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Old 08-30-2005, 06:55 AM     Post subject: Salsa4ever really, really needs your help please! #1 (permalink)  
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Hi everybody!

This is a long thread.

The story is this; I’ve been trying to clear a bonus at Empire Poker. 10x Reload bonus, so I put in $300 and started playing. And lost. So I slept, and the next day I resolved to do my best, and if I were still to lose I’d dig through my hand history. They are hands #1.1 to 1.8

A little bit about me: I started playing poker about 2 months ago, basically just chasing bonuses around. I started with 0.5/1, and now I play 1/2 or 0.5/1 depending on what is convenient for bonus clearing. I have had success at Paradise Poker, Poker Stars, Prima Poker, Party/Empire deposit bonuses, Party 7x reload. I started with $50 and I now have $7500; most of it from Casino Whoring which is my strong suit. But now I’ve feel I’ve hit a speed bump.

I would be so incredibly grateful if some of the many talented poker players on this forum with much more skill than me could give me some advice. I have included 20 hands, not to have them all analyzed (wonderful if you did, but too onerous), but so you might glance through them and tell me some of my obvious deficiencies that I would need to fix (or perhaps tell me my play’s not THAT bad, and I was just unlucky? Wishful thinking!)

I can’t offer much in return for your precious time, except my sincerest thanks. But if in exchange for your analysis, you may want to PM me with rakebacks/referrals, or want advice on the most up-to-date casino whoring information, or even get me to whore a site for you, I will try my very best.

That all said, here are the hands…

Hand #1.1

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A, Q.
2 folds, Hero raises, 5 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 5, 5, 2 (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 4 (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (5.25 BB) 8 (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 7.25 BB

Results in white below:
BB has 2c Jd (two pair, fives and twos).
Hero has Ah Qs (one pair, fives).
Outcome: BB wins 7.25 BB.

Hand #1.2

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Preflop: Hero is BB with K, 8. MP3 posts a blind of $1.
4 folds, MP3 (poster) checks, 2 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 8, 3, 4 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, MP3 raises, SB calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 5 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP3 bets, SB calls, Hero calls.

River: (7.50 BB) J (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP3 bets, SB folds, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.50 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Ks 8h (one pair, eights).
MP3 has Td 3h (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero wins 9.50 BB.

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Preflop: Hero is CO with A, K.
3 folds, MP1 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) K, 9, 7 (4 players)
BB checks, MP1 bets, Hero raises, Button calls, BB folds, MP1 calls.

Turn: (7.25 BB) 8 (3 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets, Button raises, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

River: (13.25 BB) T (3 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks, Button bets, MP1 folds, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 15.25 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has As Kd (one pair, kings).
Button has 8c 8h (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: Button wins 15.25 BB.

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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, K.
3 folds, Hero calls, MP3 calls, 3 folds, BB checks.

Flop: (3.50 SB) A, 6, T (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, BB calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) K (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, BB calls.

River: (6.25 BB) 7 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 9.25 BB

Results in white below:
BB has As Jd (one pair, aces).
Hero has Qh Kh (one pair, kings).
MP3 has Th Jc (one pair, tens).
Outcome: BB wins 9.25 BB.

Hand #1.3

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A, J.
2 folds, Hero raises, MP2 calls, 4 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 9, T, 4 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, BB folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 5.25 BB

Results in white below:
No showdown. MP2 wins 5.25 BB.

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Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 9.
2 folds, MP1 calls, 3 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 4, 4, 6 (3 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, MP1 raises, Hero 3-bets, MP1 calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets, MP1 calls.

River: (6.50 BB) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets, MP1 folds.

Final Pot: 7.50 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Ac 9h (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero wins 7.50 BB.

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Preflop: Hero is Button with J, T.
3 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 3, K, 5 (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) 4 (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: (9.25 BB) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 9.25 BB

Results in white below:
BB has Kc 6s (straight, six high).
Hero has Jd Ts (flush, jack high).
Outcome: Hero wins 9.25 BB.

Hand #1.4

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Preflop: Hero is SB with 7, 7.
3 folds, MP1 raises, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) A, Q, 3 (5 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 8 (5 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, Hero folds.

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Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 5.
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 raises, MP3 calls, CO calls, 2 folds, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 6, K, 5 (5 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP2 bets, MP3 calls, CO raises, Hero folds, UTG folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls.

Hand #1.5

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 4, A.
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero calls, MP2 3-bets, 3 folds, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (13 SB) J, K, 8 (4 players)
SB checks, UTG bets, Hero calls, MP2 calls, SB calls.

Turn: (8.50 BB) 9 (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks.

River: (8.50 BB) 6 (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, SB folds, UTG folds.

Final Pot: 10.50 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has 4c Ac (flush, ace high).
MP2 has 8d Ah (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Hero wins 10.50 BB.

