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    PL Poker league GAME 3 - Can PAUL ROSS beat his detractors?

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    Re: PL Poker league GAME 3 - Can PAUL ROSS beat his detractors? Just like to congratulate everyone on a good game.....as always the standard was very high - even plow managed to survive till almost the final and he wasnt even there :rollin I'll post the screenshots up of the final placings later when im back on my other computer.. GotAFancy no need to worry mate, it wasnt a deliberate delay with the update....I'll leave the league for a week before I update it this time again. Jez

    You make the play....AKs on a LAG table!

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    Re: You make the play....AKs on a LAG table! Well. I always say the most important thing to do in NL hold em is to consider what your opponent has and play accordingly. If you have a perfect read on your opponent he will find it impossible to ever win.....A bad player is someone who only considers what they have. So when the action got to me I have to think. First of all the bad players half pot bet. A lot of bad players bet weakly into large pots when they have a DRAW (they hope opponents will just call their bets rather than raise them so they see a very cheap next card to try and hit their draw, this is blindingly obvious usually and a very bad play). This player certainly fitted the bad category and the board has an obvious flush draw on it. Bad players also habitually check their monster flops to preflop raisers (I am not saying this is always a terrible play (although I dont like it usually), but to do it always is wrong and this is what bad players generally do) - for this reason I dont think he has a set of 9s or 3s (or even A9 or A3) but it is slightly possible he has a weak ace. I conclude that there is about a 90% chance of the draw for him and about 10% he has a worse ace, either way I want him in and I want to make him pay. Now the LAG. He can read his opponents and he surely knows mr small blind is on the flush draw probably, so why the flat call? If the board was rainbow then I would be a bit wary here - he could easily be slowplaying something to me. However it is not - the SB is clearly on a draw, so if he had 999 333 A9 or even AAA (all distinct possibilities) he would be RAISING before it got to me. A very aggressive player like him is not going to let a flush card come off for cheap, even if he has hit top set he would be raising here if he thought he had the best hand. I can only conclude he thinks he has the SB beaten but is worried I have him beaten, not wanting to put more money in the pot before he finds out - He must have A10 or AJ. Of course he could have the FD as well, I would allocate him 85% chance of the A10/J and 10% of the FD - there is the tiny 5% chance he is taking a risk and slowplaying something to me. So now I know (well, I trust my reads anyway) these holdings it comes to me and I must make my play. I think I have them both beat but I cannot slowplay here, I decide to raise the size of the pot. If I was to call the 20 there would be 100 in the middle so I put the 20+100 in, raising it to 120 to go exactly. I do this instead of going all in because of the slight possibility the LAG might come back over the top of me. If he does this I can still throw away my hand (as I would have to) - it would be totally unexpected but I cannot expose myself totally for 400 dollars as going all in would do. Note I am NOT raising to find out information (a terrible play IMO) - I am raising because I trust my reads, however should I get some unexpected information I can still get away with over 200 of my stack intact. As expected the SB thinks a bit then calls (FLUSH DRAW), the LAG folds. I cross my fingers and think "no club" and plan to bet the bad players last 80 on a non-club turn Turn : ;;;;;;;;;; Sweet, there is the tiny chance of A6 of course but I still really feel I have the lead and he has a draw - he checks I bet 80.50 (his stack exactly) and he pauses a bit before he calls River : :::::&:::: Perfect I think....he is all in so its an auto showdown, he flips over... !&!!!! !"- Exactly what we thought he had, his hand is dead and the 460 pot is shipped to my stack :drums. This is how a tight aggressive player should play a hand of poker like this, you must consider what your opponents have and make them pay to draw/if you have them beaten. A weak tight player would just have called along here, or maybe bet/raise smaller. DONT fall into that trap - many players on the net will chase with bad odds, you can make this pay handsomely for you. Of course if I got rivered (which to be fair will happen a lot, he will make the flush 1/3 of the time approx) it is going to cost me but that is why you have bankroll management. As for the LAG....he typed in nh in the chatbox and I queried him on his holding. He said he folded AJ and whilst I am liable to lie about what I have if Im asked in the chatbox afterwards :lol - I believe what he said and you have to give him credit for a good fold. If It had just been me and him in the pot his top pair would of course lost to my top pair better kicker but I highly doubt I would have won as much off him as I did off the bad player so I did not care I chose not to keep him in by raising. Jez

    League Update!

