Prose from a Poshboy

[kinboshi]

Having a go at religion is having a go at what people do, not what they are.  But I think that's a debate for another thread at another time.

lol nobody questioned his integrity, who he is and what he stands for. We have no reason to believe that he isn't a stand up guy and the way he plays poker obviously has no bearing on that

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... and like I said, I wasn't referring to that thread as I didn't read it. I was referring to personal slurs and insults in general that don't focus on the way people play, and instead brand them as idiots or whatever.

[StuartHopkin]

Nice evening for a stroll?

[cambridgealex]

Argh I knew it was only a matter of time before I got my first stalker! Gtfo!

[DMorgan]

I much enjoyed meeting you at the weekend. I was a bit shocked at how young you were, though, wow. To be fair, when I was your age - which was like, 50 years ago (I jest not), I knew everything. If I knew half as much now as I did then, I'd be some clever bugger.

Yeah it was cool to meet you too. In fact I think you're one of the few regular posters on poker content that I hadn't actually met until the weekend!

[tikay]

I much enjoyed meeting you at the weekend. I was a bit shocked at how young you were, though, wow. To be fair, when I was your age - which was like, 50 years ago (I jest not), I knew everything. If I knew half as much now as I did then, I'd be some clever bugger.

Yeah it was cool to meet you too. In fact I think you're one of the few regular posters on poker content that I hadn't actually met until the weekend!

Thank you. My first reaction when I was introduced to you was "is he old enough to be in a Casino?".

Not personal, it's just that the older I get, the younger others look.

Alex, fwiw, looks about 18 to me, & Simon D, well, 15 at best.  MBN.

Of course, by the same measurement criteria, please feel free to say I only look 40.

[skolsuper]

we're not samurais

Maybe you aren't...

[SuuPRlim]

I much enjoyed meeting you at the weekend. I was a bit shocked at how young you were, though, wow. To be fair, when I was your age - which was like, 50 years ago (I jest not), I knew everything. If I knew half as much now as I did then, I'd be some clever bugger.

Yeah it was cool to meet you too. In fact I think you're one of the few regular posters on poker content that I hadn't actually met until the weekend!

Thank you. My first reaction when I was introduced to you was "is he old enough to be in a Casino?".

Not personal, it's just that the older I get, the younger others look.

Alex, fwiw, looks about 18 to me, & Simon D, well, 15 at best.  MBN.

Of course, by the same measurement criteria, please feel free to say I only look 40.

i make Dan look like a pensioner

[cambridgealex]

Just sent myself to the naughty step at dtd. Made the biggest fold I've ever made before and was wrong   And I never hero fold ever. Fml!

[titaniumbean]

I much enjoyed meeting you at the weekend. I was a bit shocked at how young you were, though, wow. To be fair, when I was your age - which was like, 50 years ago (I jest not), I knew everything. If I knew half as much now as I did then, I'd be some clever bugger.

Yeah it was cool to meet you too. In fact I think you're one of the few regular posters on poker content that I hadn't actually met until the weekend!

Thank you. My first reaction when I was introduced to you was "is he old enough to be in a Casino?".

Not personal, it's just that the older I get, the younger others look.

Alex, fwiw, looks about 18 to me, & Simon D, well, 15 at best.  MBN.

Of course, by the same measurement criteria, please feel free to say I only look 40.

i make Dan look like a pensioner

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Free_Rollin]

Just sent myself to the naughty step at dtd. Made the biggest fold I've ever made before and was wrong   And I never hero fold ever. Fml!

Hand?

I quite enjoy listening to tough spots in poker. Think it's one of the best ways to improve.

[celtic]

Just sent myself to the naughty step at dtd. Made the biggest fold I've ever made before and was wrong   And I never hero fold ever. Fml!

Details please.

[cambridgealex]

Ill get flamed for this for sure but it felt right at the time.

Villain is an older black gentleman named richard, a longtime reg on the nottingham circuit. Very solid, conservative - a massive rock basically. Never bluffs.

I've been speaking to a few people about making small raises with small pairs in limped pots to juice the pot up. 8ppl limp for a pound to my bb and I make it 4 with 33. Everyone calls. Flop 443ss. I bet 4, obv hoping many people will call drawing dead. Only 2 call. Turn comes os6, I bet 15 now. Richard now mutter something about being worried about a flush draw (he's known for speech play) and I just felt he was pretending to be worried about a fd when infact he had a house already. So he raises 30more, I called just to see what he did on the river. River was a king and he jammed for 75. I just decided he had 43 66 or 64 and folded. Sigh

[Honeybadger]

Just sent myself to the naughty step at dtd. Made the biggest fold I've ever made before and was wrong   And I never hero fold ever. Fml!

There have been a few times over the last 7-8 years of my poker life where I have played a really big pot with a monster hand and 'knew' that I was behind ... yet could not find a fold. You know, set over set, or full house into straight flush/quads etc. Not that we should normally ever be folding these hands of course. But every now and then (maybe once a year) the way the hand is played, plus your 'spider senses' or whatever, allow you to just KNOW that you are behind ... and gives you a massive opportunity to save a ton of EV through making a hero fold. But I've never yet managed to do it.

The thing is, I 100% know that one day this spot will come up in a massive pot where I know the guy has the top set vs my middle set. And I will struggle with myself... and finally, finally find the strength/confidence/balls to make a once in a lifetime monster laydown. And I will be totally sure of myself for the first time ever. And so happy that I have finally managed to find a fold in one of these spots. And I will throw my cards into the muck with a zen-like feeling of absolute joy and contentment.

And then my opponent will turn over a worse hand than the one I had.

And when this has happened.... and I have got over it... only then will I be ready to make a correct hero fold the next time.

[cambridgealex]

I know what you mean. It was a really frustrating moment when he turned over J4...

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Donk