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Re: Interesting Cooler endgame situation
Cheers - nice to be back:ok DamoGood to see you Damo :ok -
Re: Latter Stages Of STT Play
I would raise to 200 and call the AI shove from either of them. you still have plenty of chips is you call and lose and then the other guy starts to feel the pressure as he sees 2 big stacks, not just one. I would also raise to 200 with pretty much any two cards at this point unless either of them had shown any action towards shove reraising in which case my range would be narrower than A2C :lol By 'constantly' raising you hide you better hands when you get them and hope to bust one of them if they play back at you. Cheers DamoHey all, just wondering what your opinion is regarding this situation: I was playing a €25 5-man STT yesterday, and had a commanding chip advantage of approximately 5200-1300-1000. Blinds were still just 25/50. I am the Button and I have AKs.- Do you play this the same way as you would normally
- Do you play it more aggressively knowing you have plenty chips to bully the others?
- Do you leave it, not wanting to double either of the others up, and wait for the other 2 to tangle?
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Re: Your thoughts on this hand please
No point in betting 450 on the flop and leaving yourself 305, just ship it all in and there is not much point folding the turn either as you are getting 5/6-1 for your cash. Just the way i would play it. DamoJust finished a SNG tournament where I ran pretty much card dead. This hand was the hand that crippled me. Any thoughts? Seat 8: HERO (955) Dealt to HERO [Jd Ah] HERO raises to 200 *** FLOP *** [Jh 5d 7c] diego4you bets 50 HERO raises to 450 diego4you calls 400 Thoughts? -
Re: AJo UTG on Final Table of MTT
I agree with GaF Folding is ok Limping is very poor The tricky part is what happens if you raise to 750 or so and the BB shoves for their last 2K and a bit. Pot odds suggest you should call as there is just over 4K in the pot and it costs you 2K or so to call. But all of a sudden you are playing AJo for about 1/3 of your stack and not for 8% or so with the first raise. Now I wouldn't want to play AJo for 1/3 of my stack in the BB if a shortie shoved, so why play it here? I would be tempted to fold this unless i had been playing tight in which case I might raise. But if my table image is loose this is an easy fold for me. Nice post! Cheers DamoRaise to 2.5xBB (750) for me - you have a relatively weak Ace, so you cannot withstand any pressure - A fold isn't bad. The hand is too weak to limp. -
Re: Interesting Cooler endgame situation
Yes, their is no side pot and he gains nothing by driving the other guy out - its realy obvious thet you are better to check this down and hope that between you that you knock the AI player out. Most odd DamoFor those who haven't played these, the final five in a Cooler STT win double their stake, the other five get nothing. Going into this hand, we're down to six players, so one more to be eliminated. After the hand, EdsonCanoe called mi911 an idiot for betting on the flop. Was he? -
Re: TT Shove or Call?
I would shove even though it looks like the villian is slowplaying AA/KK and hoping for action. You don't have enough chips vs the blinds to fold (I think) and its too much of your stack to simply call PF and then fold the flop if you miss/he shoves, so its an easy decision for me. Just my thoughts DamoSeat 4: Wilfried Fun (4415 in chips) Seat 7: JadedJ (3910 in chips) Should I shove here, or just call? -
Re: How much did I go wrong?
