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Why is it that the worse someone's PTR graph is, the hotter he runs against me?

Don't try this on an opponent who is paying attention to anything.

Poker Stars $3/$6 Limit Hold'em - 2 players - View hand 583615
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Pre Flop: (1.333 SB) Hero is BB with 3 A
BTN/SB raises, Hero calls

Flop: (4 SB) 9 J 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

Turn: (2 BB) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

River: (2 BB) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets, BTN/SB folds

last hand of the day
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
Limit Holdem $3(BB) Poker Stars
($166)
Hero ($71)

Dealt to Hero K K

Hero raises to $6, calls $3

FLOP ($12) A 7 K

checks, Hero bets $3, raises to $6, Hero raises to $9, calls $3

TURN ($30) A 7 K 7

checks, Hero bets $6, raises to $12, Hero raises to $18, raises to $24, Hero calls $6

RIVER ($78) A 7 K 7 7

bets $6, Hero raises to $12, raises to $18, Hero raises to $24, calls $6

shows 5 7
(Pre 18%, Flop 0.1%, Turn 2.3%)

Hero shows K K
(Pre 82%, Flop 99.9%, Turn 97.7%)

wins $125

Okay, I need to make something clear. I am PH. At least around DC and certainly on the LHE forum. If Phil Hellmuth Jr. wants to lay claim to the initials here then I propose a contest:

He and I will each take turns sneaking up behind Annie Duke with our t-shirts removed. Only if he is more impressive to her will I relinquish the initials.

Okay, I need to make something clear. I am PH. At least around DC and certainly on the LHE forum. If Phil Hellmuth Jr. wants to lay claim to the initials here then I propose a contest:

He and I will each take turns sneaking up behind Annie Duke with our t-shirts removed. Only if he is more impressive to her will I relinquish the initials.

wow.

you know when you realise just before it's too late that you missed the obvious but f**k it the other guy is almost all in and *maybe* they are bluffing and don't really have a set then..

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1.00 Limit Hold'em - RUSH 9 players - View hand 583753
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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is BB with A K
1 fold, UTG+1 raises, 4 folds, BTN calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, UTG+1 calls, BTN calls

Flop: (9.5 SB) K 2 4 (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG+1 calls, BTN raises, Hero 3-bets, UTG+1 calls, BTN caps!, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls

Turn: (10.75 BB) 3 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, BTN bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 folds, BTN 3-bets, Hero caps!, BTN calls all in

River: (17.75 BB) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: 17.75 BB
BTN shows 4 4
Hero shows A K
Hero wins 17.25 BB
(Rake: $0.50)


BOOM HEADSHOT!

Okay, I need to make something clear. I am PH. At least around DC and certainly on the LHE forum. If Phil Hellmuth Jr. wants to lay claim to the initials here then I propose a contest:

He and I will each take turns sneaking up behind Annie Duke with our t-shirts removed. Only if he is more impressive to her will I relinquish the initials.

Yeah I was confused for a moment

where people are just for validation rather than information.

validation is important for beginners.

for instance, I will post a hand with all the information I used to make decisions and check with the community if my thought process was okay. It's not about whether I won the hand or not. It's whether I played the hand correctly from street to street given what I knew about the villain.

Sometimes the feedback will be "yeah, that's about right" or no feedback which I take to mean "standard, ldo" but other times it will be expanded info like "I think your range for villain in that spot is too narrow" or "with the rake, I wouldn't even open that hand from CO" or even "I don't like the turn play, did you have a plan for different river cards?"

I think people should be asking questions that make the hand in question apply to a broader range of hands. Yes specifics help out a ton but only when we are extrapolating it to other situations

I am getting to a point where I can deal with some abstract hand discussion but I can tell you when I first joined DC I couldn't cope with stuff like "change the turn card to an 8 and make the villain a LAG then this play might work".

