trumpman84

meh, I can think of much easier opponents to beat heads up..namely..opponents that play heads up as if its full ring. If you are playing the worst player in the world heads up who just goes all in every hand, you cant be more than like a 2-1 favorite against him, whereas if you play someone who's too tight and folds way too much to aggression, a good player will have a much bigger edge...this is of course...in heads up play,where the blinds keep eating you up if you fold to a bad players all-in every hand waiting for a large edge that might not come. The more people you add to a game, the bi

Is there any reason for this? I'm a charter member and wanted to set up a real money account to register for the upcoming freerolls, but really don't have any intention of playing on the site in the near future, so I deposited $25, and immediately withdrew it. Do you have to actually have money in your account to see the real money tables?

The QQ is a pretty easy fold. When that guy re-raises preflop, he's got a pretty narrow range...probably TT-AA, AK, maybe a few other hands, but we already see QQ is in big trouble against AA and KK..probably two of the more likely hands for him to have, tied against QQ..another likely hand for him to have, and is only slightly ahead of AK. He's way ahead of JJ and TT, but he's only slightly ahead of his range of hands and he's needing to put a big chunk of his stack in the middle. Sure if it was heads up, he might push this edge, but he not only has to beat the re-raisers hand but lindgren

.25/.50UTG opens for $4 which is a huge raise for the game. Button re-raises to $7. I'm on the BB with KK and re-raise to $22. Now, me and UTG both have 2.5x the buy-in stacks and he pushes all in for $100 more in a .25/.50 game. Button folds, and I call. UTG has JJ to lose a $250 dollar pot in .25/.50. So, in response, no, i don't fold KK preflop... I play it as if I had aces.

I dont mean to say that Barry's actions were warranted but you can understand his frustration. What if the guy had raised, figuring he'd get a call out of lesser hands but only a flush would 3 bet him, so he would fold to a 3-bet...certainly not a unthinkable play with players who might be capable of a big laydown. He shows his hand thinking "Well, Barry outdrew me and I'm not paying him off..a pro would not 3 bet me wihtout a flush here...I'm making the big laydown" or for any other advertising purposes.The dealer mucks his hand and Barry shows him his two pair saying "I just bluffed you o

Razz is a dumb, pointless game to play in my opinion. It's like playing poker with your hand exposed for everyone to see, there are too limited possibilities in razz to have more than half your hand exposed..just my opinion. I'm sure there is a decent edge to be gained just by knowing better math than your opponents and playing better cards but reading hands is rather easy for you and your opponent.

"Blinds are 100/200" "I have K9". " "A newbie who won't fold calls". "I then raise to 3x the BB, which is half the newbie who won't fold's stack and about a fourth of mine" Sorry, which player is making the big mistakes?

Slowplaying a flopped flush isn't a very good play for a few reasons. 1) Decent players aren't stupid..they see the 3 hearts, if you wake up later in the hand, they will know what you have and you won't get much action, but if you come out betting on the flop, you might get some calls because it's likely they put you on a draw or pair...people might even call bets with the Kh or Qh and a pair or something2) If someone flopped a lower flush, playing it fast on the flop will likely get all their money because they will want to protect their hand agaisnt Ah draws, however, if you slow play and a

I'm trying to think of a worse way to play this hand but I'm having a hard time. I think it's quite possible every street is horribly misplayed.But yes, folding the river is correct, although it wouldn't be if you had played the hand halfway decent. If you would of played the hand right, there would be a big pot worth going for the split. As is, you have almost nothing in the middle worth fighting for..just fold.

This is a betting strategy. Betting strategies do not affect the EV of a game. If a blackjack game -EV to play in, each hand you play is -EV.By this logic a game in where you are dealt a 4 of hearts every hand and had to play high card with the dealer for even money could be beaten using this strategy.The reason casinos put limits on their blackjack game is because they want to take your money slowly. The lower the bets, the less risk there is for them and the longer you stay in the casino. They don't want a billionaire coming in with 5 billion dollars...placing it all on one hand of black

This is simply not true...it would only be true if the players were forced to keep playing until they busted him, but in a cash game players can leave with their winnings whenever they choose, and they can even rebuy if they get unlucky unlike a tournament. A lot of people's buy-in strategy for a no limit game is to cover the entire table. What difference does it make if that person covers the table by $1,000 chips or by $200,000 chips? None whatsoever. An all-in bet is only as big as your stack is.You are thinking along the lines of "With such a big stack, DN could go all in every hand a

The reason for this being is of course is that when either one of you is all in, the professional player can no longer use his superior skill to his advantage anymore and has to helplessly watch as the cards are rolled out.Then, of course, there is the notion that if you risk all your chips just 3 times as a 70% favorite, you are a 2 to 1 underdog to survive all 3 hands. This isn't to say you shouldn't love getting your chips in as a 70-30 favorite, but s person who risks all his chips 6 times in a tournament is obviously an underdog to last as long as a person who risks all his chips 2 or 3

You call if you think you have the best hand, you fold if you don't. How does this change if you have $4000 and someone has a "reasonable" buyin of $5000 and moves in on you? It's the same situation. If you think you have the best hand enough of the times to call, but you fold because you don't want to risk $4000 or however much you have at the table, you are playing too high stakes and need to switch tables...end of story.And as DN said, everyone was having a blast and I'm sure they were...I know I would've if I was there...why does this bother so many people?

I enjoyed the Wynn blog. It was probably the only one of your blogs that made me laugh at loud while sitting at the computer, because I could just picture it in my head....getting raised to $600 or something...announcing a raise and coming back over the top for $20,000. I just found it funny. Anyway, despite what others think, I'm sure the players at your table had a great time and enjoyed playing with a pro at their "measly" $5/$10, I'm sure that's quite a story to go home and tell your friends after a vegas trip...as you said if anyone sits down at a no limit table with more than they ca

Also..personally, I wouldn't try "trapping" people by betting small with just top pair in a tournament situation. 1) You price in any kind of draw thats out there and you can bet there are ones with plenty of outs vs one pair on most flops. 2) You end up trapping yourself waaay too much. Let's say you bet small and someone check-raises you. Is he raising you because you seemed weak or is he raising you because he can beat top pair? You don't know, so you probably end up raising again or calling and having no idea what you are up against. 3) If someone check-raises you all in, again yo