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So incredibly untrue. Bet sizing matters until the very last bet. If you raised pre how much? You should be raising the flop. There's reason to smooth call the turn to slowplay once you obviously have the best hand, but I'm still probably raising. If the river is a J I'm still raising. Idk how deep you are but you played this hand terribly. You have to raise the flop. It's not even a choice because you aren't getting full value from the hand, especially when you megabink the turn. And being results-oriented is terrible because it completely changes how you could have played the hand. Having no idea what the other person has lets everyone else judge the hand based on what you've done and the mystery of what their hand is. If we know they have an overpair, it ruins everything. I'm folding flop then if I soul read him. But he called pre so its hard for him to have an overpair. Also, bet sizing completely matters on every street because you're trying to get value for your hand, not play it out and make sure you aren't beat. If you have a monster you want as many chips as you can from him. If you're scared of another hand and you have the second nuts, you shouldn't be playing poker sir. Lastly, yes, calling 88-JJ from a 3bet is fairly standard, especially in position. Then you can reevaluate postflop on what to do. The bankroll shouldn't matter at all because if you're playing out of your roll, you shouldn't be playing in the first place then.
He had a pair of jacks
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I'd say against a decent reg the profitability of set mining with 22-55 75 BBs deep anywhere except out of the BB is minimal. Aganist unknowns/spazzy mediocre regs it's fine. I think you just get stacks in too little when you do flop a set to make much money in the long run. When you call in EP you're opening yourself up to getting raised behind and having to fold. It's probably fine in the CO/BTN/SB - in fact thinking about it more I usually do call them in these positions.I just did some very basic analysis on a heads up pot where you fold unless you flop a set and pick up a c-bet if you don't stack your opponent.I got, when you flop a set and stack someone0% of the time : the EV is-40 33% of the time : the EV is 0100% of the time: the EV is +81The EV of folding is 0 - except in the blinds - which is why I think it's an idea to set mine there.This is very rough and simple I really don't know how often you stack someone, it's not a number I can come up with. I'm guesssing vs a strongish range of a sensible player it might be around 35-40% so it is profitable, but barely. Once you get to the second level of a 1500 chip tournament for the EV to be 0 you're gonna have stack someone a lot more - I'm guessing over 50% probably more. There are other factors - overcallers (increasing implied odds) and people suqeezing (meaning you have to fold) which kinda balance each other out.What I;m saying is I think people should be folding these hands in earlier positions and calling them in the CO/BTN and in the blinds but not expecting to show a huge profit long term.
I play primarily $3 and $6 90 person ko tourneys on FT. The starting stacks are 3k and the play, as I am guessing you're aware, is very bad. In a regular sit n go, I occasionally limp w/small pairs but I don't get involved too much with them preflop. However, in the little 3k stack tourneys I almost always play them. If its early I will either limp or min raise just to try and build a little bit of a pot in case I do flop a set. In these tourneys if a guy has JJ or better they will almost always call an all in if there are no overs on the board. To me, set and flushes are the keys to these tourneys. I was on a very good run in these for a while but I have been running cold lately and losing even though I am usually getting my chips in with the best of it. Highway, do you change your approach it the stacks are bigger and the play is worse? Obviously the implied odds are doubled in a a 3k tourney compared to a 1500 sit n go.
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Weeee 2nd in a 36 180 to almost robusto them for the challenge. Having a decent and definitely +$ day.

