If you play blackjack and are tired of losing money, read this thread.

Note that the information here will not automatically make you a winning blackjack player. Note that showing a profit in blackjack can sometimes take a long time, as the edge is small and the variance is high. However, you can greatly improve your odds in blackjack by just taking a small amount of time to learn t...

Degenerates,

This is the one small place on the site for serious poker discussion. As much as I hate censorship, I am going to have to ask that everyone refrain from insulting the posters over here.

If you want to attack people, the "Shooting Off" forum is certainly the place to do it. There is very little serious poker discussion on this site as it is, so let's not rui...

something that happens in low stakes HE NL HU sitngos - encountered it in stakes as high as 30$ - someone that will go all in every hand from the start (prob tilting).

what do you think is the best calling strategy in such a match?

Was just playing some guy in 2-4 heads up, I busted him but still ended up losing money (lost 6 cents lol). I looked at the difference between cake and full tilt heads up rake. They are both 5% with $.50 max rake. The difference is cake rake is $.05 per $1 in the pot, and ftp is $.50 once the pot reaches $10. So on ftp there is no rake unless the pot reaches $10. On c...

Firstly some background,

Up until now i've only played NLHE tourneys with buyins from $5 to $20, i've been fairly succesful with a ROI of 90% (over around 300 tournaments),

however because of college etc. i dont have the time to play for 5+hours evrynight, ive decided to try and start playing cash games as they are obv more flexible timewise.

I gu...

I'm wondering when you're playing heads up against an aggressive maniac, whether or not to start raising with hands not so premium...

such as hands like A6 and below, and making Ahi calls on paired boards like T33, etc.

Are these marginal situations that you have to kinda feel? Or is there some sort of systematic play you can profit from....

Doom Switch Exists!


PokerStars Game #18880478171: Tournament #96129016, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2008/07/17 - 04:01:19 (ET)
Table '96129016 19' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Flash#61 (2367 in chips)
Seat 2: Johnybgood78 (4455 in chips)
Seat 3: systemoadown (1440 in chips)
Seat 4: gamerstyle (33...

Say you call off 40% of your stack, as a 75% favorite everytime preflop, other player open shoved, and everyone else folds. On AVERAGE how many of these hands before your broke? Basically, trying to mathamatically prove calling huge preflop bets w/ak off is a very bad idea. I know that it is, but I don't know how to do the math to prove it.

Edit: I guess I am trying to show the...

Was listening to a radio archive and heard Micon rolled them all for $1k at the Bellagio 15/30 limit game. Druff said its a great game but you gotta with stand the variance.

Can anyone offer more insight into it. You think a solid limit player can roll in and make at least $30 an hour (1 big bet) over the long term. Is it possible to pull a $100K a year from this game....

look i dont want to get into a big rigged v non rigged argument with anyone, least of all after posting that goofy hand in the bellagio thread, but some shit went down this morning that i just cannot wrap my head around...

so ill just leave it at; are there superuser concerns on the sb.com cake skin?

the cashout concerns are valid and well documented btw, but i can sto...

my first ask druff post but i need some insight if im going to improve...critque away
Top 45 made money


PokerStars Game #18757735190: Tournament #94924020, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/07/12 - 02:27:10 (ET)
Table '94924020 40' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: erwin2975 (27285 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: Co...

Back in the day, I used to be able to fire up 6 tables of $10-20 lhe on party and crush it on a regular basis. I would just play like a robot and rake in the money. Recently I tried playing 4 of these tables at 5-10 lhe and got crushed. The game was too tough, and playing that many tables I couldn't really make any reads on the players. I'll admit LHE isn't my specialty, but I sti...

Hey there Druff,

Was wondering if you'd be able to help me out here. I recently got fired from my shit job at a puppy store(LOL), and I decided to use my last check($254.14) to start my bankroll and try and support myself through poker. I play at a card-room/greyhound race track in Daytona Beach, where nothing but old people and young wannabes(like myself) play. Almost every...

Hey tournament gurus... whats the best way to play these hands in tournaments in the early stages? From EP, MP, and LP? Open Raise 3-4x and fold to a 3 bet? what about a call or small raise in front? what about when you're in the blinds against a late position blind steal raise?

Im normally a strict cash game player but have been meddling in tournaments a little online. I took 2nd i...

So you've been "experimenting" over at AP... What was your hypothesis? Testing method? Results?