Hand #1.6

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, K.
8 folds, SB completes, Hero raises, SB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) A, 6, A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: (3 BB) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB folds.

Final Pot: 4 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has 9h Kh (two pair, aces and nines).
Outcome: Hero wins 4 BB.

Hand #1.7

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Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, T.
3 folds, MP2 raises, 1 fold, CO calls, 1 fold, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 6, 2, 5 (4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP2 bets, CO calls, Hero calls, BB folds.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO folds, Hero raises, MP2 calls.

River: (9.50 BB) Q (2 players)
Hero bets, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 11.50 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has 9h Th (high card, queen).
MP2 has Td Kd (high card, king).
Outcome: MP2 wins 11.50 BB.

Hand #1.8

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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J, 9.
2 folds, MP1 calls, Hero calls, 3 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 9, 4, Q (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets, MP1 calls, Hero calls, SB folds.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 5 (3 players)
BB bets, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

River: (6.50 BB) 8 (3 players)
BB bets, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.50 BB

Results in white below:
BB has Qc 4c (two pair, queens and fours).
MP1 has Ah Kd (high card, ace).
Hero has Js 9s (one pair, nines).
Outcome: BB wins 9.50 BB.

Okay… so I had a look at my hand history, and I felt my play was a bit weak. I then went to clear some Prima Poker bonuses; 700 hands at Prima, clearing $100 bonus and making 55 BB in 2 or 3 days. Time, I thought, to go back to the Empire Poker bonus; this time, I decided I would play more aggressively… and with disastrous results:

Hand #2.1

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Preflop: Hero is CO with 6, 3. Hero posts a blind of $1.
4 folds, Hero (poster) raises, 3 folds.

Final Pot: 1.75 BB

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins 1.75 BB.

Hand #2.2

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Preflop: Hero is BB with K, 8.
4 folds, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) 4, J, T (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.

River: (9.25 BB) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11.25 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Ks 8h (high card, king).
Button has Qd Kd (straight, king high).
Outcome: Button wins 11.25 BB.

Hand #2.3

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Preflop: Hero is CO with 7, Q. Hero posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls, 5 folds, Hero (poster) checks, Button raises, 2 folds, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 4, Q, Q (3 players)
UTG bets, Hero raises, Button folds, UTG calls.

Turn: (5.75 BB) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.

River: (7.75 BB) 9 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG folds.

Final Pot: 8.75 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has 7h Qh (three of a kind, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins 8.75 BB.

Hand #2.4

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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 8, A. Hero posts a blind of $1.
3 folds, MP2 calls, Hero (poster) raises, 2 folds, SB calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls.

Flop: (7 SB) J, 2, 5 (3 players)
SB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, MP2 folds.

Turn: (4.50 BB) Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

River: (6.50 BB) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 8.50 BB

Results in white below:
SB has Kh 5h (two pair, jacks and fives).
Hero has 8s Ah (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: SB wins 8.50 BB.

Hand #2.5

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Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A.
4 folds, CO raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, CO calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 9, 5, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.50 BB) Q (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls.

River: (15.50 BB) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 23.50 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has As Ah (one pair, aces).
CO has 9d 8h (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: CO wins 23.50 BB.

Hand #2.6

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Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, 8. Hero posts a blind of $1.
4 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero (poster) checks.

Flop: (3 SB) Q, J, 7 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, CO bets, SB calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 8 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

River: (3 BB) 8 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, CO folds, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 9 BB

Results in white below:
BB doesn't show.
Hero has Ad 8s (three of a kind, eights).
SB has 8c Td (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: Hero wins 9 BB.

Hand #2.7

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Preflop: Hero is SB with A, Q.
5 folds, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 3, 6, 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, Button checks.

Turn: (1.50 BB) 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, Button checks.

River: (1.50 BB) Q (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Button folds, Hero raises, BB calls.

Final Pot: 5.50 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has As Qs (two pair, queens and twos).
BB has 8s Qd (two pair, queens and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins 5.50 BB.

Hand #2.8

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Preflop: Hero is CO with Q, A.
4 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 6, 8, K (4 players)
SB checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets, SB folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 8 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets, MP2 raises, Hero calls.

River: (9.50 BB) 6 (2 players)
MP2 bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11.50 BB

Results in white below:
MP2 has 8d Qd (full house, eights full of sixes).
Hero has Qc As (two pair, eights and sixes).
Outcome: MP2 wins 11.50 BB.

Hand #2.9

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 8, 7.
UTG calls, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls, 6 folds, BB checks.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 9, T, T (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG+2 folds, BB folds, UTG calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.

River: (5.25 BB) 8 (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 7.25 BB

Results in white below:
UTG has 8s Qs (two pair, tens and eights).
Hero has 8h 7h (two pair, tens and eights).
Outcome: UTG wins 7.25 BB.

