***March Megalomania Poker Chat Thread***

[WVHillbilly]

tbh i didn't even know it was him, it was his first hand at the table, so i still had the hud of the player who just left over his name, so i was going of that unaware i was facing enty

Anyone think this is a good play, or is it pretty much 100% spew


Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

BTN: $16.90 (67.6 bb)
SB: $26.05 (104.2 bb)
BB: $4.70 (18.8 bb)
UTG+1: $25 (100 bb)
MP1: $25 (100 bb)
Hero (MP2): $53 (212 bb)
MP3: $27.55 (110.2 bb)
CO: $6 (24 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP2 with A

K

UTG+1 folds, MP1 raises to $1, Hero calls $1, MP3 calls $1, CO raises to $6 and is all-in, 3 folds, MP1 calls $5, Hero raises to $52.25, MP3 folds, MP1 calls $19 and is all-in

mp1 is a 12/10
CO is like 50/40 and has been shipping it in over 3 bets the last couple of orbits and noone has called him yet.

Did you flat the original raise because you knew that the CO would shove? If so, I like it. If not, why flat preflop?

 

[switch0723]

ye, he was 3bet shoving over the top of ~1/3rd of the raises the past 30 odd hands, and was yet to be called, so i flatted hoping he would shove, didn't know if just flatting or the shove was best though when it came back around

 

[WVHillbilly]

If you flat the pot's as big as MP1's remaining stack (SPR=2) so folding any flop is ugly. I like the shove.

 

[blankoblanco]

tbh i didn't even know it was him, it was his first hand at the table, so i still had the hud of the player who just left over his name, so i was going of that unaware i was facing enty

Anyone think this is a good play, or is it pretty much 100% spew


Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

BTN: $16.90 (67.6 bb)
SB: $26.05 (104.2 bb)
BB: $4.70 (18.8 bb)
UTG+1: $25 (100 bb)
MP1: $25 (100 bb)
Hero (MP2): $53 (212 bb)
MP3: $27.55 (110.2 bb)
CO: $6 (24 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP2 with A

K

UTG+1 folds, MP1 raises to $1, Hero calls $1, MP3 calls $1, CO raises to $6 and is all-in, 3 folds, MP1 calls $5, Hero raises to $52.25, MP3 folds, MP1 calls $19 and is all-in

mp1 is a 12/10
CO is like 50/40 and has been shipping it in over 3 bets the last couple of orbits and noone has called him yet.

looks fine to me. MP doesn't have to be that strong, could easily have AQ and all sorts of medium pairs up to Qs, some of which may fold. calling again with position probably isn't bad either

 

[blankoblanco]

Did you flat the original raise because you knew that the CO would shove? If so, I like it. If not, why flat preflop?

flatting tight EP raisers in position with AK at full ring is relatively standard fwiw. i do it a lot. watched some FR cardrunners vids and they do it a lot too

if you 3bet they generally will snapfold AQ/AJ/everything you really want in the hand so there's not really a ton of use in it except to take the lead in the hand and as a semibluff to fold out medium pairs that are technically "ahead". but 3bet folding AK isn't much fun since they still could get it in w/ QQ, but 3bet getting it in vs their range sucks even more (plz fold if they 4bet you in that spot)

 

[WVHillbilly]

flatting tight EP raisers in position with AK at full ring is relatively standard fwiw. i do it a lot. watched some FR cardrunners vids and they do it a lot too

if you 3bet they generally will snapfold AQ/AJ/everything you really want in the hand so there's not really a ton of use in it except to take the lead in the hand and as a semibluff to fold out medium pairs that are technically "ahead". but 3bet folding AK isn't much fun since they still could get it in w/ QQ, but 3bet getting it in vs their range sucks even more (plz fold if they 4bet you in that spot)

You want me to fold AK after 3betting it? Never!!!!