Spot on:ok DamoWhat it gives us is information on stack sizes, position, fold equity, etc. Hand 1 - The call is the wrong play here. . IMO you need to be raising here, probably All in to Hand 2 - You should have folded pre flop. Hand 3 - You can't get away from that hand and are just plain unlucky. You have 4xBB left and the third best starting hand. You have to shove pre flop. Fallsy1970 is a massive chip leader at the table and is using this power to bully the short stacks close to the bubble. In this hand he just get's lucky too. -
Re: Opinions Please
My pleasure Andy - have been playing a fair amount of low level cash games for the past few months and pot betting/denying odds does not seem to put people off:eyes, so I started to take the more aggresive approach of playing shove poker in the situations you describe, and have had folks calling AI shoves on the flop for $5 or more with middle pair etc. As I said these are the hands that make money, not having Aces and somone else having KK Hope you good run continues:ok Cheers Damo ps I am playing short handed - how it differs at a full table I am unsure of :unsureCheers Damo. Much clearer. :ok -
Re: Opinions Please you don't have the nuts so min raising to represent the nuts at this level is pontless as most players are not observant or 'savvy' and will call with any part of the flop. They wont recognise the move and blindly call hoping you are bluffing/have trips/2 pair etc and that they wil hit another diamond to make their 5 high flush etc. So you are best to shove and make the flush/str draws pay for the privilege. When you have a good/made hand at this level I would always shove and get the calls from the drawing hands/top pair/over pair to your trips etc. From my (fairly limited) experience of cash games, that is how you make money at low levels, not by waiting for aces/kings and doiubling up, but getting someone on the flop when they have half a hand and will call your AI chasing to hit. shoving the flop makes your decision proces very easy - if you call that flop and another diamond arrives and you face a pot bet now what? are you calling or folding? remember folks at this lveel will bet again with A10 bluffing the flush with only TPTK - too many people bluff and don't bet thair made hands strongly enough. So by shoving there are no more decisions to be made, hence why its easier than calling and facing another bet on the turn potentially OOP against 2 other players. Just my thoughts Damo ps aggressive is the way in cash games, be very aggressive when you have a hand:ok yuiovig
Damo, I appreciate your input, but I have to ask (you as well glc), why shove on that flop? In your reply, one second you're saying 'why represent the nuts' and in the next breath you're also saying even though you don't have it you should shove anyway. I'm a beginner on the cash tables and trying to tone down my aggressiveness. I understand your point about making decisions easier but I thought that for once I managed to achieve that by waiting until I did have (near enough) the nuts. Also, how can shoving help your decision making in the future? Basically I'm limiting my exposure. I only wanted to take a few dollars to the table in order to rake hands. I started off on there with $2, added $1 and left with $19. -
Re: Opinions Please please don't min raise, just don't do it, its very very very very very very very very very bad play - any womble with any diamond will call you no matter how small their diamond is - why give them fantastic odds to hit their hand? You don't have the nuts, so why try to represent the nuts? most players at this level are not observant, so being clever tends not to work - however, if you have played this way previously in this session with the nuts and had someones stack because of it then they might remember and makes the play more acceptable. and why give the original min raiser an opportunity to hit trips with his (possible) AA/KK hand - the min raise is often someone playing a premium hand that way. after the re-re-raise I would ship my cash in the middle (though as I said in response to your first post, I would have shipped my cash in on the flop regardless of the action). If you miss the turn and he shoves then what? you calling with middle set? make decisions easier for yourself not harder would be my advice Nice post:ok Damo
