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  1. Assuming the first two players have what their suppossed to have (split queens and three to a low) the real question is what we and player 1 think player 3 has. If player 3 started with split nines (usually a very bad play in multi-way stud/8 pots) then a raise would force players 1 and 2 out leaving us heads-up with someone who has at least an overpair. But if player 3 started with something like A 2 9 or 7 6 9 then we should raise since player 1 will stick around figuring he still has the best high hand while player 2 would have to fold. Then if we catch something really scary on 5t
  2. The one thing I wonder about that game was if anyone ever took Sammy Farah up on his offers to split the pot or take the profit or whatever. He seemed to do it a lot but they never showed anyone agreeing to it. Of course they probably wouldn't show that on TV, it'd be real anti-climatic.
  3. "The first key pot I played was in Pot Limit Omaha. I was dealt Ah Ad 5h 5d and raised from early position to $6000. David Benyamine, who just re-raised on the previous hand declared that he was "steaming" and re-raised me to $21,000. That's music to my ears with such a monster hand.I went ahead and re-raised the pot, and we each threw in $100,000 a piece. "I've got two pair and double suited aces," I said to David."No, you really have that," he asked? Then promptly turned over virtually the same hand with As Ac 7s 7c. Obviously I was hoping for a better situation that that, but I got my money
  4. When everyone talks about So-And-So voting for or against the Iraq war, what they are referring too is a resolution supporting the use of the Military to force Iraq to fully comply with the WMD inspection treaty it signed after the first war. Congress has not actually declared war since WWII. During the campaign Kerry frequently stated that he voted for the resolution to try to force Saddam to comply hoping that a war could be avoided. Not the best position (particularly when I wouldn't want to go quail hunting with these guys, much less to war) but a reasonable one. While most of the worl
  5. BS, totally faked. No chance a bug like that exists in software that's run through the bajillion hands PS has.BTW if you ever want to mess with someone you can rename all the image files they use to display cards. Turn every ace into a deuce or (harmlessly) turn all the hearts into spades and vice versa.Also 5 aces was the top hand in old draw poker where the (single) joker could only be used to complete a straight or flush or as an ace. There was only one combination that could make that hand as opposed to the 24 ways to make a royal (with the joker)
  6. And that's not factoring in the 'implied odds' of being able to go on from there and win the full mil. Definitely -EV to take the 64k but understandable if you really need the 64k.
  7. I believe that Open Office supports the .xls file format. Download that and give it a try.
  8. Well, as the cards lie it was a mistake but I wonder what kind of hand range you put Eli on that made moving in there a good decision. And by moving in there would Eli call with a hand that you're way ahead of like KT, 99 or 87?I'm really curious about you thought process there because in my experience moving in with top pair/top kicker when stacks are that deep is usually not profitable against good opponents.
  9. It did look like you played fantastic. The only hand where it looked like you made a mistake was the big hand against Eli Elezra. I really don't know quite what you were thinking there.To recap the hand Eli limped from the cutoff, Sammy raisy-daisy'ed it to 2,600, and Daniel called from the big blind with A:diamond: T:heart: as did Eli.Flop: 6 T 8 $8,800 potDaniel bets out 5kEli raises to 15kSammy foldsDaniel sticks the rest of it in, about 88k totalWhat's interesting is that Daniel commented that he knew that if he moved in Eli was going to call. If you knew that why would you move i
  10. That occurred to me later as a possibility. It's mathematically very unlikely but I put it in the pokerstove range of hands.How is this math, I saw it happen twice within about a 2hr period. AA vs AA. No BSMathematically there are only two aces left in the deck (I hope). Therefore there's only 1 way for her to have aces here while there are 3 ways for her to have queens (Q:heart:Q:diamond:, Q:heart:Q:spade:, Q:diamond:Q:spade: ), 3 ways to have kings, 3 ways for 66, 9 ways for KQ, 6 ways for AK. So it's just unlikely.
  11. That occurred to me later as a possibility. It's mathematically very unlikely but I put it in the pokerstove range of hands.
  12. $1/$2 NLH live @ MGM.Hero is in BB w/ $160.Villain is in C/O w/ $180.Villain is fairly tight/passive. She's been playing for over an hour and I haven't seen her reraise anyone yet.I'd been playing pretty tight as well and had shown down 2 hands, AA and AK.Preflop:Dealt to Hero: AAFolded to Villain who raises to $10. Folded to Hero who calls.2 players. $21 pot.Flop: K:heart: Q:club: 6 Hero checks. Villain bets $15. Hero raises to $50. Villain raises all-in ($100 more for hero to call).I'm getting 2.2:1 on the call but there aren't a lot of real hands I can beat. Against KK or QQ I'm de
  13. Preflop should either be called or make a much bigger reraise. I prefer the call slightly. Playing a big pot with two players behind you and AK is not good. When you call the pot is $115 so I'd reraise by about $150. Personally I know that if I'm in position with deep stacks and I've already put money in you have to work real hard to get me away from the flop.Phil's call was pretty bad I think. He was getting 2.3:1 but the only hand you could have in that spot was AsKs or QQ and against those hands he's still not getting the right price.
  14. $1/$2 no limit live at the MGM grand. Table is incredibly loose/passive. Average 5 players limping in to every pot with fairly donk behavior post flop (call a $40 bet in $10 pot with second pair in a five way flop, OK) Session had not gone well and first buy-in left the right way when someone spiked an ace against my queens after I moved in on a Jack-high flop.Anyway it's been two hours and I haven't stacked a pot yet. I've got $91 and 5 people limp in ahead of me when I'm in the cutoff. I try to change my luck by rolling my cards. I have 3-across hearts and 3-across clubs so I limp with
  15. Don't go in thinking you'll make money by running people over. Almost never going to happen. The value (over) bet is king at low stakes.The only time it's worth trying to bluff is a conservative continuation bet. You raise with AK and get one donk caller. If you miss the flop it's frequently worthwhile to take one shot at the flop and see if he'll fold. Nothing crazy just bet 40-60% of the pot. It's usually effective often enough to show a profit. But don't get caught up in trying to bluff bad players.
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