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Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by rrumsey

rrumsey — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:54:51 +0000

awesome!!! congrats!!

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by Krankie72

Krankie72 — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:08:57 +0000

Nice one on the win, congrats :-)

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by Schweig

Schweig — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:59:00 +0000

Well done! Watched a few hours of this and it was an incredible sweat

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by kerwinty

kerwinty — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:40:40 +0000

congrats on the win man!

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by rrumsey

rrumsey — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:32:09 +0000

Win it all!!

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by PrinzVonHapunkt

PrinzVonHapunkt — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:22:27 +0000

congrats :)

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by mitch

mitch — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:09:40 +0000

I hope you win. Best of luck.

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by worpler

worpler — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:24:03 +0000

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2013-world-series-of-poker/event-4-no-limit-hold-em-six-handed/ 324G!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by rapeface2k

rapeface2k — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:15:46 +0000

Wow, you won!? Congrats!

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by B-rye88

B-rye88 — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:02:50 +0000

Congratulations KK! Best of luck, pick up dat bracelet!

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by FenderJaguar

FenderJaguar — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:01:41 +0000

gl man, take it down!

Comment on MADE A WSOP FINAL TABLE!!!! by improva

improva — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:05:31 +0000

Good luck!

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by KRANTZ

KRANTZ — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:20:49 +0000

Agree, not a good play on the flop and definitely not on the river. Why 3b?

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by shuttle

shuttle — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:27:09 +0000

Don't think checking TT there as the pfr is a good play unless the other player stabs a ton. I'm not sure how you play but I can't imagine it being the best play for a variety of reasons.

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:55:34 +0000

Ya, interestingly this hand was actually played against the current chip leader of the Octo-9, Jesse Sylia, so will Almost certainly make ESPN since the cameras were all over it. In actuality I jammed it, mainly because if he's bluffing I couldn't imagine him rebuffing me if I clicked it back.. And if he's value raising, I obviously want to maximize my value. Additionally, if I reraise to, say 950k or 1M, I don't think there's much of a difference in his calling frequency in his mind because he had a pretty big stack (3M at the time) so I thought he was either gonna call or fold. Fwiw I learned afterwards that he had a set of tens. Thoughts on his play?

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by barrypilgrim

barrypilgrim — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:24:27 +0000

congrats on doing so well, jam it i say, he's strong so why let him off cheap. Worth mentioning I've never played a tourney above 215$ so take that fwiw

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by KRANTZ

KRANTZ — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:57:30 +0000

i would reraise small too. he prob has AK himself or is bluffing but on the off chance he misplayed another straight you want to give him a good price to call

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by jonna102

jonna102 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:02:39 +0000

I think it's a click back to 950-ish. The bluffs have to be over after you 3bet the river. Neither of you should have any bluffs left in your range, and both of you should know that. Bombing it would probably increase the chance that he makes a correct fold. He should be unlikely to call a click back raise also, but there's a slightly better chance he might misclick call or something imo :)

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by snarble5

snarble5 — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:45:51 +0000

i personally might raise the river a little smaller and you might induce a bluff raise with him trying to rep AK (esp from a plo player).

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by snarble5

snarble5 — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:44:59 +0000

i think since your river 4 bet range is so AK heavy (he surely knows this) you might as well give him really good pot odds to make a crying call. gl in day 6.

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by SchFerreira

SchFerreira — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:41:06 +0000

I think his range here is only 98, K9 and AK. Although I think re-raising then calling it off with 98 here would be very optimistic on his part, he might very well have eliminated AK and K9 from your perceived range, although people play so nitty deep into the ME that I think AK is very much in anybody's range. I'd click it back to 1M-ish because there's a remote chance he calls with worse/spazzes out, but I guess the EV is almost the same as shoving since you will see AK here 95%+ of the time.

Comment on Bring On Day 6! by CloudyDream

CloudyDream — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:30:47 +0000

Good luck on day 6.

Comment on Day 5 Comin' Up! by SiQ

SiQ — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:16:09 +0000

!!!!

Comment on Day 5 Comin' Up! by 2fouroffsuit

2fouroffsuit — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:51:16 +0000

Gogogogogogogo! If, I mean when, you final table we'll have to plan a Nov trip!

Comment on Day 5 Comin' Up! by Emergence

Emergence — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:45:24 +0000

Good luck John!!!

Comment on Day 5 Comin' Up! by sandr1x

sandr1x — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:55:44 +0000

Ship it, dude.

Comment on Made it to Day 4 by TecmoSuperBowl

TecmoSuperBowl — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:10:15 +0000

GOGOGOGOGO!

Comment on Main Event HH Review by shuttle

shuttle — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:26:52 +0000

oh one key point about hand 4 is that we can't just go bigger because theres a point where we lose an insurmountable amount of value to the flushes in his range.

Comment on Main Event HH Review by shuttle

shuttle — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:25:46 +0000

hand 1: I'm thinking checkraising here is good on the turn, you can fold to a 3bet also. Plan would be to bet fold rivers. If you do check call I think leading river is ok. hand 2: check raise larger, I think he is calling a mostly inelastic range so you get more by making it bigger. hand 3: I think I'd call, don't really want to have to raise fold here a turn raise I think would need to be followed up by a big river barrel in a lot of cases if you did decide to do that. hand 4: buttons range looks somewhat capped. I think checking isn't good because there's a significant part of his range that's not flushes and I think if you check he gets to bet all of those and put you in a shitty spot. Unless you have a great read on how often he bluffs the river when you check you probably have to check fold. I'd bet smallish to target his Jx hands and set the price vs small flushes. Would definitely be folding to a raise as I think his raising range is almost entirely flushes. Note that when many live players raise river it's super polarized, but in this case he has very little air that gets there so his river range for raising is super nutted.

Comment on Made it to Day 4 by shuttle

shuttle — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:12:50 +0000

awesome man! glglgl

Comment on Main Event HH Review by SchFerreira

SchFerreira — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:48:45 +0000

Hand 1: Calling turn then leading river does seem to work best against the weaker part of his range, since if a donk raised flop with a strong Ax, he might fold to the turn x/r but wont fold to the river donk but I don't like that line for a bunch of reasons: a) I don't think he has a one pair hand that often, compared to sets and 2p, against which x/r turn is by far the most profitable play since he may just be unable to let go A3/A7/77/33, especially if you only go half pot-ish, or maybe less, on the river. b) A diamond can come, meaning you can't value bet river and miss value from his strong made hands. Hand 2, you played fine although I might lead flop anyways. Hand 3, if you want to reduce variance due to the BI/softness of the field/etc., then call I guess, but I think the most +EV line (and what I would do) is to take the fast lane, raise turn and ship river since his small turn donk just screams weakness. I mean, how often is he calling down with less than a Q? Hand 4 is tricky. I would probably bet 16k or maybe smaller, angrily fold to a shove and then tilt. I don't think checking is that great since he's checking back river alot on this scary of a card, hell some fish check back KJ here. Also betting more than 20k doesn't make much sense since he's just going to fold all one pair hands, and sets/2p I'd expect to raise at some point. Once you bet, definitely fold to any raise though. Now that I think about, you could bet big-ish since you're mostly targeting the part of his range your coolering (AJ and KJ).

