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Poker

open365

open365

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simmy said:
Guys, I am now a professional poker player.

Playing shorthanded cash games almost exclusively. If anyone needs any help then I am happy to help them with their game. If anyone is serious about playing and trying to win money then I can seriously recommend CardRunners (google it cos I dont want to link it!)
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Well done mate, i hope it goes well for you.

Any tips you could give me on playing shorthanded would be appreciated, i play $0.10/$0.25 Limit and and $0.05/$0.10 NL in cash games. I've got a decent SNG/MTT record so far (45% ROI) but my ring game play is as good as it could be.
 
simmy

simmy

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open365 said:
Well done mate, i hope it goes well for you.

Any tips you could give me on playing shorthanded would be appreciated, i play $0.10/$0.25 Limit and and $0.05/$0.10 NL in cash games. I've got a decent SNG/MTT record so far (45% ROI) but my ring game play is as good as it could be.
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Position is everything in NL Holdem. Try not to play hands out of the blinds to a raise.

For example, if you have KJ offsuit and the player in the cutoff raises to 4xBB, for most part you just want to fold it. This hand is not that strong and for the most part you will miss the flop and be in a tricky spot if the original raiser bets again. Calling bets when out of position (unless its a hand like 22, 33, 44 etc) is a seriously big mistake.

NLHE is also about pressure, if you have a big hand preflop ie. AKs and someone raises before you, you should be reraising them back (not a minraise mind, they are gay.. raise like a man!!)

Also, now that you are playing more in position, you can see your opponents decisions and then asses what to do.

For example, lets assume that everyone has plenty of chips in front of them.

You have 89s (which you should be raising, not calling to "see a flop"... PUT THE PRESSURE ON!!) you raise and the BB calls.

Flop comes A73 all of different suits. The BB then checks it to you on the flop. Your action should almost always be to bet out here about 75% of the pot.

Why? Because if he doesnt have an Ace in his hand, he will struggle to call this bet or be forced to bluff. You will pick up the pot here enough times to make this bet profitable.

This is an "aggressive" play and is the best way to play poker, if you can do it well.

As you get better you will be able to read your opponents and apply more pressure on their hands.

To beat the lower limit games all you have to do is play solid, you should never be playing hands like K8 or Q7, rather pick your spots and play them aggressively. Think about the best long run play only, and dont slowplay or anything like that too often. Slowplaying is really for higher limits only, as you need to disguise your hands more.

I will type more at another point, but try being more aggressive if not already but with decent hands only!!
 
cover drive man

cover drive man

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simmy said:
Position is everything in NL Holdem. Try not to play hands out of the blinds to a raise.

For example, if you have KJ offsuit and the player in the cutoff raises to 4xBB, for most part you just want to fold it. This hand is not that strong and for the most part you will miss the flop and be in a tricky spot if the original raiser bets again. Calling bets when out of position (unless its a hand like 22, 33, 44 etc) is a seriously big mistake.

NLHE is also about pressure, if you have a big hand preflop ie. AKs and someone raises before you, you should be reraising them back (not a minraise mind, they are gay.. raise like a man!!)

Also, now that you are playing more in position, you can see your opponents decisions and then asses what to do.

For example, lets assume that everyone has plenty of chips in front of them.

You have 89s (which you should be raising, not calling to "see a flop"... PUT THE PRESSURE ON!!) you raise and the BB calls.

Flop comes A73 all of different suits. The BB then checks it to you on the flop. Your action should almost always be to bet out here about 75% of the pot.

Why? Because if he doesnt have an Ace in his hand, he will struggle to call this bet or be forced to bluff. You will pick up the pot here enough times to make this bet profitable.

This is an "aggressive" play and is the best way to play poker, if you can do it well.

As you get better you will be able to read your opponents and apply more pressure on their hands.

To beat the lower limit games all you have to do is play solid, you should never be playing hands like K8 or Q7, rather pick your spots and play them aggressively. Think about the best long run play only, and dont slowplay or anything like that too often. Slowplaying is really for higher limits only, as you need to disguise your hands more.

I will type more at another point, but try being more aggressive if not already but with decent hands only!!
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What's your poker stars name?
 
simmy

simmy

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cover drive man said:
What's your poker stars name?
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I dont play there mate.

Any site that allows US players I now choose to avoid.
I would much rather play against European nutters!

I play on Fortune Poker, which is full of fish, but also have money in PKR and some in FULL tILT
 
cover drive man

cover drive man

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simmy said:
I dont play there mate.