*** Bet Round 2 *** sanhez Check wovercome Bet 0.20 ($1.25) kata106 Call 0.20 ($1.45) PV23pl Raise to 0.40 ($1.85) I decided that a minimum raise would represent the nuts and I just wanted to get more cash in the pot, but in reality I wanted to see how they would react to such a play (gain information), and keep it cheap. sanhez Fold wovercome Call 0.40 (2.25) - drawing? kata106 Raise to 1.00 (3.05) - flush or aggressive nut draw As far as I was concerned, I had my info, and fantastic odds. I was drawing to any T, 3 or 8 plus a runner runner paired board. I had decided that I would have to drop if my hand didn't improve though. So, PV23pl Call 1.00 (3.65) 60c into a 2.25 pot wovercome Fold *** Turn(Board): *** : [10d, 3d, 8d, 3c] *** Bet Round 3 *** kata106 Bet 2.55 PV23pl All-in 2.55 *** River(Board): *** : [10d, 3d, 8d, 3c, 7h] *** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.42 Total Pot: 8.03 kata106 [6d, Ad] Ace high flush Win: 0.00 PV23pl [8c, 8s] Full house Win: 8.03 So, did I play this hand badly? Or did I play it correctly? Knock yourselves out. I really want to know. Thanks. :ok -
Re: Opinions Please
At this level I am shoving DamoQuestion one; On a flop like that are you happy to play or looking/expecting to fold? -
Re: Video Analysis: GaF at PokerTrillion - 25c/50c NLHE - 5 Handed
5 handed' date=' UTG, dealt A9o - what do you do? [/quote'] easy fold for me, but then I am super tight in cash games Damo -
Re: Is this to tight? any chance of posting the HH so we can properly evaualte this? This looks like an easy call, but would like to know more. Cheers Damian
Final table of a 5 euro tourno on Virgin. 1st place pays about 350, think 10th was 15. I am 10th out of 10 as the final table starts, but there are a couple of players with not that much more than me. About the 4th hand UTG goes all in. He has a big stack. It gets folded round to me (7th position). I have JJ and decide to fold because : a) he has me covered and I will be out in 10th for 15 euros if I lose b) he had no reason to make a move unless he had a premium hand Having thought about it some more I think it is more likely he had a smaller pair. Surely if he had AA, KK, QQ or AK he wouldn't want to scare everybody off:unsure What do you think? p.s. ended up 6th for 62.20 euros:) -
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Re: Tournament (league format question)
zero % of the time - insta call every time DamoHi guys let's say you're down to last 20 in a An opponent with the same stack size as you comes over the top all in what % of the time are you folding any of the above hands? -
Re: Commited to call?
Seems about right to me - 2:1 or more and I am calling however....... I am not putting 24K into a pot with crap if it represents half my stack (or thereabouts) I wouldn't want to be calling in that situation for more than about 20% of my stack if I got caught stealing. Nice post:ok Damowas just wondering what you guys/gals thought of this (a situation I find myself in alot when I get to a final table' date=' or 5 handed on a SST): [img']http://www.furnesspoker.co.uk/phpBB3/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif -
Re: Min buy in Strategy
The idea of the SSS is to double up and leave, locking in your profit and opening up another table - some folks prefer to play 'proper' poker after doubling up, but I can't see the point really. Having a deep stack is not what you are interested in with this strategy, deep stacks encourages players to call normal raises with marginal hands hoping to hit because of implied odds, so mid-suited connectors, small PP's, they are likely to fold those against a shortie shove because their implied odds are diminished. SSS is about getting HU PF, not deep stack clever play post flop. Damo ps I haven't read the S/C ranking you mentioned - is there a link you could post? thanksIf you sit there and wait for premium hands, then you want a deep stack - because you want to play a big pot - you cannot if you have no chips.... -
Re: Min buy in Strategy
Shoving marginal hands is the road to ruin - people will call you, so shoving K10 is not a good idea as you often get at least 2 callers, dependant on how short your stack is, and the action before it gets to you - more action if there is a raise and calls in front, less so (generally) if you are first in from LP. Re shoving from LP if no one raises - are you talking limps in front of you? if so, then folks will call - they 'have' to after limping, they feel 'obliged' to call:eyes. So best shove something that you are likely to be ahead of their range with. I would not advise open shoving something crap like J9 if its folded to you in the CO as one of the blinds will call as they have money 'invested' in the pot......:eyes At low stakes people calling ranges are large, very large in some cases, so you want to be at least a 60/40 fav against one opponent and holding AA KK & AK against raise and calls in front of you (generally) if you are going to shove (QQ is borderline shove to a raise and 3 calls). I played around with the short-stack-shove strategy on Betfair 6 tables and you do need patience and you do need to be ultra-selective IMHO as from personal experience people call with crap. How it works at $1/2 I don't know as I was playing micro-stakes. Just my thoughts from personal experience. Cheers DamianI'm with glceud on this - I'm playing looser with a small stack - i dont have reverse implied odds, so I can move in with far more marginal hands. You can also look to pick up the pots that noone else seems to want - for example shoving liberally from late position when noones raised.... -
