Thanks for the kind replies. The idea came from a biography I am reading of Richard Feynman, who taught physics to an artist friend in exchange for drawing lessons (a lopsided deal if ever there was one!) I haven't received many offers so let me assure you that I am no Feynman, nor even particularly talented as a poker player, so don't be shy about offering what you can.

I'm not sure about Farsi but I do like the idea of a language tutor - I have long wanted to build on the small amount of French I managed to retain from school.

I did work in a chip shop when I was younger but it didn't suit me.

Still hopeful!!

Hi there!

Having recently retired from online poker - hanging up my red-and-black, Pokerstars Spade-emblazoned jersey to move on to bigger and better and as yet undefined things - I now find myself, as many before me, in the predictable position of having accumulated a great deal of knowledge with no, or at least dubious, practical application in the world outside.

I'm 26 now. I've been playing poker seriously for maybe 6-8 years and winning decent amounts for maybe 3 or 4 of them. I primarily play(ed) online small/medium stakes tournaments and came tantalizingly and frustratingly close to crossing into (lifetime) six figure profits by the end of last year, but alas, fate is cruel and I never quite crossed that meaningless and imaginary line before going on something of a losing streak this year which would ensure that I never made it. Not this go round anyway.

So I offer a trade to any and all. Lessons in Hold'em, in the form of informal voice chats on Skype and by email, in exchange for lessons on whatever subject it is that you have an interest and understanding in. It could be Shakespeare or astronomy or chess or nutrition or something else entirely - I have an appetite for new things. For my part I can offer a pretty good education in small stakes hold'em to anyone who is a losing, break even or novice player. But really, your ability at poker doesn't matter, you just have to be good at something. In this way maybe I can get some added value from what seems right now to be a whole lot of otherwise useless information floating around in my head, and hopefully have some fun too.

Shoot me a PM if you have something to offer!

Steve

All In imo. Without any reads I am not going to worry about either the iso raiser or the caller having a super tight range. It is more likely that the iso-raiser just has some kind of top 10-15% hand and even though it's possible the caller could be on AA or KK I'm not going to jump to that conclusion when he could have a smaller pair, AK-AT, KQ or just be a fish calling much too wide. I really hate flatting OOP and letting two people with worse hands try to out flop you or outplay you when the pot is already this big. Obv never 4-bet folding so I would just jam.


That being said, I actually played with XdobrationX recently and he was very aggressive, making this an even easier shove since I am totally not worried about him having a strong hand here.

Why didn't you 3-bet when it got to you the first time?

It moves the boxes on the other tables so they all end up all over the place!

also what does the WYSIWYG check box do?

It stands for What You See Is What You Get. it does this:

If i move one box's location on one table then it moves that box on the others so they all end up all over the place.

Not sure about your other question. Have you set up your hero names? (HUD Options>Setup Hero Names...)

I don't reply to these things very often as i suppose i don't have the confidence.  It always  amazes me to some of the concullsions and reads  you lovely people come to,  all of these mid game/hand.


However my thought are rather more basic and that is, if i have the worst hand i am out, i have nothing to gain ifi shove and  he does  LD, i can and we all have got back in a Tourney with 10bb's, where as if we are wrong we are out of the door.  For that reason alone i only call river.   Is my 10 bb better than nothing thinking  flawed?


Steve 

You are right, as long as the numbers are close. Say we think raising is +EV, but only very slightly. Then we could call to preserve our tournament life. Just be careful not to give away too much value doing this, because a lot of people take it too far. You have to be willing to take risks to be successful.

Also, don't be shy. Nobody learns much from only posting their opinion when they are sure they are right. We all make tons of mistakes and being willing to search for and correct them is crucial. It's also the very purpose of Hand Analysis. Think about it, being the worst player on the forum would be a great opportunity!


Another Steve

I agree with kinboshi that whether this is a call or fold is entirely dependent on the 3 players in the hand. There isn't nearly enough information in this thread for me to figure it out either way but I can help you with a couple of things.

First, unless you have a specific read on this particluar player, I really don't think you should use "I was scared that he didn't raise" as a reason to fold. It's usually a mistake.

Second, you said that you would only want to put your chips in if you had a greater than 50% chance of staying alive in the tournament. You asked if you should call knowing that you were a favourite in a 3-way pot with dead money. The answer is that if you value the experience of staying alive in the tournament then you should fold. But if you value being good at poker you should call. Passing up a good opportunity for possible future opportunities is a risky business, and chances are you are overvaluing your edge versus the table.

Hey.

Pre-flop is fine.

There is no such thing as way ahead/way behind on the river. There is only ahead and behind. This is an important distinction because they require different responses.

If the villain is at all competent at poker I would bet the flop. I'm only checking if I think he doesn't understand C-bets and light 3-bets.

It's unclear to me how much more a raise on the river would be but these guys did a good job of explaining why raising is not automatically the correct play just because you think you are probably ahead.

It's possible this could be a fold, but without more information "snap call" is the only answer that works for me.

Flatting is def better than 3b/folding but it could cause problems when we see a flop so I would rather be aggressive PF.

It depends what you're calling Tight ABC Poker, because in my experience most people that think they're playing Tight ABC Poker are really playing Tight BAD Poker.

Being successful at poker is about understanding the situations that are evolving around you and taking advantage of them. When someone says they play ABC poker it usually means they ignore the situational part of the game and just play their cards. You'll never be good at MTTs doing that. You need to change how you play to match the table dynamics. That's why pleno says to put huge pressure on at the Bubble and FT. Not because he has maniacal tendencies but because the situation has changed to one where a lot of the players are suddenly scared to put chips in the pot. Looking for and understanding these changes is, to me, all part of ABC poker.

In any MTT you should be getting looser as the tourney continues. Being tight is okay at the beginning when you have 100BBs but being tight at the end is a sin. If you are usually making it to the mid stages but rarely making it further then in all likelihood this is the problem.

Besides, how are you ever going to improve if you don't play some hands and make some mistakes? And how are you going to have any fun? Loosen up!