He means your buyins

Oh so basically somebody's paying for your buy in in exchange for some of your winnings?

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Why has my thread been locked?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/55/about-forums/

Your question was answered.

This should probably have been one of the first things I ever asked, but here we go.

In FR(9 player NL), what should our SB/BB calling range be. I'm aiming to be a TAG player? I'm guessing it should be as tight if not tighter than our UTG/EP range, because we'll be OOP post flop?

Maybe against loose BTN raisers we can widen our range, but for the most part we should be pretty tight as SB/BB, right? Like 8-10%?

Depends what position you're playing against. Against a BTN open I 3b or fold only from the sb with a ~16% range, but in the bb we should be defending very wide.

I don't understand why we should be defending wide when we're going to be OOP on the flop? Is there a thread I should be reading that discusses this? It doesn't make sense to me.

In FR, people mostly have good hands, why do I want to play OOP with a marginal against them?

Because we only need to lose at less than 100bb/100 when we call to make calling better than folding. If the BTN minraises, that means we need to realise <25% of the pot on average to make calling better.

Here's my dumb question...I need to know how to play QQ in the following situation. Blinds are 400/800 after 1st break of tourney (so early in tournament). I've got QQ and first to act with 42K in chips. I raise to 2200 and player to my direct left calls. Everyone else folds. Flop is J 10 9 rainbow. I bet 2800 and he raises to 5700. I reraise to 15K. He thinks for sometime before pushing me all in for my remaining 25K or so. He can't possibly know I don't have JJ. I probably should have figured him for middle pocket pair but couldn't let go with the open end draw and called. Of course I miss my 10 outs.

Hi guys

Couple of questions for MTTs crushers here

#1 Is it better to be visible or hidden on sites like SharkScope / Poker Pro Labs / Official Poker Rankings ?

#2 Those websites offer HUDs. Which one of those HUDs is best for MTTs?

how did the successful one's here laid their path in terms of learning through reading?
do you even recommend reading books anymore? some joke about that.
on other hand, something like NLHETAP has so much useful infos.

I'm just not sure if I would start throwing money at something i can achieve otherwise, when starting to buy a lot of books... but more info/perspective never hurts, right?

sorry i'm rambeling, hard to express my thoughts right now. I'm kind of overwhelmed with how much there is to learn and where and how to do it. I'd never would have imagined how much info even here on this forum is with so many great pooh-bah posts and other stuff.

by the way how do i make sure to find all those great ones? are all of those usually referenced to in the beginners sections?


anyhow, if someone understands my scrambled thoughts I'm grateful for any advice and input.

P.S. Thanks for all you 2+2 legends on here that post even here on the beginners thread, YOU ROCK!

I can never understand the whole math thing.. I know the rule of 4 and 2 but I never really pay attention to the math unless it is painfully obvious.

Is there a way to learn this? I've watched a couple youtube videos but they don't help..

For an example a hand I just played I had a flush draw with one more card to come.. and he bet half the pot so 1.30 into 2.65 ( i gues almost half the pot.) So I am calling 1.30 to win 3.95... so does that mean I am getting 3 to 1 on a call?

but if I'm only 18% to make my flush does that mean i'm getting bad odds?

I have a question that every time I play with my boys we get into an argument
Flop: 7 6 k 2 4
My hand: 2 j
His hand: 9 9

Who wins??

His hand

His hand. Why do you argue about this? You have a pair of 2's. He has a pair of 9's...

Does variance really matters in online poker?
Doesn't rakeback compensate more than enough for bad beats? (it does in my case)

If you think this you're either playing 2NL/5NL or you've been running hot lifetime.

First one

Best five card hand wins.

Five. Not four. Not six.

If you're having problems reading hands, physically align the hands like they do sometimes on television.

quote my own post bump

Can folding be considered the attribute of an aggressive player? Granted its bc u know or are sure you're beat...

Yes.

Aggression has to do with betting and raising.
A passive player will call a lot instead.

Good players are aggressive but they can fold.