Re: Min buy in Strategy
I am with Steve on this - the whole point of the min-buy-in and shove strategy it to wait for 'premium cards' AA KK QQ AK AQ - otherwise you are just gambling shoving 33 etc, in which case you might as well shove 10 8. I am not saying folks don't do it, I am saying that in regards to the 'accepted' strategy, folks are leaving themselves wide open to get busted by deviating so far from it. I might shove JJ, 1010, 99, AJ and A10 if I am getting really short, otherwise it is stick to the hands as described. It works as long as the others are not paying too much attention and works best IMHO on short handed tables where you are more likely to get HU, which is want you want with this strategy, you don't want multiple callers shoving AQ. Just my thoughts DamoNo the range is far wider than that with the ones -
Re: Min buy in Strategy
Yes its a great strategy if you are uncomfortable with post flop play. what to call with - JJ/1010+ would be my guess, a lot of shoves will be A9+ KQ and maybe if they are pretty short 66+, KJ, A6+, which means their range is failry big. However you have hit the nail on the head, you make it $4 get 2 callers and shortie shoves for $15, if you only call there is now about $40 in the middle with the blinds and its only $11 more for someone else to call - so calling is not an option really, you should raise to force them to fold/create a side pot. I found that short stack shoving never worked on a full table for me simply because of what you described with AA - the min buy strategy works better on short tables when you have less players and are less likely to be called by more than one of them. Cheers DamoDont think I'm imagining this but I think a few players are using the following strategy Basically the short stacks wait for a hand were there has been a standard raise and one or two callers and then push their $20 all in. If your the initial raiser what do you need to call with, taking into account the non existence of implied odds plus the fact that you will be out of position if the other caller/s remain in the pot? -
Re: Heads Up now I have read the whole hand: After his flop bet you either fold, call or shove - raising like you did only gets you in more trouble as it pot builds a weak hand with a fella who may feel pot commited and reshove to your raise. Personally I would call and see what the turn brings. After he calls your flop raise I am checking this hand down - I am not interested in putting anymore chips in the middle unless I hit trips or pair my 3 - a solid tight player bets and calls a a raise for about half his stack now or so on an A+ 2-flush flop? he has something - it might be a flush draw, but he has something. I am not calling his AI on the end - you can get back your chips later against a player like this as he is easy to read. Damo
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Re: Heads Up
no - i would flat call here if I had raised with Ax and have top pair (top two pair even) because I want villian to bet again on the turn trying to force me to fold 'my flush draw' Standard tatic with position if you hit and have a player betting at you. DamoIn that case, what on earth are you doing in the hand with 83?????? I probably just call the 400 bet - and hope he's not a decent enough player to put in a big bet at the end regardless of what he has - I think a flat call gives away so much information - it screams that I'm weak :unsure -
Re: Heads Up no point getting clever with a raise to 1200 which if he reshoves you should really call - so just call If he is tight solid, that means you can steal his blinds/take flops away when he doesn't bet, so you can easily recoup your raise in a few hands time if you fold here - which is not a terrible play, not great, but not terrible - the best thing is to call wit position and he is bets 2K on the turn you fold if you haven't improved. Damo
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Re: Probability theory question
thats a very good point - y'see I told you I needed help:$ Damo ps can I blame it on the fact that I am a womble? :lolSince one of your two cards is an ace, three of the other 50 cards are aces, so the chance of any particular card in one of your opponents' hands being an ace is 3/50. If you didn't have an ace, it would be 4/50.
TT Shove or Call?
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Re: TT Shove or Call?
Thanks:ok - you are still winning I hope:ok :D:D:D Damo