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Your read of Villian is that his calls are loose but you don't give a read about when he bets. Has he been betting aggressively pre-flop? Does he bluff a lot on the flop? You raised before the flop, he re-raised, and you called. What about that flop scared him? Did he think you were raising pre-flop with A6 or pocket 2's (and then calling his re-raise with those hands?). His comment seems fishy and should set of alarms. What type of hands might someone feel obligated to push all-in with if they are actually concerned about that flop? If he's actually worried but pushes anyways then I'd

58 hours in the big game is not a significant sample size to decide what your yearly expected income will be. How many hands is that, 1800 or so? Let's wait till we have a full year's worth of data before we start deciding on Daniel's actual level of skill in that game (not that I think he's overmatched but rather that it's not enough hands to make a proper evaluation).

The question is, can she lay down her KK based on this action? Yes. It seems like everyone plays with each other pretty regularly and you have a good read on her. She should know that you know what type of hands she plays. When she sees you go all-in (you did it first, right?) and then when another player calls, I think this is an obvious fold. She should know that you already realize her hand is pretty strong based on her pre-flop raise and her style of play and yet you went all-in after the flop anyways. You know how she plays, she knows that you know it, and she should see your all-in

When you are at the table you are there to win money and you should not have any friends. If, after the game, you decide to give your friend his money back, that's fine--provided it hasn't affected the way you play your hands. Two people working together can upset an entire table. They are getting 2 hands to play against your 1 hand every time, and if you are between them your actions will not end the betting on a round (1 bets, You call, 2 raises, 1 re-raises, and it's 2 back to you, your pot odds are worse if you're on a draw, and your reverse implied pot odds are even worse because you n

The quesion is "Who IS a better player?" and not "Which player at their Prime would be better?". Doyle does not have the endurance that he once had. He seems to get tired (he has said this himself) and I think that Barry is currently the better player, while Doyle in his prime was probably better than Barry right now...

That's not hilarious. It would be hilarious if OP has KQ, UTG has 72o, and UTG+1 has 45. :wink:

Sklansky does stress the human element of poker in his books. He suggests that you need to know your opponent, you need to know what type of hands they play and in what situations they will play those hands and how they will play them. After you know these things Sklansky says that you can use math to your advantage. In fact, when Sklansky tells you that you must consider how and what your opponent might have based on his personality and habits, he is putting the human element in the forefront and using math afterwards... :roll:

It's not exactly ANY game they want. He'll only play Stud Hi/Lo against Sklansky with a qualifier (probably because without a qualifier Sklansky would have a definite advantage). I realize that most Hi/Lo games have a qualifier nowadays and Daniel can't be expected to play a game at big stakes that's not normally found in poker rooms...yada yada yada...I'm surprised no one has brought up Phil Hellmuth's name yet--he is the National Champion of Heads-Up NLHE (SW).

Most of the sites do have an English only policy. I say report them to support. Why couldn't something be done? They could have their accounts frozen. I'm pretty sure it would be hard to set up your account on most sites without speaking English. If they don't speak English at all wouldn't they play at a European site that supports their native language?

JDags made a good play on the call--Hoyt's overbet seemed fishy and JDags called him on it as a 5-1 favorite before the flop. In TPFAP Sklansky says that you should avoid calls with marginal EV advantages. Getting your money in with a 5-1 advantage is not marginal. What hands would Hoyt have made his all-in play with? Wouldn't he want action if he had a good hand? JDags determined that he was the favorite on the hand and called...Even if Hoyt has 1 overcard JDags would be a 5-2 favorite. What type of odds would you need to make that call?I think the Turning Stone event showed how good he

I was in the Lucky Dollar tournament this afternoon and the stalling was driving me crazy, too. I was close to the bubble (but who cares about the bubble, it's only $3) and short stacked. I wanted people to speed up just so my fate could be determined more quickly--either I was going to double up soon or I'd be out. I would think that people would want to see the most hands possible before the blinds go up, regardless of stack size (although I understand how a big stack might slow down to hope the blinds eat up short stacks quicker). After I finish a tourney I play more poker. I hated wai

The book will help a $25 NL on Party player. The section on Hidden Outs will be helpful and some of the concepts will be helpful. It isn't as helpful for NL as something like Harrington on Hold 'Em but understanding many of the concepts in SSHE make it easier to digest other books like HoH.

I just wanted to jump on the "bash Laak" bandwagon--he can't even properly identify the outs on E's poker show. He's calling the action--you need a queen to win (um no, any 10 does it too, Phil) and then he finally sees the extra outs on the turn (oh yeah, a 10 would work too). Any "great" player that can't count the outs is probably overrated.

I don't see this as being a TERRIBLE play on their part. While they didn't give the entire 45 minute warning they did provide a 25 minute warning. They played for an hour before leaving. It wasn't exactly a hit-n-run because they didn't leave immediately after winning the cash. Still wasn't that cool that they can't follow the house rules, but they did make some concessions...Hello everyone at FCP