Comment on Main Event Day 2 Comin' Up by SiQ

SiQ — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:02:10 +0000

crush it.

Comment on Main Event Day 2 Comin' Up by molotok

molotok — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:59:29 +0000

Good luck!

Comment on Main Event Day 2 Comin' Up by KRANTZ

KRANTZ — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:31:52 +0000

gl dude! run good

Comment on WSOP Update by Schweig

Schweig — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:43:56 +0000

Seems like a spot where you value cut yourself a lot or he folds worse. Besides AT, T7, I don't see much that you can beat that might call, while he has a huge amount of Kx hands that will just snap off, as well as slowplayed boats/things that turned into boats.

Comment on WSOP Update by TecmoSuperBowl

TecmoSuperBowl — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:14:06 +0000

I would probably bet for thin value, planning to bet fold. You shouldn't have any perceived fold equity (he shouldn't think you would fold) so it should be an easy fold if he ships.

Comment on WSOP Update by Emergence

Emergence — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:48:51 +0000

Gogogogogogoo!!!

Comment on WSOP Update by hansgeertsma

hansgeertsma — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:25:04 +0000

GL at the series John!

Comment on Mo' PLO by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:56:57 +0000

@molotok - i personally don't take offense to it. if someone wants to run it once or twice doesn't make a difference to me; it is there preference, although many players (typically recreational ones) get angry when you run it twice on one occasion and then once on another. personally though, i would prefer to only run it once against the fishies (unless it's a very big pot). if you have the chance to bust the fish at the table, you should typically take it, especially in the live arena where there are much fewer hands, and the opportunity to play for stacks against a fish doesn't present itself nearly as much. @schweig/shuttle - definitely agree with both of your points. if you can gain a metagame advantage doing anything, it's worth it imo obv

Comment on Mo' PLO by shuttle

shuttle — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:42:36 +0000

I think I pretty much always run it twice in big pots, I think the variance reduction is worth more than the image related benefits to me as I tilt pretty easy all things considered. I fell like if you are deep rolled and don't tilt easy then maybe running it once is better if there a metagame benefit to be had from it, but like running it once increases your risk of ruin which sucks.

Comment on Mo' PLO by Schweig

Schweig — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:37:38 +0000

I really wouldn't know about this. There's nothing inherently wrong with this - it's your choice. People react strangely to certain things though and you often have to be a pragmatist about it. If it creates an unfriendly atmosphere that is detrimental, then you probably shouldn't.

Comment on Mo' PLO by molotok

molotok — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:13:11 +0000

Schweig, do you think it's appropriate to run it twice with fish and not regs?

Comment on Mo' PLO by Schweig

Schweig — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:17:04 +0000

I will add that running it once is good if you will tilt a lot less than your opponent does from losing a big pot. "It makes players reluctant to play a big pot against you without the nuts, because they know they only have one shot at scooping it." And also they will worry that you have no fear. If you run it twice you will seem slightly more variance averse and big plays can work more often.

Comment on PLO Grindin' by Schweig

Schweig — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:34:22 +0000

I think writing it anywhere and "copying it as plain text" works.

Comment on PLO Grindin' by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:00:41 +0000

@molotok - thanks for reading! i'll touch on those subjects next time! @schweig - makes sense. do you write it in word and then copy paste it, or do you write the text in the browser? @mitch - you think i would do that to you on the eve of 420!? c'mon bro!

Comment on PLO Grindin' by mitch

mitch — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:09:50 +0000

Thought you were going to go on an anti marijuana rant. Got confused/angry.

Comment on PLO Grindin' by Schweig

Schweig — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:35:52 +0000

Yeah there are always real formatting issues when I'm using this blog poster. I end up spamming copy and paste in different ways to get it working. Cool post though.

Comment on PLO Grindin' by molotok

molotok — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:09:23 +0000

Great post, John. Do you ever differ the amount you buy in for ? Like if you have a bad seat in relation to fish/good reg. Do you run it more than once? Do you try to play more hands because you don't get many of them per hour or fewer because it's full ring. Do you open-limp? Do you ever shortstack? Thank you

Comment on PLO Grindin' by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:46:44 +0000

Sorry about the formatting guys.. idk why it gets so messed up :(

Comment on GL to Benba in the $10k PLO!! by 2fouroffsuit

2fouroffsuit — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:35:41 +0000

You should blog more you bum!

Comment on GL to Benba in the $10k PLO!! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:19:36 +0000

I know, what a freak!!

Comment on GL to Benba in the $10k PLO!! by TecmoSuperBowl

TecmoSuperBowl — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:04:43 +0000

He's CL in the 50k right now too. Crazy.

Comment on GL to Benba in the $10k PLO!! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:40:34 +0000

Hahah, no parties yet! Get this... Dude wins the bracelet.. And you know... Most people would probably go party their ass off and celebrate... What does he do? Obviously signs up for the $10k six-max NL... He's third in chips after day 1, of course, lololol. $1.15M for 1st.

Comment on GL to Benba in the $10k PLO!! by FlamingMoe86

FlamingMoe86 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:00:30 +0000

sick , your friend really did it! congrats and I hope he is inviting you to a REALLY sick party! Did you cash anything so far in the WSOP

Comment on GL to Benba in the $10k PLO!! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:50:47 +0000

lolol, whooops!

Comment on GL to Benba in the $10k PLO!! by mitch

mitch — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:44:12 +0000

Sideboob!

Comment on 5k PLO 6-max Today by molotok

molotok — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:43:47 +0000

good luck

Comment on 5k PLO 6-max Today by orestto

orestto — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:09:12 +0000

Take it down, coach!

Comment on 5k PLO 6-max Today by Piedy

Piedy — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:30:17 +0000

good luck :)

Comment on 5k PLO 6-max Today by jjyykk

jjyykk — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:06:30 +0000

Comment on 5k PLO 6-max Today by mitch

mitch — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:06:28 +0000

GLGL!

Comment on Live Grindin' by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:20:39 +0000

Hi rincker! Thanks for checkin' out the blog! Ya, that beat was tough to swallow :( , had a fun time though. What's your chip stack? I'll be back at Venetian today grindin' on 'em so I'll be looking for you. GL!

Comment on Live Grindin' by rincker

rincker — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:36:39 +0000

nice to meet you today. gg. tough break. i made it to day 2 believe it or not.

Comment on Live Grindin' by TT

*TT* — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:40:18 +0000

The action is no longer at Venetian, it moved to Aria. They have been getting1/3 and 2/5, with 5/10 running a few times a week along with the occasional 25/50 or 50/100 PLO game. I've seen as many as 4 PLO games running at the same time, its pretty impressive.

