400 and 600 SH compared to 400 and 600 FR is way tougher. for example at 600 FR i would play almost all fish who i have pos on, no matter which regs are at the table. at 600 SH there are tables which are def. not +EV for me even though I have good position on a fish...

rarely, but yes

that's intense

Tried out midstakes zoom today in attempt to find something I can actually win at during the times I want to play. Games were fairly soft imo, did not win though. Not posting to whine or anything, just thought it was funny and have never seen anything like this in online poker.

File: HH20120408 Alpha Lupi #3 - $2.50-$5 - USD No Limit Hold'em.txt
PokerStars Hand #78563376013: Hold'em No Limit ($2.50/$5.00) - 2012/04/09 14:00:28 NZT [2012/04/08 22:00:28 ET]
Table 'Alpha Lupi' 9-max
Seat 1: donvito1st ($500 in chips)
Seat 2: TopKat5757 ($585.90 in chips)
Seat 3: noirduck ($1084.61 in chips)
Seat 4: cirsa ($544.26 in chips)
Seat 5: Turaluralu ($1102.80 in chips)
Seat 6: TimStone ($552.50 in chips)
Seat 7: foxkox ($1225.47 in chips)
Seat 8: Deanis24 ($498.42 in chips)
Seat 9: tryagain_400 ($5123.53 in chips)
TopKat5757: posts small blind $2.50
noirduck: posts big blind $5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TopKat5757 [Ad Ah]
cirsa: raises $15 to $20
Turaluralu: calls $20
TimStone: calls $20
foxkox: calls $20
Deanis24: calls $20
tryagain_400: calls $20
donvito1st: calls $20
TopKat5757: raises $120 to $140
noirduck: folds
cirsa: calls $120
Turaluralu: calls $120
TimStone: raises $412.50 to $552.50 and is all-in
foxkox: folds
Deanis24: calls $478.42 and is all-in
tryagain_400: folds
donvito1st: calls $480 and is all-in
TopKat5757: raises $33.40 to $585.90 and is all-in
cirsa: calls $404.26 and is all-in
Turaluralu: calls $445.90
*** FLOP *** [4s Js Th]
*** TURN *** [4s Js Th] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [4s Js Th 6d] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TopKat5757: shows [Ad Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Turaluralu: mucks hand
TopKat5757 collected $66.80 from side pot-4
TimStone: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
TimStone collected $24.72 from side pot-3
cirsa: mucks hand
TimStone collected $177.04 from side pot-2
donvito1st: mucks hand
TimStone collected $7.90 from side pot-1
Deanis24: mucks hand
TimStone collected $3032.72 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3311.98 Main pot $3032.72. Side pot-1 $7.90. Side pot-2 $177.04. Side pot-3 $24.72. Side pot-4 $66.80. | Rake $2.80
Board [4s Js Th 6d 8c]
Seat 1: donvito1st mucked [7c 7s]
Seat 2: TopKat5757 (small blind) showed [Ad Ah] and won ($66.80) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: noirduck (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: cirsa mucked [Tc As]
Seat 5: Turaluralu mucked [Ac Qc]
Seat 6: TimStone showed [8h 8s] and won ($3242.38) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 7: foxkox folded before Flop
Seat 8: Deanis24 mucked [Ks Qs]
Seat 9: tryagain_400 folded before Flop


.. was actually somehow holding till river

wow timstone must be the fish in that game! what is he doing

Pretty sure you are the underdog when both your ace outs are gone and timstone hold one of your flush outs. Hey Joey how does it feel when you finally make it in poker?

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2.5/5 zoom confirmed really soft.

esp all the mtt regs who wanna try this game out make it pretty nice

Haven't been on here in awhile, if anyone wants a HH reviewed from a retired has-been would be happy to help.

First 5 people to PM me a hand will get a detailed analysis. Online NLHE only. One hand per person. If your hand sucks or doesn't include stats/reads on villain I won't reply.

Most interesting hand will be posted here (if you don't want your hand posted let me know).

can't remember how or why i ended up on some site ive never seen before yesterday but i saw a caption with your name saying you were retiring from poker. I skipped through the interview and heard you say you wouldnt comment on who gave you the most trouble because it would put you at a disadvantage vs that opponent but later you said you were retiring

someones not committed imo

either way good luck and enjoy your travels

No offense GoMuk, but there was a huge thread in NVG started by vinci about coaching from retirees. I would rather ask ChicagoJoey if I needed help.

old habits die hard! wasn't planning on saying I was retiring in the interview as I was fully committed to resuming overseas just a couple months before but I was pretty certain I wanted to head in another direction at that point.

thanks. will need the luck for sure, business world is hyper-competitive these days and having to re-start from scratch definitely sucks but really enjoying the new challenge.

lol. was just bored and was had a brief moment of nostalgia for the dozens of HH I got sent on AIM everyday back in the coaching days, must have sniffed too much glue. well into the PLO boom for sure, if I was going to continue playing I would have shifted most of my chips into that game... happy for Joey's success

http://www.pokertableratings.com/blo...files-removed/

imo this is one of the greatest things stars has been able to accomplish in the last few years...

As being said in ssnl thread this changes absolutely nothing...

now i cant check how terrible are those regs when I lose yet another pot to them

A giant step towards making poker better for all. I imagine HU games will actually be reasonable now and players will have to play anyone and actually learn from playing them like you're supposed to instead of tanking for 30seconds before posting to check ur opponent up on PTR... and in FR and 6max, skill will win over bumhunting and clicking the seat faster. This is like real life poker in casinos, which is kinda how it should be...

Only downside is "railing" the pros and following your favorite players. Its a way to keep score and keep "standings", which can be cool from a publicity standpoint. Lower level or aspiring players can really idolize certain big players and dream about being one of the bigshots or on TV someday. Being able to check out High Stakes action every day. Now its back to the dark ages for them as they'll never know what goes on above their stakes...

Best thing is blocking the datamining/purchasing hands. I think this will be great for the games personally.

Hey guys, figured I'd try this here before dealing with the xfer thread cause it worked last time. Need 3-6k bofa. Have stars and will pay a vig.

Hey guys,

Just want to let you all know I'm looking for a WSOP Staker and potentially long term Live MTT Staker if any of you are interested. Bought a house and moved back to the USA recently so I'm forced to be a bit nittier with my BR, but am certainly not broke and can prove assets if any of you guys want. Figured you guys know me best having played against me the last couple years. For those of you who don't know I'm DRluck3 on stars. PM me if theres any interest. Thx.

Pat

you're DRluck??? always though you played pretty good and ran like the sun... maybe i should back you for wsop

Villain is everyone's favourite gorilla from Germany. Std runout i guess

That gorilla only reg with quads in his range on this action and flop. You bet flop and you can say goodbye to most of stack. If you make big laydown then you have nightmares that gorilla is taking his wide range to rep crazy stuff overboard. Looks like good play.

the best thing would be for all stat-tracking software to be banned.. no PT/HEM/HUD. no more mass-tabling nits. casual 50/8 players get to keep their roll for longer. people actually think for themselves when making a decision instead of relying on opponent stats.

correct me if I'm wrong but no HUD = more vacuum play and I don't find it interesting at all

stars really helped you out my cheapening ur river call