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[NortonFan 0]

Wow, my first post was asking what the "krablar" was.

And as we all know... If you don't win with double suited krablar, then you can't do the crab dance!!! Great job!

The krablar legacy is quite possibly the greatest thing ever.

And what exactly is the krablar legacy?

[13CARDS 0]

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005, 6:37 PM Post #1 Sorry if there is already a thread for these. I looked and couldn't find one. There always seems to be a Bad Beat section (tired of these yet?) but no Glory Page. My best hand (relative to the blinds) was a huge flop! Watch it here http://www.13cards.com/poker/HUGE.htm. Anyone else have some good stories about monster hands???

[qyayqi 11]

first postSunday, August 6th, 2006, 5:41 AMPost #28 it isn't "bad for poker". i bet a nickel that 80-90% of people who watch poker will have little to no exposure to the case. it will go through the courts & a ruling will be handed down. either the release will be upheld or it will be struck down.that being said, it is probably the right thing for the players to try. the organizers/venues make money off the players, and then get 100% of all tv revenues, and THEN want to get 100% of all money made on the side from sites, games, etc.i am curious about if/when players will see some of these revenue streams flow directly back into the pot. it would be absurd to expect 27 professional golfers to each pony up $200k of their own money so that a network can make money off tickets, advertising, dvd sales, and so on.for the main event, espn is paying to do coverage. i don't quite follow how the organizers are able to charge the players 5 million dollars out of the pot to play. they should have been putting 20% of all television revenues into the prize structure. imagine that... *gasp*... a live tournament with MORE than the buy-ins available to be won rather than less. shocking.the WPT wants to make their percentage of the buy-ins, plus all advertising revenue, plus syndication... and wants to have 100% ownership of the players so they can make MORE money that doesn't get channelled back into the prize pools? it makes me think of hands, cookie jars, and momma.a more limited release is defintiely not going to be the downfall of the WPT. they just won't be able to pimp the players' likenesses for free.

[Actuary 3]

Guess whose 1st post this is: This is my own thought w/r/t low limit, but I believe you're better off playing more selectively and raising pre-flop a smaller percentage of time than the "books" will tell you. Primarily because most of the books are written by people who are playing middle to higher limits, where players are capable of folding hands to pre-flop raises. I think you couldn't be more wrong. Most LLHE PF raises are made for value, not to cut down the feild. While it's occasionally benefical to some hands to lessen the number of people seeing a flop, it's ussually more benefical to get more money in while you have the best hand. When I was first playing at the 1-2 level, I found I wasn't having a great deal of success, even though pokertracker had me classified as an eagle (tight-aggressive-neutral). My VPIP was around 16%, and my pre-flop raise % was somewhere between 8-10%. What I found was that my pre-flop raises were not driving people out of pots I would prefer to play something other than multiway, and I would get outdrawn very frequently even though I held premium starting hands. I think you're a little confused, frankly. If you raise premium hands and 6 people call you're going to win just as many times as if you limp and 6 people limp. You will, however, WIN MORE MONEY when you raise. The only way you loose money by raising PF with premium starting hands is if you'd loose limping with them. If you're playing in a game where people will cold call PF raises with hands worse than yours it's pretty much statistically impossible for it to be correct not to raise. I've since started to limp much more pre-flop, to cut down on more of the borderline hands... and to slowplay/checkraise my strong flops SLIGHTLY more than I would in games with better players. The net result is that I'm still classified as an eagle, but my VPIP is closer to 13%, and my pre-flop raise % is between 5-6%. The biggest difference I've noticed is that I'm now winning about 3BB/hour at the lower levels. (I realize it's short term, but these results are based on regular play over the course of several months...) You're losing money by not raising. I've noticed the same thing at the low levels in casinos. I just came back from the Borgata, where I played at the 3-6 table all weekend. It was not uncommon for pre-flop betting to be capped with someone holding AJ offsuit. I just layed in the weeds and bet my premium hands aggressively after the flop, since I knew I would have callers. I often didn't play a hand for a couple of hours at a time. But at the end of the weekend, after about 18 hours of play, I left ahead about 50 big bets. (That's net of dealer and waitress tokes...) How would you have made less money by raising those same hands PF in a game where people will see a capped flop with AJ? This has been a recurring theme at the B&Ms, so I don't intend to adjust my game any time soon, until I start moving up to the higher levels... If you don't, you're going to have an inevitable criplling downswing which won't have been offset by you raising for value PF and you won't understand why. Raising PF with good hands is one of the main benefits of playing in loose LL games. You get insanely good odds on your money when people call your raise with AQ with 89o (or better yet, AJ). Giving up that opportunity is leaving money on the table, not to mention giving marginal hands implied odds to draw out against you. It's really an amazingly unsound and bad idea all around.***********************************************great thread and man, I miss that guy.

