Poker Discussion

ok, cheers.

yeah thats what i was thinking, next time i need to be more agressive when it comes to having 3 players left. because my main opponent was and as a result he went into heads up with a chip lead.

The % of chips you have heads up is essentially the % you are to win the match so that chip lead is very important. Plus with more chips you have more options and flexibility.

For a tight player, thats the most crucial part of a tournament is when to start doubling up faster so you have the chips. There are a few times when I play extremely aggressive when there are 2 tables left when there is a large imbalance of chips and Im on the smaller table. I would rather get beaten with 2 tables left than going on the final table with one of the shorter stacks.

I start attacking just before the money...that is if 20 places pay start attacking when there are 23 people left when others tighten up. I don't care for 16th place within the money....aim for a top 3 finish.

You also need to determine who is desperate for chips...when someone only has 7X the BB left and act after you...play a game to predict when they will go all-in so you know when to capitalize and when not to try and limp into pots. You also need to figure if it will be just you and the short stack in the pot, etc.

^^^^Anticipating when a short stack is likely to go all in can save you a bundle...

truth, all good tips.

thanks guys, im pretty sure i will be playing on the weekend, hopefully i can implement some of the advice.

cheers.

Is It Just Me Or Is Poker A Lot Like Baseball Very Streaky? I Won Or Came In Second In My Weekly Poker Game Like 7 Weeks In A Row I've Since Havent Come Close Like The Last 3 Or 4 Times. Sometimes I Feel Like I'm Making All The Right Plays And Decisions. And Then Boom The Next Week I'll Feel Way Off And Do Everything Wrong Like Mentally It Just Wont Click For Me That Day.

The streaks can absolutely kill you, like bodog is with me right now.

Sometimes you catch cards more often than others. When I'm playing over 100 hands and my win % is less than 10%, then it is a short term setback and I slow down my playtime. Especially when you are like 0 for 4 in major pots where you have the odds and your cards don't hold up....thats when you start blowing your stack. I also count how many top 10 hands I get per couple hundred hands...sometimes I will get only 9-9 once for the best and it won't even hold.

If you are a good player you can play through those setbacks and not lose that much. Like a few pages back I posted how its important not to start feeling your hands when you start losing 11 to 1 rivers and start playing hands you don't usually play. Thats when you start losing the most.

Boom! 5th place out of 2338 entrants in the $3 rebuy from 2 days ago... on Pokerstars.. suh-weet!!!! that was just what the doctor ordered...


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saaaaweeet!

very nice work mate.

Thats sick mic!

That kinda inspired me to start playing on sites where there is a bit more traffic. On WPEX sometimes you can't always find the game you want and each tourney only has like 50 people on it and I pretty much know 25% of the regular people who play in them. Its a good site with the rakeback and I it has the best software I have ever played with, but its still lacking.

I went back to pokerstars (ironically) and played a freeroll last night...the Canadian one. Shit was it long....15 min blinds is too long. I wasn't prepared and pretty much wanted out of the tourney but it was too easy. 8000 people.....I managed to come in 22nd on my first try and didn't want to play anymore I was too tired....5 hours for my 64 cents...top prize was only 28 bucks. But I still think its funny you can come in 1000th and get 4 cents.

I guess today I will just prey with my 2 quarters.

My boy Mike Vrabel from CT is at the $3000 WSOP no limit hold em final table on ESPN. He finished in 10th, but got a chance to needle Phil Hellmuth, saying "If it wasn't for skill, I'd win every one."

^^ cool


the episodes were pretty hilarious with the usual phil ranting

Jeffrey Lisandro got off the shnide, with a win at the WSOP in the 7 card stud world championship besting Atlantic City's "Little Nicky" Frangos. An ever gracious Lissandro, (after collecting his first bracelet in ten tries at the final table over a period of ten years) told the despondent Frangos, "Don't worry kid, you'll have plenty of chances to get yours" Indeed Lissandro is right, Frangos is in the top 5 amongst stud players in the country and has been at a stud final table every year for the past three years. Stud is not his only game however, he is a master hold 'em player, the only one I have ever seen fold queens preflop on TV. (He was beat) Next week the televised WSOP Main Event begin!

As for me, Tuesday was interesting...

5am $5 rebuy --1st place
6am $6 turbo --2nd place
8am $5 mtt -- 1st place
1040pm $7 $3000 guaranteed -- 3rd place