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    Re: League Update! Thanks for that laidback...I was away with the fairies this time yesterday and didnt think to check the game thread :o :o The league + cash table updates have been done and posted, its a very tight game with a long way to go....see you all tonight! Jez

    League Update!

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    Ok Guys... I have updated the league and money winners for us..but one thing before I post them up.. Who was BLACKSNAKE I remember him saying he was using his bros account....could someone or him please tell me what his nick is on here so I can give him is point! (and post the new league) Jez

    You make the play....AKs on a LAG table!

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    Hi everyone, Here is a hand that I was involved in just an hour or two ago, I will post as far as the flop action and then I would like your opinions on what you feel the best play for me to make was, then tomorrow I will post the results of how I actually played it. There is a deposit bonus on on pokerstars at the moment (runs out today....20% up to 120 max bonus) anyway, I have been playing on there to clear my 120 dollars. Mostly 2/4 NL cash but a few hours at 1/2 as well. I couldnt sleep last night so ended up logging on at 5am, after a browse through the available games the 2/4s were all a joke - rock pools filled with TAGs and pros, whats the point? The same seemed true of even the 1/2 Tables but then I spotted one that looked half decent - it had a high average pot and % of players for flop. Observing for a few rounds there was a VERY loose aggressive player there. He frequently raised every hand to 12 to go preflop with all sorts of holdings, absolutely anything. However he was not on tilt nor was he a fish, infact I observed him to be a very very good player making some good laydowns and punishing the weak players when he made a good hand - in the 15minutes I watched he got his stack from 200 dollars to 750. Which such frequent preflop raises there was a lot of action at the table and I wanted to be a part of it - so I went on the waiting list :) Even happier days arrived when I was allocated the seat directly to the left of the tough LAG - perfect. I sat down and bought in for 200 After a few rounds I busted a player when I flopped a set against his AA and got 200 from him, I played one hand against the LAG (which I layed down on the turn after a small investment into the pot) and was sat at about 380 dollars when the following hand came up.... In Late pos I am dealt<>? $$$&$$ .... The LAG (who has me covered - we are the 2 biggest stacks at the table) makes it 12 to go preflop and it is folded around to me. I consider reraising to isolate but seeing as I have position in this hand I decide just to flat call and take a flop, possibly enticing others into the pot as well, the small blind flat calls also and three of us take a Flop... !){ ???&???? ^^^^^^^^^^ The small blind is not the greatest player - he has 200 infront of him but he is BAD - frequently seen chasing hands down with no pot odds and involved with all sorts of pish. The Pot is around 40, the small blind leads out and bets 20, the tough LAG then flat calls and the action is on me....YOUR MOVE??? (And what would you do on subsequent streets depending on what cards fell?) Jez

    mini tourney

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    Re: mini tourney I have created a new tourney since we couldnt start the last one.. Its called plpoker and the password is tipstarinjail unforutnaetly i have just noticed there are two pl poker tables the new one is "plpoker"...without the spaces Jez

    Anybody up for a Mini PL stt NOW?

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    Re: Anybody up for a Mini PL stt NOW? After losing an early pot to plow when I raised with AK, he called with A8 and the flop came A 10 8 I managed to escape with some chips intact and went on to win :drums :drums :drums We are starting another but as I speak its filled up....come on in guys but if you are observing we cannot see your chat! Jez

    Bet365 $20K Freerolls In July

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    Re: Bet365 $20K Freerolls In July Yep just gone... had 2k chips, reraised a raiser allin with my AK....the big blind called but the original raiser folded, the blind showed 55... Flopped my K but he turned a 5, nevermind GL all left in Jez

    Aa ?

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    Re: Aa ? Hi bruice, You were just unlucky mate. You were correct in thinking AA is the best starting hand, it certainly is and is a big favourite over anything that goes against it. Of course on the flop and beyond you might have been overtaken by someone, but before the flop you do indeed hold the best hand possible. Glad to hear you are enjoying some online poker....:welcome to this part of the forum mate.... Stick up any other questions/thoughts you have as we have loads of good players here who will be more than willing to answer Jez

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