Jman:

you are playing HU vs a MSNL reg, you have been playing for a while and he 3bets with a somewhat decent frequency, you know hes showing up light alot but not like crazy.
Anyway say you raise Q8 or something and he calls. Flop is 984hh or j84hh, he c/rs, and you call. The turn is 6o on either and he bets biggish again. He has c/r'd a little bit but the situation doesn't come up alot as he 3bets a decent amount and c/cs and c/fs the flops in all other situations. Is this just a std fold or do you peel again?

Bump. TYVM for this Phil!

Phil,

how many players would be favorite v. anyone in the world with a .5ptbb/100 handicap (assume no rake)? How many with a 1ptbb/100 edge?

The answer to that question can't be more than one. DUCY?

jman,

How much edge do you think there is for good players in the big capped PLO games on FTP? Compare that to the edge present in the regular games. Thanks for an excellent thread.

If I understand the question correctly the answer can rage from 1 to all-the-players-in-the-world-minus-one.

I'm not Phil, but I'd guess 1 in both cases. The better player has a big edge in most HU matches. I wouldn't be surprised if the best player (don't know who that is, but it doesn't really matter) is more than a 1BB/100 favorite vs the second best.

I'm not really sure why. I think just because poker is stressful. It might also just be getting older and having more responsibilities. Before poker, I was a carefree college kid who didn't worry about anything. My parents paid for school and housing, and I didn't really want anything more.

Now I worry about investing, planning for my future, insurance, taxes, etc. Anytime I'm not playing, or even when I am I guess, I'm thinking about time as opportunity to make money. Often a wasted opportunity. I worry about how I can make more.

It's really dumb.

My friends left town today, so I'll have some time this week, but I'm getting sick and might not feel like answering more today. I'll just answer a few here and there.

Jman28

My Q for you is, for an exempel on Full Tilt 200/400 plo and 300/600 nlhe... Right now I see you sitting on a 300/600 nlhe game when trex313 sit on another, why does you sit down at an empty table instead of playing trex313, I see this all the time on nlhe, plo etc. Why?

Sorry for my poor english

This is pretty obnoxious to say but it doesn't at all surprise me that the person who completely fails to grasp game selection is also a European.

trex313 is a fish, jman would f him

Oh, I'm genuinely sorry. Didn't know who the guy was and just assumed your question was why Jman doesn't play all comers at 300/600.

No no some times I understand when for an exampel FinddaGrind sit downs at plo, than i understand why ppl dont just sit down and play becuase they maybe now that PA is so much better etc...

It could simply be because trex doesn't want to play him.

When you have more than 20posts you will know these things automatically imo

jman, i played like 90k hands of MSNL. my roll is little over 100k, my winrate at MSNL is almost 9ptbb. Should i move up to 10/20NL? This is a serious question and not some sort of brag or something. I heard 10/20 is very tough (in lots of wells, i heard pple struggling with this limit most when moving up to nosebleed), and 5/10 seems very beatable to me atm.. But making much more money at 10/20 seems very attractive. Note that i also have acces to all euro sites..

how did you do this? ALthough this might be different cos the games were softer back then pre legislation?

Phil, could you explain your thought process on this hand you just played?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $200 BB (2 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

You ($27633.25)
Buck99 BB ($25010.50)

Preflop: is with , .

Flop: ($300) 2, 7, 4 (2 players)
BB bets $2300, raises to $6000, BB calls $3700.

Turn: ($12300) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, bets $6000, BB calls $6000.

River: ($24300) Q (2 players)
BB bets $11210.5 (All-In), calls $11210.50.

Final Pot: $46721

Results in white below:
BB has 5c 5s (two pair, sevens and fives).
has Jd Qd (two pair, queens and sevens).
Outcome: wins $46721.

9ptbb/100... This is HU right? 10/20 is def. harder but if you are truly beating 5/10 for 9bb/100 then you shouldn't too much trouble at 10/20. However 90k hands can be deceiving, your true win rate could easily be as low as 5bb/100 depending on your standard deviation. If I were you I'd probably grind 5/10 for another ~20k hands assuming you aren't cashing out, and then test out the waters at 10/20.

But that's my nitty BR advice. Good luck.

People always exaggerate the skill level difference when moving up. e.g. for me, by far the hardest jump was from $.50/$1 NL to $1/$2 NL.

i had a dream about you Jman - last night.

you were in my living room and handed me a laptop. it had a FTP NLHE HU $300/$600 game on it. you told me to play. i don't play higher than 2/4.

but it was on whitelime's account. i asked you if it was ok and you said "yeah sure - he won't mind as he is asleep".

i don't remember the opponent but i had 44 and flopped a set on a 8 7 4 flop.

the turn was a Kh putting 2 hearts out. opponent shoved and i snapcall. he had 78hh. river was the Qh for his flush. i looked over to you and you were sitting in my recliner stroking my cat. you said "it's ok - he will understand."

you said i should play some more but i just ran out screaming and then woke up.


any thoughts on what this dream means? should i have folded the 444?

I read the first 20 pages but I can't do the rest know because it 530am but here are some questions.

Do you feel making this thread and letting people pick your brain will make you change your game up or affect it at all?

What did you do for money before "going pro" in poker?

Do you feel online poker will ever go out of business?

I have more questions but can't think of them now, sorry if these are repeats. I've recommended this thread to a lot of my friends and I think its awesome you are posting all this input.

I guess reading the forums here and talking to other players helped me realize that aggression is important at times. My personality makes me not want to be aggressive, but I can overcome it using logic. If I know that an aggressive play is best, I'll make it.

When I workout, I feel better for the rest of the day, so I guess working out before playing is best. I often do pushups during breaks, which I try to take every couple hours, just to refocus me.

Very cool. Thank you for that info.

is there any chance that we'll see a second CR Vid in the near future?