Better question: assume that God tells you you're going to be a 95% favorite on the flop, so you want to extract maximum value. Is it better to get those extra 200-1000 chips, or not take the risk...
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Better question: assume that God tells you you're going to be a 95% favorite on the flop, so you want to extract maximum value. Is it better to get those extra 200-1000 chips, or not take the risk...
Fnord is absolutely right, so I'm going to move the discussion forward.
1. You are up against 3 short stacks, and they all 3 have 17xBB in their stacks, exactly the amount of the pot.
2. You...
I highly recommend not playing in games with a kill. The ultimate reason is that it favors bad players and is meant to force players who win more pots to "give some of it back."
The simple reason...
It's all about flop playing skills. You make fewer mistakes after flop (and in your hand selection) = you win more. It is a mistake to play lots of junk hands from any position. Suited hands are...
The Sklansky strat for tournies only works in tournies where everyone starts shortstacked and you have pussies in the game who won't go all-in. You would get eaten up in the WSOP, and you will get...
I forgot to give you the most crucial piece of advice...lol, I can't believe I left this out!!!!
The key to this strategy is to sit to the right of a maniacal player (ie. the most maniacal...
In those multiway pots, the small PP's were actually the favorite. AK loses most of its value when it gets called by 2 hands. S&M, in their books, claim this is so but they don't tell you the...
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I thought this post was long dead, but I guess it might be helpful to come back to it and provide some clarifications.
I've always looked at most poker games as games of skill. I authored this...
Ok, what was he like the rest of the tourney? It's quite possible that he was value betting each and every situation.
What we need to know is how loose he was playing and how afraid he was of...
Some people don't care if you blind steal all night. They're usually too stupid to pick up the pattern.
If they've been giving it away all night, no reason to think they'll stop on this hand...
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_magazine/archives/?a_id=296
This guy is what you call a "nit." I never give any cred to what other players say, ever, unless the person is a friend or an FTR...
One of the first things that poker pop culture teaches us is that poker is a game of skill. We hear it all the time in posts, it's the theme of "Rounders," and it's a clear fact of the game.
A...
Update: I ran some new flops through pokerstove and here's how the equities pan out.
Player 1: AsAc
Player 2: 6d7d
Flop 1: Tc 9h 2s. Player 1: 81.31% Player 2: 18.68%
Flop...
I'm really not disagreeing about the move to fold (I should have made that more clear). At higher limits, chances are that at least 1 of the 3 "check to raisers" is probably going to come out firing...
Today at Cardplay.com the tip of the day is this:
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A $15-$30 game. You are in the small blind...
I think it depends on the table. If you don't feel like you could get first place (i.e. there's a phenomenal player at the table who you just can't seem to get the better of) then taking a few...
What were you thinking? You should have folded on the flop to his 4 outer.
When I'm playing, 1 factor matters to me. 1) What is my/his stack size? It's an easily overlookable factor, but let's think about it.
For this example, blinds are .25sb/.50bb. Assume you are...
I agree, to take your poker game to the highest level, you can't simply know how often your hand wins against which other hands in certain situations. You have to apply game theory to see why:
A....
That's a great story! You're facing a player that is unpredictible and hard to put on a hand. You can learn a lot from the way he plays, about how TO play and how NOT to play.
What is about him...
Thanks for the advice, I found both of your perspectives very helpful.
I ended up getting short stacked in the 100/200 round when my AA with a 600 chip raise got cracked by K9o from the BB, and...
I think I'm going to solve my problem when I say this: the blinds double every 15 minutes. 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400, 400/800 etc. etc. and you start with 2500.
You cannot sit around and...
I like your strategy. I think it works well. I have a similar thread in the wrong place in holdem strategies. I generally agree; you are allowed to fish, fish, fish in so many situations.
The...