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11-14-2008 , 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Robster UK
Hi, have you ever used a hud when playing omaha online?

Thanks.
Nope, maybe i should. What exactly does it do?
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11-14-2008 , 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sinndar11
1/ Do you tone down your aggression when players start tilting bad.

2/ do you 3 bet with a pot sized bet. how much of pot do you bet on flop after 3 betting.

3/ have you ever gotten yourself in a hole as a result of poker

4/ greatest bluff

5/ greatest call

6/ if u went busto now, what would you do if you had $1000 to your name. no house,backers,etc. what stakes start at or quit poker and get a job.

1) I probably get even more aggressive when i'm tilting.

2) I 3 bet pot sized bets about 50% of the time when i 3 bet. I like to mix it up.

3) I'm lucky in that i lost a massive chunk of my bankroll a couple of times, but i never went broke.

4) Its too tough to think of one.

5) I called a river bet of $14k the other day on a TsTh7s6s7h board with 88A2 no flush, and it was good.

6) Get a job in that situation for sure.
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11-14-2008 , 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by gordo16
Thanks for answering the questions Ben, you're doing a great job with the well...
Man, your suggested win-rates for 3-4 handed and HU seem pretty ridiculous though; I've always thought that I gave people generous estimates when I said 6-10 bb/100 for 3-4handed and 10 bb/100 and higher for HU...

Anywho, another question: What hand (or type of hand) have you lost more money with than anything else? (i.e for me it's almost certainly double-suited kings that I can't force myself to throw away for some reason)..
According to my tracker i've lost $98000 with A532 lol. OMG and i see the flop with it 70% if the time. In the bin from now on.
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11-14-2008 , 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by gordo16
Thanks for answering the questions Ben, you're doing a great job with the well...
Man, your suggested win-rates for 3-4 handed and HU seem pretty ridiculous though; I've always thought that I gave people generous estimates when I said 6-10 bb/100 for 3-4handed and 10 bb/100 and higher for HU...

Anywho, another question: What hand (or type of hand) have you lost more money with than anything else? (i.e for me it's almost certainly double-suited kings that I can't force myself to throw away for some reason)..
Also i'd love to see my stats at betting the bare Ace. With my image i'm probably a big loser with that hand.
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11-14-2008 , 01:24 PM
Whats your drink of choice?
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11-14-2008 , 01:24 PM
I saw you at EPT London, you were chatting with Nik Persaud, that was the night after the 25/50 NL Omaha game ran.

A HUD displays configurable stats next to each player on your tables online, VPIP, aggression etc, in case you don't have enough of a read on the guy, and to decide which tables are more profitable than others if you have a wealth of tables to choose from.
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11-14-2008 , 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by conebone69
sick thread mr. grundy
what's the biggest downswing you've had in terms of buyins at PLO only? at what stakes?
what stop loss rule do you use? i've been using 5 a day
should 6max or HU be more swingy?
do you think 20 buyin downswings are INEVITABLE no matter how tight you are with game selection? i just recently had a 20-25 buyin downswing at 10/20 even though i'm probably the biggest HU PLO bumhunter there is.
At PLO only probably a 30-40 buy in downswings once at both 10/20 and 25/50

Well my max loss a day is $50,000 (so 5 buy ins at 50 100). Often i quit when i'm about $30k down though.

HU way more swingy.

Yeh everyone has downswings. Its impossible not too at PLO... the better your game selection the less likely it is to happen i'm sure.
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11-14-2008 , 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by conebone69
sick thread mr. grundy
what's the biggest downswing you've had in terms of buyins at PLO only? at what stakes?
what stop loss rule do you use? i've been using 5 a day
should 6max or HU be more swingy?
do you think 20 buyin downswings are INEVITABLE no matter how tight you are with game selection? i just recently had a 20-25 buyin downswing at 10/20 even though i'm probably the biggest HU PLO bumhunter there is.
are you OMGWTFBBQZ ??



btw thanks ben this is sik reading.

