "Hey I have the nut flush", then bet into her? Would THAT be unethical? I mean, at least he made a bet. Or is it only unethical to check it down when you have an implied agreement?Or what if he said something like "Under pain of death or sleeping on the couch tonight, I swear you should not call this bet" and proceeded to bet? He didn't tell her his hand but he told her to fold. Is that unethical?

Yeah it's obvious to you now, but 87 on the button could be played a little better. First off, figure out where you are.You have 12x the big blind in your stack and you're on the button. If the pot contains 3000 in blinds and antes, you have a little more than 8 times the pot in your stack. This means you can last 8 more rounds at the current blind level, and you are under some pressure to play some hands and win some chips. This is a fine situation, though, considering that you are still in third overall. Many other players are in much worse situations.With that in mind, we go to the han

Avoid the Luxor like the plague for your 1-2 NL HE game

If you're going to play this hand in this way, you have to call the big bet. You got exactly what you wanted, you would be giving up your advantage if you folded this. Would a quarterback run a screen pass but audible out of it if he sees the blitz coming? No, he is getting exactly what he wants - it's risky, but the payoff is huge. If you're going to try to trap, you're going to have to make the gutsy calls.

I'm not even going to bother reading past the first post, but I figure that it's safe to say that you need to read Harrington on Hold Em Vol. 2. I also think it's safe to say that I'm not the first that suggests it.In a nutshell: it doesn't matter too much what your cards are, as long as you can push all-in before anyone else has called you should do ok. The trick here is that you don't WANT callers, you want to pick up the blinds without a fight. Pick your spots.Almost anything A thru Q high, suited connectors, and all pocket pairs are all-in hands. Don't CALL with these unnecessarily, bu

Imagine you are flipping coins for $100,000 a flip, and you're flipping against Bill Gates.Who will have money in the end, and who will be broke?

I got a good chuckle out of Robert Varkoni sweating his wife for all those hours after he busted but she was still in.

Since you added stipulation D, this is a morals only issue. In this case, theft is wrong but you're never caught so you feel it is a healthy action. You are not Robin Hood, though. To maintain a healthy society, we adhere to the belief that some actions are wrong and some actions are acceptable. Stealing another's property without their consent is deemed wrong. This is a product of the society that we live in, designed to offer protection to all those who live in it.If you choose to disobey the rules of the society in which you live, you should shed all protections offered by that society

I haven't weighed in yet, so I figure... what the hell.I didn't vote, because the results of the poll have already been tainted beyond any decent statistical meaning. If I had voted, I would have voted "yes". I know that this is morally reprehensible and much worse, but I have to admit that if the chance came up for me to acquire and use such a program, I would definately use it. I don't quite have the willpower to resist. I'm not saying that I would particularly feel proud of myself, or feel like an upright individual while doing so, but it would probably happen. I know that I used a lot

In an effort to get myself thinking about poker in a useful way, I'm going to start writing my thoughts on poker. It will mostly be a collection of essays (or ramblings) on various topics, and I hope to use it to analyze my own play when I get to some of the more specific subjects. I'll be posting here at FCP so that y'all can bitch at me or whatever you feel like, or maybe generate some discussion. Whatever, I’m doing this for selfish reasons anyway.I think that playing one game too much can be detrimental to your poker growth. When you play an awful lot of just one game, you start to los

I think the guys at bet the pothttp://www.bet-the-pot.com/have a lot of good stuff 'bout it on their site.

Yeah, I rather think that he was employing pretty good tourney strategy, as long as he had a hand better than something like Q7 suited every time.You made a bad choice playing with K2 though... I mean, it's dominating nothing, about a 55% favorite at best, and could easily be behind. Better take a stand hands have been listed already. In fact, you probably hand plenty of decent hands to fight back with already - instead, you made a frustration call and his plan had worked to perfection!But, as long as he's exercising the right of first bluff, you're just going to have to find a hand to roll