I play primarily $3 and $6 90 person ko tourneys on FT. The starting stacks are 3k and the play, as I am guessing you're aware, is very bad. In a regular sit n go, I occasionally limp w/small pairs but I don't get involved too much with them preflop. However, in the little 3k stack tourneys I almost always play them. If its early I will either limp or min raise just to try and build a little bit of a pot in case I do flop a set. In these tourneys if a guy has JJ or better they will almost always call an all in if there are no overs on the board. To me, set and flushes are the keys to these tourneys. I was on a very good run in these for a while but I have been running cold lately and losing even though I am usually getting my chips in with the best of it. Highway, do you change your approach it the stacks are bigger and the play is worse? Obviously the implied odds are doubled in a a 3k tourney compared to a 1500 sit n go.
Yes you can definitely set mine with 3k stacks for the first few levels. It's just really close with 1500 stacks. I'd say the implied odds in those things is definitely better since the fields are weaker as a whole and people love to try to get your bounty. Some people do the most gloriously awful things to try to get bounties sometimes - it's good to note who those people are.
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Not at all. Beating aces preflop is the way forward!
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Say I was playing in the micros and wanted to get out of them asap. Any Advise? AK in the blinds and in general? Aces 3 bet to 16x in the big blind and one caller how would you play it with a board like 7s 8s 10c?

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Say I was playing in the micros and wanted to get out of them asap. Any Advise? AK in the blinds and in general? Aces 3 bet to 16x in the big blind and one caller how would you play it with a board like 7s 8s 10c?
Just fold everything except aces. When you get aces, go all in.
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feral_cow_icon.gifbeware the feral cow packs. they hunger.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em ($40+$4) t15/t30 - 8 playersHJ: t2,960 (Hero)CO: t1,500 Button: t4,045 SB: t1,380 BB: t2,275 UTG: t1,370 UTG+1: t1,470 MP: t1,500 Preflop: (t45) Hero is HJ with :ts:5c (8 players)3 folds, Hero raises to t90, CO folds, Button raises to t150, 2 folds, Hero calls t60Flop: (t345) :jh:club::qh (2 players)Hero checks, Button checksTurn: (t345) :D (2 players)Hero bets t210, Button raises to t420, Hero raises to t817, Button raises to t1214, Hero raises to t1611, Button raises to t3895 and is all-in, Hero calls t1199 and is all-inRiver: (t6,595) :D (2 players)Hero showed :4h:3h, and won (5965) with four of a kind, TensButton showed :D :D, and lost with two pair, Kings and TensHero won t5965
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!!feral_cow_icon.gifMoooooooooooraaawwwr.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em ($11+$1) t400/t800 ante t75 - 8 playersHJ: t8,400 CO: t8,890 Button: t940 SB: t4,455 BB: t11,370 UTG: t3,533 UTG+1: t10,135 MP: t15,478 (Hero)Preflop: (t1,800) Hero is MP with :5c:jh (8 players)UTG calls t800, UTG+1 raises to t3200, Hero raises to t15403 and is all-in, HJ calls t8325 and is all-in, CO calls t8815 and is all-in, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls t6860 and is all-inFlop: (t39,860) :D :D :ts (4 players)Turn: (t39,860) :club: (4 players)River: (t39,860) :qh (4 players)HJ showed :club::D, and lost with a pair of QueensCO showed :4h :4h, and lost with a pair of JacksUTG+1 showed :ts:5c, and lost with a flush, Queen highHero showed :3h:D, and won (39860) with a flush, King highHero won t39860

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12th in the 109 turbo with a decent sum for first. 22nd in the 59 super turbo with a similar amount for first.Sigh today. Broke even though. The last 3 days have been quite good.

