| 1. | best table overllay for Poker Tracker
Posted by sdocy on 10/6/2006 7:29:48 PM
Just moved from Party Poker to Full Tilt, which meant I had to switch from Poker Office to Poker Tracker.
There are a couple different Poker Tracker addons for displaying the stats on the table, just wondering which one most people use.
I started with Poker Ace HUD, but it didn't seem to be working correctly. It would consistently stop showing stats for a couple of the players and when I tried to add a fifth visible stat, ... |
| 2. | Re: Playing against loose players and bad gamblers...........
Posted by sdocy on 9/12/2006 7:38:56 PM
Yeah, I started playing live tournys at bars and cash games at friends' houses again recently, and after being so immersed in the tight online cash games, it took me awhile to get used to the looseness of these games.
I'm still trying to figure out the right balance for the tournys, you still need to play tight since you can't afford too many mistakes, but you can't play too tight or increasing blinds will kill you.
For the cash games, with a static blind, I think I've gotten ... |
| 3. | Re: What would you do?
Posted by sdocy on 9/16/2006 5:56:09 PM
Yeah, he bet twice the pot, not exactly a "I have the nuts" bet. I'd put him on 2 pair. With a rainbow flop, no reason for him to push a straight that hard that early.
stephen
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| 4. | Re: Folded KK Preflop In A Cash Game
Posted by sdocy on 8/27/2006 9:19:15 PM
Hehe, well, I think QQ was first to act, then AA and then KK. Plus QQ was a fairly clueless donkey that everyone had been trying to bring down all night but couldn't, he just kept hitting. The guy with AA was pretty loose too. The only really tight guy was the one that got KK.
stephen
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| 5. | Re: how to play AK in a ring game
Posted by sdocy on 9/23/2006 4:52:31 PM
I used to always raise with these, no matter what position, but I found myself too often with a missed flop and forced to either make a continuation bet out of poistion, or show weakness and fold to any bet.
Lately, I have been raising with them from middle or late position, limping from early position, and min raising with them in the blinds (just in case you hit). I don't min raise from early position out of the blinds because I want to see if anyone else in the hand is going to ... |
| 6. | Re: Pocket 9's - JJ's
Posted by sdocy on 8/31/2006 2:23:00 AM
I raise pre-flop with either TT or JJ. 99 and under, I generally limp. 88 and 99 I might raise if I'm on the button and no-one has limped, or only one person, who generally raises with good hands, has limped in. when I raise with 88 or 99, I'm basically hoping to steal what is out there. Some of my biggest wins are when I raise pre-flop with TT and hit my set. They never see it coming.
When trying to limp 99 and under, I'll always call a raise as long as the implied odds are ... |
| 7. | Re: Pott Odds
Posted by sdocy on 11/12/2006 6:14:02 PM
Outs are simply the number of cards in the deck that will give you the hand you are after. If you are on a flush draw and have 4 of your suit, then there are 9 cards left in the deck of that suit, so you have 9 outs. If you have an open-ended straight draw (e.g. KQJT), then any A or 9 will give you a striahgt, so you have 8 outs. If you have a gutshot straight draw (e.g. AKJT) then any Q will give you a straight draw, so you have 4 outs. And if you have both a flush and a straight draw, you ... |
| 8. | Re: AA, KK, QQ and JJ: what about this idea of mine?
Posted by sdocy on 8/21/2006 8:47:57 PM
My mind boggles at the idea of having a straregy at a .02/.04 limit table. 
While your strategy does seem sound, I really can't see .04 making anyone change their mind about playing their Ace or not. Also, I would be worried about anyone you play against alot being able to figure out your betting strategy. This is why I always raise the same amount preflop (well, almost ... |
| 9. | Re: Pot Odds for calling with suited connectors
Posted by sdocy on 3/23/2007 12:03:19 PM
Hmmm, why would you want heads up with a drawing hand? Sure, if you are good at reading your opponoent, then it is easier to tell if you are ahead or behind when you only are against one person, but the main benefit of these hands is being able to draw to a very strong hand. Which means you want more people in the pot to give you the odds to draw and to have a better chance of somone hitting a decent hand like 2 pair so you get paid when you do hit.
I certainly know the value of ... |
| 10. | Re: Forgetting Pot odds
Posted by sdocy on 8/30/2006 5:00:41 PM
>> this player now doesn't have as clear a read on you ...
THAT'S what poker is all about !
stephen
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| 11. | Re: Folded KK Preflop In A Cash Game
Posted by sdocy on 8/28/2006 1:00:54 AM
It was a cash game after a cash tournament at a local bar. A good mix of people. We do cut the deck and stuff. I didn't know the guy dealing, but I think the other people did. I'm fairly sure it was just one of those things. But was just such a perfect setup, you have to wonder.
stephen
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| 12. | Re: Kicked me out of the micro limits...
Posted by sdocy on 9/1/2006 10:08:57 PM
With AXs, you basically want to see the flop as cheap as possible, but you actually want as many people limped in as possible (in general). First, this gives you more people to hit things like sets and two pair if you do nail your flush. Second, you generally have better pot and implied odds for chasing a draw from the flop. The only bad thing with many people in is that if there are multiple aggressive bettors in the hand, then it can be difficult to get good odds for chasing a draw. But ... |
| 13. | Re: Middle pairs - problem?
