idk why an aggro wouldnt get it in with nugget 9's

4/27/2010 10:27:33 PM

prolly c/f turn if his range include dem nuggetssss

4/28/2010 12:59:15 AM

agreed

4/28/2010 12:11:55 PM

imho

4/28/2010 10:16:29 PM

the 45 turbos are fun.

i just felt like i played terribly and was up 32 buyins after a 48 tournament session.

btw, been forever since i played any mtts or whatever, but the break time being the same time for all tournaments is nice

was able to piss, refill the water pitcher, make a sandwich and feed the dog without missing a hand lol

5/2/2010 8:34:29 PM

I need to check these out. What site?

5/2/2010 10:31:53 PM

SCOOP started today on Stars.

I'm ITM in event 2 215 2M GTD-- trying to make my way deep for 280k

5/3/2010 12:18:52 AM

david...t hat was the 45 man turbo sngs on stars

they were starting at a frequency that i'd set up 8, and be nearly on the same level for all 8, then finish out the batch

i found that if i tried to continuously bring up new ones when i'd bust out i'd get confused, and liked to stay in the same type of range on all of the tables

ie, 2000 chips at 100/200 has a bit different push range than 2000 chips at 15/30, durh, but when making snap decisions i wanted to not have a chance to f it up

[Edited on May 3, 2010 at 9:19 AM. Reason : plus having not 8 tabled in.. well over a year i wanted it to be easy lol]

5/3/2010 9:19:11 AM

How long did it take you to finish out the last of the 8?

5/3/2010 11:03:33 AM

~hr to win

[Edited on May 3, 2010 at 11:07 AM. Reason : didnt have a lot going on yesterday]

5/3/2010 11:07:28 AM

anyone going to the series?

5/11/2010 3:52:28 AM

Yeh my staking group has a nice 8br mansion shack outside of town from like June-July -- so prolly gonna try to make it out for a decent chunk during that time.

5/11/2010 1:15:19 PM

i'm prob gonna go with a random studio on the strip (no car), but 8br mansion sounds pretty nice.

5/13/2010 3:23:47 AM

for people doing the 45man turbo sngs... what type of roll requirement do you think is sufficient?

like 5 years ago the 20/180s were my bread and butter, but wouldnt have played them lower than 100 buys.

however, idk how i feel about the short field vs. turbo variance effecting br requirements...

basically i play like, twice a month now, but have been straight crushing them.. lol.

but my old mindsets for br management still hold, even though im playing for negligible amounts of money at this point.

5/13/2010 9:37:33 AM

i've always heard this

if your playing as a pro and the money in your account is your life line plan on 200BIs

if your goofing around but still somewhat serious 100BIs

and if the money can be reloaded or w/e and it won't affect you 50BI should be fine

as for the normal swings of people i know who play 45 mans for a living -- 100BI swings are pretty common

5/13/2010 3:37:54 PM

i feel like im playing shitty lately. the percentage of tournaments i cash in is steadily decreasing.

5/14/2010 9:57:30 AM

leaving for vegas on friday

5/17/2010 10:17:28 AM

^^try to figure out where you're profitable and play a bunch of the same games, don't always go for the big MTT win. I've figured out that I'm not a very strong MTT player (this was very easy to figure out), but I absolutely crush the 9 and 18 man SNG's on Full Tilt ($5-$12 range). I just been trying to play as many of those as I can, and mix in a few MTT's every now and then to work on that part of my game. I've managed to build up a pretty nice bank roll (for the relatively low stakes I play).

5/21/2010 7:10:04 PM

Leaving sunday for WSOP....

and yeh I know like 10-15 players who constantly play(ed) the 45 mans on stars.
Some of them have ditched them for the 180s and MTTs some still play with an ROI under 10%.

I've played them in the past a little bit, but will probably be avoiding them for now as they are a lot tougher than the 180s/MTTs.

They were nice if I didn't have time for MTTs on a particular day, but if I don't have time for an MTT schedule I'll just play PLO/NL cash on a smaller site w/ rakeback.

5/27/2010 4:14:22 PM

still trying to figure out my vegas plans amidst my current 5k downswing (fml)

5/28/2010 3:29:51 AM

So I finally won a MTT...

