Tikay what is wrong with that name?  It is totally inocent!?  Won me a prize for the best pub quiz team name just last week!?

why cant i quote properly!

Ah well i hope this hasnt ruined my chances of playing for the team!

I like the name liquor and poker (ps if i dont get to join u cant have my name!)

SS

Team Donkaments

player 1.............Dewi " i like wine " Cool
player 2.............Rick " the Claimer "
player 3..............Booder " the Colonel "
player 4..............Eric " the kid " Stoner
player 5.............to be confirmed

I want to be confirmed. 

LOL, the 10 10 guy was new the second guy i would have called all day!

Thanks guys

I passed first guy had TT second had lower 77.

I thought i had made the right move but wasnt best pleased when they showed!

Ah well

Game #4783381354: Hold'em NL (£0.25/£0.50) - 2007/06/22 - 21:15:44 (UK)
Table "Nancy" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: Celts1888 (£32.61 in chips)
Seat 2: danbee (£50.50 in chips)
Seat 3: sovietson (£152.54 in chips)
Seat 4: Jeand0904 (£52 in chips)
Seat 5: irisheejt (£115.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Zerbombt (£53.80 in chips)
sovietson: posts small blind £0.25
Jeand0904: posts big blind £0.50
Celts1888: posts big blind £0.50 + posts small blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to sovietson [ ]
irisheejt: folds
Zerbombt: raises to £2
Celts1888: calls £1.50
danbee: folds
sovietson: raises to £10
Jeand0904: folds
Zerbombt: raises to £26
Celts1888: raises to £32.36 and is all-in

anybody watching this!? 

Its unreal!  Some bloke shouting at his wife and smashing stuff up when he loses his rag.

I could be on this show, just sit me at a desk with a PC on a sunday!

ss

I was playing heads up on the old tribecca network, a player got disconnected and i proceeded in raising every hand, the guy then came on to the chat box and said "im here but i cant play a hand please stop playing".  It was pretty bad he was getting really upset as i kept going, now was this the right thing to do should i have given him chance to come back...maybe but i checked my notes when he first begged me to stop and it had the usual stuff about his play then said total c*** gave me rubdown when cracked my AA. 

My WP GG at the end i admit was harsh...

lol, very good thread this!

Oceans 13 is ok

Hustle is ok

do you think id make a good film critic?

Oceans 13 is ok

Hustle is ok

thats what i thought, just wanted to check

Game #4702144194: Hold'em NL ($0.15/$0.25) - 2007/06/15 - 22:37:07 (UK)
Table "Blow" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: sovietson ($46.37 in chips)
Seat 2: mickuss ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: indsdress ($5.17 in chips)
Seat 4: sheridan8 ($55.13 in chips)
Seat 5: MoCrew ($61.10 in chips)
Seat 6: asirius ($25.43 in chips)
asirius: posts small blind $0.15
sovietson: posts big blind $0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to sovietson [Ah ]
mickuss: folds
indsdress: calls $0.25
sheridan8: folds
MoCrew: folds
asirius: calls $0.10
sovietson: raises to $1.25
indsdress: folds
asirius: calls $1
----- FLOP ----- [ ]
asirius: checks
sovietson: bets $1.25
asirius: raises to $6
sovietson: raises to $13
asirius: raises to $24.18 and is all-in
sovietson: calls $11.18
----- TURN ----- [ ][]
----- RIVER ----- [ ][]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
asirius: shows [ ] (A Straight, Seven high)
sovietson: shows [Ah ] (A Pair of Aces, King high)
asirius collected $48.56 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $51.11 Main pot $48.56 Rake $2.55
Board [ ]
Seat 1: sovietson (big blind) showed [Ah ] and lost with A Pair of Aces, King high
Seat 2: mickuss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: indsdress folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: MoCrew (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: asirius (small blind) showed [ ] and won ($48.56) with A Straight, Seven high

[No! No! No! You do not want to avoid sitting with this player.]

TY, i decided to avoid trying to play pots with him without a very strong hand/a hand i was willing to reraise with preflop.  Mainly because he was happy to fire out on the flop so if i called and missed i could be in a tricky spot.  The rest of the table seemed to get frustrated as if he wasnt betting i was, finished the short session 258bb/100, LOL.  Not bad.  I have stuck a note on him so i can avoid his table, cowardly i know but no point having another player at the table trying to "run" things!!

Plenty more fish in the sea

No! No! No!

You do not want to avoid sitting with this player. These type of players (aggressive maniacs) can be tricky to play against but they are gold mines- and there is a very simple solution...

Sit on his right hand side.

This effectively gives you position on the whole table post-flop as each post-flop street will [generally] be checked to him.

If you're on his left, it can make decisions very hard for you.

E.g. You call his pre-flop raise with TT, together with 2 other players. Flop is Qxx. He bets pot. If you're on his left then you can't call because even if you're pretty sure you are ahead of him there are still players behind you to act. However, if you're on his immediate right, then you have a much easier decision: He bets pot on flop- other players fold- now you can comfortably call/raise.

You're right, and you're wrong (just my opinion). 

If you have the game to beat this player - who might be a very clever and tricky player rather than just a lunatic - then he might be a nice income generator for you.

BUT, if this player is putting you off your game, and it's reducing your return, then there's no harm at all in selecting another table to play on to avoid him. 

Love the advice about how to play him though.  Always appreciate your posts on cash games, as I know many others do as well.  Just remember though, not everyone is as good .

I have watched this guy some more after i posted, just out of interest really, i was knackered so wasnt going to play, i think that he is quite clever.  He looks like a really donky with his bets sizing, however although he was opening for stupid amounts he got paid in a big way when making decent hands and he only c-bet the flop, when he came up against resistance he slowed right down.  On top of this he picked out the weaker players really well, and on one of the tables he wasnt betting as much pre flop, giving me the impression that if he comes up against alot of reraising etc he bets properly!  I have some decent notes on him now so if he is at my table i might consider playing him but we will have to wait and see!

Thank you for all the comments, first time i had ran into this type of player at the low limit cash games, however i expect i will meet more of his kind if i progress to the higher levels! 

very tricky!

SS

It's not something I've got a great grasp of, but since you've already got an idea of how he plays i wonder if it might be worth buying in short against him, if you are going to play on his table. If you've got stats on how often he raises preflop then maybe you can assign a raising range to him and then basically just shove pre-flop (or call and commit yourself to following through with the rest) when you're ahead of that range. Easier than reraising him light when you're relatively deep, and then not knowing what to do if he keeps going at you post flop.

Would be interested in whether others think this is a good strategy against regular opponents who do this.

i like your idea however i feel that im just giving potential earnings away by doing this, i am doing very well at the current level 25bb/100 over about 1500 hands (i know i know small sample size) and therefore feel that if i can avoid this chap for the time being that would be better! 

Like the idea of sitting to his right.  i could then do alot of check raising etc, however i must say that i have watched him play a few tables and he isnt donking money off he is actually doing quite well.  People seem to pay him off an awful lot with rags...