Please give me a hand. I am about to get my poker engine restarted hardcore.

Please pay attention to the following constraints

-I only play on Stars

-I want every software advantage I can have

-I only play limit and no limit hold em. No tournys except big ass ones that i dont bneed anything for.

1. Can you datamine on Stars. Like leave open 12...

First level, 109$ MTT on cake.

MP with AsQho, UTG bets pot, one EP call, I flat call, one call behind.

Flop:

6c8cQs

UTG bets like 140 into a 320 pot. EP folds, I call, LP min-raises.

UTG calls.

I......?

I was just dealt AAAA in Pot Limit Omaha. Has anyone ever seen this and what are the odds of this?

Anyone bought from www.belrion.com before ? heard they are

a paypal world seller and are macfee seucred. Appreciate some

feedback from anyone ^^

Ok.. Ive never been much of a tournament guy, but Im going to play a few over the next few days cuz im bored and have time. So we all know that "M" is your stack divided by the total of the blinds or (M=Stack/SB+BB). What are you supposed to do with it though? Is the rule of thumb anything 10 or below you push or fold pre-flop? What about if you have 15, and if you make a call, you'l...

I recall you making a post about how you hated AK in tournaments, so I wanted to see what you thought of this hand from the WSOP.


Ted Lawson -- Tight is Right?
Lawson Willing to Muck A-K



An early-position player opened the pot for 2,300. The action was folded aro...

$20+2 Deep Stack tourney on PokerStars (5K starting chips, 30 minute levels). 297 players, 76 remaining, 45 placed paid. My M=10.

I pick up AKs in late position. I pop to 3X BB which was my standard at the table. Min reraise by the button. Everyone else folds. I shove over the top. Instacall. He has AA.

I maybe could have held on until the money, but just barely, so I fi...

I am fairly new to limit and started playing because of Druff's advice.


How do you rate the play of this hand?



PokerStars Game #18475573850: Hold'em Limit ($0.10/$0.20) - 2008/06/29 - 22:25:07 (ET)
Table 'Morrison' 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: kloopFderp ($6.35 in chips)
Seat 2: whisky3 ($1.20 in c...

5400 FPP turbo SNGs with top four getting sunday million seats. I've probably played 10 now and bubbled one or MAYBE two. I think any good player should get a seat at least 50% of the time. And "good" in this context is ludicrous. Basically, you play very, very tight and shove your shortstacks when necessary. No one calls with an appropriate frequency, so you're rarely conte...

Most of my SHLHE experience, and the vast majority of my biggest winning sessions / streaks have been in really short handed games on pokerroom where you could create a 3 or 4 handed max. It was great. But now I'm forced to play more tables where there is 6 max. My post flop skills are as good as any but preflop I have certain situations where I may be leaking.

Most of these hand...

I've been on a tear recently playing 6 Max although I do think I have one major leak that needs fixing. When HU and you are in the SB, what should you do with Ax unsuited, high suited connectors (10 9 or 9 8 suited), pairs, etc. I've tried a variety of things, raising with them, limping with them and then usually calling a raise out of position, limp reraising with them or a combination...

0-5 at this room. Can't stop random d-bags from taking 4 bets to the face pf with 10-4 A-3 K-5 Q-7, so fucking sick. Flop 7 straight/flush draws, pound the shit out of the pot, brick brick every mutha fuckin time. The highlight of the weekend was a 5 bet 5 way action pot with my 99 on a J97-J-J board and one of the said d-bags tables J-4 ...

I played some today and these guys were odd..they never raised AA,QQ,KK,AK pf just checked called all the way to the river, had me scratching my head. what is the best way to play full ring this low of limit? im guessing it's wrong to be a limp donk, should I just tighten up and stay raise or fold? thanks for any help....

Like if some horrible hold em player won a seat to like a 20 man satty, and it only payed the top spot, what should the horrible player focus on?

So we all hear about poker bankrolls, but what about blackjack bankrolls for counters? Given that your edge is only small even if you are a succesful counter, how many bets should you have in your bankroll. Perhaps that isnt the best way to phrase the question given that your bet sizes wont be the same all the time, so exactly how do you calculate a blackjack bankroll?...

The key to game selection in heads up lhe is finding an opponent that is passive, and is not aggressive.

Is this a true statement? It seems like the ultra aggressive guys rape me. Even the ultra aggressive idiots that will cap undercard gut shot straight draws. I end up paying them off when they do have hands. Im thinking im going to just quit whenever I sit with somebody that seems ag...

