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31  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Am i supposed to open shove here??? on: August 26, 2009, 09:21:40 PM
shove > fold > raise-fold > raise-call imo.
32  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: The Dean's thread on: August 26, 2009, 02:47:25 PM
Strangely enough I find myself agreeing with both sides here. The Camel pretty much hits the nail on the head about the way The Dean oversells himself (something I've felt for a long time as a reg at THMF but kept to myself) but I also see where tikay is coming from. I feel sorry for Carl if he's still reading this but I guess sometimes uncomfortable things need to be said for the good of the forum, aswell as for the sake of beginners who may not be able to tell the good advice from the bad. FWIW I think this thread reflects pretty well on the forum, more so than if it continued to promote sub-standard articles unchallenged by anyone.

edit - btw I don't want to look like I'm hiding behind a different alias here - this is Matt101 from THMF.
33  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: The Dean's thread on: August 25, 2009, 04:47:29 PM
there are 16 guests reading this thread!!!!

does that mean the deans linked the page from another site telling everyone how the camel works in Mcdonalds and everyones a tosser?

Regards from THMF Smiley
34  Poker Forums / Live Tournament Updates / Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen Day 1b - Interactive on: February 20, 2008, 12:55:31 PM
Any updates on Stephen Devlin (aka allinstevie) would be appreciated Smiley
35  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Hand of the week: December 10th on: December 12, 2007, 04:49:00 PM
Nothing wrong with the check at all IMO. People talk about building a big pot but if you bet out I think most of the time villain is folding - you need to give him a chance to take a stab or at least catch up on the turn.

I'd now be betting around 25k on the turn and hope the Q has helped his hand in some way.

Why is villain folding most of the time when you bet on the flop? You have no info on Villain other than that he has been building a very nice chipstack. Unless he is Mr Lucky Luck from Lucksville he is probably one of the few other players that is not scared to play in this tourney and therefore won't fold like a cheap suit everytime someone bets into him. You can always give Villain here room to hang himself by leading out on the flop.

I'd expect him to fold to any bet because of the kind of hand I put him on and the kind of hand I think he's putting me on. I suppose there's a chance he plays back with 88 or 99 but with no real draws out there apart from 89 the chances are he missed completely. If he flopped a set you're getting his chips however the hand plays out.


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As for betting on the turn...I don't mind a bet on the turn (in fact I advocated it) but not because "I hope it has helped him in some way" that's just not right. There are but a few hands that the Q will have helped that he gets his chips in with (AQ and QQ really being the only ones) if you lead out here he is more than likely to fold anything worse..(maybe get a flat call out of him when he holds KQ...in which case he probably is Lucky Luckbox from Lucksville..or when he holds the old J9 K10) as he knows you should have something better than just a shitty queen here...so;.

Its a tough pot to get anything out of whatever way you look at it. I know its grasping at straws a little but IMO there's a better chance he has a Q in his hand than any kind of hand that was helped by that flop.

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You're not hoping that the Queen "helped his hand in some way"..the queen is a card YOU represent when you bet out, not one you hope HE HAS. You're hoping he already has a hand which is not afraid of the queen..and if he has a hand like that he already would have given you action on the flop..so there is no reason not to bet out on the flop for that reason.

You've lost me a little there mate. If you're representing the Q you're hoping he has KK+ in which case you would have got him to play back on the flop anyway. The whole point of checking the flop was to either let him take a stab or give him a free card to improve.
36  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Hand of the week: December 10th on: December 12, 2007, 02:44:17 PM
Nothing wrong with the check at all IMO. People talk about building a big pot but if you bet out I think most of the time villain is folding - you need to give him a chance to take a stab or at least catch up on the turn.

I'd now be betting around 25k on the turn and hope the Q has helped his hand in some way.
37  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Hand of the week: December 10th on: December 11, 2007, 04:58:31 PM
I'd normally put in a c-bet here whether I hit the flop or not, the problem here is you have such a big part of it and its hard to put your opponent on anything he can play back at you with other than 89 or a possible under-set. I know it looks suspicious but I'd check and hope to induce a bluff or if it goes check-check I don't mind giving him a free card and hoping he catches up. Very unlikely he's going to outdraw you on the turn.
38  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Is David Blaine Crazy or Great? on: May 03, 2006, 05:03:45 PM
To link this and another thread, I read in Derek McGovern's sports betting column in the Mirror today that David Blaine's latest and most grueling test of endurance is to watch a re-run of Sunday's snooker final in one sitting - he's 12/1 against to succeed Grin
39  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: (TWO) Word association game. on: April 28, 2006, 02:56:09 AM
Michael Jordan
40  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: (TWO) Word association game. on: April 28, 2006, 12:26:15 AM
chocolate topping
41  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: (TWO) Word association game. on: April 27, 2006, 10:06:36 PM
Irish boyband (was it Boyzone or Westlife, can't remember....want to forget)
42  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: (TWO) Word association game. on: April 27, 2006, 02:38:35 AM
one ball
43  Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: Playing middle pairs on: April 27, 2006, 02:36:59 AM
Not entirely sure about cash games as I hardly play them and when I do I tend to do my money in, but a lot of advice I've seen is to get in cheap and play them for set value (this includes 10's and even J's).

In the early stages of a MTT/STT I'd be wanting to see a cheap flop with these hands from any position and try and cash in big time if I hit a set, if not I'll lay them down pretty easily. As the blinds increase I'll play them more aggressively especially if I have position and if I'm short-stacked or up against a short-stack these are good hands to push all-in with.
44  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: (TWO) Word association game. on: April 27, 2006, 02:11:49 AM
Dirk Diggler
45  Poker Forums / The Rail / Rule Clarification on: April 27, 2006, 01:32:33 AM
Hope I'm not posting this in the wrong section, I just want something clearing up regarding a hand I played in a 5-table sit & go on Full Tilt. This isn't regarding strategy, I'm just looking for a clarification of the rules.

OK so I'm UTG in the very early stages (first 3 or 4 hands), blinds are 15/30 and I get dealt KK. Now normally here I'd raise no question but the guy to my left has just all but busted out and only has 45 chips left and I'm certain he'll go all in if I limp, so I flat call and sure enough the guy to my left goes all in. There are 2 more callers before it comes back round to me. Now at this point I want to put in a substantial raise but there is no raise option, just fold or call. I call, the board comes something like Q 8 2 rainbow and I end up busting out to a set of 2's (yes I know I should have been able to lay my K's down when it looked like he hit something big but as I said I'm not looking for analysis of my play).

Anyway I raised this point in the chat box after I busted out and someone pointed out that as the all-in wasn't double my initial call I didn't have the option to re-raise. Can someone help me out here, I've been playing a couple of years mainly on the internet but some live play too and I've never come across this situation. Is this correct what the guy said and is it a standard rule across all sites and card rooms everywhere or do some apply it and some not?

On a broader point is there a set of rules anywhere that everyone abides by or has the game just evolved and people just follow what has come to be the accepted norm?

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