$5 buy-in, 578 players, got $723 for 1st. I've turned my last buy in of $60 into a little over $1500 grinding sng's and a few mtts over the last 6 wks.

6/1/2010 7:19:20 PM

I was playin with my brother and a few other people, and my brother and I both got pocket aces. Flop went King, King, Queen, turn was another Queen, river was another King. We were both all in, I was hoping he had a queen

6/1/2010 9:54:50 PM

I haven't played cards in forever.

6/1/2010 10:45:35 PM

Thinking of rolling back into the scene, where is everyone at these days?

6/2/2010 8:10:25 AM

MTTs and SNG MTTs

Just booked my Vegas trip for June 28th - July 4th -- gonna play the Venetian events every day i'm there should be fun.

6/2/2010 1:36:30 PM

wow. 4 hours of perfect play all down the drain in 2 consecutive hands as a heavy favorite. makes me sick.

Full Tilt Poker Game #21326841421: $8 + $0.80 Tournament (164383034), Table 6 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:52:58 ET - 2010/06/03
Seat 2: LFitzgerald408 (7,170)
Seat 3: JakeB60 (29,718)
Seat 6: pagehiker (27,029)
Seat 7: nikedunklowpro (32,558)
Seat 8: A I T P (42,876)
Seat 9: diplojosh (8,649)
LFitzgerald408 antes 150
JakeB60 antes 150
pagehiker antes 150
nikedunklowpro antes 150
A I T P antes 150
diplojosh antes 150
nikedunklowpro posts the small blind of 600
A I T P posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nikedunklowpro [Ks As]
diplojosh folds
LFitzgerald408 folds
JakeB60 folds
pagehiker calls 1,200
nikedunklowpro has 15 seconds left to act
nikedunklowpro raises to 32,408, and is all in
A I T P folds
pagehiker calls 25,679, and is all in
nikedunklowpro shows [Ks As]
pagehiker shows [Kc Qs]
Uncalled bet of 5,529 returned to nikedunklowpro
*** FLOP *** [4h 5s 4c]
*** TURN *** [4h 5s 4c] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [4h 5s 4c Th] [Qh]
nikedunklowpro shows a pair of Fours
pagehiker shows two pair, Queens and Fours
pagehiker wins the pot (55,858) with two pair, Queens and Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 55,858 | Rake 0
Board: [4h 5s 4c Th Qh]
Seat 2: LFitzgerald408 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: JakeB60 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: pagehiker (button) showed [Kc Qs] and won (55,858) with two pair, Queens and Fours
Seat 7: nikedunklowpro (small blind) showed [Ks As] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 8: A I T P (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: diplojosh folded before the Flop



Full Tilt Poker Game #21326851216: $8 + $0.80 Tournament (164383034), Table 6 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:53:34 ET - 2010/06/03
Seat 2: LFitzgerald408 (7,020)
Seat 3: JakeB60 (29,568)
Seat 6: pagehiker (55,858)
Seat 7: nikedunklowpro (5,529)
Seat 8: A I T P (41,526)
Seat 9: diplojosh (8,499)
LFitzgerald408 antes 150
JakeB60 antes 150
pagehiker antes 150
nikedunklowpro antes 150
A I T P antes 150
diplojosh antes 150
A I T P posts the small blind of 600
diplojosh posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nikedunklowpro [9h 9s]
LFitzgerald408 folds
JakeB60 raises to 2,400
nikedunklowpro: what a sick joke
A I T P: i folded 55
pagehiker folds
nikedunklowpro raises to 5,379, and is all in
A I T P folds
diplojosh folds
JakeB60 calls 2,979
nikedunklowpro shows [9h 9s]
JakeB60 shows [4d 4s]
*** FLOP *** [7d 2h 6d]
*** TURN *** [7d 2h 6d] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [7d 2h 6d 4c] [Th]
nikedunklowpro shows a pair of Nines
JakeB60 shows three of a kind, Fours
JakeB60 wins the pot (13,458) with three of a kind, Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,458 | Rake 0
Board: [7d 2h 6d 4c Th]
Seat 2: LFitzgerald408 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: JakeB60 showed [4d 4s] and won (13,458) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 6: pagehiker folded before the Flop
Seat 7: nikedunklowpro (button) showed [9h 9s] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 8: A I T P (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: diplojosh (big blind) folded before the Flop

6/3/2010 1:02:01 AM

Shout out to bodog. Requested a payout on May 31. Check arrived yesterday.