Comment on Live Grindin' by orestto

orestto — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:19:28 +0000

PLO Quick Pro is tha nuts! GL in Vegas, John. :)

Comment on Live Grindin' by RIGGED!

RIGGED! — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:28:51 +0000

"Grinding live poker SUCKS..." This paragraph are my thoughts EXACTLY.

Comment on Live Grindin' by AshThePro

AshThePro — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:50:53 +0000

I would say he fixed one of the more annoying features in poker videos, the lack of organization. There is nothing more annoying than sitting through an hour long video and not knowing whether you're going to be able to take something out of it. also, Quickpro teaches the mindset needed to beat games. It's not just a PLO video series.

Comment on Live Grindin' by jubinator

jubinator — Sat, 14 May 2011 10:00:31 +0000

yea what is the break down ? Would be interesting. Also, after a couple months I assume you will put some player results up?

Comment on Live Grindin' by nyehehe

nyehehe — Sat, 14 May 2011 09:36:05 +0000

nice post John. Good luck live play! :) are your students in PLOquickpro mainly from the US?

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by elcoco

elcoco — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:35:50 +0000

Its on HULU.com

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by SiQ

SiQ — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:22:55 +0000

first time i've been excited about watching poker on TV ever and I don't even play much Omaha

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by mitch

mitch — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:06:13 +0000

I thought it was really interesting Galfond didn't even consider turning his hand into a bluff on the river.

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by dayoldhater

dayoldhater — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:17:21 +0000

When Hastings cc flop vs Galfond with the bare wrap and bet flush turn (I guess if he is going to cc such a weak hand he'll have to bluff some turns) and then the board paired on the river. Hastings couldn't rep a boat since he wouldn't cc flop/lead turn with any sets or 2p type hands, so I guess with a river bet he would only rep the nut flush going for thin value which Galfond could easily exploit, or Galfond could have a medium flush or boat himself, so Hastings gave up.

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:33:30 +0000

Haha, definitely have to dumb it down for the NL guys that don't play or watch very much PLO. Overall though I really enjoyed episode 1. It's amazing to see just how loose everyone is playing, and in the non-straddled pots everyone seems to be playing pretty passively. You can also tell that Hastings is more uncomfortable live than the other 5 players. What'd you think the most interesting hand was?

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by dayoldhater

dayoldhater — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:59:35 +0000

I guess they have to make it relatable to people who have never seen PLO on tv.

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by dayoldhater

dayoldhater — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:56:16 +0000

Right out of the gate: "Preflop in PLO there are a lot more drawing hands, and even a hand like pocket queens can be pretty vulnerable"- Andy Bloch. *facepalm*

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by eminemead

eminemead — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:43:37 +0000

been waiting this coming for months

Comment on PLO on Poker After Dark! by mitch

mitch — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:48:56 +0000

Yeah should be amazing.

Comment on Calling All Railbirds! by AshThePro

AshThePro — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:22:45 +0000

Weak sauce.....

Comment on Calling All Railbirds! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:14:39 +0000

nevermind. got 12th.

Comment on I Got Isildur'd by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:46:27 +0000

Ya, it was a shallow game and UTG was big fish :)

Comment on I Got Isildur'd by nyehehe

nyehehe — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:40:49 +0000

was it a good PLO2k table that you were sitting there with 40bbs?

Comment on Improvin' by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:14:26 +0000

Thanks Jurek! Glad to hear you got something out of it. Hope you had a good holiday! Give me a shout next time you're on Skype!

Comment on Improvin' by FlamingMoe86

FlamingMoe86 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:00:24 +0000

you are such a talented and good writer man! with every line I got more motivated to make the next year the best one in my poker career and that I have all the skills it takes to move up and establish myself there. It costs quite a bit of force to get myself out of the confort zone (which are the lower stakes) but I know that it'll be worth it to take a shot. Also really great because I know you and Thyson a lil bit better and know that a) everything you write you experienced it and b) that there's even more behind. Really waiting for the next blogg-entry because while reading I asked myself: I wonder what would be the best and most efficient way to spot my leaks and work on them. Really impressed and inspired by you John! Thank you so much for everything you teached me and shared with me so far!!! Jurek

Comment on Improvin' by DiggerTheDog

DiggerTheDog — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:48:07 +0000

Excellent post.

Comment on Poker Poker Poker by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:55:07 +0000

Good to see you're back to blogging. lol that guy with 10-10-4-3 in the second to last hand you posted. Methinks I should move up to 5/10...

Comment on Poker Poker Poker by AshThePro

AshThePro — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:44:58 +0000

You're like fuckin'......The flying Tomato

Comment on Poker Poker Poker by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:46:42 +0000

YO! Our lease here in D-town runs out at the end of January, so we'll actually be there all of Feb and March. So you guys should definitely try to make it out there before April. The snow has been ridic this year so far, so don't miss out!

Comment on Poker Poker Poker by DJ Sensei

DJ Sensei — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:43 +0000

I too will try and make a little trip out there :)

Comment on Poker Poker Poker by Entity

Entity — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:12:38 +0000

So you'll be in Breckenridge through the end of April? I'd love to make it out if I can. Hoping to board a ton this winter.

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:15:29 +0000

Hi Jerseys - I have the original copy, but the excerpt I wrote here is actually from the audio book. In the audio book, he tries to incorporate examples from today, so he mentions Bill Gates etc.

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by jerseys

jerseys — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:30:08 +0000

"Cell phone"? Is this some revised edition of the book?

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:52:47 +0000

Nice post man. I found the book as audio file. I will listen to it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:33:27 +0000

Thanks y'all! Next stop... RailHeaven!

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:20:43 +0000

congrats on the score!

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:12:01 +0000

inspiring post. let's make some money!

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by mitch

mitch — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:28:42 +0000

I have the book at home, will check it out. And congrats on the score... 500/1k shot at Zigmund to parlay it up?

Comment on Comfort Is The Enemy of Success by DJ Sensei

DJ Sensei — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 03:10:32 +0000

awww but I like comfort!

Comment on 10/20 Shot, Got My AARP Card by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:34:54 +0000

month too late but happy belated. just saw this post. maybe i should start keeping an eye out for you at 10/20 from now on. I'll know when the games are good =p

Comment on 10/20 Shot, Got My AARP Card by orestto

orestto — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:22:10 +0000

Lol at King high 3way for the win. Nice hands sir, glgl!

Comment on 10/20 Shot, Got My AARP Card by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:34:57 +0000

Hahaha, ya that night rocked. Let me buy some of your action today?!?

Comment on 10/20 Shot, Got My AARP Card by colunchbox

colunchbox — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:56:15 +0000

haha that song is so old, the wedding pic is hilarious by the way, remember the night before at zydecos? PS I died when you said you 3b your mom, LLLLLLOOOOOOOLLLLL

Comment on Everyday I'm Barrelin' by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:46:30 +0000

congrats on the nice run!