Even after 15 months of part time study, I still can't watch videos where one hand is debated for 10-15 minutes in various permutations (e.g. some of Entity and DD's high stakes videos). It just goes over my head and I lose interest. No doubt in time I will come back to these videos and cherish every second.

validation is important for beginners.

for instance, I will post a hand with all the information I used to make decisions and check with the community if my thought process was okay. It's not about whether I won the hand or not. It's whether I played the hand correctly from street to street given what I knew about the villain.

Sometimes the feedback will be "yeah, that's about right" or no feedback which I take to mean "standard, ldo" but other times it will be expanded info like "I think your range for villain in that spot is too narrow" or "with the rake, I wouldn't even open that hand from CO" or even "I don't like the turn play, did you have a plan for different river cards?"



I am getting to a point where I can deal with some abstract hand discussion but I can tell you when I first joined DC I couldn't cope with stuff like "change the turn card to an 8 and make the villain a LAG then this play might work".

Even after 15 months of part time study, I still can't watch videos where one hand is debated for 10-15 minutes in various permutations (e.g. some of Entity and DD's high stakes videos). It just goes over my head and I lose interest. No doubt in time I will come back to these videos and cherish every second.

Maybe since I am high stakes now I do not understand this very well and I sympathize but try as hard as you can low stakes grinders. We won't hate you for trying!

Sorry, it's a cake HH.

Hero is CO with A K
UTG limps, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, Hero raises, BTN folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls, MP1 calls

Flop: Q 8 T
SB bets, BB raises, UTG calls, MP1 folds, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls

Turn: T
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks

River: 4
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks

SB mucks J 6
BB mucks 7 9
UTG mucks 7 9

If you don't mind a good deal of variance, the games are goooood.


Poker Stars $3/$6 Limit Hold'em - 2 players - View hand 584160
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Pre Flop: (1.333 SB) Hero is BB with T A
BTN/SB raises, Hero 3-bets, BTN/SB caps!, Hero calls

Flop: (8 SB) 3 T 4 (2 players)
Hero bets, BTN/SB raises, Hero 3-bets, BTN/SB caps!, Hero calls

Turn: (8 BB) K (2 players)
Hero bets, BTN/SB raises, Hero calls

River: (12 BB) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 14 BB
BTN/SB shows 4 Q (a pair of Fours)
Hero shows T A (a pair of Tens)
Hero wins 13.917 BB
(Rake: $0.50)


Poker Stars $3/$6 Limit Hold'em - 2 players - View hand 584161
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Pre Flop: (1.333 SB) Hero is BB with 2 5
BTN/SB raises, Hero calls

Flop: (4 SB) Q 3 J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets, Hero calls

Turn: (3 BB) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets, Hero raises, BTN/SB calls

River: (7 BB) J (2 players)
Hero bets, BTN/SB raises, Hero 3-bets, BTN/SB calls

Final Pot: 13 BB
BTN/SB mucks A T
Hero shows 2 5 (a flush, Jack high)
Hero wins 12.917 BB
(Rake: $0.50)


...I'm still stuck 200 bets on the wrong side of said variance, however. Good thing I am crushing NL and am about BE on the month as a result.

Dewey and I got bored on a rainy day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6IN2irX_zU

Absolute Poker $5.00/$10.00 Limit Hold'em - 2 players - View hand 584259
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Pre Flop: (1.6 SB) Hero is BTN/SB with A K
Hero raises, BB calls

Flop: (4 SB) Q T J (2 players)
BB folds

Final Pot: 2 BB
Hero wins 1.95 BB
(Rake: $0.50)

i know this stuff gets posted in here somewhat regularly... but this was lame.

villain folded to cbet like 15% of the time over 200+ hands. and had NEVER done this before.

i was sad.

still sad, imo

Dewey and I got bored on a rainy day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6IN2irX_zU

Technically I'd say Dewey WINS the bet. The bet was that he had the best hand, NOT that he'd hold.