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Cool. Thanks Jason.
I like you in any other thread except the baseball thread.
I pretty much hate you there.

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pendiana jones wrote:Cool. Thanks Jason.
I like you in any other thread except the baseball thread.
I pretty much hate you there.
I hate the fact you have a passion for PSU like me, yet you're a fan of the biggest rivals for both the Eagles and the Phillies.

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so i think we left off by all ganging up on reason for making some very interesting plays in a 10 handed game.

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This thread reminded me.

I want some Oreos. Thanks. Off to the store.

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yesterday, last final so most of my boys went to my boy's tom place for poker. 8 man (well, really there's 2 chicks too) tournament. i took it down, 20 beans per head.

key hand imo.

i'm holding 8-7 suited spades with 4 people left. i'm dealer. i call. everyone does. big blind raises twice the blind. i call, fold, small blind calls. king-5-6. two spades on the flop. MAD OUTS. everyone checks. I bet two times the blind. fold, the person that raised pre-flop calls. Jack. suit doesn't help me. She bets 4 times the blind.....which was alot at the time. it was around a fifth of my stack. we are both chip leaders at this point. she had more chips then me though. I felt it was a good enough investment though so I called. river was a nine. straight. she bets bets 5 times the blind and i re-raise her and double it. she spends a couple minutes on it and folds. she had two pair. kings and jacks. she still doesn't know what i had even though she's begging me still.

that hand gave me a crippling lead at that point though.

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i bet she doesn't put you on 8 7, lol....

the last i played was about two weeks ago in california, there was like 6 of us, and i took that down. i got lucky on a suck out in a hand where the flop was 6 9 2 rainbow, i had A Q off and i believe i reraised twice the amount of the initial raise to sweeten the pot and get a call, which i do. on the flop it gets checked to me, so on the flop i bet out about the pot, because right then and there i put him on face cards that didn't hit. instead, i got check raised, and was like, well this is like the second or third hand, he's trying to take down a pretty big pot at the time in the game, and so i went all in, he called, turns over the A 9 off... the turn was a 10, and i rivered a Q on him. after that, i played pretty great...but that hand was a lucky one for me.

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Gregg Popabitch wrote:yesterday, last final so most of my boys went to my boy's tom place for poker. 8 man (well, really there's 2 chicks too) tournament. i took it down, 20 beans per head.

key hand imo.

i'm holding 8-7 suited spades with 4 people left. i'm dealer. i call. everyone does. big blind raises twice the blind. i call, fold, small blind calls. king-5-6. two spades on the flop. MAD OUTS. everyone checks. I bet two times the blind. fold, the person that raised pre-flop calls. Jack. suit doesn't help me. She bets 4 times the blind.....which was alot at the time. it was around a fifth of my stack. we are both chip leaders at this point. she had more chips then me though. I felt it was a good enough investment though so I called. river was a nine. straight. she bets bets 5 times the blind and i re-raise her and double it. she spends a couple minutes on it and folds. she had two pair. kings and jacks. she still doesn't know what i had even though she's begging me still.

that hand gave me a crippling lead at that point though.
Any reason why you bet so small on the flop? Your hand is a favorite against anything except a set.
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I can't win a race to save my soul right now




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pendiana jones wrote:I can't win a race to save my soul right now




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yeah me neither, almost to the point where i'm refusing to get into them...which i know is a problem, hence 'almost'...

also, lol at psychosis' new sig...thought you retired me there for a minute, homie!

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the Wiper wrote:
pendiana jones wrote:I can't win a race to save my soul right now




:::sad face:::
yeah me neither, almost to the point where i'm refusing to get into them...which i know is a problem, hence 'almost'...

also, lol at psychosis' new sig...thought you retired me there for a minute, homie!
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I switched to random PF member quotes, but I had to add yours just for nostalgia's sake.
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Psychosis wrote:
Gregg Popabitch wrote:yesterday, last final so most of my boys went to my boy's tom place for poker. 8 man (well, really there's 2 chicks too) tournament. i took it down, 20 beans per head.

key hand imo.