Comment on Everyday I'm Barrelin' by irtoast

irtoast — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:41:15 +0000

<3 the title

Comment on New House Bizz by Omahahaha

Omahahaha — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:34:50 +0000

Yay! Woohoo! Thanks for running this little competition (and for choosing me) Awesome :-) PM Sent! In the first HH, when the action on the flop goes 1/3 C-Bet by you, Raise (effectively) AI, call AI then to you: are you hoping for a set vs set vs flush situation or did you figure that with the money in the pot you can never really be that far behind?

Comment on New House Bizz by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:10:28 +0000

@flamingmoe - it's entirely reads based/depends on opponent tendencies. can you be more specific?

Comment on New House Bizz by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:40:41 +0000

Ah, but yes against people who's 4b'ing range is very heavily weighted towards AA**, like you said.

Comment on New House Bizz by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:40:09 +0000

Pretty good answers everybody, but I think Omahahaha has the best answer! Ship me your sn on Stars or FTP and I'll ship you the monies! Ya, 3b'ing smaller works well against maniacs who 4b and always pot flops (3b size of 7-8bb instead of full pot means he can really only 4b to 25bb instead of 35bb, and generally when people 4b they pot any flop, so you're essentially getting the same implied odds but for a cheaper price).

Comment on New House Bizz by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:16:17 +0000

Must be nice to always be flopping sets lol. nh. Hand #2 the 1/3 pot cbet to induce is sexy.

Comment on New House Bizz by Omahahaha

Omahahaha — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:18:54 +0000

3 betting smaller than P v.s. very tight players PF who never 4 bet light (e.g. usually only AAxx hands) and therefore have a very polarized range, v.s. players who play straight forwardly in a 3 bet pots and also v.s. anyone who is out of position :-)Because its easy to play correctly against these types of players Post flop, you can more easily avoid making big mistakes, often provided with excellent implied odds and they can provide excellent stealing opportunities as well. Generally all round +EV

Comment on New House Bizz by Hightower

Hightower — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:58:29 +0000

+1 for the deadmau5 love. the man is awesome!!

Comment on New House Bizz by molotok

molotok — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:58:08 +0000

Nits?

Comment on New House Bizz by delcrossb

delcrossb — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:47:22 +0000

If no one responds in 24 hours I will answer the money question.

Comment on New House Bizz by orestto

orestto — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:19:42 +0000

Awesome, GLGL! More pics of house from the inside imo. Also nice hands, lol at the one where he tries desperately to rep QT. :) Hope we don't see you on Cops.

Comment on New House Bizz by FlamingMoe86

FlamingMoe86 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:07:29 +0000

good to see that you're running good, I assume that 3betting small IP works best vs players that 4bet only with AA and are also playing poor postflop (basically potting any board in 4bet pots). In the JJ55ds hand, would you fold the river if you would have been deeper with Villain so that he would have bet like a 3/4PS bet or so?

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by mitch

mitch — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:28:20 +0000

badass

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by AshThePro

AshThePro — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:31:06 +0000

Tyson told me about that pivotal hand between Mizrachi and someone else. You know when Emoney's phone started blasting the Cranberries at 3AM? LOL

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by AMT

AMT — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:15:08 +0000

w000000t!!! Nice man. I had dinner with Chance a few nights before the epic FT sweat. Was a really awesome time. Next summer get there *before* he wins the bracelet :P Hope to catch you soon.

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by 2fouroffsuit

2fouroffsuit — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:47:18 +0000

Sick all around. Keep rolllllin!

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by K00PA666

K00PA666 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:59:06 +0000

a thing about the new iphone, if you hold the phone in your left hand, which a lot of people do, it covers up the left side panel of the phone which is exactly where the antenna runs making the reception horrible compared to the past iphone. im probably waiting till they fix it to get one. nice car btw.

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by Entity

Entity — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:45:38 +0000

Oh and double BTW - congrats to Chance. Great kid, met him last year when he won the Tommy package @ the Connect 4 Charity event. Tell him congrats for me.

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:45:30 +0000

That is so sick! Congrats to your boy and to you on your car, the article and an awesome trip. LOL at those live hands, that's unbelievable. I guess I know what I'm doing next summer.

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by Entity

Entity — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:45:07 +0000

They have to be rotated when you upload them, unfortunately. We do some resizing/etc in javascript but don't actually do any image processing. BTW, your car is sick. I was going 95 on the way home before I noticed it, felt like 50.

Comment on Bracelet Talk, I'm in Bluff! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:05:10 +0000

I can't seem to figure out how to rotate the pictures. Can anyone give some advice to a blog donk?

Comment on Laggy Mo-Fo's by mitch

mitch — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:25:46 +0000

updates plz?

Comment on Laggy Mo-Fo's by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:54:50 +0000

Hand 4 I think is the closest. At this point we know he's potting when he's "strong". Thing is his strength is like naked Axxx, but also higher fd's with pairs and gutters and stuff. Are we betting a spade if checks to us on the river? If he doesn't have a spade I don't know if we get paid when we hit those outs and it could totally be rio for us when he barrels a spade. On the other hand he is barrelling all A+ gutters, probably even all Axxx hands, and maybe even J+ gutters. So on the turn when we pick up more outs it's kinda gross. I mean if we have to make one of our hands to win the pot and half of those outs are counterfeited some percentage of the time and other times he just c/f spades, turn might be a fold. Hand 5 is close because we know when he pots it he's more inclined to continue, can't blame you for trying though. I hear you on learning how play maniacs deep, or deep in general. It's just going to be hugely +ev. I mean who doesn't want to win an epic pot? What do you think about the other guys at that table, or the adjustments a lot of people make in these situations, where they pretty much just nit it up and wait to let the maniac shovel them chips?

Comment on Laggy Mo-Fo's by DJ Sensei

DJ Sensei — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:10:46 +0000

I went to a wedding at red rocks last weekend, that place [i]is[/i] sweet!

Comment on Note Taking Tips by AeberyA

AeberyA — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:37:16 +0000

great post :)

Comment on Note Taking Tips by stanmore

stanmore — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:50:41 +0000

Nice system. I think I'm gonna use it.

Comment on Note Taking Tips by IntegralPoker

IntegralPoker — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:19:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing... very cool. And, for the record, I am not a closet Michael Jackson fan, but I do love the beats that Quincy Jones put down on "Off The Wall" and "Thriller"....

Comment on Note Taking Tips by caperbii

caperbii — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:42:55 +0000

Stellar Post!

Comment on Note Taking Tips by coa5

coa5 — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:41:00 +0000

Great post! Thanks!