 

[GunslingerZ]

As someone who only has the time during work to come here about once a day, I'd like to add a big +1000 to the request to please convert HH's ITT (and everywhere). I enjoy this thread, but it grows by 5-6 pages every day when I get to it. I just skip right past raw HH's. If there was relevant chat, a little copy-paste at the end does the trick.

For everyone's bookmark folder:
http://www.stoxpoker.com/hand_history_converter/

Thank you.

 

[tenbob]

http://tenbobs.blogspot.com/

OMG an update

 

[c9h13no3]

http://tenbobs.blogspot.com/

OMG an update

Word. Isn't playing on a smaller site with rakeback & retarded drooling fish much better than playing on "the world's largest poker site" that has no incentive to give you anything back, much less rake? I mean yeah, the software is often kinda dumb, but I'll pay that price in exchange for them dolla dolla billz.

 

[tenbob]

Word. Isn't playing on a smaller site with rakeback & retarded drooling fish much better than playing on "the world's largest poker site" that has no incentive to give you anything back, much less rake? I mean yeah, the software is often kinda dumb, but I'll pay that price in exchange for them dolla dolla billz.

Yep, there is still some awesome deals out there for non-US players. Unfortunately when I was a small stakes donk I went and threw on $10 on lots of them for reasons that still escape me. Once I hammer out this bonus though I will be whoring around for a bit though.

 

[c9h13no3]

Stupid fish, making me stack them 237bb's deep with just one pair. Gives me a freakin' heart attack. He's a 39/5/11% FWIW.

Hero (SB): $300.65 (300.7 bb)
BB: $236.45 (236.5 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with A♦ A♣
2 folds, CO raises to $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, Hero raises to $17.50, BB calls $16.50, CO calls $14, BTN calls $14

Flop: ($70) 9♣ Q♥ 3♥ (4 players)
Hero bets $65, BB raises to $130, CO folds, BTN folds, Hero raises to $283.15 and is all-in, BB calls $88.95 and is all-in

Turn: ($507.90) 6♥ (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($507.90) 3♣ (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $507.90 pot ($3.50 rake)
Hero showed A♦ A♣ (two pairs, Aces and Threes) and won $504.40 ($267.95 net)
BB showed K♥ K♣ (two pairs, Kings and Threes) and lost (-$236.45 net)

 

[dg1267]

Stupid fish, making me stack them 237bb's deep with just one pair. Gives me a freakin' heart attack. He's a 39/5/11% FWIW.

Hero (SB): $300.65 (300.7 bb)
BB: $236.45 (236.5 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with A♦ A♣
2 folds, CO raises to $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, Hero raises to $17.50, BB calls $16.50, CO calls $14, BTN calls $14

Flop: ($70) 9♣ Q♥ 3♥ (4 players)
Hero bets $65, BB raises to $130, CO folds, BTN folds, Hero raises to $283.15 and is all-in, BB calls $88.95 and is all-in

Turn: ($507.90) 6♥ (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($507.90) 3♣ (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $507.90 pot ($3.50 rake)
Hero showed A♦ A♣ (two pairs, Aces and Threes) and won $504.40 ($267.95 net)
BB showed K♥ K♣ (two pairs, Kings and Threes) and lost (-$236.45 net)

Nice!

 

[cAPSLOCK]

There's way too much whining going on in this thread. Whining won't change your luck, the only thing it'll do is get you into a wrong state of mind.

Boom.

 

[switch0723]

well this full ring lark is fun isnt it.

 

[zachvac]

flatting tight EP raisers in position with AK at full ring is relatively standard fwiw. i do it a lot. watched some FR cardrunners vids and they do it a lot too

if you 3bet they generally will snapfold AQ/AJ/everything you really want in the hand so there's not really a ton of use in it except to take the lead in the hand and as a semibluff to fold out medium pairs that are technically "ahead". but 3bet folding AK isn't much fun since they still could get it in w/ QQ, but 3bet getting it in vs their range sucks even more (plz fold if they 4bet you in that spot)

This. Hand played out exactly how I would play it against basically anyone. No point in 3-betting AK against an EP raise and once we get a shortstack shove and MP flats I think we can jam pretty comfortably. Obviously MP could have a hand like AA/KK but we've kept his range a lot wider here imo.