i'm holding 8-7 suited spades with 4 people left. i'm dealer. i call. everyone does. big blind raises twice the blind. i call, fold, small blind calls. king-5-6. two spades on the flop. MAD OUTS. everyone checks. I bet two times the blind. fold, the person that raised pre-flop calls. Jack. suit doesn't help me. She bets 4 times the blind.....which was alot at the time. it was around a fifth of my stack. we are both chip leaders at this point. she had more chips then me though. I felt it was a good enough investment though so I called. river was a nine. straight. she bets bets 5 times the blind and i re-raise her and double it. she spends a couple minutes on it and folds. she had two pair. kings and jacks. she still doesn't know what i had even though she's begging me still.

that hand gave me a crippling lead at that point though.
Any reason why you bet so small on the flop? Your hand is a favorite against anything except a set.
well, i've been burned by similar hands before but it's a safe enough hand for me to make a probe bet. by the time the turn came around, i felt i was committed enough to make the call.

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yeah plus the fact if you would have put a lot of money in there, you could have gave your hand away (a flush draw or top pair) so maybe ur opponent would have really mad you pay to catch that flush... nice play.

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Feeler bets usually mean 2nd pair, top pair w/ weak kicker or a draw. What hands are going to call you there? 2nd pair? I don't think they'd pay you off if you hit your flush or straight. A higher flush draw? You're not a favorite anymore, but you have a chance to steal the pot since the chances of the flush hitting are less likely. Gregg was in a fortunate situation where his opponent misplayed the hand and gave him odds for his monster draw on the turn.

I don't know what Gregg's opponent was doing not raising with top pair. Especially since an A, Q or flush card or one of several straight cards hitting on the turn are scare cards. I understand slow playing top pair occasionally so as to not get predictable, but I don't think that's wise on such a dangerous board.

Also, you make probe bets to find out how strong your opponents are. Well unless you're against a set you already know your hand is a favorite. And even if you put someone on check-raising you with a set, you're probably forced to gamble anyway. Shouldn't you be looking to gamble with that hand on the flop? Flush draws are obvious so unless your opponent slow played a monster on the flop, he most likely won't pay you off if you hit the flush.
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Anyone get really frustrated sometimes (gee, who doesnt)?
For a while now, in tournament play, I'm finding that when I do end up going in with the best hand with my money, I am losing. Long term, I cannot win money playing tourney style if I lose more than I win with the best hand. It's getting cumbersome to my psyche.

I'm not improving financially in these $5 and $10 sit n go tourneys, because when my money's in with the best hand, I am losing more than I'm winning.

triple sigh*

I guess I just have bad luck.

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Hey pendy, why don't you post some of these hands that you bust out as the favorite or big hands that you've lost in those tourneys?
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Psychosis wrote:Feeler bets usually mean 2nd pair, top pair w/ weak kicker or a draw. What hands are going to call you there? 2nd pair? I don't think they'd pay you off if you hit your flush or straight. A higher flush draw? You're not a favorite anymore, but you have a chance to steal the pot since the chances of the flush hitting are less likely. Gregg was in a fortunate situation where his opponent misplayed the hand and gave him odds for his monster draw on the turn.

I don't know what Gregg's opponent was doing not raising with top pair. Especially since an A, Q or flush card or one of several straight cards hitting on the turn are scare cards. I understand slow playing top pair occasionally so as to not get predictable, but I don't think that's wise on such a dangerous board.

Also, you make probe bets to find out how strong your opponents are. Well unless you're against a set you already know your hand is a favorite. And even if you put someone on check-raising you with a set, you're probably forced to gamble anyway. Shouldn't you be looking to gamble with that hand on the flop? Flush draws are obvious so unless your opponent slow played a monster on the flop, he most likely won't pay you off if you hit the flush.


it's obvious his opponent never took heed to any of that. gregg i recommend to keep playing with that player any chance you get, u can pretty much play any to cards at will and take his/her money.

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Psychosis wrote:Hey pendy, why don't you post some of these hands that you bust out as the favorite or big hands that you've lost in those tourneys?
I will copy the hand history next time, but right now, I can only think of yesterday.

