General poker discussion thread

**yisman** · 01-18-12, 12:17 AM

Could've sworn I registered in the midnight, but I guess I missed a step.

Anyway, 45th in DSI freeroll. A7, flop 10, 8, A, all in with over 10K chips, guy with K10 calls. 10 on turn.

**TheCentaur** · 01-18-12, 06:27 AM

Won the 4 am. Looks like my luck is starting to change, was on the winning end of a lot of coin tosses and suckouts. Looks like it's going to be real tough making the USA ryder cup team though.

**Optional** · 01-18-12, 07:03 AM

Keep up the way you are going. 1 win a week should do it I think.

**beerman2619** · 01-20-12, 12:38 AM

well went all in with a little over 1000 chips with ace queen. Guy calls he only had like 800 chips with ace 4. But then you get the guy calling with 5 9 suited unreal. Of course i knew out of the 3 who would win that hand. Donkey boy hits a 5 on the river love it poker at its best.

**yisman** · 01-20-12, 02:05 AM

1st in midnight. Only notable hand was final table, bite had AK vs my KQ and I rivered a Q for a bad beat.

My opening hands ran really cold, to the points where I hardly saw any flops in the first 50 or so hands, but it heated up later.

**BiTeMe UsAdOj** · 01-20-12, 03:10 AM

Originally posted by yisman

1st in midnight. Only notable hand was final table, bite had AK vs my KQ and I rivered a Q for a bad beat

Nice RickySteve impersonation there, Yis.

J/K... CONGRATS!

**Optional** · 01-20-12, 05:09 AM

Sounds you rate those KQs higher than many others Yis.

Good work though! You should be above the average weekly needed to make the US team now I think.

**yisman** · 01-20-12, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by BiTeMe UsAdOj

Nice RickySteve impersonation there, Yis.

J/K... CONGRATS!

It's not me. Thad put a hex on you and rigged the deck somehow.

**BiTeMe UsAdOj** · 01-21-12, 01:04 AM

Originally posted by yisman

It's not me. Thad put a hex on you and rigged the deck somehow.

The hex must be real and continuing.

Was signed up for 12am but didn't make it to table in time and got booted/blinded out.

FUK!

Wanted to get to 10 cashes and go over 2k but hex fukked me hard (also had AA cracked earlier in ring game vs. 89 when guy riv'd str8).

REMOVE THE HEX!

**tatddy** · 01-23-12, 02:31 PM

What y'all know about the "fake misclick" move? Don't get me wrong...I'm not putting in that many chips with AK too often but I set this move up for 30 minutes and knew he was shoving light. Hook...line...sinker.

***** Hand history (v1.2) ***** Hand ID 1273850 $2/$4 NL Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - 00:42:00 23/01/2012 ET Table 'Freebird', 6 seats max, Real money Seat 5 is the button. Small Blind $2, Big Blind $4 Note: seat IDs range from 1 to 6 Seat 4 (playing) : soccerzyko, amount $732.70, amount bet $0, penalty (None) Seat 5 (playing) : tatddy, amount $950.70, amount bet $0, penalty (None) tatddy: Small Blind ($2) soccerzyko: Big Blind ($4) ** Dealing Down Cards ** Dealt to tatddy: [Kc, Ac] tatddy: Raise ($122) soccerzyko: Raise ($732.70) tatddy: Call ($610.70) soccerzyko: Show Cards ($0) tatddy: Show Cards ($0) ** Dealing Flop ** Community cards: [7s, Kh, 3d] ** Dealing Turn ** Community cards: [2h] ** Dealing River ** Community cards: [Ts] ** End Round ** ** Evaluate ** soccerzyko: Show Cards ($0) tatddy: Show Cards ($0) ** Showdown ** Main pot $1464.40, Rake $1 Summary soccerzyko: bet $736.70, won $0, net $-736.70 Summary tatddy: bet $734.70, won $1464.40, net $729.70, HoleCards [Kc, Ac], HiHand [a pair of kings] [Kh, Kc, Ac, Ts, 7s], won $1464.40 from main pot

**beerman2619** · 02-01-12, 04:56 AM

Christ i can't place this week there goes my run to get on the usa world cup team. Just lost with pocket aces to pocket 9's. Guy with pocket 9's hit a flush on the river unreal FML

. Twice now this week lost with pocket aces going all in what am i thinking should be folding that hand.

