Watching you play a bit tonight Dan, looks like you're seeing some real ugly beats. Hope the luck turns around.

Druff,

You mentioned a few weeks ago about playing in a 400-800 game at the Commerce, can you give us an insight into this:

Skill levels of players at this level, what kind of buy in required and what size of pots can you get etc

And finally did you leave the game a winner!?...

ok obviously it ended up being a bad laydown but anyways 162 dollar poker stars multi table tourny, I have qq in middle position with 3.9k chips, I raise to 300 then the bb calls (2,700 chips) guy who limped in second raises another 500. OK at this time Im thinking aces or kings and im drawing to few outs. I finally decide to fold considering im up agaisnt two opponents anyways. flop comes 2 6 q g...

LA I know I have called you a dumbass in the past but from what I hear you are a pretty good omaha player. I got a few questions for you or other omaha players.

It seems that I am making most of my money playing highish pocket pairs and letting someone else make a smaller set or smaller full. I am making some with the nut flush when the other guy has the lower flush. I am probably...

Anyone who has watched me play on Stars or other sites has almost certainly witnessed a fair amount of trash talk on my part. Trash talking is not only a good stress reliever from bad beats, but it also serves a practical purpose in increasing your winnings.

Trash talk against good players doesn't usually have much of an effect. It will usually cause them to pay off your bluffs (and...

HELLO DAN DRUFF,

IN THE LETTER YOU WROTE ME, I DO NOT THINK ITS IN OUR BEST FAVOR TO TAKE THE RESTRICTED LABEL OFF THE HIGHER LIMIT GAMES. THUS YES WE DO PROTECT THE DONKS FROM TOP PLAYERS, AND I JUST WISH I HAD PROTECTED YOU AS YOU FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, AND YOU HAVE GOT EVERY DEPOSIT BONUS WE HAVE HAD SINCE YOU STARTED. IS THAT IN PART DUE TO THE BAD PLAY THAT YOU DO? I DONT...

Avg. pot is almost $700. No restriction.

Railing is allowed; might be a turn off for some high limit players :(

I wonder if XUNIL is Flerin from P'Stars. Same pic

If you could pick any1 on the site who wouold u want to play HU and who would you least likely want to play HU. Keep in mind this is for 1K and 5K.... And of course you don't want to play me for 1k! :lol:

I knew he was smart but a few things have got me wondering. I saw him speaking some kind of language on p stars that was not english. Then the post about how dogs metabolize fat better than humans. HTF does he know dogs metabolize fat better than humans? BTW I know everyone that can speak more than 1 language is not a genius but ....it is a sign. I am not exactly stupid myself, having graduat...

dealt AA preflop i raise to 100, everyone folds except one guy who raises me to 200, i reraise to 500. calls and heres the flop A random spade spade. i bet out size of pot which is 1400 roughly, guy goes all in. of course i have to call with trips and best hand possible on flop. guy turns over 2 random spades, hit runner runner to crush my trip A's. i lost about 2900 on this pot myself. this...

I just finished watching the final episode of the first series of TILT. There were 9 episodes in this opening season.

I actually grew to like the show, and my primary complaint about it is the fact that the poker scenes are, for the most part, stupid and unrealistic. Many of these poker errors could be corrected simply by allowing a knowledgeable poker player review the scenes, and...

I'm playing in the $10+1 rebuys on PokerStars. The rebuy period is over and the blinds are 100/200 with a $25 ante, so the starting pot is $525. I have $9425.

I raise to 400 with the KQ hearts under the gun. Everyone folds to the small blind, who calls. The big blind folds. There is $1225 in the pot

The flop comes J93 with one heart and one spade. The SB bets 200, I raise...

Ok, clearly this hand sucked my ass...and I know I played the river wrong by capping. But, was every other round played right and this is just a sick beat? Or did I fuck up somewhere playing this donk.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hi Riser
jagrbomb: calls $1
Michael01266: calls $1
Hi Riser: raises $1 to $2
alexeimartov: folds
tical212: folds ...

I play at the Commerce from time to time, live real close. I am thinking about playing the $9-18 game there on a regular basis. What are your feelings on that game, it is very loose to say the least. What should I look to make in that game if I play it regularly? Thanks

Why did it take Pokerstars so long to create the 10/20 NL tables? And why don't they make higher NL tables like a 25/50?

Is it for the same reason they restrict the 100-200 game?

I'm curious as to what some of you guys think with this. My best friend and I both got into poker together, and he plays his draws more aggresive than I do. For instance, if I am open-ended on the flop, I will almost always semi bluff by opening with a bet (or raising a bet once), however if I am raised I usually will just call, or 3 bet it (if I think the guy is full of shit, which happens often...

???

Tobey Maguire was at the Bellagio last night (and likely many nights before), playing 100-200 blind NL. He was basically left alone most of the time, until all of the club donks started filtering out, walking past the poker room. Eventually large crowds gathered outside the rail for hours, and my 80-160 table was closest to the railtards. Occasionally someone would shout something stupid, and a...

Okay I have a question about how to play JJ in a certain situation, because me and SolomonL disagree about it.

It's a two-table $5.50 SNG. The blinds are $25/50 I gave the red jacks in the cutoff. We are eight-handed, and two of the first four players limp in. I have $2825 or so in chips. I raise to $250, since i have a lot of chips and I want to thin the field. The button has $2180 a...