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2756418

Hey Druff,

I've been thinking about the last thing you guys talked about last night on the show (about bankroll requirements), and I'm a little confused. You said that one would need twice as big of a bankroll to play online vs. live, but you didn't explain why. I understand if you're playing heads up or short-handed games (potentially bigger swings?), but if I'm p...

I have searched through about 5 pages but havn't found the answer, so here is my question:
in low limit 6max LHE(.25/.50-1/2) should I play more 'filthy' hands(suited,unsuited connectors, Ax) or should I just stay with premium cards? Also, how importan is position, I know the button is always important but is UTG still as bad as full ring?
Thanks for the help...

I do not want to add money to FTP, but transfer money into it. . I do however, have money on other poker sites. As a U.S. player do I have transfer options anymore with Epass DD?? I'm still getting FRIST FUCKED !

If I'm up against a flush draw and set, is there merit to NOT capping the nuts? I'm not a math guy really, but is it really +EV to be capping here?


http://www.pokerhand.org/?2708160

Druff,

I really picked up some good pointers that have helped improve my limit game from your recent radio show. I am looking to learn more and would like to know what books you recommend.

Thanks,
Jadon

I run a lot of red lights.. when traffic is dead. In California I started noticing these strobes. I had no idea what they were. I was talking to someone... and now I'm starting to think maybe I acquired a lot of tickets ? My TX dl has an invalid address so I'm not sure. If I don't worry about it, what do you think will happen ?...

I got this from Partycasino, is paying 2-1 enough to beat it, or is it -ev?

"Join PartyCasino.com for a little blackjack action on the 21st of every month and you'll walk away from the tables with a smile on your face.

The first 1,500 natural blackjacks hit from 18:00 ET through 19:00 ET will be paid out at 2:1 rather than 3:2.

Bet the maximum table bet of...

$30 tourney, no history on players involved. I talked this hand over w/ debo, who was at the table, and I think I know the correct play now, but I'm curious about what you all think.

Hand #54058588-82 at 2pm9KGuarS-006 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 04/Jun/08 15:22:21

xander777 is at seat 0 with 4035.
INSTACALL_OBV is at seat 1 w...

I know that doctorq will call w/ almost anything, slammer will obv call, so what do I do here w/ Q4o, and 7-1 odds ($21 in pot, $3 to call)?

Hand #53828212-15637 at Berlin ($3/$6 Hold'em)
Started at 06/Jun/08 23:52:33

gsizemore is at seat 0 with $284.50.
SLAMMER5223 is at seat 2 with $109.50.
Jeluka is at seat 3...

It was mentioned in another thread here, and I want to buy it. Can this book be picked up at any bookstore such as barnes n noble or will I have to order it online?

How long do the checks take to arrive and is that the only cashout option?

I've heard from some people if you hit supernova you can earn something around 27 %. Now when I hit supernova how does this work? Do I just cash in my fpps for rakeback? Or does it start after you hit supernova? Basically how does this work?

how have you done overall in LHE on cake? i seem to just get brutally crushed everytime i play there though i know the games are really good.

I was going to post this as a question to see if this was a good play without the results like last time, but this call still has me laughing that my bluff wouldn't work. This is the first pot at this table that I have even seen the flop with.

1) Question 1, is this a good bluff here? I put him on some hand that more than likely missed the flop and figure I can lift most hands off,...

Hey druff i dont really post here but i have a question regarding Absolute poker and Ultimate Bet. I saw your clip regarding this matter on raw vagas and how you thought that Mark Seif should have quite his sponsorship with Absolute poker because of the shady practices that go on there. I think i remember you saying something along the lines of if you were in his place you would have quite this po...

Anybody?

PokerStars Game #17764819581: Hold'em Limit ($1/$2) - 2008/05/28 - 23:37:51 (ET)
Table 'Alzirr' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: chinamaniac ($38.75 in chips)
Seat 2: nbonelli ($7.25 in chips)
Seat 3: ace dawn ($173.25 in chips)
Seat 4: daved123 ($22.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Dr.Duckets ($26.25 in chips)
Seat 6:...

Rarely do I ever read a post where you're playing something other than LHE. Probably because if you do it at all it's not that often but if you were to play another game live what would it be? Stakes? Do you stay away from these other games because you don't like your edge in them?