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!!feral_cow_icon.gifMoooooooooooraaawwwr.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em ($11+$1) t400/t800 ante t75 - 8 playersHJ: t8,400 CO: t8,890 Button: t940 SB: t4,455 BB: t11,370 UTG: t3,533 UTG+1: t10,135 MP: t15,478 (Hero)Preflop: (t1,800) Hero is MP with :5c:jh (8 players)UTG calls t800, UTG+1 raises to t3200, Hero raises to t15403 and is all-in, HJ calls t8325 and is all-in, CO calls t8815 and is all-in, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls t6860 and is all-inFlop: (t39,860) :D :D :ts (4 players)Turn: (t39,860) :club: (4 players)River: (t39,860) :qh (4 players)HJ showed :club::D, and lost with a pair of QueensCO showed :4h :4h, and lost with a pair of JacksUTG+1 showed :ts:5c, and lost with a flush, Queen highHero showed :3h:D, and won (39860) with a flush, King highHero won t39860
Epic sir, keep up the good work!!
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Random thoughts as I slowly drift off to sleep:SleepIn the past I've had an extremely volatile sleeping pattern -mostly because playing poker doesn't mix well with doing other things - especially in my time zone where most of the best games/tournaments are late at night/early in the morning. This was especially true at university when any number of things could affect when I slept (lectures, drinking, poker). My entire house was like this, we often wound up cooking main meals at 7am and eating breakfast at 9pm. Recently I've had less things to do but occasional commitment in the early morning has really thrown my pattern off. Long term this kind of irregular sleeping pattern, which its very easy to fall into as a poker player, is really unhealthy so I decided to try to get into a regular pattern.Without anything to disrupt it, my sleeping routine seems to shift forward around 20 minutes each day. When I started I was sleeping 4am-noon. Now it's nearly 9am and I'm only just getting tired. Yesterday I woke at 4:30pm. I'm gonna have to force this back to waking up at noon soon, I hate waking up in the evenings, Monday seems a good day to do it.I read about various sleep schedules you can force yourself into to make yourself more productive - eg Ubermans - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/103358/720. Unfortunately a lot of these involve 4-6 hours before you need a nap - which isn't condusive to playing long tournament sessions. Maybe if I give up tournaments in the future and just play cash this sort of pattern would be a great asset.Maximising my edge:I've decided today that playing regular MTTs alongside a lot of turbos is negatively affecting my performance in the MTTs. I start playing the MTTs too much like turbos - basically way too tight until I get < 20 BBs. From now on any turbos I play will be separate from regular MTTs. I think 2 MTT sessions a week (on a Sunday and Wednesday) is enough and turbo sessions on other nights is good. This way I can easily quit if I get tilty/fed up mid session - which is impossible in an regular MTT session. I'm also going to play more cash games. I've found through much painful experience that grinding long hours multitabling LHE is a terrible thing for me to do. I think a couple of 1 hour sessions a day could be a great idea though and it's definitely something I'm going to mix in from now on.Something else I've been doing recently is trying to cut down on time spent reading forums whilst playing. I think when youre playing more than 4 tables, reading forums is a terrible distraction and reduces your edge. A while ago I stopped watching movies/TV shows when multitabling. As for music, sometimes it is really distracting, other times I can't play without it.I think a good thing for everyone to do is to realise what they can win at - and make sure they do it well. It's easy to get into a lot of bad habits when you play - not just related to the game itself - which can massively reduce your long term winrate. This might be reading forums, drinking too much when playing, playing tired, playing too long...the list is endless.Also here is a screenshot of me ~15 tabling across my 2 monitors earlier -someone asked how i set my tables up- it might look confusing but it's really fairly simple.lotsoftabling.jpg

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Can you put that background on here?
I can't remember where I found it. Just google image random space pictures and use what you link.Just got 17th out of about 35000 in the 11 250k. 28k for 1st and I got about $600. Close to even on the day with a ocuple of tournaments left which is an okay result. Got 900 or so TLBs for 17th which should put me top 100 or very close.edt - just worked it out and it puts me at 5175 with 100th at 5213...sigh..a little more grinding to do.Still my PB TLB score on a month regardless.edit 2 - 11th out of about 4k in the 5R with 9k for first. Lost a pretty big flip to bust.very frustrating. def top 100 TLB now though!
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Alright since I am back from spring break and have thought about this challenge Phil is doing, I will post mine in here as wellGoals: - Make $10k by june 10th (this is actually grossing 20k before splitting w/backer)- Play strictly mtts- Do hh sessions w/ friends- Play sessions with only a few tables so I can strictly focus on those tables- Stop browsing forums and internet when grinding- Only play when I'm motivated to playReason for this: - I am sick of being depressed about my makeup- I believe that I need motivation to play more focused and not just seem like i'm clicking buttons- I really need money and I believe that I feel this is a feasible goal while also having to go to classAlso I need to get good grades this quarter and I feel I can do both of these. I will probably start this goal tomorrow. GL to Phil!

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