06-14-2013 09:48 AM
#151
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06-14-2013 10:21 AM
#152
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06-16-2013 10:12 AM
#153
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Played some more live poker yesterday. | |
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06-17-2013 04:02 PM
#154
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Do you think these iso's IP with K2hh and 46s are profitable? I doubt it since ppl WILL call and u dominate nothing most of the time. I'd rather do it w/ a linear range than polarized one, agree/disagree? | |
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06-17-2013 10:59 PM
#155
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Yah I don't like the K2hh iso cause there were too many limpers. I should probably just call behind all the other callers IP with this hand. | |
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06-27-2013 02:44 PM
#156
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Been reading and studying a lot about GTO poker lately. | |
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06-27-2013 11:36 PM
#157
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if your default is to bluff way too much... building your 3b ranges so that you're unexploitable to 4betting will NOT be optimal | |
06-28-2013 06:40 AM
#158
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06-28-2013 06:19 PM
#159
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hit me up on skype | |
07-13-2013 09:59 AM
#160
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Morning FTR! | |
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07-13-2013 10:05 AM
#161
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Congratulations! Looking forward to the trip report too. | |
07-13-2013 10:25 AM
#162
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Have a good one | |
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07-13-2013 01:16 PM
#163
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Working on your wedding day? You should be drunk by now! | |
07-31-2013 06:53 AM
#164
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Thanks for the good wishes! | |
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08-02-2013 08:22 PM
#165
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Say wife as much as you can. She should be the best thing that ever happened to you and the word should reflect that. Drunk btw. | |
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08-04-2013 08:54 AM
#166
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Haha that's ok that's good drunk advice | |
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08-04-2013 09:28 AM
#167
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Went to woodbine casino yesterday. I hadn't grinding any online since I got back from my honeymoon (been mostly working on GTO math), so that was my first grind. | |
Last edited by griffey24; 08-04-2013 at 11:21 AM.
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08-04-2013 11:50 PM
#168
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Nice! I was just wondering how you remembered these hands. Do you take notes at the table? | |
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08-05-2013 12:30 PM
#169
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Naah no notes. I have the worst memory in the world haha, but I can remember hands reasonably well. Or at least the general gist of them. | |
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08-12-2013 09:52 PM
#170
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meh i used to do it ALL the time and come up with bullshit excuses for doing it like "i like sitting next to the dealer" "i hate having my back to the room" (if the table happens to be in somewhat of a corner), "that seat has gone cold", "it's bad luck" etc etc. probably bad etiquette but this was probably the most recreational live 500nl game going around so i got away with it. most of the old guys i was playing against were superstitious about gambling anyway so that made it easier. | |
08-14-2013 04:10 AM
#171
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1-2 live, no one really cares / understands , higher up they might. Just give any reason if questioned. "that seat ran bad earlier why would you move there" "It's due now" etc etc. Sure regs know what you are doing. You are trying to exploit people at the poker table. Maybe the fish even notice but its still very ev to hop into good seats. |
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08-14-2013 08:48 AM
#172
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Yah thanks guys! It just didn't feel right, but I moved anyway cause I knew that guy would be a headache to me haha. | |
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08-14-2013 06:03 PM
#173
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did you suggest a combined Vegas wedding /honeymoon ? |
08-14-2013 10:07 PM
#174
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Haha no I don't think I would want that! bachelor party in Vegas was enough! | |
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08-18-2013 09:51 AM
#175
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Went to the casino again yesterday. Was slower day than previous days. No 5/5 - $1k game was running until the last hour or so I was there, so played only 2/5 - $500 max buyin unlike previous days. | |
Last edited by griffey24; 08-18-2013 at 09:57 AM.
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08-25-2013 03:28 PM
#176
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Went to woodbine again yesterday to grind some live. Once again, I played 2/5 most of the time because the $1k game didnt open until I was about to leave in 2 hours. So it's a tradeoff of 4 hours worth of reads vs moving up for 2 hours. I ended up staying at the 2/5 game, because at the time the avg stack at 2/5 was $990 and avg pot was like $320 (over the previous hour). So not bad! | |
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09-03-2013 02:41 PM
#177
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My streak of live casino invincibility has come to an end sadly. Booked a pretty big loss yesterday, -2.8k. After my last seven visits, up $10.4k. We had a 5/5/10 game running (biggest game is 5/5 but we added a mandatory 10 straddle). | |
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09-03-2013 07:17 PM
#178
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trolling freetrollers
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almost inspired to go sit at the local casino and play some 1-2 mixed nlhe/nlo. I've been there to play only once in over three years of living here.... |
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09-03-2013 08:44 PM
#179
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09-21-2013 04:47 PM
#180
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Went to the casino last night. Was my first friday night visit and it was RAMMED. All the tables were full and there must have been wait lists of 20ish ppl across the different limits. | |
Last edited by griffey24; 09-21-2013 at 05:11 PM.
