http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig Recent blog comments published at Brags. Beats. Battlestar Galactica. on deucescracked.com en-us Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by FlyingShark Obv rungood. Wheres the std variance? Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:04:58 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment112611 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment112611 FlyingShark Comment on First 200/400 HU session by pokeng Hello, what is Schweig personal blog? Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:01:20 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment111571 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment111571 pokeng Comment on First 200/400 HU session by SuitedSticks gj! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:54:50 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110561 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110561 SuitedSticks Comment on First 200/400 HU session by mitch *sadface* Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:13:46 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110551 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110551 mitch Comment on First 200/400 HU session by Schweig Yeah ended down $30k that time. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:26:15 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110541 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110541 Schweig Comment on First 200/400 HU session by HJD hopefully #2 picks up a bit. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:42:30 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110491 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110491 HJD Comment on First 200/400 HU session by KasinoKrime what a monster! nice work! Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:05:49 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110331 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110331 KasinoKrime Comment on First 200/400 HU session by Schweig This is true, though if FTP didn't go down I probably wouldn't have had to get good because of the many random guys from Egypt or Lebanon or red pros who just gave away money at 100/200 and up. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:41:24 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110321 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110321 Schweig Comment on First 200/400 HU session by TecmoSuperBowl I'll play you HU on Full Tilt. Oh...right. It's a good thing black friday happened or else you wouldn't be this good. You'd have spent too much time coaching me, getting frustrated with my lack of progress, and not getting better yourself. So yea. You owe all of this to Howard Lederer. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:32:47 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110311 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110311 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on First 200/400 HU session by Schweig I quit but I presume he'll play again, he's lost a lot more back in the day vs Hoss and people so prob not enough to phase him. There's no one I wouldn't play I don't think, at least none that I've played yet. It wasn't long ago though when the two people I wouldn't always play were capoch and oogee, because they were so high var, but my game improved a lot since playing them more. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:26:01 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110301 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110301 Schweig Comment on First 200/400 HU session by HJD Ok, so you're playing oogee at your highest stakes for first time, so i have to ask... Is there anyone you wouldnt play hu at a limit you are rolled for? (forgetting about friendship/relationships etc, just on skill) Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:51:46 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110271 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110271 HJD Comment on First 200/400 HU session by delcrossb I heard he gives action to anyone at any time. You going to keep going back for more or did he quit you? Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:38:51 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110261 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110261 delcrossb Comment on First 200/400 HU session by Schweig I was playing Oogee. Yeah, a 50BB swing is quite common, just wasn't making any hands yet but I knew as soon as that changed I would take him for a lot. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:28:31 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110251 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110251 Schweig Comment on First 200/400 HU session by Schweig 2-7 Triple Draw. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:28:17 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110241 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110241 Schweig Comment on First 200/400 HU session by inavacuum BULLDOZE! tarded question: What game is this? Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:26:56 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110231 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110231 inavacuum Comment on First 200/400 HU session by HJD If you are gonna consider quitting when stuck 50BB at HUTD, you really probably shouldnt have played in the 1st place imo :) Who did you play schweig? Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:38:16 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110221 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110221 HJD Comment on First 200/400 HU session by delcrossb Sick. When you were 500 hands in and 20k in the hole did you ever think about throwing in the towel? Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:26:11 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110211 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/82181-First-200-400-HU-session#comment110211 delcrossb Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by Schweig FPDB - Free Poker Database http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fpdb/index.php?title=Main_Page It's not bad. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:12:30 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment110001 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment110001 Schweig Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by pokengirl Hello Schweig! What software do you use to track your TD hands? Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:34:15 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109951 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109951 pokengirl Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by Ass Get to Jigglin that graph is ridiculous Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:33:12 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109911 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109911 Ass Get to Jigglin Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by TecmoSuperBowl I agree. I don't feel like equities differ enough that bypassing the opportunity to take down the pot pre in order to reduce risk is worth it. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:25:29 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109821 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109821 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by Schweig Yeah I meant early in terms of stack depth, because I see no reason to do it when limits are small, but there might be an argument for variance reduction later on, though I'm not even sure about that because you never take it down pre and allow weaker hands to come in OTB and in the SB and the BB to see a draw for free. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:04:02 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109811 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109811 Schweig Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by TecmoSuperBowl It was toward the end of day 2, but in early position if that is what you meant. It wasn't that aggro of a table even though it was me, him, Greg Raymer, Jason Mercier, and Galen Hall (huge TD fish btw). Mercier 3b a lot out of the blinds, but he ran good enough to jam anything pretty much :) Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:49:55 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109801 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109801 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by Schweig I'd rather fold. It's hard to really do much when you limp/call, draw 2 (or 3) to an obvious crap draw when you're OOP. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:44:08 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109791 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109791 Schweig Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by HJD against a field of aggro nl and limit players that will likely 3b all 2cds+ limping meh 2cds and 3cds is probably ok, no? i mean he's gonna play better than them post draw :) Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:42:10 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109781 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109781 HJD Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by Schweig Open limping? Was it early on? He must have figured people weren't good enough to exploit him doing so. I think it's a definitely leak though because I think in TD people will just attack weakness like that a lot, plus there is just so much value in taking down blinds. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:38:47 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109771 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109771 Schweig Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by TecmoSuperBowl Speaking of oogee, he was constantly limping in the WSOP TD event last year. Felt like a mistake to me. What are your thoughts on it? Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:23:47 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109761 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109761 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by B-rye88 :o Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:13:57 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109751 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109751 B-rye88 Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by Buby2132 My jaw dropped when i saw this. Good work man. :) Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:10:27 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109741 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109741 Buby2132 Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by HJD GJ bro, mbn to consistently beat oogee and capoch :) Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:06:18 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109731 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109731 HJD Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by TecmoSuperBowl Sounds like you've made enough to stake me in the WSOP TD event again ;) You should make the trip and come play it with me. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:37:19 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109711 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109711 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by Schweig 2-7 Triple Draw Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:44:27 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109671 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109671 Schweig Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by paguirre82 What's TD? :P Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:40:49 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109661 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109661 paguirre82 Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by KasinoKrime Sick stuff! Keep up the good work. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:15:16 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109601 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109601 KasinoKrime Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by snarble5 Nice work, congrats on your success. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:00:46 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109591 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109591 snarble5 Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by mitch Good job sicko. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:01:52 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109581 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109581 mitch Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by mitch Ok I'm going to stop hating on Ken blogs from now on. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:01:33 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109571 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109571 mitch Comment on Crushing (sick graph) by mitch Not even 200k? Weak. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:01:14 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109561 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/81921-Crushing-sick-graph-#comment109561 mitch Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by shuttle Nice blog post! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:23:22 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment108171 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment108171 shuttle Comment on Running like God by Schweig Do you mean to not shove to my check raise? In which case, yes, he does not really get value on any extra money going in so might as well save the last few hundred. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:35:16 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107741 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107741 Schweig Comment on Running like God by Acombfosho its pot limit ^ thus he bets just under pot, obviously he's calling it off as only 2 combos are beating him Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:47:19 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107731 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107731 Acombfosho Comment on Running like God by snarble5 Keep up the good work! Do you think it's standard for him not to jam quads there? Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:27:38 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107621 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107621 snarble5 Comment on Running like God by Buby2132 Can i please have some of your heater to get back to nl200? Please? :p Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:19:39 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107551 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107551 Buby2132 Comment on Running like God by Justice88 Nice. 200k month GOGOGO! Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:11:35 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107321 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80621-Running-like-God#comment107321 Justice88 Comment on Boomswitched (graph) by snarble5 Nice work sir. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:03:13 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106961 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106961 snarble5 Comment on Boomswitched (graph) by Schweig it's FPDB, I knew about it ages ago but only just bothered to download it. It's MUCH better than PH. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:25:21 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106881 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106881 Schweig Comment on Boomswitched (graph) by HJD BTW: what is that program you're using? is it better than PH? Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:24:20 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106871 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106871 HJD Comment on Boomswitched (graph) by danspeedy1 That is the most beautiful picture i have ever seen. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:41:48 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106821 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106821 danspeedy1 Comment on September + October by cheapskate8 I believe we are all capable of things we never imagined. I never thought I could make it this far, to play these stakes, to make the amount that I do, but I worked at it, and I got here. Don't ever settle for mediocrity, don't ever be content being less than your full potential. If you're trying to make it in the poker world, constantly strive for something greater than you have, constantly strive to be the best poker player you can be. Gold Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:14:15 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/79691-September-October#comment106811 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/79691-September-October#comment106811 cheapskate8 Comment on Boomswitched (graph) by HJD decent last 5k hands imo, GJ :) Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:47:11 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106771 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106771 HJD Comment on Boomswitched (graph) by Buby2132 Sick, just so so sick.... Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:19:46 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106741 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106741 Buby2132 Comment on Boomswitched (graph) by mitch Oh come on man you're smart enough to win $6/hand and can't post a picture properly wtf. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:23:44 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106731 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/80291-Boomswitched-graph-#comment106731 mitch Comment on September + October by mitch AND?!?!?!! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:50:37 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/79691-September-October#comment105981 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/79691-September-October#comment105981 mitch Comment on September + October by mitch and? Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:56:59 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/79691-September-October#comment105691 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/79691-September-October#comment105691 mitch Comment on A new passive approach by Schweig ^^ Yup yup. It's pretty interesting how wildly different play styles can be effective in this game, as so much is still unknown about both pre and post and there are a lot of exploitative lines to take. There are guys who play like the ones you describe, but also guys who play the complete opposite and are just aggro aggro aggro and win in non-showdown instead. Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:46:49 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99181 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99181 Schweig Comment on A new passive approach by KasinoKrime Also fwiw, I think #'s 2/4/5 are the most pertinent. There used to be a midstakes reg on FTP that drove me completely nuts. He played like a really smart fish, but mirrored the style you talk about here very closely. He played a ~35/7/3, but could hand read quite well, and had some very effective bet sizing strategies. As a result, he crushed the game over a huge sample, and I never played against anyone else that had his style. Ironically when I first started playing against him he was extremely aggro, but over time he developed into a much more passive player preflop, and smart/aggro post. Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:07:41 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99151 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99151 KasinoKrime Comment on A new passive approach by orestto Very cool, Schweigmeister. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:16:13 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99131 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99131 orestto Comment on A new passive approach by KasinoKrime Great stuff. Thanks for sharing Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:15:50 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99121 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99121 KasinoKrime Comment on A new passive approach by nephix Good post Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:20:18 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99091 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99091 nephix Comment on A new passive approach by DiggerTheDog Thank you Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:36:47 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99051 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment99051 DiggerTheDog Comment on A new passive approach by Acombfosho agree with point 9 + 10 especially Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:25:53 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment98961 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment98961 Acombfosho Comment on A new passive approach by Schweig I would say it's not a worthy concern at SSPLO considering most will just play their hand and not exploit you too much. They are also less aggressive and play more fit/fold postflop so you can c-bet a lot and they will turn their hand face up much more than the players at 2/4. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:06:35 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment98871 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment98871 Schweig Comment on A new passive approach by esporro Very good post, I find thinking about levels of aggression really interesting. Do you think to play this style you have to not c bet at times with hands you would want to get in to protect your "non c betting" range (and deception too i guess)? Do you think balancing like this is worthy of concern at SSPLO? Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:23:18 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment98851 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/76761-A-new-passive-approach#comment98851 esporro Comment on Where's the TD action coming from? by HJD oh ya, oops :) Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:42:14 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96971 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96971 HJD Comment on Where's the TD action coming from? by Schweig Misdeal? I could catch the 8s. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:33:09 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96931 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96931 Schweig Comment on Where's the TD action coming from? by HJD the only way that hand is more fun is when you make a steel #2 otr :) Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:32:30 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96921 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96921 HJD Comment on Where's the TD action coming from? by Schweig Yes. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:54:01 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96861 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96861 Schweig Comment on Where's the TD action coming from? by Acombfosho so in that hand if you discarded the 5:spade: and got a card higher than an 8 you lose the whole pot? Sorry if this is a dumb question. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:20:32 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96851 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/75531-Where-s-the-TD-action-coming-from-#comment96851 Acombfosho Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by HJD nice! Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:55:18 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment94351 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment94351 HJD Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by Schweig Wasn't for parts of it but had like a 10-12k upswing at the end. Think he was up a couple k at most on me by the end. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:31:12 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment94291 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment94291 Schweig Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by HJD saw you playing him again the other day, but it didnt look like it was going very well :( Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:30:22 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment94281 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment94281 HJD Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by HJD sounds kinda familiar unfortunately. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:45:31 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93911 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93911 HJD Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by Schweig Was about -135BB within a few hours. Was a pretty sick session, basically all my 87s weren't good. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:26:56 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93901 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93901 Schweig Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by HJD you must have ran really bad for it to be that steep! Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:24:13 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93891 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93891 HJD Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by Schweig capoch. The drop is one session at 100/200 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:46:58 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93861 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93861 Schweig Comment on July, Good lookin' TD graphs by HJD pretty sweet last few k hands, the ones before that werent great though, what happened there? Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:29:13 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93851 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73551-July-Good-lookin-TD-graphs#comment93851 HJD Comment on The Mental Game of Poker by KasinoKrime Bought it about a month ago. Best thing I have done for myself in a long time and best mental game of poker book out there by far imo (and it's not even close). Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:43:22 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73451-The-Mental-Game-of-Poker#comment93691 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73451-The-Mental-Game-of-Poker#comment93691 KasinoKrime Comment on Burnout, some HU TD action by Schweig One day, Tecmo...one day... gendeLic, that's why I said "sorta." I still might not even if I was well-rolled. Also my assumption is that he I could beat him if I played my A-game. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:26:19 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73201-Burnout-some-HU-TD-action#comment93281 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73201-Burnout-some-HU-TD-action#comment93281 Schweig Comment on Burnout, some HU TD action by TecmoSuperBowl I hate reading your blog. It reminds me that other people are still allowed to play TD. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:59:24 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73201-Burnout-some-HU-TD-action#comment93231 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73201-Burnout-some-HU-TD-action#comment93231 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Burnout, some HU TD action by gendeLic nice post again, I agree on so many levels, but I'm not sure if you really want to play isildur ^^(since you stated "that you don't have to play everybody" some posts ago. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:01:05 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73201-Burnout-some-HU-TD-action#comment93121 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/73201-Burnout-some-HU-TD-action#comment93121 gendeLic Comment on Donating half of a day's winnings to charity by HJD if i play and lose, do i get to take money out of the charity? Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:09:47 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72501-Donating-half-of-a-day-s-winnings-to-charity#comment91991 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72501-Donating-half-of-a-day-s-winnings-to-charity#comment91991 HJD Comment on Donating half of a day's winnings to charity by Schweig ;) Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:21:43 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72501-Donating-half-of-a-day-s-winnings-to-charity#comment91971 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72501-Donating-half-of-a-day-s-winnings-to-charity#comment91971 Schweig Comment on Donating half of a day's winnings to charity by mitch Be honest, you're doin it for the chicks. Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:42:01 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72501-Donating-half-of-a-day-s-winnings-to-charity#comment91951 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72501-Donating-half-of-a-day-s-winnings-to-charity#comment91951 mitch Comment on More run good, thoughts on deep HU by Schweig Yeah you definitely need to play with no fear and be able to stack off lightly fairly often. It being a "game of the nuts" where you actually the nuts so rarely, it can be pretty scary to anyone new to it. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:21:03 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91501 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91501 Schweig Comment on More run good, thoughts on deep HU by Buby2132 PLO scares me massively. I think if i was ever to take a shot at it, id look for a stake. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:17:52 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91481 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91481 Buby2132 Comment on HU PLO heater commencing, epiphany moments by Schweig Cheers guys. If anyone has any ideas for something to write about for upcoming blogs, HU PLO related, let me know. Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:20:30 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91301 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91301 Schweig Comment on More run good, thoughts on deep HU by Schweig Yeah getting a deep 6max table down to HU is pretty cool as they usually have close to 0 experience compared to the guys sitting at HU. However, they tend to play very nitty and straightforward, which is probably not that big of a mistake deep, and it makes the match a dull grind sometimes. Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:19:08 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91291 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91291 Schweig Comment on More run good, thoughts on deep HU by orestto Got 500bb deep at heads-up a couple of days ago on two tables and started feeling pretty uncomfortable. It's just another game, no one has much experience, especially now that FTP is out and PS doesn't have deep hu plo tables. Maybe starting some deep ante PLO 6max tables. Peace! Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:31:40 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91191 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/72121-More-run-good-thoughts-on-deep-HU#comment91191 orestto Comment on HU PLO heater commencing, epiphany moments by KasinoKrime great stuff, thanks for sharing! Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:33:17 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91091 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91091 KasinoKrime Comment on HU PLO heater commencing, epiphany moments by diab0lic Pure gold as always Shcweig. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:45:33 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91071 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91071 diab0lic Comment on HU PLO heater commencing, epiphany moments by slycebu Very thought provoking and well written! Any chance you'd consider doing a vid on the topic? I'd download it in a heartbeat. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:30:34 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91051 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment91051 slycebu Comment on HU PLO heater commencing, epiphany moments by Kulk Very nice post! Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:33:51 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment90891 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71951-HU-PLO-heater-commencing-epiphany-moments#comment90891 Kulk Comment on Picking up the pace by Schweig I used to think that but I'm not sure it's actually that true. There are a ton of guys who just bumhunt TD and do very well at it and the random fish who come don't really care; they just want to play some TD. Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:52:45 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71791-Picking-up-the-pace#comment90801 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71791-Picking-up-the-pace#comment90801 Schweig Comment on Picking up the pace by HJD im like you in regards to playing basically anyone hu. it may not be the best idea, but i do feel like i get some more action from fish than the bumhunters for it. its probably easier to be a bumhunter at plo, but in TD i think it gets noticed really quickly, what do you think of that? Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:31:56 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71791-Picking-up-the-pace#comment90781 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71791-Picking-up-the-pace#comment90781 HJD Comment on Been doing sweet f all by Rotkohl Be proud about it :) and rest assure.. You'll get back to poker all of the sudden. It's only a matter of time before you'll play more, than you do now. All poker players - including myself - reach a point where other things will tend to be more interesting than the game we once loved playing 24/7, but trust me, it's only a matter of time. You're a winning player, and you'll be back on track in no time ;) good luck in the future mate :) Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:39:27 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90611 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90611 Rotkohl Comment on Been doing sweet f all by Rotkohl The only way to get rid of that feeling you've got: "I actually don't need more money, and that must be the reason why i'm not in the mood for playing poker", is to simply accept the fact that you DO NOT need anymore money! :) you've reached a point in your poker career, where you can sit back for a very long time, without having to think about earning more $. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:32:48 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90601 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90601 Rotkohl Comment on Been doing sweet f all by mitch You could take the ex-poker player niche in the UFC. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:04:53 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90561 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90561 mitch Comment on Been doing sweet f all by mitch become an MMA fighter! Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:04:07 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90551 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/71641-Been-doing-sweet-f-all#comment90551 mitch Comment on Some more 1/200 by orestto Hi. Thu, 26 May 2011 05:27:57 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84861 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84861 orestto Comment on Some more 1/200 by liquid_quik In lhe the high stakes guys just write the sb... So he would say he is playing 100 Wed, 25 May 2011 17:41:32 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84761 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84761 liquid_quik Comment on Some more 1/200 by mitch The small bet is actually $1. Stars has a weird structure. Tue, 24 May 2011 08:20:58 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84601 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84601 mitch Comment on Some more 1/200 by rubbishaka80 I love how you can't be bothered to write out 100/200. Tue, 24 May 2011 05:39:26 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84591 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/68281-Some-more-1-200#comment84591 rubbishaka80 Comment on March 2011 Review by esporro "I want to stress again how important it is to study this game off the table, constantly improving your game. It's shocking the amount of people out there grinding away at small winrates when all they need to do is spend time reassessing their own game. If you have a very good understanding of the game, it then becomes much easier not to tilt." An 'Aha' for me. Thanks for sharing. Thu, 19 May 2011 01:37:53 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment83981 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment83981 esporro Comment on $27k losing session by Schweig Yeah I went through a very similar thing HJD first time I played 10/20 and 15/30. Fortunately I was coming off a few big tourney wins so losing a few k didn't destroy my BR but was still pretty bad. A thing to note is how different those games can play compared to 5/10 as well. I was comfortable winning at 5/10 but in the aggressive games of 10/20 and 15/30 I felt out of my depth a lot and ended up adjusting badly and playing worse. Tue, 17 May 2011 03:32:02 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83571 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83571 Schweig Comment on $27k losing session by mitch Also, I'm jealous (as if you couldn't tell). Fri, 13 May 2011 14:02:07 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83131 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83131 mitch Comment on $27k losing session by mitch Imagine if you won 27k instead. You'd be up 54k more than you