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« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2005, 02:14:03 PM »

It will be on the Home Page of this site, www.blondepoker.com.

In fact, if you go there now, & press the menu Button "Articles" you will find a score or more articles by Dave, many of them "instructional" or "pro's tips" type stuff.
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« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2005, 02:34:49 PM »

Only answered half your points......

"Insanity or genius, I'd think AA or KK straight away". That's the whole point. It's DC's view that if you see the flop with the medium pair you are likely to be in a coin flip - say 50/50. But he reckons that by RR-ing, you become 75%-25% favourite, as more often than not, the raiser will think"monster" & pass......

But what does HE know?

He ended up catchinga later flight to Vegas, sadly via Orlando rather than direct.

And yes, many of the top names will start going over to Vegas from now until early July. Meaning easier pickings at home, hopefully......
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« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2013, 12:30:44 AM »

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« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2013, 12:35:49 AM »

I know the standard strategy early on is to limp with small pairs in EP attempting to hit a flop cheaply, and folding to raises pre-flop but in sensible freeze tournaments recently I decided on something different, in part because the last time I tripped up on a flop Reagan was president and I thought I was getting a table image of being weak passive by limping and then folding to any bet on a flop I'd missed, my play until recently not being at the level of calling bets to take the pot away later with nothing

I raised 3x BB with any pair between 55 and 99 in EP, representing far stronger than I was. Occasionally of course I was folding to a re-raiser but when I get to see a flop usually acting first I would bet out on any raisers flop and try to see free cards on any rag flop.

Results were generally positive, particularly by betting out representing A or K etc

Later on wth <10xbb and you pick up any pair between 22 and 99 I find it very difficult not just to take my shot on what I hope will be a coin flip

Tighty- a visionary even back then
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« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2013, 12:54:57 AM »

Pretty incred to read this thread.  Especially as I know of the OP and how he plays!
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« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2013, 12:56:41 AM »


Jeez.

8 years is a long time in poker. How the game has changed......
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« Reply #21 on: June 03, 2013, 01:13:16 AM »

Wow, such a long time ago.

Around the time I joined blonde and how poker's changed.

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« Reply #22 on: June 03, 2013, 08:51:15 AM »

Old school and new school in 2 pages. Funny also to see how people have adapted not just being set in their ways and trying to punish dem pesky Internet kidz

My motto of Adapt or Die being displayed at its finest.
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