Good luck. I need a break - the graveyard shift is all your tonight. :-)

fold pre imo, but I'm a nit.

My standard is to ship the flop but I don't know if its best.

Hand1: I think your line is ok, but not something I'm fistpumping about - I guess it depends on how lightly the fish stacks off. Folding's not *horrible* (but suboptimal), but you're probably ahead, esp since the fish posted and the SSer should be shoving a touch light.
Hand2: shoving is burning money imo (unless you have some read that the guy raises mainly w draws, or some other info) - you need some fold equity for the shove to be profitable.

Yeah it was kind of a large raise, but there was one limper in front of him and I feel like fish do that with smaller pairs a decent amount of the time so they dont have to play post flop. I'm the donkey 4 bettings 1010 there, so what do i know.

ya i think pitching it pre is prolly best altho its not like we're dealing w someone who is playing optimally so that makes me want to entertain the idea of playing it pre a lot more for sure. i feel like bad players (not necessarily someone w this vpip) w small pairs n that spot limp in a lot to "hit a set" as supposed to like pumping 44-99 pre or whatever, esp in EP, but i do definitely feel that they raise AQ AK big bc they know they brick the flop a lot and always complain about ah missed w AK again blah blah blah. i do def agree that i don't think he has AA or KK there w that raise size, i think they raise smaller w those hands mostly altho some of those fish do just the opposite bet really large and snap me off.

i think shipping flop w basically what amounts to a flush draw a decent amount of the time seems kind of bad to me, i think he has JT AT AJ KQ TT or even JJ a lot here and u know he's not raising the nutflush draw. it does feel kind of fishy passive to just call and hope to hit the turn but i mean your opponent isn't always gnna overbet the pot on the turn either and blow u off, i think a decent amount they may get scared and check back turn or make a half to two thirds pot bet and of course binking the turn is always possible.

i guess the question is how do u play the turn if u hit the flush or another A, what would u have done had u clipped an A or 7 on turn and checked and he shipped?

yah it showed two different monitors and i could move them to either side of each other, doing that was how i was able to get mouse control on the tv but like the background of my macbook that i could see on my tv was just completely blank, not showing ne of the icons i had on there and when clicked on itunes to watch a movie the screen went black. i'm a complete jagoff when it comes to these types of things.

*hope there's no rule i just broke w 3 str8 posts

I think I muck anything other than a diamond. Only hand I could beat would be J10 and no way hes shoving that if an A peeled. Too many other combos have me crushed. 7 Would really make it tough though.

Also if anyone can guess my screen name , and is playing against me right now I will tell you what I have on any hand against you... All you have to do is ask

what do you have right now

you folded

I usually just muck everything but AA against you. So i would say I had KK there

Posted this in SSFR, but was curious what you guys thought:

Effective stacks of 120bb. Villain is 80/30 through about 25 hands - not enough of a sample to reflect how he truly runs, but enough to know he's a big time drooler (he might slow down to 50/20, ldo). He'd just opened 3,4o and called multiple streets with a pair of 3's and a 3-high flush draw. I'll go on the assumption that Villain is not positionally aware.

400nl, Villain opens to 12 utg, I 3-bet to 42 from MP, villain shoves. What is the worst you call with here?

Someone clowning like that, I'm calling 1010+, and AQ+

dave post the hand where you called down in the 3bet pot with AQo against me. I'm just effing with you, although tbh I kind of hate your play.

Not sure what it was, but I just felt like you were messing with me. Don't have the history anymore, but yeah you own my soul. It was blind vs. blind though. I dont know.

Dave, please advise why you felt the need to sit just to my left when I was trying to start a table with a fish. Not hating on you, but it made me far less inclined to play and the fish left right after I did. Not a huge deal, but kind of lame if on purpose.

Ummm, not sure... Usually try and spread out so the fish doesn't seem clustered. Please accept my sincerest apology

sn?

Thb, it really depends on how I feel at the time. What dave posted seems reasonable.

I decided to try a bit of 6-max today since FR tables were looking even more dead than usual.

Practially first hand:

Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

UTG: $607.35
CO: $495.25
BTN: $600.00
Hero (SB): $732.00
BB: $720.00

Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is SB with J 9
3 folds, Hero raises to $18, BB calls $12

Flop: ($36.00) 8 T Q (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $24, Hero raises to $72, BB raises to $186, Hero raises to $714 all in, BB calls $516 all in

Turn: ($1440.00) 8 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($1440.00) T (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $1440.00
Hero shows J 9 (a straight, Queen high)
BB shows K Q (two pair, Queens and Tens)
Hero wins $1437.00
(Rake: $3.00)

This was aginst a winning reg hehe, think I'm gonna play more 6-max in the future

Top pair is the nuts at 6-max ldo

So it seems. It kinda sucked though, as every bluff got picked off... stupid 6-max players, doesn't know how to fold...

Anyone know any good material on short stacking and ratholing? Im thinking about converting because its way more skill and excitement. Thanks for the help guys!

Lol. I was only going to have two parts to a blog post, but just for you guys, I'll add a "what's for dinner?" section and see how it goes. I think Mrs Fly should send a tape to the Food Network (since she's a good cook, super funny and marketable), but it might not be until my youngest is in school.

Speaking of dinner, steak's on the menu tonight! :-) this probably won't help my desire to grind tonight. :-(

A good place to start for shortstack research