Hand #2.9

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 7, 6.
8 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (2 SB) 8, 8, 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (3 BB) T (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (7 BB) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 9 BB

Results in white below:
SB has Qc Ks (one pair, eights).
Hero has 7h 6c (straight, ten high).
Outcome: Hero wins 9 BB.

Hand #2.10

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Preflop: Hero is Button with T, T.
UTG calls, 1 fold, MP1 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, 2 folds, UTG calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 3, 5, 7 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, MP1 calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) 4 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, MP1 calls.

River: (7.25 BB) 2 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 7.25 BB

Results in white below:
MP1 has Ks As (straight, five high).
Hero has Td Ts (one pair, tens).
Outcome: MP1 wins 7.25 BB.

Hand #2.11

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Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, A.
3 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) 7, 4, A (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 5 (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (8.50 BB) 6 (2 players)
Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9 BB

Results in white below:
SB has 6c Ah (two pair, aces and sixes).
Hero has 9d As (one pair, aces).
Outcome: SB wins 9 BB.

Hand #2.12

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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9, 9. CO posts a blind of $1. UTG+1 posts a blind of $1.
1 fold, UTG+1 (poster) checks, 1 fold, Hero calls, 1 fold, CO (poster) checks, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (5 SB) K, 7, 8 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

Turn: (2.50 BB) T (5 players)
SB bets, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, CO calls.

River: (6.50 BB) J (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, CO 3-bets, SB folds, BB calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 15.50 BB

Results in white below:
BB has 9h Qd (straight, king high).
Hero has 9s 9d (straight, jack high).
CO has 9c 8c (straight, jack high).
Outcome: BB wins 15.50 BB.

Thanks once again if you should help!

Cheers,

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Old 08-30-2005, 10:14 AM #2 (permalink)  
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Didn't look at all of them, but some are seriously horrible. Cold calling a raise from MP1 w/A4s and calling a capped flop from BB w/K8o really spring to mind. Also calling down in one of the first hands /w AQo and calling the river bet as well even though you had ace high is horrible.

I'd really suggest moving down to 0.5/1 until you get the hang of it.
As for when you returned to Empire and resolved to play more aggressively: Aggressive is one thing, loose is another, and random aggression is awful.
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thanks for confirming what I already suspected - maybe I should just give up playing poker
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Old 08-30-2005, 01:14 PM #4 (permalink)  
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Hand 2.5 is a great example of knowing when to slowdown. You have major resistance right there. Taking AA a little too far/strong like that in limit can be your downfall... When given the notion to slow down (capped 2 streets), take the 3rd choice to slow down.
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thanks for confirming what I already suspected - maybe I should just give up playing poker
Poker is a fun game. Did you have fun playing those hands? Can you afford to lose and have fun every now and then at those stakes?
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 It looks like you're playing your draws/bluffs way too hard. If you raised preflop, miss the flop but make a continuation bet anyways and get 2 callers on a board that doesn't show many likely draws, it's usually best to check the turn instead of continuing to fire away blindly.

Also, with a middle pair on a board full of overcards such as hand 1.4 where you had 77 and the board came AQx, I'd be very inclined to throw it away instead of calling and hoping for a 2-outer on the turn.
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thanks for confirming what I already suspected - maybe I should just give up playing poker
Poker is a fun game. Did you have fun playing those hands? Can you afford to lose and have fun every now and then at those stakes?
no no making money is fun...
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no no making money is fun...
For you, Tyson, Soupie and Me. Poker is a negative sum game. Once I really started digging into why people play I began making an effort to do my best for others to enjoy themselves at my tables or at the very least try not to ruin the fun for them.

100NL table

I have a tight rep, but have been opening it up.

I have about $100 and raise the $2/$3 blinds to 2 $5 chips with AK. $50 stack pushes, I call. He flips KQ and says "cool, send me home, I'm tired." He's sort of disappointed when a Q flops and holds. I shrug, grin a little and pay him off.

We clearly aren't playing for the same reason.
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no no making money is fun...
For you, Tyson, Soupie and Me. Poker is a negative sum game. Once I really started digging into why people play I began making an effort to do my best for others to enjoy themselves at my tables or at the very least try not to ruin the fun for them.

100NL table

I have a tight rep, but have been opening it up.

I have about $100 and raise the $2/$3 blinds to 2 $5 chips with AK. $50 stack pushes, I call. He flips KQ and says "cool, send me home, I'm tired." He's sort of disappointed when a Q flops and holds. I shrug, grin a little and pay him off.

We clearly aren't playing for the same reason.
Yea if I say anything at a table anymore it's usually along the lines of making myself sound like a donk, and keep the table gamboling... of course I hate it when I can't get cards for the life of me and dump to the guys I get to gambol with me... That's poker i guess...
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Old 08-31-2005, 01:17 AM #11 (permalink)  
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hand 1 don't call that river
I'll look at some other hands

I suggest you play some freerolls
it's free, it's fun and you win money
You need a lot of experience playing poker to be good, but also understanding the math behind the poker
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