Last edited by Recon20k; 11-14-2008 at 03:44 PM.
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11-14-2008 , 03:50 PM
Also any advice on staking? Anything you've learned from your experience with staking or being staked that you'd like to share?
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11-14-2008 , 06:44 PM
im graduating uni in june. What should i do with my life?
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11-14-2008 , 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben Grundy
7) I’d say i raise and fold to a reraise less than 5% of the time. I normally just autocall. I don’t even mind so much if i open with AKJ2 and a good tight player repots me from the button. I know my hand is probably in bad shape, but i’ll look to outplay him on the flop. I could easily just lead out for a decent bet on a 457 flop and take it down. The image of always having any four cards works well, because my opponents can’t define my range easily at all.
I'm probably folding way too much at 3bets, I always try to avoid the non- premium connected pairs and axxx when calling
How about at the 6 handed microstakes plo25, plo50 where there is less 3betting, but like a pot cbet 90%+ of time if it gets HU
For 100 BB stacks they're getting around 3 to 1 after a shove by us and are rarely worse than 2.5 to 1 if we have 2 pair, and are probably a slight favorite/racing if they have AAxx

What is a good range for calling in general in such a spot (assuming TAG image), and if out of position, is it better to just lead into them a lot? I tend to C/R a ton because of this cbet %, but its much riskier with air
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11-15-2008 , 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by ace2mouth
Hi Ben.

great stuff so far


1, at ept dublin 2007 you had a hand with luca pagano early on, you made a great speech play ("so sick") before shoving and showed a the Ks when he eventually folded, flop was A 9 x with 2 spades - what did you have?

2, why do you hate shortstackers so much? It makes the game so much easier imo.

3, When you were taking shots was it always full buy in?

4, How did you feel about your game after luske took you to school in monte carlo? You should have won that tourney imo, sick call on the bubble with AQ btw

5, before you were backed at what point would you drop levels on a downswing, if at all? e.g. dropping 25 buyins of 50 buyin roll, i would drop down

6, any tips on controlling tilt? especially against ****ing morons HU

7, how often do you simply give up post flop after raising pre? any usual criteria for this?

8, Ever get sick of it?

cheers
1. I had AK with the Ks. Luca i always had tagged as a rock, so i didn't really like the spot.

2. Its because i'm raising often with filthy hands, and they are often reraising me and getting 50%+ of their stack in. I give them too much action. Plus short stackers are often hit and run kings.

3. No i often bought in for 40-60bb rather than a full stack.

4. lol not great. His min raise got me involved in the BB. I should have just dumped the hand on the turn.

5. yeh probably if i lost about half my roll for those stakes.

6. No i still go on monkey tilt quite easily HU. Especially when i'm stuck a few buy ins and they start limping the button, it makes me mad.

7. Not too often if i'm the preflop raiser. I probably wont C bet on a 6h7h8c flop with no pair no draw, as opponents have too many combinations they want to continue with.

8. Yeh i get a bit sick of it when i'm running bad. At the end of the day though, its 100 times better than my old office job, for the freedom it gives me. Its good to take time off. I'm hardly going to play in December/January... hopefully i'll be fresh then when i start again next year.
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11-15-2008 , 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by TomDwan1
You mentioned BadBeat stake you? Could you give more info on what they do/how they do it and whatnot.

I cant think of any other questions atm but i'm sure i'll come up with loads between now and the next time i check in with this thread.

It was actually you that kinda got me into poker through watching the tourny (was it william hill sponsored?) when you had Antonio Esfandiari and Lodden playing like crazy LAGs and making your life hell. I thought you did a good job and come across as a decent bloke fwiw.

I think the whole SNG/MTT type thing is on pokertube so if your interested then i'll come in and post the link for you.
BadBeat give me the same bankroll every day across a number of sites. They back players from micro stakes to high stakes. I think they have about 100 players ish.

Here is a sick hand against Antonio, i should have called
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11-15-2008 , 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by AshleyC
Thanks for taking the time to answer Ben.

Please could you tell some Dubya stories?

Does Pommo still play / what's he doing these days? Tell him to re-start his blog!

What's devilfish like at plo? Does he play online? How would he fare at $25/50 + online? Would you back him at those stakes? Is he the most over-rated British player?

Same question above re Dave Colclough.