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:31:26 +0000

On #7, I continue to bet/get it in on the cards you said. Checking would be a nightmare because I don't want him to realize his equity, and there's too much money to give up on now so I'd just bet and get it in on the turn. If I didn't make my hand on the turn I probably would've bet bigger, but so it goes. The second hand my reasoning was to get him to define his hand and to build a pot on later streets. And ya, what you said about getting a cheap turn is true as well.

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by ElstonGunnn

ElstonGunnn — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:50:55 +0000

On hand 7, what do you do if the turn is a blank? a queen? ten? on hand 4, I like the small donk. What's your reasoning? Does it give you a cheap turn as he can't really raise with anything that's in his range except nut flush draw?

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by Zuberi

Zuberi — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:55:57 +0000

hahah that video is pretty funny, reminds me of myself. I added you on facebook (diederik) too see it but i discovered that i didnt need to do that lol nice blog:)

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:43:46 +0000

What's up ceegee? Thanks for checking out the blog, when're you heading out to LV? In regards to how much it costs to go out, it honestly just depends on where you go and who you're with. If you get a table, most clubs will waive your cover as long as you buy two bottles up front (depending on the alcohol you get, that's anywhere from 300-500 bucks per bottle). In the past I've had some very expensive nights, but since I moved here I've been fortunate enough to get hooked up pretty well, so many times I don't pay anything, but sometimes I'll pay like 100 or 200 bucks (depends who I'm with). Shoot me a PM and I'll see what I can do for you and your friends when you come out.

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by ceegee

ceegee — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:06:57 +0000

what kinda cash do you drop in those clubs in a night? I'm interested because Im headed out there soon as a 23yo ready to party =p

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by SirSpider

SirSpider — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:22:21 +0000

I think everything there was played well... Ahh to be young, have cash and live in Vegas - dang.

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:25:20 +0000

LOL @ title, random trouts (and you hooking up with them) and the video. wp sir!

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:11:53 +0000

Cool. I think I originally didn't realize the AAK5 hand was 4b pre (I thought it was just 3b). Makes sense and I agree to get it in. As for the QT87 hand...I guess I learned something new! I would have expected you to be kind of in bad shape against a large range of hands but it turns out you're a slight favorite against pair+fd and only a slight dog to an overpair+fd. I guess unlucky he flopped bottom set in a 3b pot. Thanks for the clarification!

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:04:29 +0000

What's up LS? Thanks for checking out the blog. Yep, your assumptions about the AKJ3 hand are right! I don't think I can b/f the AAK5 hand because it's a 4b pot, and there's a ton of combo draws that he can c/r with that I have enough equity against to stack off. QT87 hand is an easy b/c for similar reasons because it's a 3b pot, and he can be c/r with draws I have enough equity against to get it in. Please check out Haze next time you're here, it's sick!

Comment on Warm Spring Days, Hot Vegas Nights by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:53:21 +0000

that one KJ3A hand where you turn the flush I really like your line. I assume you're jamming the river because you think he will call with a worse flush given that he is likely to jam the turn with the nut flush? What's your reasoning behind the jams with the A5KA and 8T7Q hands? Does not compute because I would expect you to bet/fold both of those. I must be doing it wrong :( Anyway definitely going to have to check out Haze next time in Vegas now...

Comment on I Lied. by AMT

AMT — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:55:37 +0000

thugsITT

Comment on I Lied. by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:57:19 +0000

Come on dcb... you know that ALL of the biggest thugs play Badminton in tha streets, right??

Comment on I Lied. by n0whereman

n0whereman — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:42:32 +0000

lol @ delcrossb. i was thinking the same thing.

Comment on I Lied. by delcrossb

delcrossb — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:03:47 +0000

How can anyone think you are a thug when you have spent a decent amount of words talking about how badminton is your favorite new sport.

Comment on I Lied. by goldseraph

goldseraph — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:04:30 +0000

You play 3/6 plo but $2k is your biggest losing day ever online? Does not compute...

Comment on Welcome To The Good Life by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:23:08 +0000

Yo Steve - Thanks for the comments about the articles! In the hand, as always it depends on what he thinks of my 3b'ing range, but I don't think it can be toooo bad if I'm ever b/f'ing.. Since he's not dead that often, and if I did have AA** with no redraws it'd be a pretty tricky spot, and imo anytime you can put someone in a difficult spot with the top of their range (which besides flopping trips, AA** basically is) you're probably doing something right.

Comment on Welcome To The Good Life by yeahthatsme

yeahthatsme — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:02:42 +0000

all I hear is gunshots can I touch somethin what the blood clot nga want tical make it happen you know my fkin style fck the rappin we can take it back to 85 if you want to start actin like you live good call with hellz wind staff

Comment on Welcome To The Good Life by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:54:25 +0000

LOL at ugly chicks always liking you. How bad or standard is him shipping naked nfd in Hand 2? If those strategy pieces are the same or on par with the ones I saw at nutblockers DCers should like'em a lot. here's to running better, for us both!

Comment on F*ck It, I Fold? by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:37:12 +0000

Hi LS - Yeh, given the stack sizes it's pretty standard. Haha, I literally laughed out loud when I read your comment about being "sad inside" when you saw the hand. Ha!

Comment on F*ck It, I Fold? by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:24:10 +0000

Is that standard that you 3b kings single suited in the bb with a btn open and sb flat? For some reason that last hand makes me sad inside. Hopefully you run better soon

Comment on F*ck It, I Call! by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:53:16 +0000

I've been making these calls a lot lately. It's like "are you serious? do you really have the exact hand you are repping right now? fuck it, I call!" not a good idea for sure. Also I was going to say something about those Shallow tables. Fish for sure love them and it's not like the Cap where the fish can only get in 40bbs, here they can run up a stack and then you can really take advantage of them. Also the decisions become incredibly straight forward. Some really cool hands here.

Comment on F*ck It, I Call! by asidrane

asidrane — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:09:48 +0000

You probably ran into the character limit.

Comment on F*ck It, I Call! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:22:50 +0000

Hahah, wtf... It cut off my post early! There's actually a ton more hands I posted but for some reason they didn't get put up.. Oh well. Hi Kaido, thanks for checking out the blog. I decided to 3b the flop mainly because I wasn't worried about him having a set (not many 22**, 55** or JJ** hands in a limping range, plus I have blockers), thought he could potentially make a bad fold with a hand like he had, or fold top two or something. And it's not like my hand is monstrous anyway, so I just want to get the money in on the flop and not make a mistake on the turn.

Comment on F*ck It, I Call! by kaido

kaido — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:08:43 +0000

In the AhQhJs5s hand where you flop top two and get check-raised. What's you reasoning to 3bet the flop? Nice hands!

Comment on F*ck It, I Call! by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:00:06 +0000

So many hands! Nice call and nice analysis on that first hu hand

Comment on Hilarious "Well" Thread!, PLO FTOPS by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:39:18 +0000

Haha, sup dude? I know... I caved and played a tourney. I went kinda deep; was a little disappointed I didn't go further than I did because I think I messed up my last match. There were 1024 people and I finished like 30 something I think for eight hundred something. The players were pretty bad though; I wish they ran more HU PLO tourneys like that!

