* January's Juxtaposed Pokahz Chat *

Dwilius · Jan 20, 2009

nomasburros said:
gl to all chatters in 2009 may all your cards be good but mine be better lol

You're responding from the first page, aren't you

You have some catching up to do.

KingCurtis · Jan 20, 2009

BelgoSuisse said:
Well, you got to leave some of it to chance or else the fishes wouldn't play. Played another 4 step1 tonight: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-rooms-10/28-steps-big-sunday-tournaments-140617/#post1056506

actually reading that thread before you posted the link. gl with that it seems to be going well so far. I'll try one but turbos tilt me its just not my game

BelgoSuisse · Jan 20, 2009

KingCurtis said:
I'll try one but turbos tilt me its just not my game

Really? I kind of find it relaxing that most of the time your only decision is "should i push of should i fold?".

The Shrog · Jan 20, 2009

Belgo, are you using some sort of ICM software? Not saying I agree or disagree with what you're doing, just find it interesting. I already posted in your thread that I was excited to see the results...also, you're probably 10x better sng player than myself.

KingCurtis · Jan 20, 2009

BelgoSuisse said:
Really? I kind of find it relaxing that most of the time your only decision is "should i push of should i fold?".

dont get me wrong its not hard, I just play to take small pots and build gradually.but I understand the strategy here and am doing ok in my first

KingCurtis · Jan 20, 2009

So far so good

eNTy · Jan 20, 2009

This is taken from a real advert for viagra I saw when browsing the New York Times top 20 best sellers list. Had to save it.

Describes my feelings towards January perfectly.

tenbob · Jan 20, 2009

OK Enty we dont judge here.

eNTy · Jan 20, 2009

That's why I love this place.

blankoblanco · Jan 20, 2009

so i came up with a theorem of sorts. it's slightly convoluted, but it goes something like this:

i posit that when a decent or good player insta-checks to you on the river, they are planning to either a) snap off almost any bet, or b) fold to almost any bet. even though these are opposites, this polarization is really helpful. if you have a value hand, bet as much as you can. if you must bluff, you can get away with making it really small, since you're mostly only pushing out the hands that completely give up. with A-high i'd lean towards not bluffing if there's any conceivable whiffed draws that you can beat. obv if they catch on, it doesn't work anymore, but a) this is true for any theory and b) it would take a number of shown down hands in these spots for them to catch on

IME they are usually either checking quickly in complete defeat because they missed their draw or whatever, have almost no SD value, and know there's no point trying to slow you down, or they want to induce you to bet, especially some draw you might've whiffed. marginal hands that really don't want to call another barrel almost always take at least a slight delay before checking, as if they have a decision, to put the fear in you

works best in sizeable pots where at least one reasonable draw missed. i'm sllightly drunk and this might be silly so didn't figure it warranted its own thread or anything

vanquish · Jan 20, 2009

why r u drunk!

blankoblanco · Jan 20, 2009

coz i just wanna drank all day

vanquish · Jan 20, 2009

i been watchin vids and talkin about theory look @ me look @ me.
look @ me i'm also cookin sausages and rice gonna use sweet jalapeno + bbq sauce on that ish and get real delicious with it. i got a sprite and coke in glass bottles too and some scotch for afterwords. ur theorem is very accurate iirc

KingCurtis · Jan 20, 2009

Step 2 biotches

vanquish · Jan 20, 2009

i gots dat honger

The Shrog · Jan 20, 2009

go get em KC.

Jurn8 · Jan 20, 2009

http://jurnspokeradventure.blogspot.com/2009/01/january-bankroll-update-3.html

blankoblanco · Jan 20, 2009

question: are you allowed to cash a steps ticket in for $T or is the only thing you can do with it play the step?

Dwilius · Jan 20, 2009

From what i've read here, all you can do is play the steps until $215 and either play a $215 tourney or keep going.

Lemlywinks · Jan 20, 2009

F'ing life tilt right now. A guy at my table talks about what quote unquote the book tells him to do for every move. Takes up waaaay too much time doing so. Then I have second nuts with a straight K/J on a Q 10 K 9 board and he slowrolls talking about his "book" and what decision to make only to call with the nuts (A/J)....

c9h13no3 · Jan 20, 2009

**** Hold'em.

That is all.

c9h13no3 · Jan 21, 2009

No, sorry, that's not all. Someone explain to me how the **** this graph works. I'm crushing 25$NL 6-max, crushing 50$NL 6-max, and then BAM, the ****ing doomswitch kicks in. Like, did I become terrible overnight? Did I pickup a crack habit that's causing me to play like ass? I just don't get it. Idk if I'm just bored with the game, and now I'm spewing around money to entertain myself or if I really just was terrible, and I went on a nice sick heater for ~25K hands.

blankoblanco · Jan 21, 2009

wow thats a ridiculous effing graph. i have no idea what to tell you

vanquish · Jan 21, 2009

lol i shipped a step 4 ticket i'm a ruckbox at SNGs

blankoblanco · Jan 21, 2009

are you gonna play the mirrion with it?

*** January's Juxtaposed Pokahz Chat ***

Dwilius

CardsChat Regular

KingCurtis

Legend

BelgoSuisse

Legend

The Shrog

Cardschat Elite

KingCurtis

Legend

KingCurtis

Legend

eNTy

Legend

Attachments

tenbob

Legend

eNTy

Legend

blankoblanco

plays poker on hard mode

vanquish

Legend

blankoblanco

plays poker on hard mode

vanquish

Legend

KingCurtis

Legend

vanquish

Legend

The Shrog

Cardschat Elite

Jurn8

Legend

blankoblanco

plays poker on hard mode

Dwilius

CardsChat Regular

Lemlywinks

Legend

c9h13no3

Is drawing with AK

c9h13no3

Is drawing with AK

Attachments

blankoblanco

plays poker on hard mode

vanquish

Legend

blankoblanco

plays poker on hard mode

About CardsChat

Our Community

Our Site

* January's Juxtaposed Pokahz Chat *