 

[KingCurtis]

This month so far, and another +100$ day I am very excited tomove to 50nl soon,although I think I may study some before diving in...any suggestions on BIs to safely go into it?

 

[blankoblanco]

well this full ring lark is fun isnt it.

your start to the month is bw-esque, i'm expecting good things

 

[Richyl2008]

This month so far, and another +100$ day I am very excited tomove to 50nl soon,although I think I may study some before diving in...any suggestions on BIs to safely go into it?


Saw you at the tables today KC tried to give you a shout, though you must have been preoccupied, you had like 3buyins at that table and were directly on my left so decided to leave . How many tables you play btw that is a lot of hands you have put in so far.

 

[BelgoSuisse]

Villain is 72/45/7.

Shoving turn for value, obviously.

Full Tilt, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

MP2: $159 (79.5 bb)
Hero (MP3): $200 (100 bb)
CO: $261.80 (130.9 bb)
BTN: $211 (105.5 bb)
SB: $99.20 (49.6 bb)
BB: $203 (101.5 bb)
UTG+2: $254.85 (127.4 bb)
MP1: $242.45 (121.2 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP3 with 5

5

UTG+2 raises to $7, MP1 calls $7, MP2 calls $7, Hero calls $7, CO folds, BTN calls $7, 2 folds

Flop: ($38) 3

7

2

(5 players)
UTG+2 bets $38, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero calls $38, BTN folds

Turn: ($114) A

(2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero bets $155 and is all-in, UTG+2 calls $155

River: ($424) A

(2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $424 pot ($3 rake)
Hero showed 5

5

(two pairs, Aces and Fives) and won $421 ($221 net)
UTG+2 showed Q

T

(a pair of Aces) and lost (-$200 net)

 

[KingCurtis]

This month so far, and another +100$ day I am very excited tomove to 50nl soon,although I think I may study some before diving in...any suggestions on BIs to safely go into it?


Saw you at the tables today KC tried to give you a shout, though you must have been preoccupied, you had like 3buyins at that table and were directly on my left so decided to leave . How many tables you play btw that is a lot of hands you have put in so far.

Oh wow I am really sry! I would have said Hi Bu I play like 12-15 tables all depends.As for the hands, suprisingly even with a newborn I can put a lot in when she sleeps or when I dont have school work

 

[Jurn8]

Bet your hand, omfg this is not rocket science.

this made me LOL!

KC your crushing 25NL man !! Great work, keep it up buddy !!

 

[icemonkey9]

Here's what I think for buyins for levels:

10nl/25nl : 20 buyins
50nl : Move up at 30 buyins, move down at 20
100nl: Move up at 35 buyins, move down at 25
200nl: Move up at 40 buyins, move down at 30
400nl: Move up at 3 buyins, move down at 0

 

[S93]

Here's what I think for buyins for levels:

10nl/25nl : 20 buyins
50nl : Move up at 30 buyins, move down at 20
100nl: Move up at 35 buyins, move down at 25
200nl: Move up at 40 buyins, move down at 30
400nl: Move up at 3 buyins, move down at 0

looks like solid adivce. but isnt a 10buy-in buffer zone a litle big?

 

[eagle jim]

Age old question......total br or bankroll on each site....ie, 20 buyins on stars, 20 on full tilt or 20 spread between the 2?

 

[S93]

Age old question......total br or bankroll on each site....ie, 20 buyins on stars, 20 on full tilt or 20 spread between the 2?

total br imo. Does it really matter if the money is in your left or right pocket IF u have no trouble moving the money from pocket to pocket?