Comment on Hilarious "Well" Thread!, PLO FTOPS by asidrane

asidrane — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:34:19 +0000

Tournaments? What happened to you? Just kidding. How did you do?

Comment on Hilarious "Well" Thread!, PLO FTOPS by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:19:03 +0000

Nice. I found that well the other day, it's a pretty amazing read. It half way makes me with I did more crazy shit and halfway makes me really happy I haven't. Get money!

Comment on PL-Oh. by Entity

Entity — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:05:41 +0000

Even though I've never taken it from him, I'd recommend joining the next Tilter's Anonymous for sure. Hit me up over AIM, would love to chat about some of this stuff.

Comment on PL-Oh. by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:06:39 +0000

Chinz - Tend To Pretend is one of my favorite songs everrrr. straddle - It so is.. Snappie - vul that you have the same problem as me! How do we fix it?

Comment on PL-Oh. by SnappieVouz

SnappieVouz — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:52:12 +0000

1. Learn a bunch, put in a ton of effort towards improving your game. 2. Grind a bunch and pad the roll using my brand spankinâ€™ new lines 3. Contract Cocky Spewy Syndrome (winners tilt) and give a ton of it back because, after all, spewing is way more fun than playing good right? Too bad itâ€™s not as profitable. 4. Use my internal frustration and dissatisfaction with my effort as motivation for working on and improving until Iâ€™m playing A game again. 5. Repeat Man, this is me

Comment on PL-Oh. by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:18:33 +0000

+1 Spewing is definitely way more fun than playing well

Comment on PL-Oh. by chinz

chinz — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:11:29 +0000

It's "time to pretend" ffs!

Comment on Badminton FTW! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:24:20 +0000

Ya man, they have a Badminton League out here in Vegas that I'm going to get in to. It's super fun; doubles gets really intense too. It's funny because everyone thinks it's just a recreational game but there's this subculture of people who take it very seriously.. Like me! Hahahaha. Hope all is well man.. Hit me up on Skype sometime. JB

Comment on Badminton FTW! by Foukus

Foukus — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:11:00 +0000

Haha, badminton is really great fun! I have been playing it whole winter with my friend like twice in a week as it is too cold to do anything but skiing outside. It's so good workout at least if you are little bit worse than your opponent like I am. :D

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:56:50 +0000

What's up Asidrane? Been a long time man, how're things? Hit me up on G-Chat sometime! Yep, it's on 3030. Sickkkk album man, I love it! You should check out People Under the Stairs if you like Del. They sound pretty similar. For a pandora station, put in the song "Acid Raindrops" by them. GL!

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by asidrane

asidrane — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:28:42 +0000

Del â€“ Mastermind (one of my fav songs ever, superrr sick beat. Be sure to check it out!) Isn't this from Deltron 3030? By far one of the greatest albums of the past decade. I would comment on the poker, but the game has just beat me down and I have nothing positive to say anymore.

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:19:49 +0000

Oh ya, and we were playing 1/2 with mandatory $4 straddle. Min buy in of $200, max of $1k, but most came in for max or a little less. Was totally fun!

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:11:34 +0000

Hi Z and L-Straddle - Thanks for checking out the blog! In regards to the hand y'all are talking about, my only issue with c/r'ing is that he really shouldn't and probably doesn't barrel that turn lightly given what my c/c'ing range is on boards like that. Given that my c/c'ing range on the flop is almost always a draw, that turn is pretty terrible for him if he has 2pr+, so I would expect him to check back his made hands that are looking to get to showdown more often than b/f'ing them. I can definitely see arguments for leading though too. The main goal is to always take the line that reps the widest range of hands, and imo leading would be pretty deceptive, but if he's really aggro then c/r'ing might be better.. Esp if he's ever going to b/f, since it would suck if he potted the turn and was committed with something that hurt our hand, like NFD or something.

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by AshThePro

AshThePro — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:21:05 +0000

Haha, That game was so sick! Wow, I wasn't out classed whatsoever especially when Andrew Boccacia snap folds top set without even thinking twice when I river two pair, think I'm good, and raise him on an AQKJ10 board.......LOL I'm such a monkey

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by AMT

AMT — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:56:12 +0000

omgggg X-games. Expecting a trip report imo.

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:19:47 +0000

What stakes were you guys playing in that "friendly" home game? If you're playing lower than 10/20 (which is the other guys' regular games) those are actually pretty cheap lessons if you think about it! Hand 2 i like the c/r better than the lead also cuz you can knock out a lot of one way draws I think and the river will be a bit easier to play than if you just lead going to the X games = sick brag

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by Zatoichi

Zatoichi — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:34:13 +0000

Hey KK, hand #2 - Is he going to barrel often? What is your line w nuts? If turn goes c/c, that is ok right? I like a ckr over a lead.

Comment on Toughest Home Game Ever, Going to X-Games! by Jackson Kings

Jackson Kings — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:28:21 +0000

Seems like a great experience to play in such a game!

Comment on I Love This Game by heh

heh — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:49:07 +0000

You should move on to the next level and expand your 4 betting range against habitual positional 3 betters. Happy to discuss.

Comment on I Love This Game by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:51:10 +0000

Hi Gauss - Thanks for checking out the blog!

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by kinlux

kinlux — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:40:18 +0000

Really awesome post.

Comment on I Love This Game by Gauss

Gauss — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:41:27 +0000

as in "completely detached" from the money, good

Comment on I Love This Game by Gauss

Gauss — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:40:42 +0000

I very much agree with the idea stated that playing at a stake where you can handle the losses is crucial.

Comment on Learning vs. Winning, Transitioning to PLO? by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:28:09 +0000

great post. good luck at the tables in 2010

Comment on Learning vs. Winning, Transitioning to PLO? by mrluckys

mrluckys — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:41:42 +0000

Along he same line as Tiger's quote, Sam Snead said, â€œIt is only human nature to want to practice what you can already do well, since it's a hell of a lot less work and a hell of a a lot more fun. Sad to say, though, it doesn't do a lot to lower your handicap.â€

Comment on Learning vs. Winning, Transitioning to PLO? by AshThePro

AshThePro — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:55:30 +0000

Don't forget. Lil Wayne Ft. Eminem-Drop the world

Comment on Learning vs. Winning, Transitioning to PLO? by Foukus

Foukus — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:43:25 +0000

Great post and blog! Looking forward to see more posts like these. :)

Comment on Learning vs. Winning, Transitioning to PLO? by xman08

xman08 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:39:36 +0000

Good post. I like the Heads Up and will incorporate into my learning. I enjoy reading your blog keep up the good work.