are now! Fri, 13 May 2011 14:01:34 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83121 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83121 mitch Comment on $27k losing session by HJD RE: everything about taking shots. i can actually relate perfectly to everything you said. back in March i was feeling great, doing really well at up to 5/10TD: , so took a few shots at 10/20 when i had a little over a $5k roll. obviously ran really well and had about 7.3k online, when some good 15/30 games were running. obviously then i started running bad, and went on a 6k downswing. unfortunately i wasnt able to quit early enough, and played 10/20 with 4k, then 2.8k, then was losing at 5/10 and 3/6 until i had ~1k left online. thats when i stopped playing for a few weeks. anyway, i've kind of seen myself in alot of your posts, and hopefully i can learn to quit like you, and hopefully il be playing 100/200 with you soon :) Thu, 12 May 2011 20:56:35 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83021 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83021 HJD Comment on $27k losing session by KasinoKrime "Overall I generally think shots can be a good idea but you need some limitations. They are good for testing yourself, and to make your way up. However, there's a lot to be said for keeping all forms of variance low and consistent and moving up and down constantly not only changes the variance, it really screws with your perception of the stakes you usually play, and the swings you get into. I think to take shots, you need to be really disciplined in stop losses and in being able to move back down, otherwise it may open up a whole new can of worms." Good stuff, I definitely know what you mean. A shot-gone-bad can destroy your motivation for moving back down and grinding, because the old level you play at now seems like play money, which makes it hard to take seriously. Thu, 12 May 2011 19:20:04 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83011 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67331--27k-losing-session#comment83011 KasinoKrime Comment on Oxford Cup (live pokers) by HJD Ya congrats on pro status, and having an official DC video. I hope to see lots of TD advice from you lol :) Wed, 11 May 2011 22:06:30 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67061-Oxford-Cup-live-pokers-#comment82841 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67061-Oxford-Cup-live-pokers-#comment82841 HJD Comment on Oxford Cup (live pokers) by mitch Congrats on going Pro (according to DC)! Wed, 11 May 2011 09:55:19 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67061-Oxford-Cup-live-pokers-#comment82751 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/67061-Oxford-Cup-live-pokers-#comment82751 mitch Comment on Opening 100% BTNs in TD by Slowjoe Between Lowballgurus being taken down, and people asking you not to post strategy, I've got to wonder how much "secret info" there is in the TD world. Especially since there is only one chapter of one book on the game. Sat, 07 May 2011 15:03:48 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/66361-Opening-100-BTNs-in-TD#comment82401 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/66361-Opening-100-BTNs-in-TD#comment82401 Slowjoe Comment on TD = hot, PLO = not by mitch Well at least you have a good way to fund the PLO habit. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:53:28 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/66051-TD-hot-PLO-not#comment80731 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/66051-TD-hot-PLO-not#comment80731 mitch Comment on 100/200 HU TD by orestto Mitch, are you talking about prostitutes again? Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:39:14 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64281-100-200-HU-TD#comment80691 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64281-100-200-HU-TD#comment80691 orestto Comment on Two years ago by mitch What changed? Seems like I'm in the same boat imo. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:10:21 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64331-Two-years-ago#comment77461 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64331-Two-years-ago#comment77461 mitch Comment on 100/200 HU TD by mitch somewhere* dammit Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:29:56 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64281-100-200-HU-TD#comment77421 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64281-100-200-HU-TD#comment77421 mitch Comment on 100/200 HU TD by mitch You know you're getting someone when you start talking about money in $500 increments. Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:25:54 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64281-100-200-HU-TD#comment77411 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/64281-100-200-HU-TD#comment77411 mitch Comment on Louis Theroux's America's Most Hated Family in Crisis by Ms.Bungle Yeah, that linked me to it. Ended up watching a bunch of his documentaries. Good stuff. Thanks! :) Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:29:56 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63781-Louis-Theroux-s-America-s-Most-Hated-Family-in-Crisis#comment76751 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63781-Louis-Theroux-s-America-s-Most-Hated-Family-in-Crisis#comment76751 Ms.Bungle Comment on Regaining confidence at 30/60 TD, HU Mixed, and more by TecmoSuperBowl Doing another video review for me for your ML vid would give away even less since it would be at 1/2 to 3/6. Just sayin.... :) Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:28:34 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76691 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76691 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Regaining confidence at 30/60 TD, HU Mixed, and more by Schweig Or get paid a ton*; for the videos and the coaching you get from the reputation. Or if you are a small winner in the game I guess. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:20:43 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76681 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76681 Schweig Comment on Regaining confidence at 30/60 TD, HU Mixed, and more by Schweig Probably not unless you withhold a lot/level a lot in them or paid a ton. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:19:54 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76671 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76671 Schweig Comment on Regaining confidence at 30/60 TD, HU Mixed, and more by dayoldhater I wonder if it is even +ev to make videos for training sites once you get to mid-stakes or higher. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:18:48 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76661 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63871-Regaining-confidence-at-30-60-TD-HU-Mixed-and-more#comment76661 dayoldhater Comment on Louis Theroux's America's Most Hated Family in Crisis by Schweig Is that because I mentioned it on Skype though? Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:16:15 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63781-Louis-Theroux-s-America-s-Most-Hated-Family-in-Crisis#comment76521 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63781-Louis-Theroux-s-America-s-Most-Hated-Family-in-Crisis#comment76521 Schweig Comment on Louis Theroux's America's Most Hated Family in Crisis by Ms.Bungle Wierd. I just got enthralled by the first(?) one last night! Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:15:35 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63781-Louis-Theroux-s-America-s-Most-Hated-Family-in-Crisis#comment76511 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63781-Louis-Theroux-s-America-s-Most-Hated-Family-in-Crisis#comment76511 Ms.Bungle Comment on March 2011 Review by Schweig Yeah I'm thinking that also. A purely live play vid will be restricted to the spots that come up in a sense, but I can talk about TD more generally if I choose the topics. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:08:36 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75801 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75801 Schweig Comment on March 2011 Review by dayoldhater Power point imo. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:43:44 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75791 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75791 dayoldhater Comment on March 2011 Review by Schweig $1/$2 6-max mostly, with a lot of deep antes involved. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:35:13 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75771 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75771 Schweig Comment on March 2011 Review by nyehehe nice one, keep on doing like that. at which level do you play plo? Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:06:17 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75731 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75731 nyehehe Comment on March 2011 Review by Schweig I was supposed to do one for Minor League but I still haven't got around to starting it. I wasn't sure whether to do a live play, a power point presentation, or video review of someone else. It might be a mixture of the first two. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:39:57 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75681 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75681 Schweig Comment on March 2011 Review by Justice88 Any more TD vids in the pipes? Loved the first couple. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:36:59 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75671 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/63191-March-2011-Review#comment75671 Justice88 Comment on Can't be stopped by Schweig Your original comment was correct; your latest comment is all correct too and but factors in situations where you will get called by better (I originally made my situation simpler by assuming he just value raises all his better hands.) Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:07:12 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74801 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74801 Schweig Comment on Can't be stopped by Slowjoe Schweig and I spoke elsewhere, and that comment from above is clearly wrong. If we assume that the action is on the river, where villain checks to hero, hero has the option of checking down, so the EV should be the difference between checking down and betting. So let's rerun the math: Let x = p(call) Let y = p(value raise) => p(raise) = 1.5y Since we're value betting, we win more than 50% Let w = p(win when called) - 0.5 => EV(check) = pot x p(win when called) => EV(check) = 1 x (0.5 + w) = 0.5 + w EV(called bet) = gain x p(win when called) - loss x p(lose when called) => EV(called bet) = 2 x (0.5 + w) - 1 x (0.5 - w) => EV(called bet) = 1 + 2w - 0.5 + w => EV(called bet) = 0.5 + 3w Gain from betting when called = EV(called bet) - EV(check) = 0.5 + 3w - (0.5 + w) = 2w That's consistent with a thin value bet...it's thin. When Villain raises, hero loses 1 pot. In addition, since 0.5y are bluffs, he loses an additional 0.5y compared to checking. => EV(bet-fold) = -1 * 1.5y -0.5y = -2y To make a profit from betting, the sum of these numbers must be positive. => 2w * x - 2y >= 0 => x/y >= 1/w To put that in context, if your thin value bet has a 10% edge (w = 5%), then villain needs to be flat-calling 20 times as often as he can raise for value with the nuts. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:23:06 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74791 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74791 Slowjoe Comment on Can't be stopped by Schweig Actually was doing the maths wrong. 1.5 is correct. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:00:05 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74761 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74761 Schweig Comment on Can't be stopped by Schweig Not really sure what those numbers mean, but I'm suspecting that you are misunderstanding the situation or I didn't explain it correctly. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:14:42 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74721 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74721 Schweig Comment on Can't be stopped by Slowjoe Let x = p(call) Let y = p(value raise) => p(raise) = 1.5 y Ev(call) >= 1 Ev(raise) = -1 => x * 1 - 1.5y * 1 >= 0 => x/y >= 1.5 Which is wot Slide sed. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:43:10 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74701 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment74701 Slowjoe Comment on Bumhunters by Schweig By dumping do you mean purposefully losing? In which case you probably spend more doing that than you gain in terms of action. If you mean chip dumping to someone, it probably isn't worth the effort or risk of getting punished. