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Yes, live players are THIS bad!
I'm playing at a small, local card room, in one of their daily donkey-tournaments. It's small stakes, mostly for fun. Blinds are 300/600 and I have about 14K. There are four or five limpers and I shove on the button with 77. I get called by QJs and lose.
There was some discussion at the table and some woman who was not in the hand interjected and stated that calling with QJ was the right play. Someone tried to explain to her that it was bad and she just insisted "He won! How could the play be wrong?"
After I went busto, I picked up one of the rag poker magazines that they put out and found these two articles. Just read it, you'll LAUGH.
Featured column :: Rockingham winner knows the value of a poker hand
I would like to take a poll to determine what the best part is. The nominees are:
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1) "After 11 hours the four remaining players agreed to a chop"
2) Limping AJs UTG with less than 10 BB's
3) Player in BB min raises limpers
4) Hero flat calls the min-raise, leaving himself with about 6 BB's
5) Hero flops about as good as he could ever hope for and open-shoves
6) "Whenever I have pocket aces and get called, I am uncomfortable"
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Here's another article that just made me want to puke. I mean, the first one was just a donkey playing low buy-in donkey-tournaments. I've been to that particular room, and it's pretty much got 300 people just like that guy. But this second article is from a supposed PRO who is PAID to write articles on spoker strategy. It's disgusting
Featured column :: Poker isn't always about getting in a value bet
Nominees for my favorite part
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1) Poker strategy columnist and pro player since the 70's is still playing $1/$2
2) Raising $11 to steal $3 in blinds.
3) He "put" his opponent on top pair/big kicker but called a 1/2 pot bet with a gutshot when his opponent only had $64 left.
4) Author says this "My image at the table is that of a tight player, which couldn’t be any further from the truth. However, I enjoy this image, which makes it easier to expand my range of hands in late position and steal small pots with small bets."
Then literally a dozen words later, he says this "If I miss the turn I can fold face up to show I’m capable of playing any two cards"
5) "My total investment into the hand is $21 of which $2 was my button blind, a small price to invest to keep opponents off guard"
6) "I tried to justify my play with several different reasons, none of which would or could be understood by these players; which is my intention."
7) The smorgasbord of nonsense surrounding the author's argument for not betting the last $24. He "didn't want to change anything at the table", but presents absolutely no logical reason why the dynamic would change in the future if he made that last value bet.
If he wants the other players at the table to think that he sucks, then they don't really have to look farther than the time the author called $10 on the flop with a gutshot and then only got $40 for it when he hit.
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