Comment on Learning vs. Winning, Transitioning to PLO? by Berbatov

Berbatov — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:26:28 +0000

Very good blog sir. I definately agree that playing someone good HU and having the opportunity to discuss the match with them afterwards is going to have a great impact on your game. GL in 2010! :)

Comment on Grindin', Ya Know What I Keep.. by jl87

jl87 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:36:08 +0000

Thank you.

Comment on Grindin', Ya Know What I Keep.. by live_straddle88

live_straddle88 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:14:55 +0000

Keep on the grind! Happy holidays

Comment on Grindin', Ya Know What I Keep.. by K00PA666

K00PA666 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:36:27 +0000

thanks for the links to those blogs.

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by SanderDeclerck

SanderDeclerck — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:50:24 +0000

There is similar software like HEM for the mac, I use a mac, and I use poker copilot. It's definitely not as good as HEM, but pokertracker is coming to the mac soon to.

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:14:07 +0000

Thanks for checking out the blog! I'll definitely scope that link.

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by MouthBreather

MouthBreather — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:23:47 +0000

Look into getting a professional setup your Mac for poker use, good security, and some optimization stuff. There was a guy on 2+2 doing it and seemed like a lot of people liked his service.

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:42:46 +0000

Haha, link wouldn't work?

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by Ribbo

Ribbo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:44:09 +0000

I have a smiley for what you are now. :) !http://www.yakyak.org/images/smilies/MacWanker.gif!

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:17:30 +0000

Hi fpalattao - Thanks for checking out the blog! I did in fact get the 15 inch MacbookPro. I just bought vmware fusion tonight, because it seems that all the poker products I need don't run on a Mac, so my only option was to do this. Hopefully it isn't hard to get all set up. Sweet!

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by fpalattao

fpalattao — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:49:58 +0000

Looking forward to getting my mac pro as well, did you decided to get the 15 inch? Planning to use vmware fushion I have used parallels but I have an older version, but I'm getting the new vmware fushion.

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:21:09 +0000

I'm really not sure. I'll be figuring it out in the next few days, and then I'll let you know. Thanks for checking out the blog!

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by aMunkWins

aMunkWins — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:50:20 +0000

Is VMware the easiest/best? Im considering using parralels?

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by DJ Sensei

DJ Sensei — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:22:47 +0000

lol at the >2 pieces clause, they must have seen you coming

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:50:03 +0000

Thanks dude! Shoot me an email so we can set something up. JB

Comment on Caved And Bought a Mac by 2fouroffsuit

2fouroffsuit — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:13:38 +0000

VMware Fusion. Put Windows in one of your spaces. I'll show you when you get into town.

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:52:20 +0000

Hi belikewater - Thanks for checking out the blog; I'm glad you like the music! Be sure to scope my other posts for more music titles that are dope as well. JB

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by belikewater

belikewater — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:09:39 +0000

kasinokrime - dude good lookin with the song suggestions at the start of this post, good stuff

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:06:58 +0000

Haha, I might not be able to play with you, but if you win you can fly me out to east to ball out with you're winnings! GL sir.

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by heh

heh — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:45:31 +0000

Move up in stakes where people respect your raises, IMO. GL at the tables, man, it's a shame you can't make it to Atlantic City next weekend to ball it up with me, but I guess that gives me better chances of running up a big score. Peace.

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:27:08 +0000

Hey rorschach - I think his donk is fine against a wide variety of players, but anyone who's aware will understand that if he flopped 2pr+, most players (especially at the lower limits) will have a high likelihood to c/r rather than donk out with it, ,so I wasn't concerned about being crushed. Another example of this is when it's a single raised pot, and you get called out of the blinds by a 40-50bb stack, and he donks pot on a 882dd board or something. It's pretty easy to realize that much more often than not he won't do that with a big hand, but the majority of time in those situations I've seen them show up with a dry overpair or something that's looking to protect against the flush. Here, I expected him to show up with random weak/medium draws a lot of the time. Also fwiw, his hand is terrible to 3b HU imo. His hand covers only about 10% of flops, and we had an aggressive dynamic up to that point, so he wouldn't have much FE postflop either. In most situations he'd just get owned, but so it goes.

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:21:56 +0000

Hey Nikker - Thanks for the props! I'm glad you enjoyed the 3b'ing article. I'm actually working on an article that involves barreling right now, so keep an eye out for it, and thanks for the input!

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by rorschach

rorschach — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:33:16 +0000

Nice post John. I can definitely relate to some of the points you bring up. I have pretty bad discipline and I'm sure that playing when bored/on tilt/etc is one of the reasons why I'm not doing too well right now. I've started to play shorter sessions and have just accepted that I'm not capable of playing my A-game for 3-4 hours straight. So far, it's allowed me to focus on the game during my entire sessions. Usually I get bored after 1h30-2h of 4-tabling and start browsing or doing random stuff whilst playing (one of the downsides of having 2 monitors I suppose). In the "vul I guess" hand, do you think that his donk on the flop is a good play? It's HU so it's probably dependent on the dynamics of the match, but I was just wondering.

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by Nikker

Nikker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:22:41 +0000

nice

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by Nikker

Nikker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:07:10 +0000

Okay just testing you:) good arguments. Btw read some of your other blogs and you are now my idol... especially the one about 3betting is spot on. I think a blog about second barreling would be awesome. The only thing I need now is a picture of you over my bed;)

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:58:04 +0000

Hey Nikker - Thanks for checking out the blog! In the "Tilt Call" hand, I bet smaller on the turn because of the awkward stack sizes. If I bet bigger, he will have barely any money left in proportion to the pot on the river, and he may be more likely to make a crying call if I push all in and his stack is only a small percentage of the pot, whereas if he has more money on the river he might be able to fold since it costs him more to call. It's a pretty common strategy of mine to leverage my whole stack on the turn with a smaller bet, because I'm basically using the threat of future bets to gain more fold equity. In addition, given my assessment of his flop calling range as SD's and K***, I can b/f smaller on the turn as well (if he does in fact have a straight), because he's either going to c/r me with a straight, or c/c with almost certainly K***, in which case I'm shipping most non - broadway rivers in an effort to move him off of his hand. I honestly do believe the yummy hand is standard. Consider the player type and the bet size for a moment. Most weaker players click the half pot button when they don't have strong hands, and in my opinion, if he had a stronger range (pair + NFD, top two, set) he would probably be looking to bet pot, rather than only half potting it. Based on his buy in amount, and my observation of him being a weaker player, I figured as long as my FD is good (which it basically is always since it folded back to me), I have at least 40% equity in the hand, and with the dead money out there, even if he calls me it's going to be profitable, but I do think it's possible he folds 15-20% of the time. Either way, it's profitable in the long run, which is the important thing :).

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by Nikker

Nikker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:12:25 +0000

Nice blog! ill begin reading it.. I agree in pretty much everything you say, a couple of comments though: In the "Tilt Call", I agree in the second barrel but shouldnt your betsize be like 70-80ish instead of half pot, so he doesnt feel prized in with Kxxx? And in the Yummy hand, is it standard? know you have snfd+kk but how much FE du you have on a 50bb stack who leads out multiway? probably just me.. im such a nit

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:58:20 +0000

Haha, sick song! Thanks bro!