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09-21-2013 06:11 PM
#181
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Isn't hand 2 the perfect spot to limp behind? | |
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09-21-2013 09:31 PM
#182
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I don't believe in limping behind. Let these fish pay to see their beloved flops haha. | |
Last edited by griffey24; 09-21-2013 at 09:35 PM.
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09-27-2013 10:00 AM
#183
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GTO Implementation | |
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09-27-2013 02:28 PM
#184
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Well, kinda sorta, but BIP SPR IP and SMALL SPR OOP is really more applicable. [Generalization]OOP you should mostly be playing hands with fat value as quickly as possible to keep you out of tough situations, and IP you can play weaker hands with a fat SPR knowing that your biggest advantage comes with postflop position (especially against bad players).[/Generalization] As such, you should be limping behind on the button a lot at live games. | |
Last edited by surviva316; 09-27-2013 at 02:32 PM. | |
09-27-2013 02:51 PM
#185
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I think my decision to raise or limp behind in that spot is HEAVILY dependent on my image for the day. If I have a good image and think I can get away with making moves post-flop I'm more likely to raise there, because I don't feel my winning is heavily dependent on actually making a decent showdown hand. | |
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09-27-2013 04:15 PM
#186
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Agreed 100%. 65s is a tough hand to limp here, though. | |
10-08-2013 01:27 AM
#187
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Probably making it to Tremblant once or twice during the ski season, but still trying to find a good excuse to make it to Toronto, haha. Glad to see the live play is treating you well! Dont really follow any of the logs but decided to see what you guys were up to and as a GTO nerd, wanted to chime in a bit. Hopefully my stream of consciousness isnt too convoluted. | |
10-08-2013 06:49 AM
#188
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Thanks for the post andy! | |
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10-28-2013 11:55 AM
#189
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Just a quick update: | |
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10-28-2013 12:19 PM
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How do you like CREV? Do you think there's any value in it for people like me at a more beginner stage? It's not cheap as poker software goes - I use combonator and think that was good value, but I'm not sure whether I'd get enough out of CREV at this stage to make it worth dropping $100 on. | |
10-28-2013 01:04 PM
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I like CR EV a lot. I have made some pretty big /complex tree's and it's hard to say how accurate their EV estimates are for complex trees. But it is interesting having the ability to run some scenarios over and over again, and just see how often you'll flow down a certain path given certain requirements. | |
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10-30-2013 10:39 PM
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Been playing around with overbetting on turns and rivers lately in different spots, and specifically in spots where villain is capped. Seems to be going well so far. | |
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10-30-2013 11:08 PM
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In the second hand with 99, do you think you pushed him off a better hand? His line looks like a fairly normal pot control top pair line. The A is a scare card but it should hit his range too. Given that you might be beat there, do you think it would have been better to call the river and take the showdown? I don't understand that hand, it looks strange. | |
10-31-2013 06:38 AM
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99 hand - Think he can have anything from air to AJ, AK, AT, or maybe some other Axs. | |
Last edited by griffey24; 10-31-2013 at 06:41 AM.
