Is that the sklansky one? Kudos on Harrington on Holdem I'm grinding through those as well as sklansky advanced theory while I can't play. Gl at the tables.

sick

Flop was K107ddd oops

VIP lounge for sushi and some drinks

Are you going to play in any WSOP events?

Last night was so wild, I woke up with 3k in my pocket and the suite door was open. Marc did the Lebron thing with baby powder and caked the room. Bottle of vodka, mixed drinks, pitchers of beer, sake, sushi. Big Steve and Marc are still going from last night, they are at the bellagio about to play 1/2 haaaaaaa!

whew, worried the next line was:

unsure why my pants were unbutton and my butt hurts... Crazy Crazy night... Lord knows we all been there...

Jesus Mary and Joseph

Cash game ownage. I open to 10 with 10d 10s. Flop was K 4h 3h. Villain bets 100% when checked to and is loose agg. I check to induce. He pots it. I flat. Turn is 9s. I check intending to call bc I'm about 65% certain he's barreling with air. He pots it, at this point it's 50/50 in my mind that he has KJ or air. I flat intending to reevaluate the river. It's the 8h. My mind starts going. He would check behind on the turn with a flush draw bc I might cr the turn with a set of kings. Ok so it's either one pair like KJ or air. If I check then he checks behind and tables Kx. Not happening I lead 90 into 180, he tank folds KJ faceup. Ship the sugar. "good fold sir" as I double check to see if I had even one heart.

wow, that sounds like a poorly played hand tbh... his folding KJ there is bad!

You have to understand when you play 1/2 1/3 and 2/5 you literally have to dumb yourself down and simply bet scare cards when you can't win the pot.

Great job with last months ANTE UP article...

Hey guys tune into quadjacks tonight at 7pm for my interview! Ship da chedda!

Bro, I havent read this thread in a while if you are still in Florida hit me up, I'm in south florida.

I'm in Vegas for the wooh sap!

Tell marco to shave his beard, he looks like a radio annoucer bum...

The 10 10 hand, because I was oop on the river I could take the bluffing initiative away from villain. If he was in fact barreling light he would then fold, which is good for me. I'd much rather lead out and take the pot than check and let him either bet big to rep a flush (in which case I may have to fold) or check behind with a weak king. I couldn't allow him to get to showdown with a medium strength hand that beats me such as Kx cheaply or let him bluff me off the hand. The only way to accomplish this is to lead a half pot sized "value bet" on the river. The way I played the hand up until the river makes my perceived range look a lot like JJ-QQ so I'm pretty sure he was trying to bluff me off and rep the king anyway. Seemingly normal spot was actually quite interesting. I won the hand so there's no way I could've played it wrong...hahahaha

Why would you want to do this and, you don't' want him to fold if he's going to 3 barrel bluff with air, do you?

Cool thread btw, you need to get on @Twitter if you aren't already

For QJ, 7 PM, what time zone?

btw love the adventures itt, and think you are the nuts of course.

But H_ven is right -- bet otr here is a total gong show.

like you ever have the flush there? by c/c'ing 2 streets as pfr, then donking river. i wouldn't give you credit in a million years, and looks like the most obvious "pair turned into a bluff" hand imo!

don't want to hate at all obv, coz this thread is cool, and you've achieved alot, and i guess live poker is so different, and you can make reads etc etc. i'm just saying... weird hand

The villain was a 45 year old man in town for a business conference who nearly peed himself when the third heart hit. If he was a 22 yr old with beats on, I would obv never donk lead the river bc my line makes no sense. Level one opponent, level one lead. #riverbet=villaindependent

just added u on the book if u eva bak in tampa holla brothaaaa

Although its unorthadox and is probably a long term -EV play, live players are pretty horrid and most dont have the poker capabilities to go over Mikes line and think it over. As played it is really risky to go from checking to induce assuming villian has air, to the river strategy putting him on a mediocre hand (KJ) and betting out to look strong vs a clear fish.

As I stated it may be a -EV play long term as its a weird line, but you nailed it on the head by stating that it is villain dependent. Stand by my above comment that most random live players aren't capable of going over your line and putting the pieces together.

Gl in WSOP, go ship one champ.

Its not villian dependent. No, the average 2/5 las vegas villain isnt sophisticated enough to analyze the line. He doesnt have to be. He calls because he has top two pair, and thats a good hand. Level one thinking. He arrives at the right answer for the wrong reason.

There is an explanation for this hand that I buy (besides mike drinkin) -- a river soul read. Mike plays one line on the flop and the turn, c/cing to induce against a lag with a polarized range, then makes a soul read when he sees V's reaction to the river card, and decides that villian both has a hand strong enough that he wants to show down but now weak enough in relative terms that he might not be willing to pay a large bet to do it.

I fail to see where villain has top two pair. It is villain dependent I don't know how you can make a ridiculous statement like that after saying that "There is an explanation for this hand that I buy -- a river soul read." Im not defending the play that he made at all, I think that a very small % of the time its a profitable play, though it isn't really a line that should really ever be taken in this spot. Also it wasn't necessary to back up your argument as you make it seem like I was defending his entire play when that wasn't really the case. I was defending part of his reasoning behind it.