My fav hand is now AJo. Stacked the same guy twice within 5 mins. Firstly with a J high flop, secondly when he only called my c-bet with a AKT board, turning a Q. Shipit.

scpi, now that i'm limited to american sites i find nights to be softer by far.

hehe as to your question about if i have hands that have never won a pot, i'm not gonna go thru all of em in pt and check i suspect i've won with every hand at least once thru flopping something out of the blinds or whatever. my sample size is over 1k with each hand at least so i think it's likely.

i don't quite understand your AA question. are you saying he has AA and i play my hand knowing what he has? or are you saying make a case for limping AA pf? if the latter, unless i construct some really elaborate scenario, i don't see it ever happening. the reason we raise a lot of hands pf is so we get action when we have big pairs, and in lhe i don't lrr just on general principle.

Thanks a lot for the answer, BBB. I don't consider it rambling at all. I mean, elephants are full of wisdom and I'm a sponge so ramble on, brother

I think some - if not most - of my open limps have been small pairs in EP, since I felt that raising, getting called by 2 or 3 players, cbetting with air isnt as effective at LHE. I'll search for the hand chart thing to see how it helps. Again, thanks a ton for the answers. Looking forward to reading more in this soon to be epic post!

conceptual leaps? i guess you mean things learned/mastered? at first, tight pf play and basic hand selection. later, the ability to play your hand congruently with the flop, ie don't cap the turn with tptk against a passive guy on a scary board just bc u have tptk. even in the nanos not all your opponents are total morons. after that, learning when you can tweak the implied odds, learning what seats are profitable and what opponents you like to have sitting where at the table, things like that. learning to value bet decently, and then value bet thin, are key. not always playing raise or fold is useful too, and knowing when to apply that. knowing when to pump your draws and when not to. knowing when to fold in large pots.

if you have a more specific question ask me that bc i'm afraid i didn't answer very well. i just kind of listed different important things to know but that's not an exhaustive list.

some things people seem to struggle with are value betting, worrying about and understanding variance and sample size, coming in pf with dominated hands, not understanding position, not putting opponents on ranges/using reads, trying to play too fancily, not understanding odds of either kind, not understanding the wa/wb concept, not understanding rio, not understanding adjusting your style at the table, gosh there are a ton! but that's why it's the micros and why i'm here to be helpful! blind play is big too.

related to what i just typed above, you can tell giveaways to a lot of these. it's easy to tell when ppl don't get wa/wb for example in a big pot. and you can tell a lot of these (or at least i can as a veteran) based on the specific hand or post.

ty sir

i would do the session reviews in your forum to get an idea of if other people think you have specific areas of your game that you need to work on. once i'm actually playing i'd rather focus on playing well overall than on focusing on just one specific thing as i might get distracted. having veterans look over your hands, sessions, and stats, can give you ideas for themes that you need to work on / leaks that need to be plugged and then over time you can work on those.

what limit do you play, how many tables, and what game? and what's your approximate bankroll? and i'll give you the best and most appropriate bonus.

when are you going to be in ac to pwn donks with me, grease, jkam et al. at 10/20 or 20/40

srs question

ty sir for the nice comments

i started out at 1 tbl until i was comfy and then it seemed natural to go to 2, since if i was winning with 1 i'd win more with 2 right? then i went to 3, 4, etc, just sort of kept adding until i got to 9, 12, whatever. i just got used to the speed and also once you get your pf selection down you can go between tables using the auto-fold or auto-raise checkbox to save time. you end up only involved in maybe 2 or 3 hands at the same time, if that. obviously maybe my winrate was only 1.2/100 at each table instead of 1.7/100, but at 12 tables of 1.2 i was making a lot more than at 5 tables of 1.7, and the bonus was much faster too. dumb example but you get the point.

i analyze a few hands from each table or each session right after i play, so maybe half an hour or an hour each day looking at stuff. then i'll look at the forums a bit as well, post some and maybe post a hand i played, or look in micros or some other forums to see about hands played there and what would i do in them.

i take notes whenever i get any kind of info at all on someone. notes are really key. lately i've been turning off the hud and just using my notes to see if it affects my play. here are some i just took today: 'opened k3o on btn' 'limpcalled kjo pf' 'tag regular 2/4 lhe' 'cr flop with btm pair' 'cr flop w air' 'took wa/wb line with second pair' 'lp fish' 'lagtard' 'pumped flushdraw on flop hu' 'lrr aa pf' 'huge spewmonkey' 'raised gutshot on flop' '3bet 77 out of sb to btn open'

etc etc. there's no downswide to having extensive notes and there is a potentially huge upside.'

monthly rakeback i get anywhere from 300 to 700 dollars based on how much i play and at what limits. i'm only recently moved up to nl100 where i think i'll get more than at nl50.

i answered somewhat in benny's post. i don't think either lhe or nl will ever go away completely. both games are too widespread and popular. even a game like stud, which almost no one from the younger generation plays, is still around strongly. and i think the pool of noobs/fish going into nl is unlikely to run out.

movies i talked about earlier, and i don't have a favorite actor or actress - just don't follow em that much.

as for sphincter...? you give me the excuse to use the barbar pic!

oh, those highwaymen. johnny cash then for sure.

Yeah, those highwaymen, and I concur.

hi shu, ty for the kind words

it was nice meeting you as well and hopefully we can do it again sometime. i agree that the fw 4/8 is most always soft whereas the 5/10kill is only soft some of the time. during the day the 5/10 is mostly regulars who aren't great but are kinda nitty and hard to win a lot of money from imo. on weekends esp weekend nights both games are juiced up a lot and the 5/10 is probably worth your time then.

as you say, if variance doesn't bother you, and the 5/10 is more +ev, and you're properly rolled, then taking some shots at it shouldn't hurt and should theoretically be the right thing to do...if you had a million bucks and knew the 100/200 was as soft as the 4/8 then you'd sit in the 100/200 right? assuming you can control nervousness with regard to the money

you can always go back to the 4/8 goldmine if you need to. i wouldn't do the 10/20 as yes i've heard and experienced the same thing as you - usually that game has the passive nits who can beat 5/10 by being tight but won't give up a lot postflop. the 20/40 is crazy zany aggro juicy good but you need a ton of money to sit in that game comfortably obviously. if you're rolled for 10/20 then try 5/10kill which plays like maybe 8/16 in the long run if you average in all the kill vs nonkill pots.

good luck and keep me posted!

kit, lemme know when the trips are happening and i'd love to go. i'm in the process of creating a live roll now.

u have my PM and AIM

The dude with the broom @ about 1:06, seems rly familiar, is he "Lucien" from Amelie?

yeah he sure looks like him doesn't he? should be able to find out on imdb and wikipedia should list band member names for the band

doesn't seem to match up though

Nice song. Ever listen to any Italian music?