The Poker Thread

Drumstick wrote:Anyone up for some Home Game later?

NL yes yes.

Maybe up for a home game later if I bust a tourney.

Got the Sunday Mil, $200k GTD Ipoker, and the $200 $200k GTD on Ongame.

Ecno wrote:Maybe up for a home game later if I bust a tourney.

Got the Sunday Mil, $200k GTD Ipoker, and the $200 $200k GTD on Ongame.

You sattelited or bought straight in?

Edit: Set the tourney up now Drummy! Whatever you want.

Luwinski wrote:

Ecno wrote:Maybe up for a home game later if I bust a tourney.

Got the Sunday Mil, $200k GTD Ipoker, and the $200 $200k GTD on Ongame.

You sattelited or bought straight in?

Edit: Set the tourney up now Drummy! Whatever you want.

Bought straight in.

Nice will get you specced on them.

UKIPT brighton has added some £50 turbos! Every day it seems.

http://www.ukipt.com/tournaments/brighton/

Busted that $5. One limper. I shove 66 on the button SB flats for my 22k and the limper flats for the same. Flop 67K rainbow. They get the rest in and flip over aces and kings lol. Dream flops aren't always so dreamy!

I've set up a 1play point home game. NLHE sng for 9pm. Bayns you need to reg with our group, I've PM'd you the instructions.

What, no cash game?

Luwinski wrote:If its play money yes I have no $ in there.

Done

You need to accept my request.

Done, there's late reg so come!

I always bluff.

The cash games have been very up and down again this weekend - Down $180 Saturday, up $120 today. It's always the really terrible players that take all my chips. There's been quite a few hands where I have them dominated when most of the chips go in but then they hit what they needed and the final chips go in with me way behind. Eg. I had AJ v AT on a JTx flop and get the guy to put half his chips in, turn is another T and that is that. Those sort of hands seem to happen all of the time.

The other sort of hands that I lose lots of money to are when a bad player overbets on a completely safe looking flop. I had AA and 3bet pre, got called. Flop is TTx and the guy just open shoves, obviously i'm not folding AA anyway but he happens to have TT and had flopped quads, so why shove and scare of most other hands?

It always catches me out, as I'll have a hand that isn't great but I think i'm ahead and then the opponent will shove or bet double the pot and it looks like they are trying to get you to fold, so then I think they have nothing and make the call but they always show up with the nuts. Another one I had was UTG has raised and I re-raised with 99, he calls. Flop is 943 and I bet it, he calls. Turn is a 7, I bet again and he calls. River is a 5, I bet and he shoves. The only thing beating me (other than A2) is a 6 and I can't possible see how he could have that, plus most of the chips have already gone in by now, so I make the call and sure enough he has 67o.

Anyway, good day today, and i'm enjoying playing the cash games even if I'm still down a few buy-ins overall this month. I deposited into Stars earlier to make use of their reload bonus, so if I reach Goldstar this month as planned then I'll get $170 from reload and Stellar bonuses. Plus I'll have enough points for another $150 bonus. I'm not so bothered by these swings now either as the deposit means I'm well rolled for 25NL.

Got down to the last 16 of a $2 turbo on Stars. Reshoved 77 into a button shove, he couldn't fold to be fair, and called with K3 and rivered the King. Meh. Pretty gutted, but had my fair share of luck (as you always have to in turbos).

Drumstick wrote:Railing.

Okay here is the video of the rebuy I played earlier. I've cut out all parts which didn't involve me making any decisions.

All feedback appreciated. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8PKK5HRM

I've just been through it and here are the notes I made whilst watching.

2 minutes: Why are you open limping KQs?

Then I skipped the rest of the pre add on stage because I find that stage boring.

8:40 I think 99 is possibly a flat there, I know the guy is 57/6 and raising but 99 is a good hand and you're probably crushing the range of the caller who has a bigger stack, but I can understand why you folded there.

13:26 too big a raise pre? (was that when you had AKo? it's only a high) I'd possibly cb that flop to avoid that situation afterwards I know it's dry but most of the players on that table were quote weak.

14:50 I'd just fold personally, but as played bet smaller on the flop under half there's no way anyone really can call anything that big on that flop, something might want to see another card with overs or a small pp if you bet less.

16:55 I think's fine you can't just flat with your stack size i don't think I love reshoving that espcially as you have no reads.

17:30 Maybe a min raise instead?

19:40 on the flop is interestong, i'm not sure hown I'd play that, I would've gone for valuie on the river for sure though.

21:30: fine

22:50 maybe a reshove? I'm calling the flop for a half pot bet for sure though

24:10 I see why you folded, I thought Nichio had a monster before a saw his cards.

25:06 I'd min raise 77s

28:11 in general you're bet sizes are too big, without seeing his cards I thought it was a folded because I thoughtb his 3bet shoving range would be more value orientated because I haven't seen him get out of line, turns out it wasn't but without seeing his cards I thought it was a fold.


I'd stick this on DC personally, there's a forum for just posting videos.

This guy is 34/34/33 (3 bet) and generally hasn't been great, but what should I just fold here? If I range him mostly on a range of like TT+ and AK, should I be folding?

Over how many hands? Anything on the initial raiser?

PsychicSykes wrote:Over how many hands? Anything on the initial raiser?

Initial raiser was 30/30 but that was over 20 hands. He I had a good 55 hands on, which was enough for a reliable read on him, I think. It's more a case of whether he ever has less than AK there, and then if he does, should I just be folding?

Okay I pokerstoved the range you listed above and we got...



Personally I'd be happy getting it in against the 3bettor with those stats, but it was the first raiser that we should be worried about. However, as he's been aggressive (Although only a small sample) and the fact he's yet to call preflop we can make a vague assumption that he could be raising with less than premium hands here. When you factor in bluffs (Always possible from the 3bettor with those stats) I think it's a very good spot to get your chips in shorthanded especially considering you have a good chance to pick up a huge chunk of change even if they just both fold.

PsychicSykes wrote:even if they just both fold.

The 3bettor raised all in, fwiw.

Cheers for the comments, Bayns. My betting sizes might seem a little high but it's because I've repeatedly been told that they weren't big enough so I've increased them a small amount.