[No_Neck 0]

LOL this was two years ago.I have been studying poker for about a year. I have read about 15 books cover to cover. Super system, lie make money, mike caros book of tells, TOP ect. and I went to the 2/4 table for the first time and in 3 hours took the table for about 240 bucks. Is it really that easy? I didn't get a single full house had 2 straights and a flush. Mostly high pair and two pair, but the people wouldn't fold. So I just kept raising when I thought I had the best hand. And in three hours I didn't turn over a loser and people were still calling my raises everytime. Some of the pots were 70-80 bucks. Have other people had this kind of experience or was it just a fluke?Any stories from people starting out with a 200 bank roll I am interested. Turns out it was a fluke if anyone wonders

[Kuge 0]

We all should have reposted our first topic in this thread too, I just want to see how many of us got flamed. I know I didMe getting owned, as usual

[LongLiveYorke 38]

Actuary:It's Smash, right?

[tskillz187 0]

I started a new topic by accident. That was my first post, trying to respond to a thread and starting my own thread.

[Actuary 3]

Actuary:It's Smash, right?

yep

[XXEddie 0]

This is the oldest thing I could findHow as I not banned????http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-foru...c=1948&st=0

[Actuary 3]

Abbaddabba first.quality as usual:Without any knowledge of how loose or tight the people at the table are playing, you only can know that volatility will increase, when you compare no limit sets to limit sets. That means more losses, but the wins are of a greater value. Whether one factor dominates the other depends on how people are playing. I generally find that people are more inclined to chase bad draws in limit, especially at lower limits, so I'd place a higher EV on hitting a set in limit than i would in no limit, with all else equal. It would entirely depend on how loose or tight people play given a set of circumstances. If the people are prone to calling small bets with absolute **** draws, you want it to be limit. If people are relatively more inclined (relative to the rational play) to call large bets on the river, for whatever reason, then no limit is preferable. Without knowing the table, it's pointless to try and say that one invariably has a higher EV.

[rookie2619 0]

Mine under topic:"How many of us dont fo broke....."Hellmuth hand tonight at WSOP where he calls a raise w/ A-K, flop 4-4-A. He was 1st to act & checked, opponent made a huge bet. Im a pretty aggressive player, I flop my hand that way I lead out & bet & see what my opponent does. I cant see myself laying that down like Hellmuth, who agrees? (Opponent had A-A)

[simo_8ball 0]

In "stars deepstack":

I played in that tourney a few days ago - played for 9.5 hours and was chip leader with 11 people left. Then came my Matusow period - 2 stupid hands in 5 minutes and I was out. $62 for 9.5 hours. It has a nonsensical top 20% pay structure, so the top 200 get about $4 profit, and the top 40 get about $20 profit.

It's brought up bad memories. I owned that tourney for hours and then my housemate came in and told me to reraise the tightest guy on the table with KJ. I did. I lost half my stack. I was folding until he convinced me otherwise.

[showstopper24 0]

where do you find your first post?

[MapleLeafs 142]

I'd be interested as well. Please message me. Thanks

I was responding to a member who posted they had every WSOP on a DVD collection and was selling copies.

[Footballguru 0]

ok here we go from jan 1st, 2005, in response on how a poster asked if he could play online underage:I am 17 been playing for about 8 months, when I was about 16 and 5 months.Simple, really. All you need is a bank account and a telephone. If you dont have a bank account tell your father you want to start one to save up your money and earn interest. When you get the account make sure to ask for account number and routing number. Go to firepay, and sign up. Use your fathers name for all sign ups, since your account will be in your fathers name(or whoever u opened the account with) since you are a minor. USE ALL THEIR INFO NOT UR OWN. Firepay is pretty easy to set up. Try to become friendly with one of the bank teller's so you can aquire your bank statement whenever needed, in case you have to verify your account.Also, IGM Pay is now pretty easy. You just need to verify your account through a statement and you have unlimited witgdrawls/deposits directly to your account.This being said, never gamble more than you can afford to lose. Weird **** you rarely see in real life happens often online, since you see 2x more hands per table you play. ive won and lost 100 bucks on a single hand with flush to higher flush, boats to higher boats, etc etc. Make sure you can afford to lose the money you deposit.Good luck

[XXEddie 0]

I started a new topic by accident. That was my first post, trying to respond to a thread and starting my own thread.

I did that many-a-time

[brvheart 1,752]

where do you find your first post?

Before asking questions you should actually skim the thread you are posting in.

[showstopper24 0]

Before asking questions you should actually skim the thread you are posting in.

i should, but i am iliterate

[sockrolid 3 6 0hhhh 0]

bump

[Actuary 3]

bump

don't be an idiot all the time please.

[JMoney2681 0]

don't be an idiot all the time please.

You funny Actuary.

[sockrolid 3 6 0hhhh 0]

don't be an idiot all the time please.

Don't be a ****! You wanted me to post my first post...

[Actuary 3]

Don't be a ****! You wanted me to post my first post...

your 1st post was a bump?you're not allowed to bump threads until you've been here long enough to know what is bump worthyso, sorry about the "idiot" comment in here.However, your posting privileges are suspended for 36 hours for "bumping with ignorance"

[sockrolid 3 6 0hhhh 0]

your 1st post was a bump?you're not allowed to bump threads until you've been here long enough to know what is bump worthyso, sorry about the "idiot" comment in here.However, your posting privileges are suspended for 36 hours for "bumping with ignorance"

lol you should see which one it was tooooooooo wink wink