Rules, FAQ and Best Of Threads (READ BEFORE POSTING) [Don't troll in strat threads.]

[Jakester1288]

4bet the flop, as played, lead turn for 400, shove river.

[reivas]

Originally Posted by MrRunsGoood

have u raised his limp before?

Yes i think every time and every time he limped-called

[mersenneary]

Don't troll in strat threads.

[alexDJI]

Quick advice to help you post helpful advice in strat threads:

You are on the button preflop, so postflop you are in position, therefore when villain:

-checks

You can do one of the following: check behind or bet.
You can't do one of the following: check calling or check raising

-bets

You can: call or raise
You can't: check call or check raise his bet

[ChicagoRy]

Originally Posted by alexDJI

Quick advice to help you post helpful advice in strat threads:

You are on the button preflop, so postflop you are in position, therefore when villain:

-checks

You can do one of the following: check behind or bet.
You can't do one of the following: check calling or check raising

-bets

You can: call or raise
You can't: check call or check raise his bet

I've been guilty of this a few times over the years. It does seem to happen quite often though.

[mersenneary]

Originally Posted by alexDJI

Quick advice to help you post helpful advice in strat threads:

You are on the button preflop, so postflop you are in position, therefore when villain:

-checks

You can do one of the following: check behind or bet.
You can't do one of the following: check calling or check raising

-bets

You can: call or raise
You can't: check call or check raise his bet

I might have to check with Mason to make sure this is OK to put in a sticky.

[alexDJI]

lol mers

ChiRy I made this post because 1) it happens too often and 2) http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/18...-hand-1029899/ 3 different person each made the mistake, each time after I tried to make them realise their advice is impossible to apply.

[ChicagoRy]

That thread is so bad it's almost comical Alex.

Report any posts like that from now on. We'll just delete them, since they aren't going to be worth anything if the advice given is for reverse positions.

Unless there's a better solution, but I can't think of one off hand (chime in anyone).

[ChicagoRy]

What do people think about allowing a few more LC/NC threads that pop up all the time to develop?

Here's an example of one that would normally be insta locked: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/18...g-reg-1038558/

As you can see, discussion is mostly boring levels, but you can't deny how popular the thread has been (90+ replies, 3k+ views).

Lock this stuff up despite the popularity or keep it open?

[yaqh]

maybe we should be thinking about how to have more strat threads as opposed to how to have less LC threads

[ChicagoRy]

Originally Posted by yaqh

maybe we should be thinking about how to have more strat threads as opposed to how to have less LC threads

Probably a good idea, given there's likely a lull due to black friday (less players playing regularly, less players getting into game situations to post regularly).

Any idea how to achieve this?

Here's a few ideas:

- Hand of the day

- Concept of the week

- Short video of the week (2p2 now has embedded video features, so if you can get it on youtube you can get it on 2p2, embedded in a thread)

Still, people seem to just love the "stupid" threads (in my view they are stupid, to each their own) over strategy threads at the moment. Well, I shouldn't say at the moment, anytime a NC thread slips by our moderator and reporter's eyes it grows at a much faster rate than even the best strat threads.

[Yasawa]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRy

- Concept of the week

I would like to have that.

[mersenneary]

Originally Posted by yaqh

maybe we should be thinking about how to have more strat threads as opposed to how to have less LC threads

I've been halfheartedly trying to bring content up in strat threads by royal decree. It's no surprise there aren't many given the quality of typical responses these days:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/18...-pair-1021893/

Get serious about separating fluff threads from strat threads, I guess? Start deleting ****ty posts in strat threads?

[Jakester1288]

COTW plzzzzz

[Duncelanas]

Strictly moderated CotW threads could (hopefully) add some useful strat discussion. I'm talking about no trolling tolerated, infraction/temp ban for first offense strict moderation. Only way to stop it from devolving into pointless flaming imo.