Full Tilt Poker Game #5944231109: Table Patricia (6 max) - $10/$20 - Limit Hold'em - 18:43:32 ET - 2008/04/07
Seat 1: lokovicvic ($25)
Seat 2: zoezoe ($203)
Seat 3: toomuchaction ($154), is sitting out
Seat 4: Zipper49 ($230)
Seat 5: WorldWithin ($1,189)
Seat 6: mikeyav ($221.50)
Zipper49 posts the small blind of $...

Been playing quite a bit of Heads Up SNGS (turbos) anything from 11.50 to 57.50(except for when I got hammered and played a $520, thank god I sucked out)
Have been having a ton of success at the lower games playing "physco aggro" raising 4xbb preflop EVERY hand, Cbetting 3/4 pot when the opponent actually calls Every time, anyway, this has shown me that eventually the other g...

just wondering if druff thinks his involvement with this site has hampered his ability to pick up endorsements or get sponsored by a poker site?

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I took a good two or three year break from playing live. I've always played typically around the limits of 1/3. When I use to play I was pretty good and could pretty much always figure out what was going on at the table. Pretty much the only all in I would lose would be preflop when my AA got cracked or another sick beat boat vs. boat, etc... I went to the casino last weekend and sat with...

I have been playing NL for about 3 years now; hold’em for over 20. For the most part, I think I have the “basics” down. But I can’t seem to avoid those one or two hands that simply destroy my stack < insert BB story about 2 and 3 outers here >. Time and time again, I get my chips in the middle “with the best of it” and time and time again, my chips go to the guy holding AQ to...

Many people believe a lot of incorrect things when it comes to blackjack and card counting -- even people who often believe they know a lot about both. Here are some examples:


MYTH #1: If you get thrown out of a blackjack game for counting cards, it's probably because your "act" wasn't good enough.

FACT #1: Acts can only take you so far. Most peopl...

***** Hand History for Game 6944792910 *****
$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, April 05, 11:54:04 ET 2008
Table Table 126965 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: shawnm339 ( $211.64 USD )
Seat 1: paracyde ( $124.51 USD )
Seat 3: crookie47 ( $71.01 USD )
Seat 2: DDice511 ( $100 USD )
Sea...

i want to buy something. can i just send your or micon the money on stars instead of whipping out phones and credit cards?

he checked behind me on the flop.

I used 3/4 my time bank to make the call.

I was talking to my friend during the hand:

- SHIP: i think its set over set on ftp
- SHIP: this would be so sick
- SHIP: god damn
- SHIP: wow
- SHIP: wow
- SHIP: FUCK
- SHIP:...

suppose you have ako and ur opponent 76o. suppose you know for sure that if you raise 4xBB he will fold and if you raise 3xBB he will call.

if he folds he makes a mistake as he has enough equity to call and if he calls he is making the correct play (mathematically) but what he does is up to you. what should you do?




this is a tricky question for me because it...

Hello NWP members
Over the last month and a half or so, I've been following NWP closely and have enjoyed the site for what it is. I have found it enjoyable to see an online forum where degenerate gamblers are both nurtured and chastised.

I have been enjoying playing poker, live and online, for the past 2.5 years or so. I finally have some time for this year, to dedicate some s...

Okay, it is an online NL tourney, about 120 players left. I have about 10,000 chips. Blinds are 200 400. 4 limpers preflop, I am in the small blind with T7cc. I call the 200 and the big blind checks. 2650 is in the pot going into the flop. Flop comes Ts 7s 5s. I bet 2000, everybody folds execpt for the button who calls. Turn is 5 of diamonds. What is the optimal play?...

Can you kill NL games but suck at limit? Or do you have the opposite problem? Perhaps consider the fact that you might not be adjusting right. Take a look at these mistakes NL and Limit players make when playing the "other" game...



Mistakes NL players make playing limit:

1) Bluff-raising an opponent who appears to be holding top pair or better.
...

Consider the table conditions are that it's 5 handed and you are in position against an aggro player but nothing insane for being short handed. You hold A3 / 4 / 6.

Do you call the raise? Reraise, or just dump it. assume they are off suit.

How about Q5, K6 hands like that from the BB with a raiser and no other action? Float them or peel off a flop?

I'm...

This is the specific piece of deregulation that torpedoed our economy


A milestone in the deregulation effort came in the fall of 2000, when a lame-duck session of Congress passed a little-noticed piece of legislation called the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. The bill effectively kept much of the market for derivatives and other exotic instruments off-limits to agencie...

PokerStars Game #16228541736: Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/24 - 21:52:17 (ET)
Table 'Kale II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: CowboyBeBop5 ($47.70 in chips)
Seat 2: pleather ($36.40 in chips)
Seat 3: PorPeggy12 ($38.90 in chips)
Seat 4: shmanks ($12.25 in chips)
Seat 5: PhilPhan72 ($21.75...