Came from Canada, pretty quick turnaround

6/3/2010 4:08:30 PM

It was somewhat of an annoyance last time I had to deposit a check from CA.

6/4/2010 3:18:24 PM

my buddy won a $12k Main Event package on FT, now I just have to convince him to play it instead of taking the cash

6/7/2010 10:56:39 PM

because 12 grand is chump change and all

6/7/2010 11:28:15 PM

Not chump change, but it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I think he would have a reasonable shot of at least cashing. Full Tilt will automatically buy him into the 2011 Main Event if he cashes. There's all kinds of incentives involved.

6/8/2010 10:56:02 PM

Quote :

"Not chump change, but it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I think he would have a reasonable shot of at least cashing. Full Tilt will automatically buy him into the 2011 Main Event if he cashes. There's all kinds of incentives involved."

if by reasonable you mean around 15%

6/9/2010 5:53:40 AM

I'd take the cash. I'd prefer to play some of the smaller events anyway.

6/9/2010 9:34:31 AM

^^15%? yeah in a perfectly level playing field maybe. you're forgetting that some of the field will include people like chuck lidell and george costanza. In all seriousness I would put him at 35-40 % odds and would be willing to bet money along those same odds. He's a sick human.

6/9/2010 12:42:14 PM

no dif than the internet man -- think of the idiots you play with daily

6k field -- 15% tops

6/9/2010 1:05:42 PM

^^ I'm curious as to why you pushed with AK suited considering you had the 2nd biggest chip stack at the table (from that hand you posted further up the page).

Did you overvalue that hand at that moment, or were you trying to steal the blinds and antes or something?

6/9/2010 2:01:54 PM

I was in the small blind and I don't like playing hands like that out of position. I put the guy on a marginal hand like A6-A10 and thought I might get a call from him cause he made some really bad plays previously. When he flipped Kq I was even more happy cause I was basically 3 to 1. I'd take that situation all day any day and twice on Sunday.

6/9/2010 3:42:10 PM

yeh that AK hand is more than fine

6/9/2010 3:45:03 PM

Plus with the blinds that high, there's not a lot of post flop action, I couldn't afford to c-bet the flop if I missed and have to c/f the turn if he called. I was perfectly willing to take the blinds + his limp and move on to the next hand.

[Edited on June 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM. Reason : /]

6/9/2010 3:54:09 PM

couldn't have said it mo-bettah myself

6/9/2010 5:58:28 PM

you have 2:1 action on your friend cashing if you want it.

6/11/2010 8:22:31 AM

I'll go 2.5:1

6/11/2010 9:24:42 AM

^^I wouldn't go that low on anyone

I'm putting him at ~3 to 1 (35%)

I'm therefore not taking less than 3.5 to 1 (especially since this is a one shot deal) and I'll go max $100 on my side.

[Edited on June 11, 2010 at 10:32 AM. Reason : /]

6/11/2010 10:27:33 AM

33% is 2:1

6/11/2010 7:52:20 PM

Unfortunately for you I live in a parallel universe where 33% is 3:1

6/11/2010 8:56:24 PM

Does anyone play limit anymore? Or is it all NL these days?

6/11/2010 9:49:14 PM

2 : 1 is 33%

6/12/2010 8:52:36 AM

66.6666667% + 33.333333% = 100%
33.333333% * 2 = 66.666667%

2:1 payout corresponds to an outcome expectation of 33.333% (assuming fair payout).

Another way of looking at it is "there are 2 units of 33% in 67% and 1 unit of 33% in 33%. added together this equals 100%

[Edited on June 12, 2010 at 9:02 AM. Reason : kld]

6/12/2010 8:53:36 AM

Quote :

"Unfortunately for you I live in a parallel universe where 33% is 3:1"

i could make a lot of money in this universe, plz to direct me to it

6/12/2010 12:25:02 PM

Hell to the no, go find your own universe

6/12/2010 9:36:43 PM