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1  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: I like this hand on: September 11, 2008, 01:18:59 PM
We are hoping he holds KA but the hand I fear he might have is KQ. He knows you have a good hand and the raise on the river suggest he believes he is ahead and wanting to extract value. If he had KA surely he would be just happy to call? It sure is a tough one especially without a read on your opponent I wouldn’t blame anyone for calling.
2  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Pocket Tens...Views appreciated on: September 11, 2008, 01:00:41 PM
errrr, what did you have?


Alex I thought observation was a key skill to being a poker pro 
3  Poker Forums / Learning Centre / Re: Resteal attempt with AJ from the button, just ITM in an mtt on: September 11, 2008, 12:49:02 PM
A shove is the best option it kills the hand unless they have of course have woken up with a premium hand. I don’t want to commit nearly 1/3 of my stack and may not even see the flop. If he shoves to a 5.5k raise you have the tricky decision to fold or gamble. AJ is a good hand to be raising not so great to be have to call with your tournament life on the line.
4  Poker Forums / Learning Centre / Re: Show vs Don't Show on: September 11, 2008, 12:04:08 PM
I would say never show leave them wondering. Very little to be gained by showing so don’t give them free info. and use your image wisely.
5  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Nut flush draw for the final. on: September 11, 2008, 01:16:26 AM
Fold or reraise preflop. Fold or shove the flop.

There is your answer
6  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Unlucky or victim of a donkey call? on: September 11, 2008, 01:14:45 AM
Why do so many people post such unfriendly replies to others when they start threads like these?

Shouldnt comments be constructive, helpful and friendly rather than unwelcoming? Ok to most of us this hand shouldnt be on here but a new poster who probably doesnt have the experience most people have is trying to get a bit of advice and people are trying to shoot him down.

Agreed.  This board (or so I thought) is meant for people of all poker playing abilities.  What might seem a simple no-brainer to some of you lot is not going to be so for someone who doesn't have as much knowledge of the game.  In fact that is the whole point of this board!!!  Makes me wonder where the blonde spirit has gone when people ridicule posters looking for advice, especially newcomers.  Don't critise for the sake of it people, only do it when you have something constructive to back it up.

To the OP - Welcome to Blonde Smiley  Don't worry it's normally much more friendly than this...promise...And no you didn't do anything wrong, you just got unlucky.

Yes I agree with both.
To be fair Kin and LeKnave did give useful replies.
You were unlucky blodge you did nothing wrong.
7  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Nut flush draw for the final. on: September 11, 2008, 01:04:53 AM
You big callin station  Smiley   sorry I just don't like the play.
8  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Pocket Tens...Views appreciated on: September 11, 2008, 12:54:43 AM
Your pre-flop raise was fine and just unfortunate to get so many callers. After the flop you have to consider with the texture of the flop and with so many callers one of your opponents will already have hit a straight or hit a big part of the flop and willing to gamble on completing the straight by the river. I don’t like the c-bet on the flop of 260 I believe it to be the worse of the options available to you. I may well have checked the flop to see what action follows the board is just too dangerous even with a set against so many opponents. As played you were always going to get a caller or as happened a re-raise. You will then have committed a quarter of your starting stack and be in a difficult position with no knowledge of your opponent and deciding if you want to gamble your tournament life. Yes your opponent chose a very unusual and as you say risky way to play QQ. He was lucky not to have them cracked. You can always consider yourself unlucky when you lose set over set.
9  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / JJ early in tournament on: September 10, 2008, 01:44:19 AM
Still  early in the tournament, HERO is the largest stack at the table. Magnet25 is the 2nd largest stack with stats of 19/8 over 36 hands. Antesvante is playing 20/16 from only 25 hands.

FullTiltPoker Game #8004329031: $9,500 KO Guarantee (60117350), Table 35 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:40:45 ET - 2008/09/09
Seat 1: antesvante (4,050)
Seat 2: Simby19 (2,740)
Seat 3: Fender_J (2,576)
Seat 4: HERO (11,300)
Seat 5: Tom473 (4,305)
Seat 6: switchers (2,265)
Seat 7: TheAgentZero (5,510)
Seat 8: J0FF4 (2,415)
Seat 9: magnet25 (8,640)
HERO posts the small blind of 100
Tom473 posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [   ]
switchers folds
TheAgentZero folds
J0FF4 folds
magnet25 raises to 600
antesvante raises to 1,750
Simby19 folds
Fender_J folds
HERO to act

What would you do?

10  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: NL50 (full ring): Turn straight against UTG nit on: September 10, 2008, 12:53:04 AM
I don't really get the problem with the preflop call - since the guy's playing 9/3 his UTG opening range is so ridiculously tight that you've got great implied odds (especially with more than full stacks). He's also more likely than most to stack off with an overpair, since he hardly plays anything else and is probably rubbish post-flop. You're not likely to get 3-bet behind you, assuming anyone else is paying any attention to the UTG raiser. You're pretty much fitting-or-folding on the flop, but given the above I think that's ok here. No..?


Obviously it is dependent on the dynamics of the table and at lower limits the play is more passive but I wouldn't be so confident you won’t get squeezed.

I agree with moskvich i think the call is fine and your hand plays perfect postflop against a nit: u either miss and fold to hit bet or flop a draw, or two pair etc. Hands lke these are perfect to play against a guy with over a full buyin as you have potential to stack him. u should be calling with any two cards against someone as tight as this!

What was the result? U get four flushed?


Agreed you just have reach a flop cheaply.
11  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: NL50 (full ring): Turn straight against UTG nit on: September 09, 2008, 12:09:18 AM
Yes you are almost certainly ahead on the turn I have no problems with all the money going in at this stage after all it is the board you hoping for with your initial call.  I presume he held a big PP or KA with the 
Not so keen on your pre-flop call from MP.



yeah, the call is, in want of another word, shit.



in want of another word

wtf does that mean? don't say that then sell yourself short and just come out with: "shit",

I'll start you of with some others........bollox, awfull, terrible, pants..............now you take over...........

  Gents I was  trying to be diplomatic but I think he should have the idea by now without the need for further comment.
12  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: NL50 (full ring): Turn straight against UTG nit on: September 08, 2008, 01:33:03 AM
Yes you are almost certainly ahead on the turn I have no problems with all the money going in at this stage after all it is the board you hoping for with your initial call.  I presume he held a big PP or KA with the 
Not so keen on your pre-flop call from MP.

13  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Do I make a bad call here? on: September 06, 2008, 12:27:50 AM
I don't like the call. Will be interested to hear why you were so confident you were ahead.
14  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: 2/4 cash game on: September 05, 2008, 11:16:14 PM
totalise makes some good points but his thoughts depend on the villian being a thinking player. based on the little information we have i would say hes not a thinking player and is purely playing there own cards.

I totally agree, sorry if I didn't make it clear in my last post.
15  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: 2/4 cash game on: September 05, 2008, 07:38:35 PM
Thank you all for your views I found them most valuable, in particular I liked the posting of Totalise, which took it to another dimension though I'm still not convinced my opponent was playing at such a level.
Personally I felt the shove was a sign of weakness if it had been made by one of the many regular donks I would have inst-called. For the record I did call and my opponent showed  and the river was a blank. I still think it was the right decision with the info available at the time.
 
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