Oklahoma Laws prohibit house banked card games. To get around this at blackjack they run a player pool banked blackjack game. The Casino Charges .50 per hand to place a bet (at the local joint you can bet 5 to 200, anything over 100 is an extra .50) and is suppose to give back all money made threw the wagers. The casinos often run Player pool promotions such as suited blackjacks pay 50 bucks,...

do you believe in the big blind theory of 2 times the big bet per hour is good? i mean i have made over a hundred a hour playing 10-20 now live ater 39 times i avg 58 a hour in 10-20. now you played and made 14k i dont know how long that took you but it was a lot more than 200 a hour as big bet theory would say.i find it hard to say about the big blind theory but someone must know.do you track you...

Everyone knows in online poker when its either a regular tourny thats close to the money or more importantly close to a seat in a satty tourny that the players who are short usually start useing up their time banks to hopefully sneak into the money/seat. I was at one table where this guy said he was going to report everyone who did it because its against the rules of the site and unethical. I assu...

I was playing NL here instead of limit. I know now I should've capped preflop if I actually wanted to take it away. And I also know I should've waited for nines or something and capped it a million times in a row and blown up. Anyway, here's the s/n of a big donk. Obv I'm a bigger donk, apparently, but my s/n does not appear.

I believe preflop is fine. Flop is stra...

i see the money being made in tournys. it seem that the same time in cash games used in tourny play could have better result. i see were micon won like 17k but was at a loss. these entry fees must add up to a large amount over time. theu dont tell you the total starts you have at pockrt fives just when you cash.number of total starts would make you understand what these players go through. alot of...

Limit holdem 30/60

Folded to you on the button, you raise with J9o, SB folds, BB 3-bets, you call.

Flop:

KQT rainbow.

BB bets, you raise, he 3-bets, you 4 bet.

Turn:

3

BB bets, you raise, he calls.

River:

J

There is now KQJT on the board, putting you behind any ace.

He checks....

what do you think? ill let you know what i was thinking later

PokerStars Game #14752357663: Hold'em Limit ($200/$400) - 2008/01/22 - 19:47:40 (ET)
Table 'Goto IV' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: ScHnibL0r ($12030 in chips)
Seat 3: aXeroX ($6677 in chips)
Seat 4: tommyboy83 ($14030 in chips)
Seat 5: Dao69 ($4896 i...

Nine handed 1-2 NL. I am in BB with about 350 in money, cutoff has 230ish and SB has 600 or so. Reads wise SB was very rocky, solid player. Cutoff seemed good but made some pretty obvious mistakes in earlier hands. Was either playing scared or really not familiar with NL cash.

Cut-off limps for 5, SB completes I call with AhJd.

Flop Q 10 8 with 2 hearts, giving me double bel...

Online 50-100 limit.

Loose-aggressive player raises in late position. You have JJ and 3-bet him from the button. Everyone else folds.

Flop:

J83 rainbow

He checks, you bet, he raises. You decide to 3-bet here and not slow-play, hoping he will think you're buying a free card and give you more action on the turn. He now 4-bets you. This is an onlin...

Full Tilt Poker Game #5321091597: $2,000 KO Guarantee (39748395), Table 7 - 80/160 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 17:48:27 ET - 2008/02/19
Seat 2: Biggins151 (5,530)
Seat 3: thedude1981 (6,906)
Seat 4: dreamcii (5,800)
Seat 5: cmk1536 (9,585)
Seat 6: Jego (13,445)
Seat 7: cashballa23 (15,439)
Seat 8: lifecenter (18,155)
Seat 9: jouba007 (3,620)
Jego posts...

I've been playing a freezeout tournament at a local casino lately which is a £10 tournament with a £3.50 entry fee. They don't even provide dealers or anything like that, complete rip off... but it's the only casino near me which does poker. I'm currently in profit in the tournament but do you actually think a 35% rake is beatable in the long run? It normally attracts between 100...

How important is acquiring chips early on in satellite tourneys? Small field vs. big field?
What kind of button or cutoff aggression should be applied in the early tournament situations if any?

Blinds 25-50, 1500 Starting Stack Satellite. 1-5 ticket, 6 pays. Chip lead 2200ish.
Sitting with 1850 in SB and three limpers. 25 more to call into a pot of 225.
What are your call...

Is there anything worse than this? Take a guess @ what % the KK has on flop / turn before you run it through an odds calculator.... also how about when the turn is a :2c ?

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2055765

Druff talk to me about your hand selection out of the bb vs a button raise and vs a sb raise

I've been puzzled by a few of our showdowns of late

I've thought a lot recently about AK in NL tournaments. I have come to the conclusion that, for the most part, it sucks -- especially earlier in a tournament when there is much more post-flop play.

AK's problem is that it will never get much action post-flop when you hit, unless someone has a better hand.

Take this all-too-common scenario:

Someone raises p...

what are you other special abilities besides Finkelstain and phone hacking (this was nice actually) ?

community demands to know your superpowers ;)

Before reading the hand history you should account for the fact that this guy played down to the river on many hands and showed his complete garbage and we were at each others throats for a while. When he originally 4x bet me one 3rd street I thought wired aces but once I picked up a pair of Aces I thought I was solid. Overplay or just bad luck?