**milwaukee mike** · 02-01-12, 09:31 AM

Originally posted by beerman2619

Christ i can't place this week there goes my run to get on the usa world cup team. Just lost with pocket aces to pocket 9's. Guy with pocket 9's hit a flush on the river unreal FML

. Twice now this week lost with pocket aces going all in what am i thinking should be folding that hand.

i'm with ya beerman

not even close to cashing this week ugh

seems like terrible calls like those 9s get rewarded all the time on sbr poker. not sure why someone would call a big raise with 99, there is no possible hand they are better than a coin flip against

**RudyRuetigger** · 02-01-12, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by tatddy

What y'all know about the "fake misclick" move? Don't get me wrong...I'm not putting in that many chips with AK too often but I set this move up for 30 minutes and knew he was shoving light. Hook...line...sinker.

***** Hand history (v1.2) ***** Hand ID 1273850 $2/$4 NL Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - 00:42:00 23/01/2012 ET Table 'Freebird', 6 seats max, Real money Seat 5 is the button. Small Blind $2, Big Blind $4 Note: seat IDs range from 1 to 6 Seat 4 (playing) : soccerzyko, amount $732.70, amount bet $0, penalty (None) Seat 5 (playing) : tatddy, amount $950.70, amount bet $0, penalty (None) tatddy: Small Blind ($2) soccerzyko: Big Blind ($4) ** Dealing Down Cards ** Dealt to tatddy: [Kc, Ac] tatddy: Raise ($122) soccerzyko: Raise ($732.70) tatddy: Call ($610.70) soccerzyko: Show Cards ($0) tatddy: Show Cards ($0) ** Dealing Flop ** Community cards: [7s, Kh, 3d] ** Dealing Turn ** Community cards: [2h] ** Dealing River ** Community cards: [Ts] ** End Round ** ** Evaluate ** soccerzyko: Show Cards ($0) tatddy: Show Cards ($0) ** Showdown ** Main pot $1464.40, Rake $1 Summary soccerzyko: bet $736.70, won $0, net $-736.70 Summary tatddy: bet $734.70, won $1464.40, net $729.70, HoleCards [Kc, Ac], HiHand [a pair of kings] [Kh, Kc, Ac, Ts, 7s], won $1464.40 from main pot

it reminds me of that thread on 2+2 where the guy was playing omaha and instead of raising 2.5, he would raise 25 and people in chat after were saying wtf when they realized they called preflop for 25 instead of 2.5 (it was something like that anyway).

Originally posted by beerman2619

Christ i can't place this week there goes my run to get on the usa world cup team. Just lost with pocket aces to pocket 9's. Guy with pocket 9's hit a flush on the river unreal FML

. Twice now this week lost with pocket aces going all in what am i thinking should be folding that hand.

last 2 weeks have slowed down alot for me as well. any slip ups and anyone can get passed. might take 4k or more to get in.

**yisman** · 02-07-12, 12:36 AM

midnight, blinds 75/150, gamble raises in early position to 300, I re-raise to 500 with AK. He calls. Flop comes AJ and lower card. I all-in (with 1,165 chips. Pot was about 1,100). He calls. He has AQ. Turn J, river Q.

No cashes in ages

**yisman** · 02-07-12, 12:41 AM

Just hit a royal flush. Too bad I don't win anything.

**BiTeMe UsAdOj** · 02-07-12, 02:22 AM

Originally posted by yisman

Just hit a royal flush. Too bad I don't win anything.

Sure you do, yis... you WIN my heartfelt congratulations*

(*redeemable for an SBR condom pack in the store... just PM Shari)

**k13** · 02-07-12, 08:31 AM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

i'm with ya beerman

not even close to cashing this week ugh

seems like terrible calls like those 9s get rewarded all the time on sbr poker. not sure why someone would call a big raise with 99, there is no possible hand they are better than a coin flip against

better than losing jj to q8o pre

or losing with qq/kk 38 of 40 times.

You know in real poker you are happy to get Kings......not here

**beerman2619** · 02-07-12, 01:22 PM

Cigar could be one of the biggest douchebags i've ever played poker with. Flop came jack 4 3 today i raise to about 800 he calls. There was another caller. Next card is a king was kind of worried my jack 10 was no good here but bet 800 again other guy calls. Next card is a ace Cigar goes all in i'm like damn must have like ace jack or something. The other guy calls and cigar shows a queen 10. How the buck can you call a flop and the turn with queen 10 unreal. Course he knocks me out of tourney. I got all in was low on chips had jack 8. Flop came 6 7 8. He has king 9 and catches a king on the river.

**BeerDog99** · 02-07-12, 05:45 PM

I dont think he was a douche, just a luckbox that stationed his way to winning the tourney. He admitted as much when we sat at the ring table but he did not, imho, act bad at all.

That happens alot in the small field turbo-ish tourneys we have here.