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:31:15 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/13341-Bumhunters#comment74651 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/13341-Bumhunters#comment74651 Schweig Comment on Bumhunters by Slowjoe This is probably a silly question, but have you ever considered "Biasing" your HU PTR graphs by specifically dumping enough to make you look like a break-even/slightly losing player? Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:30:15 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/13341-Bumhunters#comment74591 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/13341-Bumhunters#comment74591 Slowjoe Comment on Quiet period, some PLO thoughts by orestto Lol at the video, btw. Cool friends. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:30:38 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73641 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73641 orestto Comment on Quiet period, some PLO thoughts by orestto Bad Kings do kind of suck, especially because you can't really 4bet them without impunity like bad Aces. I'm fine with folding Kings pre in EP if you're getting 3bet a lot but not enough to get it in pre (which is often the case). It shouldn't be that bad to fold rainbow AAxx, although I wouldn't at 100bbs. Altogether they are about 0.35% of hands, or 15% of AA hands, but I'm sure you can still play some double-paired rainbow AA and some connected ones like AATTr or AAJTr type hands so it's even less than that. These hands and others are still good enough to play IMO, especially at around 100bbs because you can 4bet them easily. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:28:40 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73621 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73621 orestto Comment on Quiet period, some PLO thoughts by Schweig I stand by my rainbow AAxx statement. The amount of decent postflop situations you actually get into with that hand are incredibly low, in terms of how often you get it in good, how often you get to value bet and how often you get to barrel, which I think are three most important things when considering entering pre; they are what will really add to the profitably of any hand. The problem of this hand is purely an equity distribution problem, which can be summed up by the fact that you are very often making a bare overpair postflop, which is an incredibly bad hand to have due to visibility (the visibility is fairly similar to that of a mid-pocket pair in NL; the times you are unimproved but still in decent shape it's really tough to know, and it can be tough to go to the river when only 2 outs improve you), and also the hands it makes on future streets - when you're barrelling you often have 1-2 outs to make a nutted hand that can value bet on later streets, and it's so much better to barrel with polarised equity distributions that can make the near nuts on the river so we can get those bets in good more often. This hand often starts off as a bare overpair and often ends as a bare overpair, which is what can be classed as "middle-heavy" equity and is generally very bad in big bet games, but especially when you're OOP because you are handcuffed to checking the turn/river way more. Sure, there are a bunch of best case scenarios when you flop top set, like set over setting someone, top boat vs trips, but these are actually really infrequent. You may be 11% to flop top set, but it's important to remember that flopping top set doesn't automatically win or even necessarily lead to that profitable postflop situations all the time. There will still be a lot of wet boards, a lot of two tone ones, that people will be peeling a lot and you will have to face a lot of board-changing turn situations OOP with SPRs around 2 (it certainly doesn't help that people usually play cautiously on Axx boards vs an UTG raiser, leading to us seeing future streets more often than getting it in OTF). Anyway, my point is that a big chunk of these top set flops don't actually lead to all your future bets going in as a clear favourite, especially when you are OOP, and I think people tend to overestimate the amount of really profitable postflop situations with big pair hands) Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:48:52 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73571 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73571 Schweig Comment on Quiet period, some PLO thoughts by n0whereman Not sure if I agree with folding the AAxx hands, but I def agree with the vast majority of this post, particularly "deloading" with poker and playing tighter in general. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:18:27 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73551 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/61671-Quiet-period-some-PLO-thoughts#comment73551 n0whereman Comment on Movin' on up - 30/60 by Easy Squeezy It's amazing how much having either a few winning days or a few losing days will affect your confidence one way or the other. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:06:56 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/60631-Movin-on-up-30-60#comment72611 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/60631-Movin-on-up-30-60#comment72611 Easy Squeezy Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by Schweig Watch Triple the Gold. Pretty much try to play pretty tight-straightforward especially OOP. You can never lose too much money make some tight folds OOP but you can lose a lot with loose calls. Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:18:33 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment72271 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment72271 Schweig Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by eminemead wow...impressive, would love to hear more of your thoughts about 2-7 TD...any suggestions for people just starting out playing it? Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:10:59 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment71931 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment71931 eminemead Comment on January Review, TD Card Removal, TD Video by Schweig Can't really bet unimproved there without knowing anything about the guy in position's range yet. We will be losing too much when he makes a hand to warrant it. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:06:21 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment71041 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment71041 Schweig Comment on January Review, TD Card Removal, TD Video by Teahupoo Yeah, that concept I understand. I'm just wondering why we chose to not bet again on the turn when we still had a one card smooth 8 draw, and wanted him to bet for us instead. Sorry, TD noob here. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:05:32 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment71031 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment71031 Teahupoo Comment on January Review, TD Card Removal, TD Video by Schweig He should bet to charge the people in the pot drawing 2, sometimes getting them to fold their equity in the pot. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:43:01 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment71021 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment71021 Schweig Comment on January Review, TD Card Removal, TD Video by Teahupoo Great video, thanks for posting. 31st minute on the left table: you have 88342 and decide to check and let the button bet. When he doesn’t bet you say it’s annoying. Why do we want him to bet here exactly? Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:42:16 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment70931 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment70931 Teahupoo Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by HypoxiaDC Very impressive results, and long may it continue. Good Luck. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:59:36 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70571 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70571 HypoxiaDC Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by Schweig Learned it 1-2 years ago but I took a long hiatus and got back into it when FTP introduced it. I don't play any NL no, I don't think it's that interesting of a game because it's too costly to draw in that game. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:24:17 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70411 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70411 Schweig Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by Justice88 How long have you been playing 2-7TD? I've been dabbling the last couple months on FTP and the games are laughable at lower levels even with my very limited knowledge. Do you play any 2-7TD NL HU? Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:21:55 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70401 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70401 Justice88 Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by Schweig Nah, though probably will charge the next guy a mirrion. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:48:28 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70171 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70171 Schweig Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by TecmoSuperBowl Does this mean you are going to charge me more for our next session? :) Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:43:55 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70161 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70161 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by OneLastRoll obv should have titled it "Whole new ballagame" Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:53:10 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70071 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70071 OneLastRoll Comment on February - Whole new ballgame guys by orestto Wooo! Congrats dude, keep up the great work. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:50:53 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70061 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58911-February-Whole-new-ballgame-guys#comment70061 orestto Comment on This week in Triple Draw by TecmoSuperBowl Sick comeback! Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:24:38 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58691-This-week-in-Triple-Draw#comment69931 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58691-This-week-in-Triple-Draw#comment69931 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on This week in Triple Draw by OneLastRoll MBN Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:23:06 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58691-This-week-in-Triple-Draw#comment69921 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/58691-This-week-in-Triple-Draw#comment69921 OneLastRoll Comment on Minor League, Requesting TD videos by Schweig Gonna get around to looking at some of these. Thanks for the offer Slide, but it'll be much less hassle if I just record on my own. Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:23:18 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment69891 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment69891 Schweig Comment on Minor League, Requesting TD videos by Ms.Bungle This "minor league" series is shaping up awesome so far! :) Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:45:00 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68711 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68711 Ms.Bungle Comment on Minor League, Requesting TD videos by OneLastRoll Got to have faith Ken. Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:00:29 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68581 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68581 OneLastRoll Comment on Minor League, Requesting TD videos by orestto Minor League, Wooo! Look forward to it, sir. Here's one from last week, maybe there's an interesting hand you could pull out from there, wouldn't mind sending you the raw HH if need be. http://membervideos.deucescracked.com/orestto/11142/16%20feb%202011%2027TD%203-6.mp4 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:27:17 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68551 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68551 orestto Comment on Minor League, Requesting TD videos by TecmoSuperBowl If you need another, just let me know :) Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:46:16 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68541 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68541 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Minor League, Requesting TD videos by SIide Here's a 2 tabling 2-4 video I recorded a couple months ago. http://membervideos.deucescracked.com/SIide/9552/SIideTD211210.mp4 If you want, I could also be available to discuss my play during your review. If your having trouble with the link let me know. Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:56:58 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68531 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57821-Minor-League-Requesting-TD-videos#comment68531 SIide Comment on Can't be stopped by Schweig Just realised I described it as a "pot sized bet of 4" when I meant stack to pot ratio of 4. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:08:32 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment68341 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment68341 Schweig Comment on Can't be stopped by SIide Regarding the math question, I've thought about this for a bit in my mind without doing any proofs on paper or anything and came to the conclusion you need slightly more the 1.5:1 calling:value raise to break even. This works out to 1.5:1.5 or 1:1 once you add in the bluffs to his value raise range. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:00:33 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment68331 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57031-Can-t-be-stopped#comment68331 SIide Comment on Triple Draw turnaround by TecmoSuperBowl I use Free Poker Database to track my TD hands. Works pretty well. It even has a HUD, but I haven't used that yet. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:27:43 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57421-Triple-Draw-turnaround#comment68181 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57421-Triple-Draw-turnaround#comment68181 TecmoSuperBowl Comment on Triple Draw turnaround by Schweig Pokerhands. It can be found in the 2+2 software forum. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:26:10 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57421-Triple-Draw-turnaround#comment67951 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57421-Triple-Draw-turnaround#comment67951 Schweig Comment on Triple Draw turnaround by SIide What software are you using to track these results? Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:26:58 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57421-Triple-Draw-turnaround#comment67921 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57421-Triple-Draw-turnaround#comment67921 SIide Comment on Return to HU PLO by Easy Squeezy Mark Liu would be proud Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:43:42 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57071-Return-to-HU-PLO#comment67571 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57071-Return-to-HU-PLO#comment67571 Easy Squeezy Comment on Return to HU PLO by Saydon congrats on the day. also would be nice to see another video from you. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:12:57 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57071-Return-to-HU-PLO#comment67541 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/57071-Return-to-HU-PLO#comment67541 Saydon Comment on January Review, TD Card Removal, TD Video by Easy Squeezy Much easier on the eyes this time. I think you did a good job of explaining many spots especially betting/calling thin on the river. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:06:30 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment64111 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/55181-January-Review-TD-Card-Removal-TD-Video#comment64111 Easy Squeezy Comment on Triple Draw by orestto And you can take that to the bank! Amarite? Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:09:05 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54131-Triple-Draw#comment63911 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54131-Triple-Draw#comment63911 orestto Comment on Triple Draw Video by Easy Squeezy great vid Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:10:28 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/47651-Triple-Draw-Video#comment63031 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/47651-Triple-Draw-Video#comment63031 Easy Squeezy Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by HypoxiaDC I stand corrected. Thank you for doing the maths here. H Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:21:53 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62971 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62971 HypoxiaDC Comment on A deep PLO Hand with "the nuts" by Schweig Agree it's not a good multi-way hand. 3-betting is pretty spew though in the games I play because no one folds pre-flop for one bet, so you're just building a bigger multi-way pot where your position is more devalued and folding a piece of the flop is more of a mistake. Fold > call > 3-bet. Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:53:34 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54141-A-deep-PLO-Hand-with-the-nuts-#comment62931 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54141-A-deep-PLO-Hand-with-the-nuts-#comment62931 Schweig Comment on A deep PLO Hand with "the nuts" by Bonito I like a call here. If we call and it goes, BB raise, CO, re-raises I think we have to fold the nuts here. Getting it in on this flop is really not good this deep. Fold or 3b pre though this deep. This is not a good multi way hand we want to be HU with this hand. Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:48:57 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54141-A-deep-PLO-Hand-with-the-nuts-#comment62921 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54141-A-deep-PLO-Hand-with-the-nuts-#comment62921 Bonito Comment on A deep PLO Hand with "the nuts" by Enso Cliffs: Don't have great equity vs a getting it in range, don't want to play a turn with a 1-2 SPR, only option is calling. Nice analysis Ken! Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:35:38 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54141-A-deep-PLO-Hand-with-the-nuts-#comment62881 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/54141-A-deep-PLO-Hand-with-the-nuts-#comment62881 Enso Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by Schweig Yep, came up with the exact same numbers. Good job guys. Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:51:52 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62701 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62701 Schweig Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by esporro wow just did some maths, came up with same as schweigs calcs, I guess it pays to do the maths rather than just assume the play where we get it in for +EV is best each time. a) call $4.7 EV b) check behind $15.5 EV vs shoving $4.7 (assuming he folds Q,J,T turns and shoves all others) c) shoving $4.7 vs calling $1.8 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:30:26 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62691 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62691 esporro Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by Omahahaha Having thought about this a bit more I think Schweig is right about B. Given that roughly 14% of the time we win $100 (if we hit we win $100, AK will not bet or call drawing dead), so EV about $14 (assuming AK bets on turn and we have to fold) Unless AK does not bet or bets less than pot odds needed to draw to FH we are not putting any more money in the pot. If we shove, we would only be winning about 34%, so about $103 for our $100 bet, so EV about $3, assuming since the cards are face up that there is no Fold Equity. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:38:43 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62401 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62401 Omahahaha Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by Schweig My calculations said that checking behind in situation B is better, even though we never get to see a river. In fact, I made it out to be around a $14-15 bet being the break even point between shoving and checking/flatting. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:17:55 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62211 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62211 Schweig Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by HypoxiaDC In this scenario we ought to consider the set as a drawing hand. The value of our draw is crudely doubled with 2 streets to go, as opposed to 1. I believe we get it all in on the flop in a, b & c because of the following reasons:- a) simple pot odds b) the turn card is going to ruin our ev. When we x flop and miss turn, we must fold every time he shoves, which we can reasonably estimate to be nearly always imo. When we hit the turn, the opposite holds true, and villain can make an easy fold. Because there are more turns that favour the villain he takes the pot down more freq. c) as stated by omahahaha H Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:53:08 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62181 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62181 HypoxiaDC Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by esporro Assuming hes going to play perfectly. It is just as you say. There is a good example of the maths behind it in the book mathematics of poker which i've recently read over. B and C are interesting, when you get to the turn and there is that amount of money behind. The AK is in a really good spot being able to shove when you miss your boat and quads outs. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:53:07 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62161 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62161 esporro Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by Schweig I believe your answer B is incorrect, but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise in case I screwed up the maths. Your answer to C), which was the part I was interested in, is correct. The test was to illustrate that despite being an underdog the correct play is to shovel the money in (which is somewhat counter-intuitive) due to turn equity distributions, which is something that many people fail to take into account when dealing with multiple streets remaining. In fact, a lot of people will intuitively answer "call" because we are getting the correct odds to fill up. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:40:46 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62151 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62151 Schweig Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by Omahahaha If you just want sklansky bucks: A) Call, very very slightly +EV (since if an A or a K falls on the turn, we have 1 less out to a win due to card removal as we can see his hand, but 3 outs to a tie.) B) Shove, very very slightly +EV, also he could make a mistake/mis-click and fold. C) Shove, since if we call we wont be getting correct odds on the turn to call the $80 into $140 if he bets AI. We are getting better odds than in B due to more money in the pot when the action gets to us. Also, he wont bet or call drawing dead on the turn (or river) when we hit. In fact there cant really be any river action as hands are face up. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:25:48 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62131 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62131 Omahahaha Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by Schweig Thanks for your answer. Although I should have said that we're only looking at straight EV to not overcomplicate things. A and B are warmup questions, with C being the one I'm most concerned about. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:00:10 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62101 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62101 Schweig Comment on Theoretical Poker Scenario by Bonito We have just over 34% equity and are getting 2:1 if he shoves. So from a straight equity calculation its a call if he shoves. So I have to ask. What is our long term EV against this player? What is the likelyhood that he leaves after scooping a big pot? What are the chances he rebuys and tilts off more after he gets "sucked out on?" When the equity runs this close there should be other questions that can sway your decision one way or the other. B&C can be answered by someone else. I just wanted the easy one. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:58:04 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62091 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/53371-Theoretical-Poker-Scenario#comment62091 Bonito Comment on Haven't been playing much poker... by orestto Oh, hi Mark. Haha, love the vid! Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:40:51 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52681-Haven-t-been-playing-much-poker-#comment61111 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52681-Haven-t-been-playing-much-poker-#comment61111 orestto Comment on Bluffing after you've shown a bluff by Schweig Also applies a lot more to HU than 6-max because the concepts of game-flow, metagame, dominance, momentum etc. are way more important when both players are involved every hand; it's really big to have your opponent feel like he's out of control versus you. In 6-max you may end up taking too long to get the spot that you were hoping to happen versus the same opponent, in which he gets time to cool off. In HU you're both straight back in there the next hand, and egos have a much bigger effect. Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:06:41 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60431 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60431 Schweig Comment on Bluffing after you've shown a bluff by Schweig It depends a lot on the game I guess. When I wrote this post I had HU PLO specifically in mind, though forgot to mention at any point. It's really profitable to get opponents to open up in that game because they make huge mistakes with their stack when the pot grows exponentially. In limit there's very little reason to show a bluff because no one's suddenly going to lose more than 1 bet to you in the future. Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:01:55 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60421 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60421 Schweig Comment on Bluffing after you've shown a bluff by SIide I actually think being able to continuously bluff a player who thinks "you are straight forward and never bluff" is much more valuable then having an image of a bluffer. So I generally lean on the side of never showing a bluff in this situation. Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:59:21 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60411 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60411 SIide Comment on Bluffing after you've shown a bluff by Enso Agreed with everything you said. I think it's super valuable to be looked up bluffing in limit games (ie snowing in 27TD) due to the awesome pot odds they'll be getting on later streets. I also think the key type of opponents you want to do the bluff then bluff on are skilled, level headed opponents that can think well and have a non-spewy image of you (but they think they're slightly better than you). You basically want an opponent that has a "you're straightforward and I won't fall for your trick" kind of mentality. You see decent video makers making somewhat tight folds after bluffs all the time reasoning "he just got caught so he probably won't do it again straight afterwards". Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:20:56 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60341 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/52231-Bluffing-after-you-ve-shown-a-bluff#comment60341 Enso Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Teahupoo Nice, thanks. So I guess, in a way, the last guy was playing better than most against you when OOP as he was folding the flop so much if he didn't fold pre. He obviously folded buttons way too much, but the take home point is it's never really a massive mistake to be too tight OOP against a tough player. Those must usually make for a more frustrating grind-them-down type match instead of a maniac or station. Going to check the other vid today. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:44:50 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59921 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59921 Teahupoo Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Schweig That should read, "fold a lot more early when the pot is small." Reverse implied odds are killer in this game, and because the pot builds exponentially, a bad call or fold later on in the hand is much more costly than a bad fold early on. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:52:59 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59771 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59771 Schweig Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Schweig It's not that common no that they adjust well no. To adjust, you really have to change the whole way you play your entire range on several streets. Firstly, you have to overall be trickier, playing strong hands in certain ways, bluffing more, to put the pressure back on your opponent so that he doesn't have an easy time owning you. However, taking a line like check call twice with the nuts is very hard to do in this game OOP, because of how much the board change, and most players will rarely do that on certain boards. Probably the best adjustment you can make versus a player who is playing very aggressively in position is simply to fold a lot more, which people hate doing HU. They hate folding any piece of the board even though it's very hard to play OOP on later streets. They get themselves into spots where they will later make a huge mistake on the river. I mean it's impossible to be one check calling down with weak hands, guessing whether your opponent is bluff heavy or not at any stage. Usually, they do the opposite and me being so aggressive encourages them to peel wider, which usually turns into big mistakes because I can still slow down, or make big hands, or just continue to bluff a lot, and they won't really know which and have to play a guessing game more often. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:51:41 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59761 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59761 Schweig Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Teahupoo That makes sense, never really considered it. I am putting myself in your opponent's shoes and it would be super annoying. You can't really peel cheaply and bluffs are much more expensive when you get pot in the face every street, as well as the implied threat of more pot bets if you continue. Is it common for your 50 and 100 opponents to adjust well to that or are those players rare at these stakes? Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:43:29 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59751 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59751 Teahupoo Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Schweig Cool, thanks for your comments. For betting pot a lot, it's something I've just made part of my game. You are actually allowed to bluff more if you bet bigger, because you're giving your opponents a worse price to call. Usually opponents will play all their strong hands aggressively anyway, so when there's an opportunity for me to bet as a bluff or as value their range is mostly consistent of marginal made hands, so I can put max pressure on them with the biggest bet possible. I also genuinely think it annoys your opponent more and makes you harder to play against than when you introduce more 1/2 pot value bets etc on the river. I generally don't like to vary my bet sizes due to hand strength at all, I think bad players can exploit it quite well. Instead I do stuff like thin value bet full pot which confuses people because they think pot bets are nuts or air. (see my post: http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/45321-Thin-value-betting) Did you ever see Isildur play HUNL? He overbet the river a ton in position when his opponent was weak and it's very hard to play against. It's the same concept here except pot limit doesn't allow you to overbet, but you would still like to bet the max a lot. Generally the opponents who have the same 'big bet sizing' ideas as me are harder to play against than the ones who bet smaller. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:43:06 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59721 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59721 Schweig Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Teahupoo Excellent video overall. I thought you kept a great commentary throughout the whole video, not just the first half. I'm just getting into HU and took a ton of great stuff from it. I really like how you instantly start developing assumptions and game plans based on the first few opponent actions, but quickly re-adjust and say why when villain starts playing differently. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:15:37 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59691 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59691 Teahupoo Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Teahupoo Is your standard vs. all villains to bet near pot like that on all streets? The guy at the end, for example, was snap folding so much and being super fit-or-fold that we could get away with smaller bets. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:05:28 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59671 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59671 Teahupoo Comment on Another HU PLO Video by Teahupoo 20 minutes in and great vid so far. Love the chat about checking back medium flushes against non bluffy players which I think I do way too often. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:21:27 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59661 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment59661 Teahupoo Comment on Tony G vs Isildur (1240bb pot) by AshThePro Sweet! Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:19:50 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/51361-Tony-G-vs-Isildur-1240bb-pot-#comment59271 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/51361-Tony-G-vs-Isildur-1240bb-pot-#comment59271 AshThePro Comment on Tony G vs Isildur (1240bb pot) by KasinoKrime Wauwww Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:37:37 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/51361-Tony-G-vs-Isildur-1240bb-pot-#comment59201 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/51361-Tony-G-vs-Isildur-1240bb-pot-#comment59201 KasinoKrime Comment on Tony G vs Isildur (1240bb pot) by TtheAntlers Tony G is obv just a massive whale with an even bigger ego. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:34:18 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/51361-Tony-G-vs-Isildur-1240bb-pot-#comment59191 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/51361-Tony-G-vs-Isildur-1240bb-pot-#comment59191 TtheAntlers Comment on Triple Draw Video by dayoldhater Can't wait to watch this. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:04:24 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/47651-Triple-Draw-Video#comment53801 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/47651-Triple-Draw-Video#comment53801 dayoldhater Comment on 10-game and TD by Schweig Thanks for the comment. Had almost no idea about 2-7SD when I played this hand and I feel like I have a better idea about ranges after your comment. Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:08:39 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44041-10-game-and-TD#comment53371 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44041-10-game-and-TD#comment53371 Schweig Comment on 10-game and TD by sixpeppers You played your hand fine. This hand is a very strong hand to 3bet, your opponent rarely has a hand as strong as the one he had, and he misplayed it. After he calls the 3bet you should expect to be ahead as almost always you will both draw 1. He should absolutely 4bet, and you should probably call that 4bet. Once you draw and he stays pat he would usually have a hand like j8xxx, j7xxx that he thought he would draw 1 with after calling, then saw your draw and changed his mind. Vs people like this I prefer an overbet of 1.5-2x pot as it will always leaves them clueless and lines up great bluffing opportunities, as well as gets max value when they have a 9 (they are never folding a 9 to 2x pot). Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:00:03 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44041-10-game-and-TD#comment53361 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44041-10-game-and-TD#comment53361 sixpeppers Comment on 10-game video by Saydon really enjoy the videos! keep em coming Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:14:03 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/47031-10-game-video#comment53151 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/47031-10-game-video#comment53151 Saydon Comment on Tilt always starts with an upswing by GingerViking Reminds me of Sklansky's Acceleration Effect. Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:06:25 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46571-Tilt-always-starts-with-an-upswing#comment52721 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46571-Tilt-always-starts-with-an-upswing#comment52721 GingerViking Comment on Tilt always starts with an upswing by orestto Nice one, dude. Bitchslap of truth all up in here. Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:15:41 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46571-Tilt-always-starts-with-an-upswing#comment52711 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46571-Tilt-always-starts-with-an-upswing#comment52711 orestto Comment on Another HU PLO Video by HypoxiaDC Only had the chance to watch the first 10 mins. Cannot wait to get back and watch the rest! Much better pace imo. H Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:44:25 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment52301 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46131-Another-HU-PLO-Video#comment52301 HypoxiaDC Comment on HU PLO Video by Schweig Noted. Next time I will play a little slower, talk a little slower and/or play 1 table. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:50:54 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46081-HU-PLO-Video#comment52171 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46081-HU-PLO-Video#comment52171 Schweig Comment on HU PLO Video by HypoxiaDC I thoroughly appreciated the content, but found the pace a little too hectic for my decrepit old brain to keep up with. Worth a rewatch definately. H Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:55:59 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46081-HU-PLO-Video#comment52121 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/46081-HU-PLO-Video#comment52121 HypoxiaDC Comment on Rush Poker and playing 100bb deep by Schweig First of all, I wasn't making an excuse for losing (I was up $900 in the session if you misread that.) I think you misunderstood the point of this post, which was to detail the differences between the games and reinforce the proper adjustments needed to make to win in that game. I actually often go on at lengths as to why ego can be both a poker player's biggest strength and weakness. It is actually the reason for many mistakes I've made in the past, but I'm not sure how it applies here. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:58:14 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44511-Rush-Poker-and-playing-100bb-deep#comment49951 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44511-Rush-Poker-and-playing-100bb-deep#comment49951 Schweig Comment on Rush Poker and playing 100bb deep by AshThePro You're blog entry was very informative and I enjoyed reading it. With that said while your reasoning made sense your excuse for losing is IMO unacceptable for a player of your caliber. It is apparent that your ego has masked the real problem, your ego. You can obviously dissect the game correctly but it is not a proper reason while you lost in this game Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:42:59 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44511-Rush-Poker-and-playing-100bb-deep#comment49861 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44511-Rush-Poker-and-playing-100bb-deep#comment49861 AshThePro Comment on New WSOP Champion by orestto By the way, best blog title ever. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:25:44 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44461-New-WSOP-Champion#comment49771 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44461-New-WSOP-Champion#comment49771 orestto Comment on New WSOP Champion by Schweig That's true, I forgot about the Canadian aspect. My friend who's in Canada for the year said there was some show on TV documenting Duhamel's poker story, so I imagine it having some effect over there. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:25:38 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44461-New-WSOP-Champion#comment49761 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44461-New-WSOP-Champion#comment49761 Schweig Comment on New WSOP Champion by orestto Maybe more unexperienced Canadians will rush the tables! Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:23:59 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44461-New-WSOP-Champion#comment49751 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/44461-New-WSOP-Champion#comment49751 orestto Comment on Draw games on FTP by DJ Sensei more triple draw everywhere please! Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:11:13 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/43751-Draw-games-on-FTP#comment48921 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/43751-Draw-games-on-FTP#comment48921 DJ Sensei Comment on Laziest Pro Poker Player in the World by Schweig Indeed, double suited is definitely hugely different to single suited in that you can flop a NFD so much more often, which are the flops that your opponents are going to make the biggest mistakes on in a pot that size. With the hand he has, it's going to be way harder to flop a piece he'll be comfortable getting the rest in with. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:22:16 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18111 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18111 Schweig Comment on Laziest Pro Poker Player in the World by delcrossb If he were double suited I think he could consider a 5 bet but as he hits that crazy danger zone where he has too much to want to bet/get it in on flops you want to go with when you clearly know what hand he has. Even then I'd probably look for better side cards like 89, 9T, TJ+ before I wanted to 5bet preflop. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:23:40 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18091 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18091 delcrossb Comment on Laziest Pro Poker Player in the World by Schweig Yeah certainly not an "always 4-bet" hand, but against wide 3-bettors certainly one viable to do it with. He was 3-betting in the high 30s so I don't think you can ever be making a mistake so deep 4-betting something that's double suited and vaguely connected. FWIW I think his 5-bet is really bad so deep, especially if he's planning to just stack off on most flops with 2.5x pot left. Yeah I did check out LIME AID PLO last night, very good PLO content and I'd probably agree with you that it's one of the best. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:22:27 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18021 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18021 Schweig Comment on Laziest Pro Poker Player in the World by delcrossb I sort of wish that 8 was a J or Q to be 4 betting, but this is a pretty good hand and spot to be 4 betting in with a wider range--I really respect the play. 500BB deep when you know he is only 5 betting AAxx and you have waaaay the implied odds you need to call and see a flop and can clearly outplay him post flop. Also if you are thinking about re-subscribing to DC, there has never been a better time for PLO content. Whitelime's vid is possibly one of the best I've ever seen on PLO ever. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:12:37 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18011 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/17181-Laziest-Pro-Poker-Player-in-the-World#comment18011 delcrossb Comment on Brag: continuing run good by spidermania Love the rush vid, funny stuff lol. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:16:17 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15151-Brag-continuing-run-good#comment16001 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15151-Brag-continuing-run-good#comment16001 spidermania Comment on Big losing session by Schweig Indeed. I've gone through a fair number of big downswings in my career, but I really feel that each time I come back stronger and a better poker player. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:31:01 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15821 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15821 Schweig Comment on Big losing session by belikewater "I’ve spent the last couple months building up my own ego so much that this acts as a much needed reality check. I’m not invincible to downswings, variance or even tilt." This is a great attitude to have, as long as you learned something from the loss it's just an investment in your improvement and game development. keep at it, gl Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:28:45 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15811 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15811 belikewater Comment on Big losing session by Schweig 50c/$1, same as I've been playing for the last couple months. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:56:36 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15791 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15791 Schweig Comment on Big losing session by TheGfactor what limits... sounds like your in a good mindset at least Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:25:04 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15761 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/15371-Big-losing-session#comment15761 TheGfactor Comment on Brag; 2 tourney final tables by Schweig Yeah, I really enjoy being able to quit a session on a whim, take breaks to do some other things and then come back in half an hour, but tournaments really restrict that freedom. Sometimes after busting out of half of my tourneys I just want to quit altogether, but still have to play out the rest. Never a problem with cash. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:13:54 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/2891-Brag-2-tourney-final-tables#comment2331 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/2891-Brag-2-tourney-final-tables#comment2331 Schweig Comment on Brag; 2 tourney final tables by ohjoy yeah, i totally feel you regarding the going deep whenever you play a tournament etc. i just hate playing tournaments because i think it's such a grind, and you have to sit there for hours on end. so gay. \: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:11:22 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/2891-Brag-2-tourney-final-tables#comment2321 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/2891-Brag-2-tourney-final-tables#comment2321 ohjoy Comment on Monthly Review: November by OnTheCome It sounds like a good plan to stick to your main game and put in bit more volume. From what I hear the cash tables should be good on stars in December as people go for SN and SNE. Best of luck this month Schweig I know you will turn it around. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:53:02 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/1951-Monthly-Review-November#comment1371 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/1951-Monthly-Review-November#comment1371 OnTheCome Comment on Breaking it down by Schweig I think my biggest edge is probably in the 8-game/7-game mix. I play $4/$8 regularly and the players definitely play very poorly compared to the equivalent stakes in each game. For example, the 1/2 NL portion plays nowhere near as aggressive or as good as regular 200NL and probably doesn't play much differently from 50NL. Within the mix though, I think a lot of my edge comes from the PLO because it plays so huge (4/8 stud is not anywhere near equivalent to 200PLO, probably closer to 100PLO) and I think a lot of people make huge mistakes for their stacks. Generally though, I think I have a decent edge in most of the games, just because the player field is weak. The game I enjoy the most is Triple draw. I think the game strikes a good balance to being a good mathematical game, but at the same time providing many interesting situations to analyse, with room to make moves or mix up your play. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:34:58 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/910-Breaking-it-down#comment553 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/910-Breaking-it-down#comment553 Schweig Comment on Breaking it down by OnTheCome You did a good job of breaking down each game. What game do you think you have the biggest edge in? and which game do you enjoy playing most? Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:17:15 +0000 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/910-Breaking-it-down#comment552 http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/schweig/910-Breaking-it-down#comment552 OnTheCome