PokerStars Game #15438331311: HORSE (7...

OK, so i'm in at fairly soft 1/2 nl hold em full ring game at Isle of Capri in Boonville, MO. The game is extremely loose preflop and very passive post flop. No reasonable pair is folded post flop unless there is heavy action(which is extremely rare). I've been playing fairly tight in the 1 seat for about 1:30 hrs. I believe I have an excellent read on the whole table and I have about...

PokerStars Game #15275903807: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/02/14 - 02:43:15 (ET)
Table 'Portlandia' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: JAdams020 ($18.10 in chips)
Seat 2: kingjosiah ($22 in chips)
Seat 3: K'zUpQ'zDoWn ($20.95 in chips)
Seat 4: DERUY ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 6: SmileDK! ($24.50 in...

There were 21 people left out of 3270. Any shot I should have folded to this massive overbet? We can still make the Final table without this double up, although winning this would have been a top 3 stack..

PokerStars Game #14727784231: Tournament #74499048, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (8000/16000) - 2008/01/21 - 18:57:42 (ET)
Table '74499048 55...

6-handed 50-100 limit game.

Decent player open-raises from cutoff. SB (a donk) calls. You call with Jd9h in the BB.

Flop: Td9d3c

You decide to check-raise flop, given that you hit middle pair and are a favorite to have the best hand at this point.

Instead, it checks around.

Turn: 4d

SB checks. You now bet (standard). Cutoff ra...

Ok.. Disregard the hand was played terribly.. Our hand is seriously under-repped and according to the Dan Druff "good hands don't checkcall draw heavy flops" wtf could this bonehead be holding besides KK or a flopped straight that just smooth called two people betting the minimum on the flop??? I think this is a call even on the river as played (I would have raised turn, etc)
...

Again, all Turbo HU Sngs.

Alright, so lets say I plan on playing 40 110+5$ SNG turbos/day and I want to project the entire net profit/ total gross etc of 15 weeks.

Heres how we start, I just don't know how to calculate the toal profit for each hypothetic ROI I want to look up.

40 sngs a day for 15 weeks. 15 weeks, 7 days in a week. So, were looking at 105...

When is the right time to play hands like 67 suited and other small suited connectors.

Got back last week and was railing a friend while on a dinner break. 08 round, solid old guy 2 bets early, everyone else clears out and my buddy defends with 88xx. Flop comes down 8-4-2, buddy checks, old guy bets and my buddy flashes me his hand and mucks. I understand his thought process here, putting the guy on AA23, A234, A345 etc, but I don't see myself ever making that play on the flo...

hi guys which rakeback has the best offer to play at there site and what if you already have an account?why dont pstars give rakeback thanks guys & gals

I am playing in a $30+3 live PL Omaha 8/B tourney this Saturday in da Bean. 10-20 players, 30 minute levels.

For those that play/succeed in these events, I would love to get some info (Silence? AB?) on what helped you folks succeed in these tournies. I've played and chased in PL OM 8/B events before, but they were $5 events online.

Any info helps, thanks alot...

Playing some live 1/2nl. So, there's about 50 in the pot on the turn and I lead out with 40. I have AK and the board is kqj3 with no flush possibilities and dude behind me shoves for like 136 total. We're heads up at this point and i'm leaning pretty strong towards folding. Feels like i'm beat, don't go broke with 1 pair........ I think for a little bit and still want to f...

this is insane ...this is all in HU NLHE



stacked twice kk(me) vs aa
stacked ajs(me) vs ak flop 64a
lose half stack j10s(me) vs kq flop aj10
stacked aa(me) vs kqc flop aj10 2 clubs
80% stacked all in jj(me) vs tt

got aa twice and qq once no action
stacked him once



ALL IN LESS THAN 250 HANDS


fucking...

5 players remaining. Is this always an autopush??? Calling seems questionable since the reraise is a significant portion of my stack.




** Game ID 1815958113 starting - 2008-01-14 13:00:24
** $2.75k Guarantee (6-handed):Table 11 (4000.00|8000.00 No Limit - MTT) Real Money

- xAppJuice sitting in seat 2 with 233...

I created this name as bait for dumdums, and by "dumdums" I mean guys who are well known but really don't play all that good at limit hold'em.

Jim Rockford: some of you might wonder how to make a
clever online poker name
Jim Rockford: let me help you out
Jim Rockford: first, start with your real name
Jim Rockford: then select the last 2 digits of th...

Just a few weeks ago I was running @ 22.x/100 6maxing, was obv on a serious heater. When I finally got lee jones'd I hollered FR and again I went into a heater running about 22/100 after 5,000 hands and after an additional 10k hands, I was still at 16/100. Since then my numbers have cooled off but I'm still running very good.

What's your highest bb/100 for a sample size no...