keeping track of stack sizes is one of the hardest things in live poker b/c im just way too lazy to do it.

other night i raise to 40 utg with AMERICAN AIRLINES, and get called by a thinking fish on the button and a drooling fish in the SB.

flop is K105, and i bet 100 american dollars and get called in rhythym by the button

turn is 4, standard runout for me when i have aces, and i bet 200 american dollars and get called in rhythym by said button

river is 9 of , board is K10549. the pot is 725, and only at this point do I make an attempt to look at buttons stack. looks like about 500ish in green and another 100ish in red, so I just cram in all my black (1.2k) in hopes of getting a hero call from KJ+. villain looks upset, which is a good sign, and moves his left hand to wipe his brow. only then i realize, that he, in fact, has about 10 blacks as well, meaning that I just overbet 2x pot on a fairly bad river for my hand.

whoops...i am very upset, not just because he's probably folding almost all worse hands, and my value bet might not be good more than half the time, but i'm going to look like some idiot fish who thinks AA is the nuts.

thankfully, in classic vinivici fashion, I get looked up by what apparently wasn't even a king, and I obviously get max value out of the hand (bet 1.2k on the river with only 1.5k behind, and he wouldn't have called an all-in cuz zomg its an all-in).

moral of the story is: ask their stack size preflop, otf, ott, and otr. that or have a well-balanced unexploitable toasting range.

Can't be f*cked.

probably one of the funniest posts posted on 2p2 nh

NOT for class president of SSFR

not was the biggest 9/7 playmaster on stars. i can only imagine how hilarious he must be live where 9/7 is 22/12

more notontilt and vinivici posting less whining about VPPs hooray

you know a story is good when you read it a second time and still on the floor

Please post more.

Fallsveiw Poker Classic Feb 8-13th gutter and myself are going and will more than likely win alot of $. Who else is in?

im there already, nice ppl

He bet because he realized he couldn't win the pot if he didn't...

lol


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The greatest hand I ever played:

The setting was the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, or PCA for short. I prefer the full name as I find when I mention PCA people often assume I'm talking about PCP and I suddenly have an entirely new audience.

The game is Pot Limit Omaha, or PLO for short. I find that this acronym is acceptable as it is not easily confused with PCP. The blinds are 1/2 and there are 9 players at the table. 5 live players limp and justforfunds folds from somewhere near middle position. I proceed to take a swig of my goombay smash and ask nolan for a count. He tells me to **** off.

Dankess makes it $15 to go from the cutoff. I look down and notice that I have the button. This is highly important as the button is the best place to apply pressure, but mostly because if I am bored I can pretend it is a hockey puck and throw it at other players. For the sake of professionalism, I leave the button in place. Sergio Garcia walks into the poker room, and I decide he is better equipped to play this hand then me.

I yell over "Hey Sergio, come play this hand." Sergio obliges because the two of us have become fast friends. In fact he gave me a butt pat when I busted out of a $100 sng the previous day. I consider a butt pat from Sergio Garcia to be one of the greatest accomplishments of my life.

Sergio comes to the table and decides to flat call on the button. For more information of flat calling, and how it can effectively be used against dankness, please refer to the following video... Strongest move in poker. Sergio's boy has raised, but he now has protection and flat calls.

The flop comes XXX. To be fair, I'm so obliterated at this point that it really does not matter what the flop is. Dankness bets, Sergio raises, dank calls. I proceed to ask nolan for a count. Mostly to piss him off, but also because I get a bit wet when I hear the Bostonian accent. We discuss various topics including the lobstering industry and how animals are raised for slaughter. I swear to never eat chicken again.

I believe we now go to the turn which was the X. Dank checks, and Sergio fires out a healthy pot sized bet. The live pros who folded preflop are now very interested in the hand. I order another goombay and proceed to get a count of at least 4 stacks. Dank mutters something about his hot girlfriend, and shows me a picture. I confirm hotness and he makes the call.

I make a pass at the attractive Bahamian dealer. She laughs and says she's not into skinny jewish boys. I tell her I have more than enough money to make up for my lack of personality, but she will have none of it.

The river comes the beautiful X of X. Dank jams home his last 500 american dollars and I turn to Sergio in hopes that something good will come of all this. Sergio grabs all of my chips and then leans forward and whispers in my ear...

"Daniel, why do I have 4 cards?"

keep em coming, great stuff

had you running 27/15 at the time so probably thought you were a fish, kinda still do

Edit: just ptr'd you, definitely keeping you fish tagged

also nice call pre, way to abuse that stack size, no wonder your crushing

infact the whole hand is just A+

pics of the old man in the 4 or 5 seat from that 1/2 nlhe/plo mixed game?

No other pictures. Who is this k_2 character?

Found it Natis

Just quick two questions:

1. I'm quite new here, so it's a bit weird for me to read all of the comments, posts etc. and not to know who is who at the tables. That's why I'd like to ask if there is any thread on the forum where I can find your Stars ID's? If not, may I ask people who don't mind either to PM me or write it here? My player ID is the same as on 2+2

2. Any of you also enjoy playing tournaments? Is anybody giving a try to TCOOP?

Cheers!

jroc doesn't flip well imo

cliffs on what the agreement was reached between stars and the players that went to negotiate and the outcome?

mayo is the man