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There are definetly times to stand pat on a queen. I'm not sure in this case it was the correct play for matusow to stand pat on the Q 8 7 4 3, because he had a pretty smooth draw to an 8, but lets say he had a hand like Q T x x x. If he draws now, hes drawing to a 10 vs lisandros 9, which would make him a bigger dog than standing with the pat queen. So basically if you feel you are drawing to a better hand, you should probably break the queen, if you feel like your opponent has a better draw you should probably stand pat.

I agree with you, i was not playing my best game that night. I made a pretty bad play with the 68, and i made a pretty bad play with the ak, i dont know if you remember them, the 68 hand was against you. But i know i played those hands bad, and i know how i shouldve played them. Hand two is kinda tricky, if i knew enough about how you play i would definetly be able to lay it down, but you could've overplayed a hand, and i didn't want to just throw it away. To be honest i think you misplayed this hand, your calling hoping to win a big one, but thats assuming i have a big hand and its way to

I just got done dusting off about 4 thousand playing bodog, and while i really felt like i was getting coolered, i want to get some more opinions on how i could've played these hands. I'm a pretty loose player, i play a lot of hands in position, and i almost always play shorthanded. I don't have the exact hand histories, but i remember them pretty well.1) 3/6 nl, 3 handedI'm on the button, and i raise to 18 with Q5ssb callsbb callsflop: Kc Qc Qdsb checksbb checksI bet 44sb callsbb foldsturn: 7hsb checksI bet 100sb raises to 300I re-raise all insb callssb shows kq. While i hated seeing him r

yeah, there's no rake, they pay an hourly rate for their seat.

i got a 110... i thought i was better than that, but i don't think a lot of really good players would do well on this test. Frankly most of the questions don't give you enough information and assumes that you play tight aggressive. In my opinion tight aggressive players are predictable, and there are many good players who don't play that style at all.

i don't think you screwed up the hand that bad, i personally don't think the guy had aces on the end, i think he probably made a straight with some kinda wrap with no flush draw to go with it. That would probably explain why he played the hand kind of passive, because he didn't want to be up against the nut flush draw. The only thing i might have done is tried to keep the pot a little smaller, your hand is pretty marginal, and if it is the best hand, it won't be much of a favorite. I don't have that much experience playing omaha, but thats what i would've done at least.

does anyone have a link to the article? (phil gordon's article, not daniels)

i agree with what irish guy said for the most part, if you had analyzed the situation better, you should either check call the river, or bet fold. I'd lean towards check calling because, hes not likely checking the turn if he had a decent ace which is the only hand you can really value bet. you had to lose some money in that hand, but you definetly should not have gone broke. And you shouldnt have limped.

In my personal opinion, you should play limit holdem with a tight aggressive style, and you can play any style you want playing nl. I think it makes more sense to play tight aggressive in limit, because when you play too loose, your often going to flop mediocre hands, but you're priced into calling, so starting hand selection is much more important in limit. when your playing nl, if you have a good read of the people your playing against, you can play almost every hand, if you make good decisions post flop, and the chip stacks are deep enough.

Poker is 99.9% luck in the short run, 99.9% skill in the long run.The skill in poker, at least in no limit holdem, can't really be described in statistics or numbers. In limit games i'm sure you can make an argument about it being statistically a skill game, but in no limit, the skill isn't getting all your money in as a marginal favorite over and over again as some people have been saying. You really think daniel negreanu and other consistent tournament players go deep in tournaments by winning a bunch of 55 - 45 races, or 60 - 40 races? The answer is no (you have any idea how lucky you wo

i just got back from macau... i went to the sands and the wynn, neither of them had poker. I talked to a manager at the sands and he said there is no poker in any of the casinos in macau to his knowledge.

I personally don't think theres enough information to make the "perfect" decision here, but based on the information i'd smooth call. Personally i'd smooth call on that flop with a lot of hands, and i play a lot of hands. Smooth calling accomplishes a few things here in my opinion. One, it allows a scare card to roll off on the turn. Unless the villain turns two pair, or flopped a set, or turns a set, its going to be hard for him to proceed in the hand. If i'm flat calling with hands like 56, 67, 78, j10, qj, kj, aj, jj, 77, 44, theres almost no safe turn card. So when the turn comes, he

i totally agree with shizant. if you make too large a bet with a marginal hand like one pair or bottom 2, your going to pot commit yourself on the river when the flush card comes off or the straight card. Another reason for keeping the pots small is to protect yourself from the very good nl players at your table. If you make a pot size bet, and your opponent calls, and now a scare card comes off on the turn, and your opponent fires out a big bet, its very hard to call. If you keep the pots small, you dont get bluffed as much, and if you do get bluffed, its usually for an amount your willin

limping utg with jj the first hand of a tournament isnt a bad play... its certainly not a common or typical play but its really not that bad. I mean its not that hard to get away from, and if someone limps iwth say a hand like AT, and flops top pair theres a good chance you can extract some good value, but if the ace comes up theres a good chance you wont lose that much. Also if you make a significant raise utg with JJ, and you get raised, your almost certainly beat or your up against AK, so limping in that spot isnt really a bad play, although some of his later logic that pp is rigged didnt

in both the wpt and the interviews he did regarding that win, he stated it would be his first losing year. in no video or text i've seen did he say he would have been broke. ending your fiscal year with less than you started and going broke are two different things.not his first losing year, his first losing year in tournaments.