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02-04-2011 , 04:22 PM

#701

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Originally Posted by Cangurino

Venice had something moving up and moving down.

yea, just skimmed that. up to yall

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Originally Posted by thejuggernaut

you're really going to steal split?

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Nbd, keep in mind that I've offered to do one on something. Open to a good suggestion.

Something thats not incredibly math based though.

my bad =( again, yall can just let me know

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02-07-2011 , 01:26 PM

#702

JustinJude

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How about a COTW and discussion on 'should I bet/fold this river card or check/call'?

It seems to be a common question.

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02-10-2011 , 03:33 PM

#703

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Originally Posted by Lx12

I agree with that in a sense because the cotw have well and truly gotten the fundamentals down to a point that beating the micros can be done quite easily - the topics being covered are increasingly specific and less useful at lower stakes games such as 2nl-5nl. I'm not saying these new cotws are inapplicable at low stakes, but new players can easily misinterpret the info given here and misapply it. I mean 3 betting light vs a steal and playing oop is a topic which shouldn't really be a common situation until 25nl really at the earliest. Ofc it's good to have this knowledge at 2nl, but it's not really going to be the best use of a new player's time. I mean the cotw is too good an idea to let go to waste, but we need to think of ways to expand upon it otherwise we will just end up going around in circles.

grunch most of the rest of this thread.....

So many awesome topics now exist in the table of contents, and the topics appear to be so varied in terms of their level of specificity to the game, I would find great use of some priority list of the topics for the benefit of a new/neophyte player trying to learn how to play the game. In other words, what topics should be read before others to learn more about the fundamentals of the game from the CoTWs? I am guessing at which to read first and reading them, but the good threads take a long time to read, and I would rather do it more efficiently if I can.

So, any experienced advice?

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02-11-2011 , 12:53 AM

#704

MarkBeyer

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DOH! I just noticed that what I asked for had been done as a digest of 2009 CoTW threads. And a very nice job of it too, Mr. mpethy! Perhaps a second edition of that digest might be forthcoming with updates based on the 2010 CoTW threads?

Thanks to all who put so much time into developing this information.

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02-11-2011 , 10:08 PM

#705

isukatpkr

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Is there a cotw on redline improvement?

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02-11-2011 , 10:16 PM

#706

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Originally Posted by isukatpkr

Is there a cotw on redline improvement?

the one labeled "The last post on redline ever"

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02-11-2011 , 10:25 PM

#707

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Originally Posted by isukatpkr

Is there a cotw on redline improvement?

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Originally Posted by *Split*

the one labeled "The last post on redline ever"

kinda tricky that -- having "redline" in the CotW title. Kind of like a double Greenland/Iceland leveling.

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02-11-2011 , 10:32 PM

#708

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Originally Posted by *Split*

the one labeled "The last post on redline ever"

Ha, I'm an idiot, thanks split

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02-12-2011 , 09:35 AM

#709

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How about a cotw on playing weak ranges in position? I'm thinking of the button and cutoff.

Obviously this could include a whole load of concepts which have already been covered such as Barreling and Showdown Value but I'm thinking of spots where we really use our position to pile on the pressure. I've been going over my own play in these spots and I think too often I use my position in a defensive manner (to take free cards, check down with sd value, control the pot size etc) and not enough in an aggresive manner.

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02-12-2011 , 09:51 AM

#710

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so do we have a post scheduled for this coming monday?

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02-12-2011 , 01:07 PM

#711

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i've got isolation just about ready to go

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02-12-2011 , 01:47 PM

#712

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we have some pretty aggro games these days, and c-betting nearly everything on any board is almost standard. i think a cotw on checking as the pfr would be interesting.

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02-12-2011 , 03:43 PM

#713

darlingm

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I originally said to write me in for Feb 14, for "Playing AA". I've done a decent amount of work on it so far. I could finish it up for Monday, but would be happier bumping mine back. A few weeks ago when there was confusion over scheduling SammyG's COTW on Rush, I offered to bump mine back.

I won't bail on mine to throw a burden on someone else to get theirs done.

But, I would happily move mine back if SammyG, Coinflip, or anyone else wanted to get their's in this week.

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02-12-2011 , 04:30 PM

#714

mpethybridge

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flips, can you be done by Monday?

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02-12-2011 , 04:33 PM

#715

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yup

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02-12-2011 , 05:06 PM

#716

darlingm

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There's a few COTW's in the table of contents that aren't links.

25 Jan 10: Applying Baluga Theorem; breathweapon
05 Apr 10: Re-Stealing; Vanguard
19 Apr 10: Using the Overbet; DukeMuscle
28 Sep 09: Releasing Your Inner LAg; Alex23

I was most interested in reading Using the Overbet.

I tried searching for all of these, and couldn't find any of them. Am I right in assuming these four never happened?

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02-12-2011 , 05:09 PM

#717

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Yes, you are.

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02-12-2011 , 05:21 PM

#718

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they never happened. but i did write the LAG COTW...

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02-12-2011 , 06:53 PM

#719

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I can do my Rush one whenever, just can't get it done for this Monday

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02-12-2011 , 07:02 PM

#720

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Originally Posted by SammyG-SD

I can do my Rush one whenever, just can't get it done for this Monday

ok, flips for the 14th of february, sammy for the 21st and darlingm playing AA for the 28th. Cool with all 3 authors?

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02-12-2011 , 07:04 PM

#721

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peachy

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02-12-2011 , 07:15 PM

#722

darlingm

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Originally Posted by mpethybridge

ok, flips for the 14th of february, sammy for the 21st and darlingm playing AA for the 28th. Cool with all 3 authors?

Sounds good here.

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02-13-2011 , 05:06 AM

#723

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From Coaching Advice:

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Originally Posted by Big Rob Jr.

If I were starting from scratch right now, here's what I'd do

get pokertracker (they have a fully functioning free trial)

read all of the cotw's
read the micro stickies
read professional no limit holdem
read theory of poker
read no limit holdem theory and practice
post in the micro forum
deposit at least 200 and start at nl5
move to nl10 at 400
get deucescracked membership (~30/month)
move to nl25 at 1k
get coaching
move to nl50 at 2k