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10-31-2013 02:24 PM
#195
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OK thanks. That makes total sense if he always barrels AQ. I see what you mean by capped range. | |
11-10-2013 09:16 PM
#196
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Things have been very swingy so far at 2/4. Started on a huge upswing, up $13k and the last 5 days have been a solid downswing of $8k. I haven't been playing too great. Most of my losses though have been in spots where at 1/2 I would almost always expect folds, but ppl at 2/4 definitely have better c/c frequencies than at 1/2. | |
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11-11-2013 11:10 AM
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Hands are interesting and I'm obviously not good enough to understand any of them and the levels of thinking at 2/4! Interested to get your take on the following though: | |
11-11-2013 11:25 AM
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After a few weeks playing at 2/4 the one thing I've started doing more is calling down with strong hands. Villains start ramming on you in spots if they perceive you to be capped, so you have to make sure your call down ranges have some strong hands, even on drawy boards. | |
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11-18-2013 03:17 PM
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Studying... studying... studying. | |
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11-18-2013 04:22 PM
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As an extension to my last post: | |
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11-19-2013 12:08 PM
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Seems like a really wide calling range, it's interesting to hear you end up with such a strong river range here, but I guess if you're flatting 3bet this much you're not 4b so much on the button? I also open 50%, I defend 21% of my button range (10% of total hands) by flatting, and 10.5% of my button range (5% of total hands) by 4betting, so my total defence range seems pretty similar - ie. about 15% of total hands, but I'm not flatting so wide. | |
11-19-2013 12:46 PM
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I think my last estimate was to attempt to maintain a fold to 3b of 55% (defend 45% of my button range). So calling 28% and 4b 17% approximately. | |
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11-21-2013 08:30 AM
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I've been reading your blog and the hands that you've played I surely wouldn't play lol, I'm to scared to play them like that, but you seem to know what your doing I suppose, what stakes are you currently playing at, are you hoping to move up shortly ? |
11-21-2013 01:35 PM
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Yaah the scared money feeling will diminish after you've been playing for a long time, or for a while at a certain stake. But I'd say if you're feeling scared in any spot, then that means you feel the monetary value too much and you should drop to a lower game where the actual value of the money isnt impacting your decisions. | |
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11-29-2013 01:49 PM
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Haven't posted in a while. I think I'm approaching he 50k hand mark at $2/$4 over the last few months, so once I hit that mark (likely this weekend) I might post a progress graph and a stat-summary by position. | |
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11-30-2013 02:05 PM
#206
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Hey guys, | |
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12-04-2013 04:27 AM
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Hey Griffey: | |
Last edited by baudib; 12-04-2013 at 04:40 AM.
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12-04-2013 07:00 AM
#208
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Hey baudib, how's it going? | |
Last edited by griffey24; 12-04-2013 at 08:52 AM.
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12-04-2013 10:46 AM
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Your blind stats and CC stats are far different from mine. You seem to CC more in general and from the BB way more than I thought was good. Mind you, you are pkaying far higher too. Is that because of a difference in the aggression of the stakes or do you have a different opinion on cold calling IP and out? | |
12-04-2013 11:28 AM
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There may be a few factors to this: | |
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12-04-2013 11:31 AM
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Not to mention the standard at lower stakes and I imagine at least 100nl (probably higher) is to 3bet FAR too wide and it gets to a point when people can play against it that it's just killing any postflop edge you can have on people and it's probably where the biggest edge is going to come from. |
12-04-2013 11:36 AM
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Yah definitely agree. People just auto 3b KJ/KQ/AJ/AQ ALL the time from the blinds. | |
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12-04-2013 01:14 PM
#213
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Thanks for that HH. Nice insight into the kind of hands to have in a c/c range. Would you also sometimes c/c the same hand in a single raised pot OOP as the pfr? | |
12-04-2013 01:29 PM
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Yah something like TP+FD is a pretty great hand to c/c with. It has value on it's own and it improves on run-outs that villain is most likely to bluff (since it's perceived we're capped and can't have a FD). | |
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12-04-2013 06:06 PM
#215
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I notice your overall 3bet would be considered 'low' by community standards. | |
12-04-2013 07:44 PM
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Yah maintaining some strong hands in your calling range is pretty important imo. | |
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12-04-2013 09:33 PM
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The AQ hand reminds me of something that was sort of a lightbulb moment for me recently. I think it was M2M who said something in a thread about C-R smaller flush draws (BB vs. BTN) but taking a c/c line with NFD/overs, because we have soooo much equity vs. button's value range and will end up with strong hands on so many runouts. | |
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12-04-2013 10:37 PM
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Griffey, can you explain QJs hand? | |
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12-04-2013 10:52 PM
#219
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Yah I'm making a move here definitely due to the blockers. | |
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12-05-2013 12:46 AM
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Just bought Janda on Kindle, will report back. | |
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12-05-2013 06:31 AM
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Nice yah it's good! I think it's good to def keep in mind that most of the book is talking about defending vs any two, whereas in most situations ppl aren't betting any two. It could def be easy to get carried away and start way over defending, esp in spots where ppl have very skewed ranges towards value hands. | |
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12-10-2013 02:09 AM
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Some more things I wanted to ask in relation to Janda and/or your stats: | |
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12-10-2013 11:30 AM
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1. Looking over my last 60k hands or so, my flop cb on avg (across all positions) is 66%, turn 46.5% and river 58.9%. | |
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12-28-2013 12:40 AM
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Went to the casino for the first time in months today. Up around $3.1k today, playing 5/5 ($1k buy-in) for about 10 hours or so. Was my longest grind thus far. Always seems crazy to me that in all that time it was only 600 hands or so. This makes it up about $15k in the last 9 visits, not too bad. | |
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12-28-2013 04:36 AM
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1st hand don't you wanna squeeze pre and and iso the shortstack? Assuming utg+1 isn't nitfest. | |
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