**beerman2619** · 02-08-12, 04:47 AM

Good god i can't believe how bad i'm running at poker. Think i just need to quit playin its just unreal. This last week and a half just been getting bucked everytime. So far this week lost with trip jacks to a flush guy catches on a runner runner. And tonight i throw in about 2500 in chips i had queen 10. Flop comes queen 9 5 course guy calls me with ace 8 suited catches flush on river. So that kind of crippled me i go all in again with ace 8 suited. Guy calls with jacks other guy has 4's. Flop comes queen 8 7 all diamonds. I flop nut flush but does that win this hand oh hell no

. Turn of course is an 8 and river is a jack for his full house.

**BiTeMe UsAdOj** · 02-08-12, 09:01 AM

Originally posted by BeerDog99

I dont think he was a douche, just a luckbox that stationed his way to winning the tourney. He admitted as much when we sat at the ring table but he did not, imho, act bad at all.

That happens alot in the small field turbo-ish tourneys we have here.

**daneblazer** · 02-09-12, 01:52 PM

Okay, I've been hammering away at this for hours. I finally came up with an equation to determine fold equity when shoving into limped pots in SBR Poker tournaments.

Fold Equity = (Times opponent will fold hand/100) x (number of limpers) x 0

I think that's about right.

**yisman** · 02-09-12, 01:54 PM

**BeerDog99** · 02-10-12, 12:03 AM

Originally posted by daneblazer

Fold Equity = (Times opponent will fold hand/100) x (number of limpers) x 0

Now that is some funny sh!t

!

**Enkhbat** · 02-10-12, 07:48 AM

lol fold equity is always 0 at SBR?

**yisman** · 02-16-12, 08:34 PM

Just dropped over 90 at the ring tables.

2/4 blinds, I'm dealt pocket rockets, I raise to 12. Two fold, spurginobili calls. Flop is 2, 10, 8.

I bet 14. He calls again. Turn is a 9.

He had JQ and called with a gutshot straight. I wind up all in and lose.

I hate the ring tables.

**Optional** · 02-16-12, 11:08 PM

I've got your disease in tourneys now Yisman. 10th to 15th finish most days for last 2 weeks.

**Shaudius** · 02-16-12, 11:55 PM

I'm with you Optimal, I've finished 11-16th in the last four tournaments. Yesterday my A-K lost to K-5 in a big pot that would have got me to cash. Today my A-10 lost to K-Q. The second one is kind of understandable(although I'm not sure why the call on a board of 3-3-3 without an ace I can excuse it) but the A-K versus K-5 when he rivers the 5 just hurts. Oh yesterday my elimination hand was K-7 losing to Qh-6h when I flopped the king but he flopped the flush and tonight it was A-5 losing to 9-6, but I was short stacked in both cases.

**yisman** · 02-23-12, 09:40 PM

Join Handicapper Hill with 30 points. First hand, dealt QQ. Raise pre-flop. Two callers: 757sfinest and nosbino

Flop is 943 offsuit. I bet a third of the pot. 757 all-ins (about tripling my bet). nosbino all-ins as well, making it a re-raise. I'm a bit concerned, but I call anyway.

757 has 89 off. nosbino has A9 hearts.

Turn 6, river ace.

Had both dominated for a big pot.

**yisman** · 02-23-12, 09:43 PM

Rejoin with another 30.

First hand dealt A5. I raise pre-flop (to over 3x the bb), nosbino again calls.

Flop A5 another card. I have A5 (so two pair)

He winds up winning with 3 10 diamonds by catching a flush.

Down 60 in two hands.

**p5s** · 02-24-12, 07:23 AM

ftp still has my monies =(

**Optional** · 02-24-12, 01:19 PM

Nice turnaround this week. 4 out of 5 cashes for 710 points.

I really need to learn some final table strategy for winning though.

**yisman** · 02-24-12, 04:31 PM

should've played in 8 AM I guess.

Playing in 4 PM, AK diamonds, Puppy all-ins with 10,10. I call. Two diamonds and a ten on the flop. Five on diamonds on turn. He rivers four of a kind to beat ace high flush.

**Optional** · 02-24-12, 04:35 PM

*ouch*

**yisman** · 02-28-12, 05:16 PM

2/4 table, small blind, dealt AQ clubs. Raised to 10. bigjoe calls.

Flop is Q79.

I bet 10. bigjoe re-raises to 20. I re-raise to 64. He then re-raises again to put me all in with 100 chips or so.

He had Q8 off. All in, turn comes an 8, river K.

I really hate trying to roll over chips. Just more opportunities to get sucked out on.