Seriously, can I come and watch you play. I'd be your butler whilst you play PM me!
Hmm Dubya stories. Too many x rated ones. I think he's down about £200k on the dogs this year, but average spend in Spearmint Rhino's is still above £10k.

Haven't really played devilfish at PLO, he's probably pretty decent live but i wouldn't back him to beat $25/$50 online. Dave is slightly better than devilfish, and more likely to beat $25/$50 online.

I may post some videos of me playing on my blog. i've recorded a few...
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11-15-2008 , 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by toktuomas
Hi Ben,

Carpio here. I almost made a big long post but most of it would have been bullcrap. Things you know and I know, I know now you knew then, I know now you know now and so on. Had a few questions too but mainly know what you are gonna say so why would we bother.

In the end played bad made me tilt and busto, gg. You are the best. Better tactics, disipline, stoploss and everything. Most of these guys see only stats but i've played and lost enough to you to know that you are very good.

So this just turned out to be one of those many hail ben grundy posts
Yo Carpio

Our games were fun, and i thought you played good. Maybe i just ran better... if you are interested in Bad Beat backing you PM me.
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11-15-2008 , 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by sc000t
Whats your drink of choice?
Mojito...
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11-15-2008 , 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Recon20k
are you OMGWTFBBQZ ??



btw thanks ben this is sik reading.
Nope, what site does that ID play on?
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11-15-2008 , 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sc000t
Also any advice on staking? Anything you've learned from your experience with staking or being staked that you'd like to share?
I would never stake people online.... staking for tournaments is fine if you think the person has a decent edge. Always look to take at least 60% with make up (pay back all entry fees when they have a decent cash)
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11-15-2008 , 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by fnava
im graduating uni in june. What should i do with my life?
Go travelling for at least 3 months. Get a job. Player poker for fun. Look at it again in 3/4 years....
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11-15-2008 , 10:52 AM
hey ben

plz make no coaching videos, dont share too many concepts and again no vids *g

cheers
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11-15-2008 , 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by AshleyC
Thanks for taking the time to answer Ben.

Please could you tell some Dubya stories?

Does Pommo still play / what's he doing these days? Tell him to re-start his blog!

What's devilfish like at plo? Does he play online? How would he fare at $25/50 + online? Would you back him at those stakes? Is he the most over-rated British player?

Same question above re Dave Colclough.

Seriously, can I come and watch you play. I'd be your butler whilst you play PM me!
Forgot to answer the Pommo question. Yeh he still plays, haven't seen him for a while but i'm organising a poker xmas party at some restaurant/bar in London, hopefully he'll come to that.
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11-15-2008 , 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BigCityBanker
more questions:

What type of setup do you have? How many monitors etc?
How many tables are you comfortable playing at a time?
Do you have a poker office in your house?
Do you watch TV or listen to music when playing?
What is your policy of browsing the intertubes or having your msn switched on when playing?

thanks again.
I have two very big TFT monitors, decent speakers etc. I never play more than 4 tables at a time, so i don't need more monitors. one for playing, one for MSN/surfing.

Yeh i have a poker office. Playing on the laptop in front of the TV i lose.

Music sometimes. Got thousands of songs on Itunes and i just play those.

Yeh i have MSN on most of the time, and i browse a fair bit. Luckily i haven't been hacked yet (i don't think)
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11-15-2008 , 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Astyanax
If you played against a random, adequately rolled, fairly standard player and he had the button every hand, are you a favourite? It's just it seems you are comfortable playing oop.

From this can you tell us a little about position in plo. How much more/less important is it than in nl 3/4 handed and 6max?

Many thanks and gl!
I'm not sure if i'd win v an average play OOP every hand. I'd give it a good shot.

Position is obviously important in NL and PLO. In PLO too many players auto check against a preflop raiser when OOP. You need to mix it up by betting out at least 25% of the time. It forces your opponent into much trickier decisions.
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11-15-2008 , 03:18 PM
Do you know who Liberace is, who came 2nd in WCOOP ME? He's listed as being from London.
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11-15-2008 , 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by AshleyC
Do you know who Liberace is, who came 2nd in WCOOP ME? He's listed as being from London.
Mark Telscher?
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