Any site that allows US players I now choose to avoid.
I would much rather play against European nutters!

I play on Fortune Poker, which is full of fish, but also have money in PKR and some in FULL tILT
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oh well would've played you. Has anyone else got a pokerstars acount.
 
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simmy

simmy

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This is why you should play on Fortune!!

***** Hand 716628063 *****
4.00/8.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - Monday, August 13, 2007 3:49:03 PM
Table TH 114 (Real/Cash Game)
Seat 1: heebismsim (904.80)
Seat 2: hoenoe (887.50)
Seat 3: maximo66 (771.04)
Seat 4: Jackkicker (1250.10)
Seat 5: lucypucy (884.60)
hoenoe post SB 4.00
maximo66 post BB 8.00
** Deal **
heebismsim [10c, 10s]
hoenoe [N/A, N/A]
maximo66 [N/A, N/A]
Jackkicker [N/A, N/A]
lucypucy [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
Jackkicker Fold
lucypucy Fold
heebismsim Raise to 32.00
hoenoe Fold
maximo66 Call 32.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [9c, Kh, 10d]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
maximo66 Check
heebismsim Bet 58.00
maximo66 Raise to 188.00
heebismsim Call 188.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [9c, Kh, 10d, 3d]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
maximo66 Bet 136.00
heebismsim All-in 684.80
maximo66 All-in 551.04
*** River(Board): *** : [9c, Kh, 10d, 3d, 4c]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 3.00 Total Pot: 1543.08
heebismsim [10c, 10s] Three of a kind, tens Win: 1543.08
hoenoe Fold Win: 0.00
maximo66 [5s, Kd] Pair of kings Win: 0.00
Jackkicker Fold Win: 0.00
lucypucy Fold Win: 0.00

My screen name is heebismsim... obviously! The other guys play is pathetically awful from preflop to the turn on a $800 buyin table.
 
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open365

open365

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Thanks for the tips Simmy, but i was wondering mainly, how do you adjust your game to shorthanded play?

When i play shorthanded on cash tables i try to raise a lot when i'm first in and bet after flop more if there's any scare cards on the board. I fold more to raises on a shorthanded table because there's generaly decreased pot odds and make sure that when i do limp or call a raise i have a very very solid hand, especialy when i'm out of position. I figure that in a shorthanded game you get to know your opponents a bit more and can play less by route than in a 9 handed game, i tend to re-raise people with an obvious betting reflex if i think they're betting on air and try to adjust my game if i get caught bluffing a few times.

Is that logic right and is their anything major to add to that? On a 9 handed table i'm normaly playing around 22-30% (that may seem a bit high, but in low limit games there's less raising so you're often getting the right odds to call with marginal hands) and on a 4-5-6 handed table i'm up at around 40% normaly.
 
open365

open365

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simmy said:
My screen name is heebismsim... obviously! The other guys play is pathetically awful from preflop to the turn on a $800 buyin table.
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Hahaha, when you first said he played it awfuly i thought "well you don't know his cards though do you?" but looking over it there's not much he could have that would have made sense in that position, i suppose from the way he played post flop he could have had trip 9s(or maybe even KT) but that would be a have been a bit of a loose call pre-flop, and if he had AK then he's just an idiot.

I lost my whole $25 buy in once with Top set V 2nd set and no draws on the board, that was horrible.
 
Jamee999

Jamee999

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Busted out. Was a pretty stupid call really - but the guy was playing loosely and I thought he would make this play with any Ace.

PokerStars Game #11449250960: Tournament #57270966, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/08/12 - 14:28:26 (ET)
Table '57270966 246' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: LYSY2010 (3150 in chips)
Seat 2: Jamee999 (1720 in chips)
Seat 3: Cerveza Fria (1610 in chips)
Seat 4: Alfa_t1 (1320 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: StaRR187 (1320 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: andy1033 (1335 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: bigtymer_tx (2560 in chips)
Seat 8: tubake (455 in chips)
Seat 9: romiemr (1370 in chips)
andy1033: posts small blind 15
bigtymer_tx: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jamee999 [Ts Ah]
tubake: calls 30
romiemr: calls 30
LYSY2010: folds
Jamee999: calls 30
Cerveza Fria: calls 30
Alfa_t1: folds
StaRR187: folds
andy1033: folds
bigtymer_tx: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h As 3d]
bigtymer_tx: bets 150
tubake: folds
romiemr: folds
Jamee999: raises 450 to 600
Cerveza Fria: folds
bigtymer_tx: raises 1930 to 2530 and is all-in
Jamee999: calls 1090 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [7h As 3d] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [7h As 3d 8c] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigtymer_tx: shows [Ad 3h] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
Jamee999: shows [Ts Ah] (a pair of Aces)
bigtymer_tx collected 3545 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3545 | Rake 0
Board [7h As 3d 8c 5s]
Seat 1: LYSY2010 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Jamee999 showed [Ts Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Cerveza Fria folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Alfa_t1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: StaRR187 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: andy1033 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: bigtymer_tx (big blind) showed [Ad 3h] and won (3545) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 8: tubake folded on the Flop
Seat 9: romiemr folded on the Flop
 