I had JACKS in the hole vs.

Q7 offsuit. He caught his Q. He was all in, and I was crippled, 3 handed.

jacks, 3 handed, are a very strong hand.


i pushed him in pre flop

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the blinds must have been super high for him to call....was he chip leader or low stack?

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Nl5H wrote:the blinds must have been super high for him to call....was he chip leader or low stack?
he had 2400 left.

blinds were 300/600



again, he held Q7. Keep in mind, I raised first, I pushed...
He CALLED. I understand the blinds were high, but I'm saying in context of me holding the best hand. This is what's been happening to me holding the best hand with my money in. (which any pro player will tell you)

get your money in with the best hand.


just bad luck lately

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pendiana jones wrote:
Nl5H wrote:the blinds must have been super high for him to call....was he chip leader or low stack?
he had 2400 left.

blinds were 300/600



again, he held Q7. Keep in mind, I raised first, I pushed...
He CALLED. I understand the blinds were high, but I'm saying in context of me holding the best hand. This is what's been happening to me holding the best hand with my money in. (which any pro player will tell you)

get your money in with the best hand.


just bad luck lately
i assume you had more than 2400? if so, yeah that's a horrific call...

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Nl5H wrote:
pendiana jones wrote:
Nl5H wrote:the blinds must have been super high for him to call....was he chip leader or low stack?
he had 2400 left.

blinds were 300/600



again, he held Q7. Keep in mind, I raised first, I pushed...
He CALLED. I understand the blinds were high, but I'm saying in context of me holding the best hand. This is what's been happening to me holding the best hand with my money in. (which any pro player will tell you)

get your money in with the best hand.


just bad luck lately
i assume you had more than 2400? if so, yeah that's a horrific call...
People make such atrocious plays in tournaments, especially in single table tournaments
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sup guys.......imma party poker junkie.........(thanks for givin me the heads up on this sticky psychosis)

im playing right now......2/4 no limit.......i started fuckin around with half the max buy in of 400, and im up to over 600 now........the fish swim deep here late night.........
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Alright y'all.

I'm going to a casino next weekend for some gambling. I'm looking to play some poker, but its been about a year since I've been in a casino. I play poker online religiously.

I'm looking for the softest poker game I can find. I know this varies from place to place, but generally what do you find to be the easiest game to clean up at?

I've heard that limit poker is pretty easy to be successful in. Last year I was in Vegas during the World Series of Poker and did pretty well at the $1/$2 NL table.

What do you guys recommend for someone who has a bankroll of about $400-500?

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No limit is easier.
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if you're going to a casino, noobs are not playing limit poker from what i find. it'd be easier to rake in money at the no limit tables. you might even want to dabble in a single table tourney if you can.

when i go to AC, the only cash tables i play at is pot limit omaha and no limit hold em.

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Check out the info on blind structures and levels before entering a single-table tourney. Sometimes the levels move up so fast that it becomes a crapshoot pretty quick.
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whatdayall know about bodog.com?

just dropped 50 bucks in there today, mostly because my brother was over here saturday and showed me their sportsbook...

good nl or sng's there?

i don't really plan on playing poker there to begin with at least...mostly baseball betting and other props/high odds bets that my dude (read: bookie) wouldn't normally take...

lost 2 bucks throwing dice there after running my initial 2 dollar bet up to 16, and getting greedy...

but yeah, anyone play poker there?

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the Wiper wrote:whatdayall know about bodog.com?

just dropped 50 bucks in there today, mostly because my brother was over here saturday and showed me their sportsbook...

good nl or sng's there?

i don't really plan on playing poker there to begin with at least...mostly baseball betting and other props/high odds bets that my dude (read: bookie) wouldn't normally take...

lost 2 bucks throwing dice there after running my initial 2 dollar bet up to 16, and getting greedy...

but yeah, anyone play poker there?


yeah it's decent. but it's similar to all the other places.

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Psychosis wrote:No limit is easier.
care to qualify that statement? you're going to lead a lot of nublets who think no limit hold em is 'easy' into bust town

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