Posted by sdocy on 9/20/2006 7:52:14 PM
Your problem is maybe you are slow playing the set too much. While I certainly understand where you are coming from, I love to slow play em too, you need to up the agression factor if draws start to appear. A set is by no means an unbeatable hand. Though with a flush or straight on the flop, you of course don't need to be completely fearful, as you still have a good chance of boating. Can you say "gimme your stack"?
About the only time I completely slow play a set is when someone ... |
| 14. | Re: Folded KK Preflop In A Cash Game
Posted by sdocy on 8/27/2006 5:43:14 PM
Last week, at a live cash game, for our final hand of the night, with 5 in the game, 3 got dealt AA, KK, QQ. All 3 were of course all in pre-flop, and AA walked away with $100+ from each. There were alot of suspect things about this (it was the last hand, dealer was the one with AA, and it was the two other big stacks that got KK and QQ), so I'm almost half convinced they got conned, though the person dealing certainly did not seem like the pro type. It was the most amazing thing I've ever ... |
| 15. | Re: when was the last time you check raised the river?
Posted by sdocy on 1/9/2007 7:54:36 PM
I used to try and do this alot, but ran into too many situations where it failed because the other person checked as well. Now I gnerally go ahead and bet the river if I have a monster hand. I tend to still mix it up a bit. Betting small to try and induce them to raise back, but still getting some value in if they just call. Or betting as big as I think they will call if I think they will call but not raise. The only time I generally try to check raise the river is if I'm playing a very ... |
| 16. | Pot Odds for calling with suited connectors
Posted by sdocy on 3/23/2007 5:35:21 AM
So hands that you are supposed to limp in with in good position, suited connectors, suited aces, etc. What type of pot odds are you looking for in a 6-10 ring cash game in order to call a raise and see the flop?
For example, live cash game, say 8 people, you are just before or at the button, have 3-4 people limp in before you, so you limp in with SC or AXs and then the big blind makes a pretty standard raise to 5xBB or so. How many people do you need to have call the raise in order ... |
| 17. | Re: how to play AK in a ring game
Posted by sdocy on 9/23/2006 8:28:56 PM
Yeah, a very good point and that's why I used to do it that way. I may even go back to it. I just hate showing strength out of position. Makes it hard to play effectively post flop at times and gives you limited information about the real strengths of others' hands. If you raise pre-flop and some-one calls, are they calling with a raise-calling hand, or is it a hand they would have raised with themselves if no-one else had?
My favorite situation for getting AK in early position is ... |
| 18. | Re: Pott Odds
Posted by sdocy on 11/14/2006 6:59:20 PM
yep, fixed it, thx
stephen
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| 19. | controlling pot size when you flop TPTK
Posted by sdocy on 10/14/2006 2:47:24 AM
How do you reconcile trying to bet enough to push out draws but not build up a big pot for someone who flopped something better than your TPTK?
stephen
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| 20. | Re: how loose are live games compared to online?
Posted by sdocy on 11/9/2006 7:23:27 PM
What about NL live games?
stephen
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| 21. | Re: Calling a raise with Axs and low poket pairs
Posted by sdocy on 8/25/2006 12:17:32 AM
I used to be very timid with pocket pair 22-99, but after seeing how much I generally lose when people hit these on me, I have started playing more with this in the face of someone raising. Not sure if it will be a good approach, but I generally look at their stack size and if it is significantly more than 8x what it is costing me to call, then I go ahead and call. Figuring the odds of hitting my set or better on the flop are around 8 to 1 and hopefully I can get some good money from them if ... |
| 22. | Re: Pott Odds
Posted by sdocy on 11/22/2006 6:38:19 PM
I'll pay alot more to see a flop with 22 than I will with any raggish suited cards, for the simple fact that it is so hard to read that someone has a set, while the flush is out there for everyone to see.
stephen
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| 23. | Re: Is It Correct To Raise Here?
Posted by sdocy on 5/9/2007 5:53:34 AM
I'll sometimes make a semi-weak raise in position with a good draw, if I think that raise will get me some respect on the hand and let me see a free river card if I need to. Have to have a good read on the players though, you don't want to chase off any weaker hands or draws and you don't want to run into a large re-raise from the initial bettor.
stephen
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| 24. | Re: Terms, Acronyms and the like.
Posted by sdocy on 4/21/2007 5:27:15 AM
pwned has been around for ages in online, player versus player games, you kick the shit out of someone in an online fantasy game or something, you yell "PWNED" as you run off.
Not sure how it got started, but I've never heard any specific definition for it that is different than "OWNED".
stephen
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| 25. | Re: Middle pairs - problem?
Posted by sdocy on 9/22/2006 4:12:01 PM
Ahh, from your description, it sounded like you were playing fairly passive on that hand.
If you are playing the hand agressively and not giving the villain proper pot odds to chase his draw, then you should come out ahead in the long run so don't worry about the times when they are able to get there. The only thing I can think of is that they probably have better implied odds when you have a set compared to when you just have TPTK, since it is harder to lay down a set to a raise if a ... |