Jamee999

Jamee999

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2 consecutive hands from the UK Freeroll. One me bluffing, one me calling a bluff

PokerStars Game #11449876210: Tournament #56995140, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/08/12 - 15:02:21 (ET)
Table '56995140 129' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: cmnderbond (1470 in chips)
Seat 2: she2000 (2260 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: richie babe (1490 in chips)
Seat 4: mobbarly (1520 in chips)
Seat 5: SINJUNS (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: jph_1888 (1480 in chips)
Seat 7: trickie01 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: neville42 (820 in chips)
Seat 9: Jamee999 (1500 in chips)
jph_1888: posts small blind 10
trickie01: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jamee999 [7s Ah]
neville42: calls 20
Jamee999: raises 80 to 100
cmnderbond: calls 100
she2000: folds
richie babe: folds
mobbarly: folds
SINJUNS: folds
jph_1888: folds
trickie01: folds
neville42: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [4s 3h 6s]
neville42: checks
Jamee999: checks
cmnderbond: bets 20
neville42: calls 20
Jamee999: raises 180 to 200
cmnderbond: calls 180
neville42: calls 180
*** TURN *** [4s 3h 6s] [Jh]
neville42: checks
Jamee999: checks
cmnderbond: bets 20
neville42: calls 20
Jamee999: raises 180 to 200
cmnderbond: calls 180
neville42: folds
*** RIVER *** [4s 3h 6s Jh] [Ts]
Jamee999: bets 1000 and is all-in
cmnderbond: folds
Jamee999 collected 1350 from pot
Jamee999: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1350 | Rake 0
Board [4s 3h 6s Jh Ts]
Seat 1: cmnderbond folded on the River
Seat 2: she2000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: richie babe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: mobbarly folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: SINJUNS (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jph_1888 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: trickie01 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: neville42 folded on the Turn
Seat 9: Jamee999 collected (1350)

PokerStars Game #11449898978: Tournament #56995140, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/08/12 - 15:03:35 (ET)
Table '56995140 129' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: cmnderbond (970 in chips)
Seat 2: she2000 (2260 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: richie babe (1490 in chips)
Seat 4: mobbarly (1520 in chips)
Seat 5: SINJUNS (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: jph_1888 (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: trickie01 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: neville42 (500 in chips)
Seat 9: Jamee999 (2350 in chips)
trickie01: posts small blind 10
neville42: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jamee999 [5c 5h]
Jamee999: raises 80 to 100
cmnderbond: folds
she2000: folds
richie babe: calls 100
mobbarly: folds
SINJUNS: folds
jph_1888: calls 100
trickie01: folds
neville42: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s 6h Qh]
Jamee999: bets 200
richie babe: raises 500 to 700
jph_1888: folds
Jamee999: calls 500
*** TURN *** [3s 6h Qh] [9s]
Jamee999: checks
richie babe: bets 300
Jamee999: raises 400 to 700
richie babe: calls 390 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3s 6h Qh 9s] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jamee999: shows [5c 5h] (a pair of Fives)
richie babe: shows [7c Ad] (high card Ace)
richie babe said, "lol"
Jamee999 collected 3110 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3110 | Rake 0
Board [3s 6h Qh 9s Ks]
Seat 1: cmnderbond folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: she2000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: richie babe showed [7c Ad] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 4: mobbarly folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: SINJUNS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jph_1888 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: trickie01 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: neville42 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Jamee999 showed [5c 5h] and won (3110) with a pair of Fives
 
Bobisback

Bobisback

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Was just playing one of those big play money tourneys in poker stars. 200 left, and i get QQ, i raise 4x the BB and get 3 callers. Flop was 6 5 6, everyone checks to me, the pot is almost as big as my stack, so i pushed. Two callers, one has KK, the other has 65. How the hell can you call a raise with 65 ffs?
 
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