Comment on Cocky Spewy Syndrome by AMT

AMT — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:47:58 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYDYFzP2EvY

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by Vichyn

Vichyn — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:18 +0000

really great!

Comment on Back in Vegas, Epic Blog Post by AMT

AMT — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:03:59 +0000

Wow thanks for linking this, hadn't read it. Pretty awesome post.

Comment on PLO Group Coaching With DJ Sensei! by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:46:56 +0000

Gracias :)

Comment on PLO Group Coaching With DJ Sensei! by Entity

Entity — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:39:57 +0000

Made link clickable for you. I'd join for sure if I just had a bit more time to play right now. :(

Comment on PLO Group Coaching With DJ Sensei! by Entity

Entity — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:39:56 +0000

Made link clickable for you. I'd join for sure if I just had a bit more time to play right now. :(

Comment on PLO Variance Tastes Kinda Tangy by orestto

orestto — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:40:19 +0000

Thanks for the reply KK, I agree with your analysis.

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by TomGrill

TomGrill — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:36:15 +0000

nice article John, was really helpfull for me to refresh the stuff we talked due the coaching. im trying to implement it to my game right now :) what i like to see is an article about 3betting oop and/or multiway 3bettet pots preflop.

Comment on PLO Variance Tastes Kinda Tangy by AshThePro

AshThePro — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:58:39 +0000

Good Blog! Thats whats up!

Comment on PLO Variance Tastes Kinda Tangy by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:54:49 +0000

Depends on what the actual card is again, but I'm still betting the majority of cards for a couple of different reasons. First, like I said, his range is so wide both pre flop and post flop that I think he can be calling me with any pair and any draw, and if this is true, the river will many times make him many garbage two pairs that will call a small value bet on the river. With the pot at 144, I'd bet 45-55'ish I think, which seems kind of funky because it's so small, but remember the bigger you bet, the more you narrow the opponents calling range, and here I'm mostly trying to widen it, or not value own myself if he does show up with a flush or rivered straight because he's calling anyway. It's important to note that he pretty much never raises me with the top of his range here, which is good for us and really lets us control the hand, particularly OOP. It's also important to note that you could basically never play this way against a competent player, but he was really passive and predictable so even OOP you can really own him. Also fwiw I can see checking being fine, but I think even though it's really thin, there's still value to be had on the river here. It'd certainly be close though.

Comment on PLO Variance Tastes Kinda Tangy by orestto

orestto — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:03:23 +0000

John, sorry to hear you're riding the bad side of variance. I definitely agree with devoting more time to studying and improving. I wanted to ask on the first hand where you bet 1/2 pot on the turn when the flush comes and get called, what's your general plan for the river if the board doesn't pair?

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:04:26 +0000

Thanks for the kind comments everybody! I'll try to add something else in the next couple of days. GL!

Comment on PLO Variance Tastes Kinda Tangy by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:03:40 +0000

Thanks for reading mopas, gl to you too!

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by Kaptenkman

Kaptenkman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:32:27 +0000

Great info John! This has been a weak area of mine. You shed some light in a very dark area. I look forward to hearing more esp. about 3'betting OOP.

Comment on PLO Variance Tastes Kinda Tangy by mopas2000

mopas2000 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:43 +0000

omg your hands are so sad.. anyway really good blog thanks a lot gl on the table!

Comment on Who's Trying to Kill Me? by orestto

orestto — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:09:23 +0000

That car thing is definitely uncool. I don't know about brands, but I'd go with a hybrid of some sort.

Comment on Who's Trying to Kill Me? by MasterAsylum

MasterAsylum — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:09:10 +0000

Wow, um... The car thing is a lil creepy. I'd go Audi, but I don't have a huge reason personally. Just have a thing for Audi.

Comment on Who's Trying to Kill Me? by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:38:59 +0000

Hahaha, sorry for wasting your time! I seriously have a problem with my entries being too long; I'm a blogging degen.

Comment on Who's Trying to Kill Me? by Ribbo

Ribbo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:56 +0000

This wall of text on your blog is trying to kill you! It just hit me ;-) You owe me a dollar for reading your bad beat story.

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by fslexcduck

fslexcduck — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:56:19 +0000

Really awesome post.

Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by WotaWaster

WotaWaster — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:31:41 +0000

First time I read your blog but just want to say I really enjoyed this post.

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AshThePro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:57:41 +0000

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Comment on 3b'ing in PLO by Entity

Entity — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:16:16 +0000

Sickeningly good post, John. This should be required reading for PLO players.

Comment on What Makes a Poker Player? by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:43:21 +0000

Not goin'. We decided not to go.. Fucked up my back all bad!

Comment on What Makes a Poker Player? by AshThePro

AshThePro — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:29:15 +0000

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AshThePro — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:05:46 +0000

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Comment on Europing, Girls, Emotions, Poker by rvtsteve

rvtsteve — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:30:52 +0000

Nice post John! Sometimes it takes rambling to get to the truth, or something. This: "At night you can stand on the beach and very clearly see the city lights on the coast of Africa, which makes you get that eerie feeling like.. Wowâ€¦ Iâ€™m so far away from home right now," this made me want to travel again more than anything I've read in long time, goose bumps. I agree with a ton of things you talk about in this post, though I haven't met too many Euro girls so I'll have to take your word on that, for now.;) I got the P90x like a year ago...*insert cricket noises here*...yep. I'm seriously intent on getting started on it though but I'll save that for my own blog. Thanks for the blog links and hope you had a blast. Hit me up when your ready to do some coaching. -steve

Comment on Europing, Girls, Emotions, Poker by KasinoKrime

KasinoKrime — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:53:08 +0000

2four, what's up man? I'm working on getting a more permanent blog atm, but this is all I've got right now. I'm kind of a blog fish, and haven't really figured out how to post pictures yet, but I'll definitely try to figure it out once I get the pics from my camera uploaded so you can check out some of the shit I've been doing. It's been pretty dope so far. Haha, about the topic of Euro girls > USA girls.. Ya man, I'm glad we can agree on something. I don't think we're the only ones either... Seems to be quite the trend from American dudes who meet girls over here... You kind of start to realize that American girls suck! I can definitely hook you up with some coaching, this fall. Send me a PM when you're ready and we can start working things out. I'll need to send you some resources and a questionairre to fill out before we get started. Dope! GL, JB

Comment on Europing, Girls, Emotions, Poker by 2fouroffsuit

2fouroffsuit — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:10:54 +0000

Sounds awesome. You got a more permanent blog that you can put some pics up on (or here works I guess)? I like posts, and have to agree with the European women comment. Keep up the updates and when you get home from your trip and are interested in taking on students hit me up. I am making myself take up PLO this fall. -2four

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