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Ok, I probably could have folded the river.  Next time I will.

…And before you get all on telling me how this was terrible.  Dude was a 18/17 over a significant enough sample who had limp-reraised me before.  He never limps, if he does, its AA or KK(maybe QQ/AK).  AK folds the flop unless it has a flush draw, and than is the least likely combo, imo.   Turn check is absolutely the correct play versus that range.

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NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer Game#48351351102

13uck1ey ($156)
royman0785 ($169)
GluciuS ($101)
PSAplay ($120)
“”omgdash”" ($100)
gbandman21 ($105)
Karelkorm ($100)
wantedbadass ($109)

13uck1ey posts (SB) $0.50
royman0785 posts (BB) $1

Dealt to gbandman21 7c  7h
GluciuS calls $1
fold, fold,
gbandman21 calls $1
fold, fold, fold,
royman0785 checks
FLOP ($3.50) 7s  Th  3h
royman0785 checks
GluciuS bets $2
gbandman21 raises to $8
royman0785 folds
GluciuS calls $6
TURN ($19.50) 7s  Th  3h  Ad
GluciuS checks
gbandman21 checks
RIVER ($19.50) 7s  Th  3h  Ad  4c
GluciuS bets $15
gbandman21 calls $15
GluciuS shows Ac  Ah
(Pre 81%, Flop 12.5%, Turn 97.7%)

gbandman21 shows 7c  7h
(Pre 19%, Flop 87.5%, Turn 2.3%)

GluciuS wins $47.10

In the last episode of this series we discussed how to maximize our EV on small and middle pocket pairs in loose passive games.  Now, let’s take a look at how these hands play in other types of games.

Tight-Passive(Weak-Tight) Games

These games feature players who understand that they need to play tight in order to profit, but they don’t have much bite to their game. The players in these games often do a lot of “set-mining” and thus very easy to read. They will very often limp into a pot, call a “standard” raise, and then check-fold the flop if they don’t spike their set. Obviously, since these players are so predictable it is easy to take advantage of them. Remember, we make money in poker when plays make mistakes.  Look for your mistakes that opponents will make and then do whatever you can to make that mistake occur more often and for it to be more costly.  The biggest mistake weak-tight players make is that they fold too often – even when they are in position. They will very rarely put you in a difficult spot or punish you for getting out of line when you are out of position. In my experience, you can often find these types of games a couple levels up from the smallest stakes offered at a given location¹ (more…)

1. For example, you currently might start finding these players in the $.25/.50 and $.50/1 online games. [↩]

Hey all!  It’s been a long time since I’ve done a video so I did a 4-tabling session at 100NL on  Poker Stars for a bit of fun.  In this video I discuss how I’ve been playing these games which includes a premium on blind stealing.  Definitely leave me some comments here!

You can download the video here.

I compressed this using WinRar.  You may need to download a trial copy of it here.

Deciding whether or not to raise medium and small pocket pairs is a frequently discussed topic among poker players.  The hands are flexible holdings that can get value from several different avenues.  In this series of articles we are going to discuss what factors we should be considering and what adjustments to make in different games and with different stack sizes.

Hands generally derive their value from some combination of winning without a showdown and having the best hand at showdown. Some hands generally derive most of their value from winning before showdown and others they derive it from making the best hand and winning in a showdown.  Pocket pairs are flexible holdings that can make money both ways.  Try to predict the most likely scenarios that will come up postflop, and how you can make your opponents make mistakes. Figure out which mistakes your opponents are most likely to make.  Your preflop strategy with these hands should be tailored to exploit the mistakes they are most likely to make.¹ (more…)

1. The correct strategy is dependent on the size of the stacks.  This article will strictly look at 100 big blind effective stacks. [↩]

I was sitting in bed tonight… having  dew… reading a poker book… just loungin, ya know? I was thinking about this particular concept that was being discussed in this book that really got me thinking and I thought I would share it with you all.  Here’s an example:

You are playing $.5/1NL with $100 stacksat a 9-handed table.  You look down and see…

A♦T♦ 

  Two tight, thinking, and overall decent players limp.  You take a look to your left and remember that there is a semi-loose and passive player sitting on the button.  You decide that raising isn’t the best as you will often end up out of position and won’t be able to get much value from your hand.  However, you decide that your hand is worth playing so you limp in.  The loose player on the button limps also and the SB folds. Five players go to the flop and there is $5 in the pot.  The flop comes:

T♠6♠3♠

 

The BB checks and the first limper bets $5 and the second one flat calls.  The action is on you.  What’s your play?

 

I want to let this one go for a little bit, so do chip in with your thoughts.   I’ll post my thoughts in the next few days.