K ROSE I SEE YOU ARE BROWSING THIS FORUM!!! HI!!!!! WOW

you are my hero.

well...gotta go, nice meeting you

Hey Druff, might be good time to get in game with the above. He scored a big win finishing 7th on Party's $600 buy in. It was good for 38K last night. He's now sitting at Pstars 1-2 game. Don't know how good he is but he is definitely taking advantage of his new roll. I've never seen him there before....

Yo Druff:

I am coming to LA next week to play in a few of the $300 buy in tourneys at the Bike, and also for some live action.

I have been told there is a hotel right across the street (a Ramada?), but that it is not very nice. It is like $55 a night. The Commerce and the Wyndam are about double that, plus I should prolly expect $30-$40 in cab fares to get to and from t...

The bicycle casino shows a live poker table with commentary and shows the hole cards (wonder if anyone can cheat at the game if its live but anyway) its wed - sat 6 pm - 10 pm pst

i saw like 5 min of it last night the quality of video is very decent and they show hole cards and everything so if anyone doesnt get enough of WPT and wsop here u got another way to fulfill ur addiction...

OK - tryed multiple tables today on PokerStars

I was profitable on both tables - increasing my hourly win rate BUT I found my play suffered a bit on each individual table.

Is this to be expected or do I just need more practise playing multiple tables

I found myself using auto check buttons - which probably isnt a good thing.

Do you (or does anyon...

So how tight is a frog's ass anyways??? saw you mention and couldn't believe you had first had knowledge

Pokerstars Private tourney tab:

$500 Takeover/Shaniac Open $500 NL Headsup Matches. 11PM EST. PW = Takeover.

Hope to see you there.

Shane

Anyone know the odds of hitting back to back quads? This just happened to me and im curious what this is comparable too. Lottery? Lighting strike? Just seems f'ing odd
*********** # 2 **************
PokerStars Game #1272136912: Hold'em Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/02/26 - 05:33:50 (ET)
Table 'Nanna' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: PaPa-of-10 ($11 in chips)
Seat 3: Hi R...

So can any1 tell me what it takes to get a date with jennicide? I'm sure their are a lot of "studddddds" who read this...so a little advice would be great! Thanks :lol:

Dan
You have such beautiful spelling, grammar and punctuation. Your writing style is amazing.Would you be so kind and tell us where you attended college. I would like to apply there ASAP. THX

From: TheGreatOne
To: Neverwin
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:05 pm
Subject: Identity
I'm really just a friend of Holla's. He told me what was going on so I thought I would come in and yank Druff's chain a bit. I always think it is funhy how people will get upset when insulted by a guy whose claims are all either false or unprovable. It was a lot of fun though, seemed to...

You were playing a bit of 3 handed poker this morning

When the SB folded his cards to you - you kept showing him your crap BB

How come ??? If I may ask

Any logic or you just messing around with him - never seen the guy before (abacus LOX) but he seemed pretty weak to me - although I havent been watching to long...

LOL 30/60 average pot $463 - 10 handed

What a game to watch

Dan or other good players,
If I'm playing 1/2 or 2/4, if that even matters, what percent of showdowns is acceptable? good? bad? Obviously, it varies on a persons play, but just looking for a general statement.

Here is a situation I had come up and I wanted to get other peoples input for the fun of it:

Playing .50/1 blind NL and you have Q 9 of spades 1 from the button. 4 players limp and you also limp with 6 players seeing the flop. Flop is a miracle of 10 J 8 all spades. There is $6 in the pot and an early players bets $3 and the next player makes it $7. You smooth call and the earlie...

in UB that is. otherwise topic says it and if he is I can not think of anyone who thinks he is a fake.

pretty damn good from what I have seen.

how many years have u been pro??? and what made u decide to go pro??? did u have a mentor?? or did u just read books

Dealt to YourAccount
cameo: folds
kadacota: raises $30 to $60
YourAccount: raises $30 to $90
Camelback: folds
usaarmydlr: folds
kadacota: calls $30
*** FLOP ***
kadacota: checks
YourAccount: bets $30
kadacota: calls $30
*** TURN ***
kadacota: checks
YourAccount: bets $60
kadacota:...

Im kinda curious......... now that im broke.......... how does everyone view my advice and posts?

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Dan,

Do you know anything about the 50/100 game?

Almost cant contain my laughter everytime i hear this phrase.

Anyone want to guess who the best is today? Anyone want to guess whether theyll be the best in two years? Anyone want hold em lessons from The Count right now?

There are of course rare exceptions........ Jennifer Harman and Lenny Martin come to mind....... but for the most part....... the curve is real, real,...

Hey Dan,

Just started up again at my FINAL attempt at building a bankroll on stars. All the times before I had tried I either cashed out my winnings, or lost it all eventually (but never got higher then $700). Anyhow, I just deposited 50... and am going to start SLOW (the reason I lost all my money prior was because I was trying to go up too fast). So I've turned my $50 into $100 in a...

Anyone understand this and can explain it to me? I read the thing on pstars site and i still dont get it.

How long should I wait at a limit before moving up? I started playing about 4 months ago and played at 25/50 cent or lower (nl and fl). I tried moving up to .5/1 this week and did a hit and run but mostly was intimidated, and lost the next few sessions after that. Everything has turned around once i stoped being scared and I am up a nice amount overall at .5/1. Given your experience, how long...

Hello All,

I was wondering if you could please help me out. I use to play a lot of online poker years ago, back when there was only like five sites, lol. Now of days I hardly play at all. I still enjoy the game, but I guess I am afraid of losing. I hate playing against fish that chase you down (i.e.) five players calling you on the turn. If you could give me some advice on how to mak...